Akane

Akane
	Akane in Kanji meaning Madder Plant
Pronunciation	ah-KAH-nay
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japan
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
See also	Sumire; Tsubaki

Akane (あかね, アカネ) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' (茜, Akane, Rubia cordifolia) and is associated with red (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red. Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, as well as a surname. In fiction, the name Akane has been used for various characters in anime, manga, games, books, and comics. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Akane Araki (荒木茜羽; born 1996), Japanese badminton player
Akane Chihaya (千早茜; born 1979), Japanese writer
Akane Fujita (wrestler) (藤田あかね; born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler
Akane Fujita (藤田茜; born 1993), Japanese voice actress
Akane Hirose (廣瀬茜), member of the Japanese rock band Band-Maid
Akane Hosoyamada (細山田茜; born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player
Akane Hotta (堀田茜; born 1992), Japanese actress, model and tarento
Akane Konishi (小西あかね; born 1995), Japanese ice hockey player
Akane Kumada (熊田茜音; born 2000), Japanese voice actress and singer
Akane Kuroki (黒木茜; born 1978), Japanese Olympic dressage rider
Akane Matsunaga (松永あかね; born 2001), Japanese voice actress
Akane Moriya (守屋茜), Japanese idol and model
Akane Nakashima (中嶋茜; born 1990), Japanese goalball player
Akane Nishino (西野朱音; born 2002), Japanese professional footballer
Akane Ogura (小椋アカネ), Japanese manga artist
Akane Omae (大前茜, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
Akane Osawa (大沢あかね), member of the Japanese pop music duet Tomboy
Akane Saito (齊藤あかね; born 1993), Japanese women's footballer
Akane Sakanoue (坂ノ上茜; born 1995), Japanese actress
Akane Shibata (柴田あかね), Japanese field hockey player
Akane Shiga (志賀紅音; born 2001), Japanese ice hockey player
Akane Sugazaki (菅崎茜, born 1989), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
Akane Takada (高田茜) Japanese ballet dancer
Akane Takayanagi (高柳明音), member of the Japanese girl idol group SKE48
Akane Tomonaga (友永朱音), Japanese voice actress
Akane Watanabe (渡邉あかね; born 1994), Japanese badminton player
Akane Yamaguchi (山口あかね), Japanese badminton player who competed in the 2012 Japan Super Series
Akane Yanagisawa (柳澤明希; born 1998), Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming
Akane Yamao (山尾朱子; born 1974), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
Akane Yoshida (born 1994), Japanese weightlifter

Surname

Hotaru Akane (紅音ほたる; born 1983), Japanese model and AV actress
Kazuki Akane (赤根和樹; born 1962), Japanese anime director

Fictional characters

Akane, the main heroine from the video game Akane the Kunoichi
Akane, senior geisha in the Westworld series
Akane (あかね), Hikaru's younger sister in Parodius
Akane (アカネ), the fox and guardian angel from Angel Tales (Tenshi no Shippo)
Akane (アカネ), the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in Pokémon
Akane Aizawa (相沢あかね), in Dai Sentai Goggle-V
Akane Aoi (蒼井茜), a male character in the manga and anime series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
Akane Aki (秋あかね), a character in the manga series Dash Kappei
Akane Asahina (朝比奈あかね), a classmate from the series Kanokon
Akane Fujita (藤田アカネ), Takoyaki shop owner from the series Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)
Akane Higurashi (日暮あかね) from the anime and manga series My-HiME
Akane Hino (日野あかね), one of the main characters of the series Smile PreCure!
Akane Hino (日野茜), a character in the 2011 mobile game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Akane Hououji (鳳凰寺紅葉), a character in the manga series The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
Akane Houzuki (宝月茜) (Ema Skye), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise
Akane Inuwaka (犬若あかね), a character in the video game series Arcana Heart
Akane Isshiki (一色あかね), a main character in the anime series Vividred Operation
Akane Kimidori (木緑あかね), in manga and anime series Dr. Slump
Akane Kino (木野茜), the younger sister of the main character in the manga series Voice Over! Seiyu Academy
Akane Kiryu (桐生茜) of Fatal Frame II
Akane Kishida (岸田茜) from Kitchen Princess
Akane Kobayashi (小林あかね), a character in Doki Doki School Hours
Akane Kurashiki (倉式茜), a major character from the video game series Zero Escape
Akane Kurokawa (黒川あかね), a character in the manga and anime series Oshi no Ko
Akane Mishima (美嶋紅音), one of the main characters of Kampfer
Akane Mizuhara (水原明鐘), a main character in the visual novel Final Approach
Akane Motomiya (元宮あかね), a main character in the video game, anime and manga series Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time
Akane Nakiko, a comic book character from Witchblade
Akane Narita (成田茜), in Hot Gimmick
Akane Nishino (西野アカネ), a major character in the light novel series The Eminence in Shadow
Akane Nonohara (野々原茜), a character from The Idolmaster Million Live!
Akane Osaki (桜咲朱音), the main character of the manga series Akane-banashi
Akane Owari (終里赤音), a character from the Danganronpa series
Akane Ryuuku, a roleplay character of Gumball Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball
Akane Ryuzoji (龍造寺朱音), a character in the manga series World's End Harem
Akane Sakurada (櫻田茜), the main character of the anime and manga series Castle Town Dandelion
Akane Sano (佐野茜), a main character in the manga series Black God
Akane Satomura (里村茜), a main character in the visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
Akane Sawatari (沢渡アカネ), a character in the Chainsaw Man anime and manga series
Akane Serizawa (芹沢茜), a minor character in the anime and manga series Pani Poni
Akane Shinjō (新条アカネ), a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
Akane Shinome (篠目アカネ), a character in the anime series Little Battlers Experience WARS
Akane Soir (アカネ・ソワール, Akane Sowāru), a character in the anime and manga series My-Otome
Akane Sonozaki (園崎茜), in the anime, manga, and visual novel series Higurashi When They Cry
Akane Suzumiya (涼宮茜), a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Akane Maniax
Akane Takigawa (滝川あかね), in the manga and anime series Cross Game
Akane Tachibana (立花茜), lead character in basketball manga series I'll
Akane Tendo (天道あかね), in manga and anime series Ranma ½
Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
Akane Tsunemori (常守朱), a character in the anime Psycho-Pass
Akane "Jubei" Yagyu (柳生茜), from the video game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Akane Yamano (山野茜), a character in Dual!
Akane Yamamoto (山本茜), a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
Akane Yanagi (柳明音), a male character in the manga and anime series Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
Akane Yashiro (家城茜), a character in the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Lady Akane, a concubine in the Tales of the Otori

References

↑ "Pronunciation of Akane". pronouncenames.com. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
↑ "Akane in Kanji". www.mahou.org. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
↑ "Japanese Names". linguanaut.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
↑ "Akane". www.ourbabynamer.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
↑ 女の子の名前ベスト1～100位. www.feelbabyname.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

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[1] "Pronunciation of Akane". pronouncenames.com. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

[2] "Akane in Kanji". www.mahou.org. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

[3] "Japanese Names". linguanaut.com. Retrieved 2012-03-29.

[4] "Akane". www.ourbabynamer.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.

[5] 女の子の名前ベスト1～100位. www.feelbabyname.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-02-27.