Akira Ito (伊藤 彰, Itō Akira) is a manga artist. Ito drew Yu-Gi-Oh! R while the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, Kazuki Takahashi, came up with the storyline. Ito's drawing style is similar to Takahashi's. Ito later co-created Cardfight!! Vanguard in collaboration with Satoshi Nakamura (technical advisor for Duel Masters) and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani, he is also the author of Cardfight!! Vanguard manga and Cardfight!! Vanguard G: THE PROLOGUE, as well as the illustrator/designer of several cards in the Cardfight!! Vanguard game.