Akira Iriye
Japanese-American historian
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Named Akira
23 obituaries for famous people named Akira. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Akira Mitsutake
Japanese politician
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
Akira Ishimaru
American electrical engineer
Died on Friday November 21st 2025
Akira Shigino
Japanese animator (KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops
Died on Thursday June 6th 2024
Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist (Dragon Ball)
Died on Friday March 8th 2024
Akira Tamba
Japanese-born French composer and musicologist
Died on Wednesday April 19th 2023
Akira Tsuneoka
Japanese pop-punk drummer (Hi-Standard)
Died on Wednesday February 15th 2023
Akira Fujii
Japanese astronomer
Died on Friday December 30th 2022
Akira Inoue
Japanese film director (Zatoichi's Revenge
Died on Thursday January 13th 2022
Akira Miyawaki
Japanese botanist
Died on Monday August 2nd 2021
Akira Kubodera
Japanese actor (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Died on Tuesday November 17th 2020
Akira Kume
Japanese actor (The Insect Woman
Died on Thursday April 23rd 2020
Akira Miyazaki
Japanese animation director and writer (Happy Moomin Family
Died on Wednesday November 28th 2018
Akira Hirose
Japanese-born Canadian plasma physicist
Died on Wednesday December 6th 2017
Akira Tago
Japanese psychologist
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Akira Tanno
Japanese photographer
Died on Wednesday August 5th 2015
Akira Endo
Japanese-born American conductor
Died on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Akira Machida
Japanese Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Died on Monday April 6th 2015