The name "Akitakomachi" was given to Ono no Komachi, a poet of the Heian period who was born in Ono Village, Akita Prefecture, and was renowned for her beauty, with the hope that it would be loved as a delicious rice for a long time. It inherits the good taste of its parent, Koshihikari, and is a rice with a good balance of aroma, umami, sweetness, and stickiness. Akitakomachi, which is produced in Akita Prefecture, has been selected many times as the top rank in the taste rankings, and is characterized by its stickiness and elasticity, as well as its delicate and beautiful luster and stickiness like mochi skin.