Hitomi Akano

Mixed martial artist

赤野仁美

Born

27 July 1974, Osaka

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

mixed martial arts, judo

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter, judoka

Team / club

Abe Ani Combat Club

Hitomi Akano (赤野 仁美, Akano Hitomi; born 27 July 1974) is a retired Japanese female mixed martial artist. She announced her formal retirement from MMA on 1 August 2013.

Akano used a song she penned herself called "Between the Sky" as her entrance music. She is a former Smackgirl Middleweight Champion at 128 pounds (58 kg).

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q5872201 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.