Akane
{{Hatnote|For the Greek sweets see Akanés, for the Slavic vowel change see akanje, for the song by Miyu Nagase, see Miyu Nagase#CAM Entertainment, for other uses, see Akane (disambiguation).
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{{Infobox given name2
| name = Akane
| image = Akane Kanji.png
| image_size = 220
| caption = Akane in Kanji meaning Madder Plant
| pronunciation = ah-KAH-nay{{Cite web| url = http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/akane | title = Pronunciation of Akane | publisher = pronouncenames.com | accessdate = 2012-03-30}}
| gender = Female
| meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used.{{Cite web | url = http://www.mahou.org/Kanji/302B/?usage#usage | title = Akane in Kanji | publisher = www.mahou.org | accessdate = 2012-03-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080110073044/http://www.mahou.org/Kanji/302B/?usage#usage | archive-date = 2008-01-10 | url-status = usurped }}
| origin = Japan
}}
Akane ({{lang|ja|あかね}}, {{lang|ja|アカネ}}) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' ({{lang|ja|茜}}, Akane, Rubia cordifolia) and is associated with red{{Cite web| url = http://www.linguanaut.com/japanese_names.htm | title = Japanese Names | publisher = linguanaut.com | accessdate = 2012-03-29}} (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Akane.html|title=Akane|work=www.ourbabynamer.com|accessdate=2013-02-07}} Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.feelbabyname.jp/namelist/name_03_01.html |script-title=ja:女の子の名前ベスト１～１００位 |language=Japanese |work=www.feelbabyname.jp |accessdate=2012-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921062552/http://www.feelbabyname.jp/namelist/name_03_01.html |archivedate=2013-09-21 }} 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
- {{Nihongo|Akane Araki|荒木 茜羽||born 1996}}, Japanese badminton player
- {{Nihongo|Akane Chihaya|千早 茜||born 1979}}, Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Akane Fujita (wrestler)|藤田 あかね||born 1987}}, Japanese professional wrestler
- {{Nihongo|Akane Fujita|藤田 茜||born 1993}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Akane Hirose|廣瀬 茜}}, member of the Japanese rock band Band-Maid
- {{Nihongo|Akane Hosoyamada|細山田 茜||born 1992}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Akane Hotta|堀田 茜||born 1992}}, Japanese actress, model and tarento
- {{Nihongo|Akane Konishi|小西 あかね||born 1995}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Akane Kumada|熊田 茜音||born 2000}}, Japanese voice actress and singer
- {{Nihongo|Akane Kuroki|黒木 茜||born 1978}}, Japanese Olympic dressage rider
- {{nihongo|Akane Matsunaga|松永 あかね||born 2001}}, Japanese voice actress
- {{nihongo|Akane Moriya|守屋茜}}, Japanese idol and model
- {{nihongo|Akane Nakashima|中嶋 茜||born 1990}}, Japanese goalball player
- {{nihongo|Akane Nishino|西野 朱音||born 2002}}, Japanese professional footballer
- Akane Ogura ({{lang|ja|小椋 アカネ}}), Japanese manga artist
- Akane Omae ({{lang|ja|大前 茜}}, born 1982), Japanese voice actress
- Akane Osawa ({{lang|ja|大沢 あかね}}), member of the Japanese pop music duet Tomboy
- {{Nihongo|Akane Saito|齊藤 あかね||born 1993}}, Japanese women's footballer
- {{Nihongo|Akane Sakanoue|坂ノ上 茜||born 1995}}, Japanese actress
- Akane Shibata ({{lang|ja|柴田 あかね}}), Japanese field hockey player
- {{Nihongo|Akane Shiga|志賀 紅音||born 2001}}, Japanese ice hockey player
- Akane Sugazaki ({{lang|ja|菅崎 茜}}, born 1989), Japanese pop singer and songwriter
- Akane Takayanagi ({{lang|ja|高柳 明音}}), member of the Japanese girl idol group SKE48
- Akane Tomonaga ({{lang|ja|友永 朱音}}), Japanese voice actress
- {{Nihongo|Akane Watanabe|渡邉 あかね||born 1994}}, Japanese badminton player
- Akane Yamaguchi ({{lang|ja|山口 あかね}}), Japanese badminton player who competed in the 2012 Japan Super Series
- {{Nihongo|Akane Yanagisawa|柳澤 明希||born 1998}}, Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming
- {{Nihongo|Akane Yamao|山尾 朱子||born 1974}}, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- Akane Yoshida (born 1994), Japanese weightlifter
Surname
- {{Nihongo|Hotaru Akane|紅音 ほたる||born 1983}}, Japanese model and AV actress
- {{Nihongo|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, Hikaru's younger sister in Parodius
- Akane, the fox and guardian angel from Angel Tales (Tenshi no Shippo)
- Akane, the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in Pokémon
- Akane Aizawa, in Dai Sentai Goggle-V
- Akane Aoi, a character in the manga and anime series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
- Akane Aki, a character in the manga series Dash Kappei
- Akane Asahina a classmate from the series Kanokon
- Akane Fujita, Takoyaki shop owner from the series Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)
- Akane Higurashi, from the anime and manga series My-HiME
- Akane Hino, one of the main characters of the series Smile PreCure!
- Akane Hino, a character in the 2011 mobile game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
- Akane Hououji, a character in the manga series The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
- Akane Inuwaka, a character in the video game series Arcana Heart
- Akane Isshiki, a main character in the anime series Vividred Operation
- Akane Kimidori, in manga and anime series Dr. Slump
- Akane Kino, the younger sister of the main character in the manga series Voice Over! Seiyu Academy
- Akane Kiryu of Fatal Frame II
- Akane Kishida from Kitchen Princess
- Akane Kobayashi, a character in Doki Doki School Hours
- Akane Kurashiki, a major character from the video game series Zero Escape
- Akane Kurokawa, an character in the manga and anime series Oshi no Ko
- Akane Mishima, one of the main characters of Kampfer
- Akane Mizuhara, a main character in the visual novel Final Approach
- Akane Motomiya, 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, in Hot Gimmick
- Akane Osaki, the main character of the manga series Akane-banashi
- Akane Owari, a character from the Danganronpa series
- Akane Ryuuku, a roleplay character of Gumball Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Akane Ryuzoji, a character in the manga series World's End Harem
- Akane Sakurada, the main character of the anime and manga series Castle Town Dandelion
- Akane Sakuramori, a character of the light novel series I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class
- Akane Sano, a main character in the manga series Black God
- Akane Satomura, a main character in the visual novel One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
- {{Nihongo|Akane Sawatari|沢渡 アカネ|}}, a character in the Chainsaw Man anime and manga series
- Akane Serizawa, a minor character in the anime and manga series Pani Poni
- {{Nihongo|Akane Shinjō|新条 アカネ}}, a character in the anime series SSSS.Gridman
- Akane Shinonome, a character in the anime series Little Battlers Experience WARS
- Akane Soir, a character in the anime and manga series My-Otome
- Akane Sonozaki, in the anime, manga, and visual novel series Higurashi When They Cry
- Akane Suzumiya, a character in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Akane Maniax
- Akane Takigawa, in the manga and anime series Cross Game
- Akane Tachibana, lead character in basketball manga series I'll
- Akane Tendo, in manga and anime series Ranma ½
- Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
- Akane Carver, a British school girl OC from London, UK
- Akane Tsunemori, a character in the anime Psycho-Pass
- Akane Yagyu, ("Jubei") from the video game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
- Akane Yamano, a character in Dual!
- {{Nihongo|Akane Yamamoto|山本 茜}}, a character in the manga series Haikyū!!
- Akane Yanagi, a character in the manga and anime series Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
- Akane Yashiro, a character in the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- Lady Akane, a concubine in the Tales of the Otori