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Akita

Japanese dog breed
Taxon dog_breed Q29164
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Summary

Akita is a dog breed[1]. Akita ranks in the top 7% of dog breed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Akita Prefecture[3]
  • Subclass of: Japanese dog[4]
  • Commons category: Akita Inu[5]
  • Country of origin: Japan[6], United States[7]
  • Catalog code: 255[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Akita Inu[9]
  • Commons gallery: Akita Inu[10]
  • Heritage designation: Natural Monument of Japan[11]
  • Different from: list of dog breeds[12], American Akita[13]
  • Height: 61 cm[14], 67 cm[15]
  • Life expectancy: 10 years[16], 12 years[17]

Why It Matters

Akita has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Akita is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Japan United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . fci.be. fci.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . hunderasse.de. hunderasse.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . hunderasse.de. hunderasse.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    American kennel club id → japanese-akitainu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ American kennel club id: japanese-akitainu, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787475929272"
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0283850-akita
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0283850-akita, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → list of dog breeds, American Akita
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+61'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+67'}
    Country of origin → Japan, United States
    Subclass of → Japanese dog
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 22986, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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