Akio Takamori (1950 – 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and educator.

He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University.

[5] In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus.

[6][7] In 2001 Takamori received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award.

[7] The same year he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant.