Akitas have an EXTREMELY wide range of personalities, (i believe) moreso than in any other breed. Some are moody loners and others stay puppies all their lives. This is not an exaggeration, as I have known both the above dogs.
So realize as I pontificate on the male/female differences that these are merely general traits and that any single Akita of either sex can be just about anything.
What makes an Akita personality?:
1)genetics.
2)upbringing This is why I like to raise my dogs inside with my family. .........
You know I typed up a list and then upon proofreading it realized how full of crap it was. The tendencies of male or female in Akitas is so slight that it is DWARFED by personality characteristics of the breed and of the individual animal. So all I can add to this discussion is how my Akitas were/are.
Male #1: 105#. backyardbred. died of genetic-related cancer at 7 years of age. dominant. an alpha male if I hadnt raised him right. dominated female#1 but never showed her or any other family member agression (except his one adolescent low-growl test of me). His attitude is what you read in the Standard. Treated gunfire as background noise. Commands needed to be firm when outside the house.
Female #1: Somewhat submissive. My fault. We got her 6 months after male#1 and i was too strict on her, thinking all Akitas were as hardheaded as male#1. She was only submissive inside our pack however, and never showed any fear outside the pack except for thunderstorms. I no1 was home during a storm, she would go thru (literally) a BR door to hide behind the bed. VERY gunshy. Also dog agressive. Would allow male#1 to lead the fight and she would be less than 1 body length behind in the chase/posturing.(no, I'm not allowing fights. this is in the run to the window or fence). a harsh word would crush her.
Male#2 (current): 5.5years. 132# breeder made a mistake in letting us have him as a nonshow dog. Absolute teddy bear. 1st dog to do everything. Tolerates play abuse of female#2 unbelievably well. He allows her to do just about anything to him, but she knows he is higher pack rank. Loves visitors when we are home, but will stand his ground and WOOF when strangers approach. Have been told he does same when we are not home. Average Akita intelligence. Doesnt like gunfire, but doesnt shy from it. Had always been sensitive to having his ears rubbed hard, and we have no idea why. As a pup, HATED having his feet or ears touched. Well, months of daily practice overcame that. A harsh word would crush him until he came to full maturity, now normal commands work fine.
Female#2: littermate to male 105# (maybe more, its been a while). spayed after 1st heat (medical reasons we let it go that long). Also a doll, but the boy is the one with the show personality. They will eat and drink from the same bowl at the same time and used to allow a geriatric cat to eat with them, FROM THE SAME BOWL (sorry, but I still havent gotten over that). She likes to play a lot more (he tires quicker) and she torments him to play a lot. She is also tremendously smart and can get whatever she wants from him. Gunfire doesnt bother her. normal commands all her life, RARELY have to give her a command anymore as she is so smart she seems to read my mind.
We video'd our hunt for puppies the last time out (6 years ago) and when we watched the parents of our current Akitas the other day, we were dumbfounded. The daddy looked EXACTLY like our male except that our boy is a bit fuller bodied. Even his antics were the same. And the momma played and ran EXACTLY like our girl. These 2 dogs on tape could have been our dogs if we hadnt known when the tape was made!!! I'll say it again: look at the parents to see what kind of dog you are buying!