Yukio Cho (Japanese: 張 由紀夫 , born 1969), known professionally as Akira the Hustler (ハスラーアキラ Hasurā Akira), is a Japanese artist, writer, actor, director, activist, and former sex worker. He took the pseudonym "Akira" while working as a call boy for an escort agency while living in Kyoto. He would later return to Tokyo to work as an escort independently, advertising his services though gay men's magazines; he would later write a column for G-men, one of the most notable gay magazines in Japan in ...