Akita Inu ndi agalu onga spitz omwe amawetedwa kumpoto kwa Japan (chigawo cha Akita). Amakhala ndi minofu yolimba komanso tsitsi lalifupi lalifupi. Khalidweli ndi lalikulu, lodziyimira pawokha, limafunikira kuphunzitsidwa kosalekeza komanso ulemu. Mtundu uwu ndi woyenera kwa obereketsa agalu odziwa bwino, odekha, odzidalira. Pali mizere iwiri, yomwe nthawi zina imatchedwa mitundu yosiyana: Akita Inu ("zowona" subspecies) ndi American Akita.
Akita Inu sakonda agalu ena, makamaka jenda lake.
Kuleredwa koyenera, kuyanjana kwa nthawi yayitali, maphunziro aluso ndizofunikira kwambiri, apo ayi, nyama imatha kukula mwaukali.
Iwo ndi olemekezeka ndi oletsedwa, koma pokhapokha atazindikira mwiniwake monga mtsogoleri wopanda malire.