Yukari Akiyama (秋山 優花里, Akiyama Yukari) is one of the five main protagonists of Girls und Panzer and the loader of the Anglerfish Team.

Yukari is a second-year student from Ooarai Girls Academy. Yukari's parents are barbers and her house doubles as a barber shop, she is also the loader of the Anglerfish Team's Panzer IV.

The manga is told from Yukari's point of view. Through it, we learn that Yukari has been in love with tanks since she was little, but as other girls found interest in other things, she became isolated and ostracized by her classmates. When Ooarai reveals that its senshado program is being revived, she wastes no time in joining, finally finding a sanctuary where she can be herself. She is even more overjoyed when she learns that Miho Nishizumi has also joined, though under very different circumstances.