Aki

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Aki (or AKI) may refer to:

• (Japanese: 安芸) is the name of several places in Japan:
  • Aki, Kochi, a city in Kochi Prefecture
  • Aki District, Kochi, a district in Kochi Prefecture
  • Aki province, an old province in the Western part of Honshū, part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.
  • Aki District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
  • Age District, Mie, a district in Mie Prefecture (different romanization, but same Japanese name)
  • Aki, Ōita, a town in Ōita Prefecture

• Aki is also a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian first name
• In Japanese, aki means Autumn
• Anti Knock Index in relation with petrol, see octane rating
• Academie voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving is a college-level art school in Enschede, The Netherlands which is part of the ArtEz group of visual and preforming arts colleges.
• Aki refers to the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament held in Tokyo, Japan every year in September
• Adnkronos international (AKI), Italian news agency

• In film:
  • Aki Kaurismäki, a Finnish film director
  • Aki, a James Bond character played by Akiko Wakabayashi
  • Aki Ross, a character from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

• In video games:
  • Aki Corporation, a video game developer
  • Aki, a mahjong computer game by Ambrosia Software

• In medicine:
  • Acute kidney injury

• In Europe:
  • Akimedia, is an Interactive agency