Per this Reddit summary of a paywalled article, Akira is named for Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. His brother is named Krilin and liked a Tweet screenshotting that summary.
Quick favor, @ryannovo62 ... could you confirm this? Because I have a pretty cool Dragonball Z design for him, but I want it to be accurate. https://t.co/XbHoEpA9CE
— Backhanded Devil (@BackhandedDevil) May 3, 2023
Many thanks to the @OmahaLancers organization for making possible to visit our son @SchmidAkira and watch him play! We met great people saw a great team and awesome fans! pic.twitter.com/DWZkUusTM8
— Kupetzky (@kowakupetzky) February 23, 2019