Akira Oze

is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the pen name writing shōnen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series. Oze won the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga for Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II.

Selected works (1978, 1 volume) (1981–1986, 18 volumes) (1986–1987, 7 volumes) – story by Masao Yajima (1988–1991, 12 volumes) (1992–1994, 7 volumes) (1994–1997, 9 volumes) (2001–2004, 8 volumes)