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Yasushi Akimoto

Born: 1958-05-02 in Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known For: Writing

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.

Filmography

2026

Surname Confidential ... (Original Story)
Ten Strokes to You ... (Creator)
STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃい ... (Creator)

2025

2024

日向坂ミュージックパレード ... (Creator)

2023

Would You Like to Play Da Capo? ... (Screenplay)
Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka ... (Creator)
Dr. Chocolate ... (Creator)
All Night Fujiko ... (Producer)
Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall ... (Producer)
4th Year Memorial Live ... (Producer)

2022

A Couple of Cuckoos ... (Lyricist)
Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou! ... (Creator)
Who Is the Sender? ... (Original Concept)
Red Nurse Call ... (Development Producer)
Investigation Division 1 ... (Screenplay)
Saisho wa Paa ... (Original Story)
Yodaremon Kazoku ... (Original Story)
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san ... (Creator)
HINAKURI 2022 ... (Director)
Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony ... (Producer)
Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE ... (Producer)

2021

Guilty Flag ... (Creator)
乃木坂スター誕生 ... (Creator)
Man Drifting Ashore ... (Original Story)
Not the Girl, Not Her ... (Creator)
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie ... (Original Concept)
HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~ ... (Musical)
Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~ ... (Musical)
Spring Unit Festival ... (Producer)
Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021 ... (Producer)
MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai ... (Producer)
Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 - ... (Producer)

2020

Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka? ... (Creator)
22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni) ... (Producer)
Dasada ... (Creator)
Kyouen NG ... (Screenstory)
大好き！日向坂46！！ ... (Creator)
Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46 ... (Producer)
Remotely Killed ... (Writer)
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder ... (Writer)
Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46 ... (Producer)
HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！ ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020 ... (Producer)
Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～ ... (Producer)

2019

Let's Meet at Hinatazaka ... (Producer)
Your Turn to Kill ... (Writer)
Zambi ... (Creator)
HINABINGO! ... (Creator)
Nogizaka Doko-e ... (Creator)
Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46 ... (Writer)
Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜 ... (Music Director)
Keyaki Republic 2019 ... (Producer)

2018

Hiragana Oshi ... (Creator)
SKE48 Spring Concert 2018 ... (Producer)
Sunny ... (Production Supervisor)
Hiragana Christmas 2018 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018 ... (Producer)
Keyaki Republic 2018 ... (Producer)

2017

My Lover's Secret ... (Creator)
AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi! ... (Creator)
Cruel Crowd ... (Development Producer)
The Last Recipe ... (Other)
Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~ ... (Writer)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017 ... (Producer)
Keyaki Republic 2017 ... (Producer)

2016

AKBラブナイト恋工場 ... (Screenstory)
Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? ... (Creator)
Crow's Blood ... (Executive Producer)
Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka ... (Creator)
KEYABINGO! ... (Creator)
HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen ... (Creator)
Hiragana Omotenashi Kai ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016 ... (Producer)

2015

Nogizaka Under Construction ... (Creator)
Keyakitte, Kakenai? ... (Creator)
Hatsumori Bemars ... (Writer)
Song FUKUYAMA
AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights ... (Producer)
SKE48 Winter Concert 2015 ... (Producer)
Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015 ... (Producer)
Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~ ... (Writer)
Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory as Self

2014

Sailor Zombie ... (Original Story)
Rose Color's Buko ... (Development Manager)
Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (Producer)
Seventh Code ... (Production Supervisor)
Girls in the Psychic Club ... (Executive Producer)
Team H - Hakata Legend ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014 ... (Producer)

2013

NOGIBINGO! ... (Writer)
The Complex: Prologue ... (Executive Producer)
So Long! ... (Creator)
AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour ... (Producer)
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen ... (Lyricist)
Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert ... (Sound Director)
Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony ... (Sound Director)
SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT ... (Musician)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert ... (Producer)
SKE48 Spring Concert 2013 ... (Producer)
SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!" ... (Producer)
Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48 ... (Producer)
Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert ... (Producer)
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013 ... (Producer)

2012

Wreck-It Ralph ... (Songs)
Deceiving Idol ... (Producer)
メグたんって魔法つかえるの? ... (Screenstory)
Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou ... (Original Story)
Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena ... (Sound Director)
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012 ... (Producer)
SKE48 Spring Concert 2012 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012 ... (Producer)

2011

Nogizakatte, Doko? ... (Creator)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011 ... (Producer)
The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011 ... (Producer)

2010

Majisuka Academy ... (Original Concept)
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010 ... (Producer)

2009

Yamagata Scream ... (Writer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009 ... (Producer)
It's going to be a Kami-Concert ... (Producer)
SKE48's First Extracirricular Class ... (Producer)

2008

One Missed Call ... (Novel)
Ice ... (Original Story)
Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (Producer)
Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru ... (Creator)
Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008 ... (Producer)

2007

Walking My Life ... (Original Story)
The Suicide Song ... (Writer)
The Day I Depart ... (Screenplay)

2006

One Missed Call 3: Final ... (Characters)

2005

One Missed Call ... (Original Story)
One Missed Call 2 ... (Novel)

2003

One Missed Call ... (Author)
Gozamareji ... (Director)
Jusei: Last Drop of Blood ... (Director)

2000

As the River Flows ... (Director)

1999

Birdcage of Horrors ... (Producer)

1997

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love ... (Screenplay)

1995

Azuki-chan ... (Graphic Novel)
Azuki-chan the Movie ... (Graphic Novel)

1994

Ari yo Saraba ... (Screenstory)
The Mystery of Rampo

1992

Manhattan Kiss ... (Screenplay)
Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi ... (Writer)

1991

Goodbye Mama ... (Director)
Thriller CRT ... (Writer)

1983

A Madcap Corporation ... (Lyricist)