Akinori Kidera (木寺 昭徳 Kidera Akinori, born January 28, 1969 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), known under the pen name Daichi Banjō (万乗 大智 Banjō Daichi), is a Japanese manga artist. He is a graduate of Seinan Gakuin University. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to Takashi Shiina. In 1991 he won the 21st Shogakukan New Artist Award for "Feron 11" as well as an honorable mention for the "Fujiko Fujio Award". That same year, one of his works appeared in the CoroCoro Comic Summer Special.
In 1992 he made his formal debut under the pen name "Daichi Banjō" with the short story "Puma" in a special issue of Shōnen Sunday. His work appears almost exclusively in Shōnen Sunday now, but his single volume series Eternal Siren, was published in Young Sunday.