Akai was a renowned Japanese consumer electronics brand founded in 1929 by Masukichi Akai and his son Saburo Akai.

The Akai brand was highly appreciated in the 80s and 90s commercially, at the same competitive level as Pioneer, Yamaha, Technics, Aiwa, Panasonic, Sony, among other equipment leaders in hi-fi and format audio components in their field.

The company's original business, the sound equipment industry, was abandoned in 1991.

Akai's products included open-coil tape recorders (such as the GX series), tuners (top-level AT series, mid-level TR and TT series), cassette decks (top-level GX and TFL series, mid-level TC, HX and CS series), amplifiers (AM series and TA series), microphones, radio receivers, turntables, VCRs and loudspeakers.

Many Akai products were sold under the Roberts brand in the United States; under the A&D brand in Japan (since 1987, following a partnership with Mitsubishi Electric); and under the Tensai and Transonic Strato names in Western Europe.