1. Town in Japan:
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,136 and a density of 119.47 persons per km2.
The total area was 42.99 km2. On March 7, 2005, Akasaka, along with the towns of Kumayama, San'yō and Yoshii (all from Akaiwa District), were merged to create the city of Akaiwa.
Akasaka was home to many restaurants and small shops. It is also home to the local shinto Hie (Sanno) Shrine.
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2. District of Tokyo
Akasaka (赤坂) is a residential and commercial district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located west of the government center in Nagatachō and north of the Roppongi district.
Akasaka (including the neighboring area of Aoyama) was a ward of Tokyo City from 1878 to 1947, and maintains a branch office of the Minato City government.
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3. State guest house of the government of Japan
Akasaka Palace (赤坂離宮, Akasaka Rikyū) is a state guest house (迎賓館, geihinkan) of the government of Japan.
Other state guesthouses include the Kyoto State Guest House and the Osaka State Guest House.
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4. Japanese surname
Akasaka (written: 赤阪 or 赤坂 lit. "red, slope") is a Japanese surname:
Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ, born 1988), Japanese manga artist and writer best known for his series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Oshi no Ko.
It was the 9th best selling
manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold.
In 2020, he won the 65th
Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga. In August 2021,
Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.
Kazuyuki Akasaka (赤坂 和幸, born 1989), Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.
Kiyotaka Akasaka (赤阪 清隆, born 1948), Japanese diplomat.
He is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
He was appointed to the
position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in February 2007.
Akasaka also served as Coordinator
for Multilingualism in the UN Secretariat.
Mac Akasaka (マック 赤坂, born 1948), Japanese businessman, political activist and perennial candidate.
He has run for various political offices, including the Minato City Assembly (2007), the House of Representatives (2007, 2009, and 2010), Governor of Tokyo (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016), Governor of Osaka Prefecture (2011), Governor of Niigata Prefecture (2012) and Mayor of Osaka City (2014), running as the candidate of the Smile Party (スマイル党).
Mari Akasaka (赤坂 真理, born 1964), Japanese novelist.
In 1999 her novel Vibrator was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.
She was again nominated for
the Akutagawa prize in 2000 for her novel, Muse, and won the Noma Literary
Prize for New Writers for the same novel.
Vibrator was adapted into a
2003 film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shinobu Terajima and Nao Ōmori.
Takako Akasaka (赤阪 尊子, born 1955), Japanese competitive eater from Osaka.
She is considered the most successful female competitive eater in Japan.
Yuichi Akasaka (赤坂 雄一, born 1967), Japanese short-track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Tatsuyoshi Ishihara, Toshinobu Kawai and Tsutomu Kawasaki.
Koki Akasaka Japanese former
footballer.
Since retiring, Akasaka has
served as an academy coach at Tokyo Verdy.
Akiko Akasaka (赤坂 明子, born
1951) is a Japanese cross-country skier.
She competed in the women's
5 kilometres at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Takashi Akasaka (1925-2010)
was a Japanese engineering professor at Chuo University known for his work on
cord-rubber composites and tires.
2011 - Tire Society
Distinguished Achievement Award
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