Akihiko Yamashita (山下 明彦, Yamashita Akihiko, born February 6, 1966, in Okayama Prefecture, Chūgoku, Japan) is a Studio Ghibli animator who is famous for Howl's Moving Castle and Giant Robo (OVA).

As a character designer

• Urotsukidōji (1987–1994)
• Relic Armor Legaciam (1987)
• Giant Robo (1992–1994) (with Toshiyuki Kubooka)
• Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette (1996)
• Princess Nine (1998)
• Strange Dawn (2000)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Tide Line Blue (2005)
• Zegapain (2006)
• Tales from Earthsea (2006)
• The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
• Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
• Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020)

As a director

• A Sumo Wrestler's Tail (Ghibli Museum Short) (2010)
• Modest Heroes (2018)