The mark consists of the stylized letter "a" in pink with a white background, surrounded by a circle divided into ten equal sections, each a different color in the sequence red, pink, purple, blue, light blue, green, light green, dark green, yellow, dark yellow; to the right of the image are the words "Akatsuki" in gray.
The color(s) white, gray, red, pink, purple, blue, light blue, green, light green, dark green, yellow and dark yellow is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.
The word "AKATSUKI" is an English transliteration of a Japanese character mark meaning "dawn".
The English translation of the Japanese word that transliterates as "AKATSUKI" is "dawn".