Katō Akizane (加藤明実, April 4, 1848 – November 29, 1906) was the 9th (and final) daimyō of Minakuchi Domain in Bakumatsu period Japan[1] and was the 13th hereditary chieftain of the Minaguchi-Kato clan.

In 1863 he was adopted as heir to his elder brother, Katō Akinori, the 8th daimyō and was received in formal audience with Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi in 1865.

The forces of Minaguchi Domain were assigned to guard the temple of Sennyū-ji in Kyoto, which for centuries had been a mausoleum for noble families and members of the Imperial House of Japan.

At the start of the Boshin War, he quickly joined the impala cause, and was assigned to the capture and administer the territories in Ōmi Province belonging to pro-Tokugawa Kawagoe Domain and Mikami Domain.

[2] Under the Meiji government he became imperial governor of Minakuchi until the abolition of the han system in 1871.