Akai is the name of:
, a fictional character in the manga series Case Closed , Japanese former footballer , Japanese illustrator, game creator, character designer and animator , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese footballer , Japanese Onna-musha warrior , Japanese samurai Akai Gurley (c. 1986–2014), African-American man shot and killed by a New York City Police officer Akai Osei (born 1999), British actor, dancer and musician, winner of the first series of Got to Dance