Akira may refer to:
Entertainment
- Akira (franchise), a Japanese cyberpunk franchise
- Akira (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Akira (1988 film), a 1988 anime film adaptation of the manga
- Akira (video game), a 1988 video game based on the anime film
- Akira Psycho Ball, a 2002 pinball simulator for PlayStation 2 based on the anime film
- Akira (planned film), a planned live-action film adaptation of the manga
- Akira (2016 Hindi film), a Bollywood film starring Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap
- Akira (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film starring Anish Tejeshwar
- "Akira", a song by Kaddisfly from Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn
- Akira (album), a 2017 album by Black Cab
Characters
- Akira (The Simpsons), a Japanese chef on The Simpsons
- Akira (Akira), a character from the 1980s cyberpunk manga of the same name
- Akira Hiragi, a character from Valkyrie Drive-Mermaid
- Akira Kurusu, the protagonist in the manga adaption of Persona 5
- Akira Otoishi, a minor antagonist in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Akira Nijino, a.k.a. ToQ #6, a character from Ressha Sentai ToQger
- A-Kira, a.k.a. Minoru Tanaka, a character from Death Note
Other
- Akira class, a class of starship in Star Trek
People
- Akira (given name)
- Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Akira (actor) (born 1981), Japanese actor and dance performer
- Asa Akira (born 1986), an American pornographic actress, model, and director
- Former stage name of Natalie Horler (born 1981), German singer and television presenter