Kitabatake Akinari

Kitabatake Akinari (c. 1335–1386) was a Southern Court noble in Japan's Nanboku-chō era and the legitimate son of Kitabatake Akiie, who died fighting for Emperor Go-Daigo in 1338. He first appears in court records in 1352 with junior fourth rank, and in 1378 was made provisional major counselor of junior second rank.

Later traditions make him a co-author of the Taiheiki under the clerical name Gyōi, a follower of Prince Kanenaga in Kyushu, and ancestor of the Namioka Kitabatake family.