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Yasushi Akimoto

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
4

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 2, 1958 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Yasushi Akimoto

Biography

Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist, and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, making him the best-selling lyricist in Japan.

Known For

Writing

2026Surname Confidential...Original Story
2023Would You Like to Play Da Capo?...Screenplay
2022Saisho wa Paa...Original Story
2022Saisho wa Paa...Original Concept
2022Saisho wa Paa...Screenplay
2022Investigation Division 1...Screenplay
2022Who Is the Sender?...Original Concept
2022Red Nurse Call...Original Story
2022A Couple of Cuckoos...Lyricist
2022Yodaremon Kazoku...Original Story
2021Your Turn to Kill: The Movie...Original Concept
2021Man Drifting Ashore...Original Story
2021HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~...Musical
2021Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~...Musical
2020Kyouen NG...Screenstory
2020Remotely Killed...Writer
2020Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder...Writer
2019Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46...Writer
2019Your Turn to Kill...Writer
2017Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~...Writer
2017The Last Recipe...Other
2016AKBラブナイト 恋工場...Screenstory
2015Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~...Writer
2015Hatsumori Bemars...Writer
2015Hatsumori Bemars...Original Story
2014Sailor Zombie...Original Story
2013NMB48 - Omowase Kousen...Lyricist
2013NOGIBINGO!...Writer
2012Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou...Original Story
2012メグたんって魔法つかえるの?...Screenstory
2010Majisuka Academy...Original Concept
2009Yamagata Scream...Writer
2008Ice...Original Story
2008One Missed Call...Novel
2007Walking My Life...Original Story
2007The Day I Depart...Screenplay
2007The Suicide Song...Writer
2006One Missed Call 3: Final...Characters
2005One Missed Call...Original Story
2005One Missed Call 2...Novel
2003One Missed Call...Author
2003Jusei: Last Drop of Blood...Writer
2000As the River Flows...Screenplay
1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love...Original Story
1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love...Screenplay
1995Azuki-chan the Movie...Graphic Novel
1995Azuki-chan...Graphic Novel
1994Ari yo Saraba...Screenstory
1992Manhattan Kiss...Screenplay
1992Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi...Writer
1991Goodbye Mama...Screenplay
1991Thriller CRT...Writer
1983A Madcap Corporation...Lyricist
The Not Polly...Story

Creator

2026Ten Strokes to You...Creator
2026STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃい...Creator
2025乃木坂スター誕生！SIX...Creator
2024日向坂ミュージックパレード...Creator
2023Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka...Creator
2022Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!...Creator
2022AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san...Creator
2021Not the Girl, Not Her...Creator
2021Guilty Flag...Creator
2021乃木坂スター誕生...Creator
2020大好き！日向坂46！！...Creator
2020Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?...Creator
2020Dasada...Creator
2019Nogizaka Doko-e...Creator
2019HINABINGO!...Creator
2019Let's Meet at Hinatazaka...Creator
2019Zambi...Creator
2018Hiragana Oshi...Creator
2017AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!...Creator
2017My Lover's Secret...Creator
2016Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka...Creator
2016Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?...Creator
2016KEYABINGO!...Creator
2016HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen...Creator
2015AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights...Creator
2015Keyakitte, Kakenai?...Creator
2015Hatsumori Bemars...Creator
2015Nogizaka Under Construction...Creator
2013NOGIBINGO!...Creator
2013So Long!...Creator
2011Nogizakatte, Doko?...Creator
2010Majisuka Academy...Creator
2008Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru...Creator
1995Azuki-chan...Creator

Production

2025乃木坂スター誕生！SIX...Producer
20256th Year Memorial Live...Producer
2023Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall...Producer
2023All Night Fujiko...Producer
20234th Year Memorial Live...Producer
2022Saisho wa Paa...Development Manager
2022Who Is the Sender?...Development Manager
2022Red Nurse Call...Development Producer
2022Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony...Producer
2022Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE...Producer
2021Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021...Producer
2021Spring Unit Festival...Producer
2021MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai...Producer
2021Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -...Producer
2020Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46...Producer
2020Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46...Producer
2020HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！...Producer
2020Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～...Producer
2020AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020...Producer
202022/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)...Producer
2019Keyaki Republic 2019...Producer
2019Let's Meet at Hinatazaka...Producer
2018Hiragana Christmas 2018...Producer
2018Keyaki Republic 2018...Producer
2018SKE48 Spring Concert 2018...Producer
2018Sunny...Production Supervisor
2018AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018...Producer
2017The Last Recipe...Development Manager
2017Keyaki Republic 2017...Producer
2017Cruel Crowd...Development Producer
2017AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017...Producer
2016Hiragana Omotenashi Kai...Producer
2016Crow's Blood...Executive Producer
2016AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016...Producer
2016AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016...Producer
2015SKE48 Winter Concert 2015...Producer
2015AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights...Producer
2015Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48...Producer
2015AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015...Producer
2014Girls in the Psychic Club...Executive Producer
2014Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou...Producer
2014Rose Color's Buko...Development Manager
2014AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014...Producer
2014Seventh Code...Production Supervisor
2014Team H - Hakata Legend...Producer
2013SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"...Producer
2013SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013...Producer
2013AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour...Producer
2013Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara...Producer
2013Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48...Producer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert...Producer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert...Producer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert...Producer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert...Producer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert...Producer
2013SKE48 Spring Concert 2013...Producer
2013The Complex: Prologue...Executive Producer
2013AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013...Producer
2012SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012...Producer
2012SKE48 Spring Concert 2012...Producer
2012AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012...Producer
2012Deceiving Idol...Producer
2011The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011...Producer
2011AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011...Producer
2010SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010...Producer
2010AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010...Producer
2009SKE48's First Extracirricular Class...Producer
2009It's going to be a Kami-Concert...Producer
2009AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009...Producer
2008Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai...Producer
2008Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou...Producer
2008AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008...Producer
1999Birdcage of Horrors...Producer
The Not Polly...Producer

Crew

2023Dr. Chocolate...Creator

Directing

2022HINAKURI 2022...Director
2003Jusei: Last Drop of Blood...Director
2003Gozamareji...Director
2000As the River Flows...Director
1992Manhattan Kiss...Director
1991Goodbye Mama...Director

Sound

2019Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜...Music Director
2013SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT...Musician
2013Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony...Sound Director
2013Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert...Sound Director
2012Wreck-It Ralph...Songs
2012Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena...Sound Director

Acting

2025秋元康 × AI秋元康as
2015Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectoryas Self
2015Song FUKUYAMAas
1994The Mystery of Rampoas