Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. is a Japanese publishing company located in Tokyo. It was founded in 1948 by Teio Akita and currently has Shigeru Higuchi as its president. This company is well-known for its Weekly Shōnen Champion manga magazine which features popular works like Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka, Baki the Grappler by Keisuke Itagaki, and Dokaben by Shinji Mizushima.