[1] He was auxiliary bishop of São Paulo and responsible for the Lapa Episcopal Region.

Born in Garça in 1962, Akamine made his profession of faith to the Pallottine priests on December 8, 1980.

In Curitiba he studied philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University (1981-1983) and Theology at the Studium Teologicum Claretianum (1984-1987) and was ordained priest on January 24, 1988.

In addition, he obtained the License (1993-1996) and the Doctorate (2002-2005) in Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

On 28 December 2016 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Sorocaba and took office on February 25, 2017.