Akashi (disambiguation)

Akashi stands for:

• Akashi-gun , a former district of the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo, previously a district of the Harima province
  • Akashi , a city in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo
  • Akashi (Han) , a fiefdom in the Japanese province of Harima
• Akashi (ship, 1897) , armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Akashi (ship, 1938) , a workshop ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Akashi is a family name for the following people:

• Miyoko Akashi (* 1946), Japanese diplomat
• Akashi Kaijin (1901-1939), Japanese poet
• Akashi Kakuichi († 1371), monk of the Japanese Middle Ages
• Akashi Motojirō (1864-1919), General of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Akashi Shiganosuke (around 1500 – around 1649), legendary sumo wrestler
• Akashi Taijiro (1894–1969), Japanese major general
• Yasushi Akashi (* 1931), Japanese diplomat and UN functionary

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.