Akebono
Akebono (曙 / あけぼの) is a Japanese noun that means "dawn" or "daybreak".
It may also refer to:
- Akebono Brake Industry, a Japanese manufacturer
- Akebono (genus), a fly genus in the family Sciomyzidae or Phaeomyiidae
- Akebono (satellite), a geomagnetosphere observation satellite
- Akebono scale, a common scale used in Japanese music.
- Akebono (train), a sleeping-car train in Japan
- Akebono Tarō, a retired sumo and current professional wrestler
Ships
- Akebono Maru, a Japanese oil tanker and fishing trawler that capsized in 1982
- Japanese destroyer Akebono, four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force
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