List of Famous people named Akiko
Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Akiko Kobayashi
Akiko Kobayashi , also known by her alias Holi, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and arranger.
Akiko Yazawa
Akiko Yazawa is a professional backgammon player from Tokyo, Japan. She became World Backgammon champion in 2014 and 2018. Akiko is ranked 3rd on Giants of Backgammon in 2015, becoming the first female Backgammon Giant.
Akiko Koyama
Akiko Koyama is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut in 1955 and appeared in nearly 90 films. In 1960 Akiko Koyama married film director Nagisa Oshima, and appeared in some of his films.
Akiko Suwanai
Akiko Suwanai is a Japanese classical violinist.
Akiko Fukushima
Akiko Fukushima is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Akiko Chubachi
Akiko Chubachi assumed the duties of Miss Universe Japan 2007, after originally being the second runner-up. She became Miss Universe Japan after the winner, Riyo Mori, claimed the Miss Universe crown and first runner-up, Rei Hamada, turned the title down. Akiko is a graduate of Tamagawa University and has an elementary school teacher's certificate. She has travelled to 30 countries on her own doing volunteer work. She is a model and stands 5'8" (173 cm).
Akiko Kurabayashi
Akiko Kurabayashi is a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and member of the Japanese Communist Party. She was a former nurse. She has previously served on the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly, to which she was elected in 1994, and on the Kyoto City Assembly, to which she served five terms, starting with her election to the assembly in 1995. Kurabayashi was elected to her position in the National Diet in 2013.
Akiko Shikata
Akiko Shikata is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer, who is known for writing music for games and anime. She is best known for her contributions to the Ar tonelico, Shadow Hearts and Umineko no Naku Koro ni games, as well as anime adaptations of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Akatsuki no Yona and Tales of Symphonia.
Akiko Dōmoto
Akiko Dōmoto was the governor of Chiba Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. A graduate of Tokyo Woman's Christian University, she was the first female governor of Chiba and the third in Japanese history. She was first elected in 2001. In September 2001 she canceled a controversial plan to reclaim the Sanbanze wetlands as landfill. Historian Jeff Kingston called this act "a major victory for activists."