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Akiya (秋谷) is a Japanese surname. Akiya can also mean an abandoned, vacant house (空き家).

Notable people with the surname include:

• Einosuke Akiya (秋谷 栄之助, born 1930), Japanese Buddhist leader
• Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909–2002), Japanese-American activist, Communist, author, and internee
• Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born 1976), Japanese voice actor

Akiya is also a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Akiya Anzawa (安沢 明也, born 1981), Japanese retired professional wrestler.
• Akiya Takahashi (高橋 明也, born 1953), Japanese art historian

See also

• Akiya (Assyrian king), an Assyrian king of the old Assyrian period

• Given names
• Surnames
• Japanese-language surnames
• Japanese masculine given names
• Masculine given names