Akita Inu imbwa dzakaita sespitz dzakaberekerwa kuchamhembe kweJapan (Akita prefecture). Vane tsandanyama kuvaka uye gobvu pfupi bvudzi. Hunhu hunotonga, hwakazvimiririra, hunoda kuramba uchidzidziswa uye hunhu hwekuremekedza. Rudzi urwu rwakakodzerwa nevanochengeta imbwa vane ruzivo, vakadzikama, vanozvivimba. Kune mitsetse miviri, dzimwe nguva inotsanangurwa semhando dzakasiyana: iyo Akita Inu ("chokwadi" subspecies) uye American Akita.
Akita Inu haadi dzimwe imbwa, kunyanya mukadzi wake.
Kurerwa kwakakodzera, kushamwaridzana kwenguva refu, kudzidziswa kwakakodzera kwakakosha zvakanyanya, kana zvisina kudaro, mhuka inokwanisa kukura ine hutsinye.
Ivo vane mbiri uye vanodzorwa, asi chete kana vaziva muridzi wemutungamiri asina zvimiro.