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All around the world, Akechi (明智 , Akechi ) is a common predominantly male, but very infrequently female forename. The forename Akechi is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely girly name, Japan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Nigeria, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Very seldom, Akechi is the last name as well as the forename.
Akechi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .