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). }} {{Infobox given name2 | name = Akane | image = Akane Kanji.png | image_size = 220 | caption = Akane in Kanji meaning Madder Plant | pronunciation = ah-KAH-nay<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/akane | title = Pronunciation of Akane | publisher = pronouncenames.com | accessdate = 2012-03-30}}</ref> | gender = Female | meaning = Different meanings depending on the kanji used.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> | origin = Japan | seealso = Sumire<br>Tsubaki }} '''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<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.linguanaut.com/japanese_names.htm | title = Japanese Names | publisher = linguanaut.com | accessdate = 2012-03-29}}</ref> (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Akane.html|title=Akane|work=www.ourbabynamer.com|accessdate=2013-02-07}}</ref> ''Akane'' (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 Takada (高田茜) Japanese ballet dancer *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 *{{Nihongo|Akane|あかね}}, Hikaru's younger sister in ''Parodius'' *{{Nihongo|Akane|アカネ}}, the fox and guardian angel from ''Angel Tales'' (''Tenshi no Shippo'') *{{Nihongo|Akane|アカネ}}, the Japanese name of Whitney, a character in ''Pokémon'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Aizawa|相沢あかね}}, in ''Dai Sentai Goggle-V'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Aoi|蒼井茜}}, a male character in the manga and anime series ''Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Aki|秋あかね}}, a character in the manga series ''Dash Kappei'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Asahina|朝比奈あかね}}, a classmate from the series ''Kanokon'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Fujita|藤田アカネ}}, Takoyaki shop owner from the series ''Pretty Cure (2004 TV series)'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Higurashi|日暮あかね}} from the anime and manga series ''My-HiME'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Hino|日野あかね}}, one of the main characters of the series ''Smile PreCure!'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Hino|日野茜}}, a character in the 2011 mobile game ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Hououji|鳳凰寺紅葉}}, a character in the manga series ''The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Houzuki|宝月茜}} (Ema Skye), a character in the ''Ace Attorney'' franchise *{{Nihongo|Akane Inuwaka|犬若あかね}}, a character in the video game series ''Arcana Heart'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Isshiki|一色あかね}}, a main character in the anime series ''Vividred Operation'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kimidori|木緑あかね}}, in manga and anime series ''Dr. Slump'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kino|木野茜}}, the younger sister of the main character in the manga series ''Voice Over! Seiyu Academy'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kiryu|桐生茜}} of ''Fatal Frame II'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kishida|岸田茜}} from ''Kitchen Princess'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kobayashi|小林あかね}}, a character in ''Doki Doki School Hours'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kurashiki|倉式茜}}, a major character from the video game series ''Zero Escape'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Kurokawa|黒川あかね}}, a character in the manga and anime series ''Oshi no Ko'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Mishima|美嶋紅音}}, one of the main characters of ''Kampfer'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Mizuhara|水原明鐘}}, a main character in the visual novel ''Final Approach'' *{{Nihongo|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'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Narita|成田茜}}, in ''Hot Gimmick'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Nishino|西野アカネ}}, a major character in the light novel series ''The Eminence in Shadow'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Nonohara|野々原茜}}, a character from The Idolmaster Million Live! *{{Nihongo|Akane Osaki|桜咲朱音}}, the main character of the manga series ''Akane-banashi'' *{{Nihongo|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'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Ryuzoji|龍造寺朱音}}, a character in the manga series ''World's End Harem'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Sakurada|櫻田茜}}, the main character of the anime and manga series ''Castle Town Dandelion'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Sano|佐野茜}}, a main character in the manga series ''Black God'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Satomura|里村茜}}, 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 *{{Nihongo|Akane Serizawa|芹沢茜}}, 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'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Shinome|篠目アカネ}}, a character in the anime series ''Little Battlers Experience WARS'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Soir|アカネ・ソワール|Akane Sowāru}}, a character in the anime and manga series ''My-Otome'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Sonozaki|園崎茜}}, in the anime, manga, and visual novel series ''Higurashi When They Cry'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Suzumiya|涼宮茜}}, a character in ''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'' and ''Akane Maniax'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Takigawa|滝川あかね}}, in the manga and anime series ''Cross Game'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Tachibana|立花茜}}, lead character in basketball manga series ''I'll'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Tendo|天道あかね}}, in manga and anime series ''Ranma ½'' *Akane Toriyasu, a character in the video game ''Yandere Simulator'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Tsunemori|常守朱}}, a character in the anime ''Psycho-Pass'' *{{Nihongo|Akane "Jubei" Yagyu|柳生茜}}, from the video game, ''Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Yamano|山野茜}}, a character in ''Dual!'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Yamamoto|山本茜}}, a character in the manga series ''Haikyū!!'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Yanagi|柳明音}}, a male character in the manga and anime series ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' *{{Nihongo|Akane Yashiro|家城茜}}, a character in the film ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' *Lady Akane, a concubine in the ''Tales of the Otori''

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