Asteroids named after people called Akiko

(9450) Akikoizumo

Akiko Izumo (b. 1962) is a folklorist of astronomy in Japan, who worked at a planetarium at Yokohama Science Center. She has written books on astronomy folklore, including encyclopedias and visual dictionaries.Discovered 19 January 1998 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(23895) Akikonakamura

Akiko Nakamura (b. 1964) is a Japanese experimentalist in the field of planetary science, especially on collision processes in small bodies. She was a member of the science team of the Hayabusa mission.Discovered 17 September 1998 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa