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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

Dr. Chocolate ... (Creator)
Would You Like to Play Da Capo? ... (Screenplay)
Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka ... (Creator)
Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall ... (Producer)
All Night Fujiko ... (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)
Saisho wa Paa ... (Original Story)
Investigation Division 1 ... (Screenplay)
Yodaremon Kazoku ... (Original Story)
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san ... (Creator)
Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE ... (Producer)
HINAKURI 2022 ... (Director)
Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony ... (Producer)

2021

Guilty Flag ... (Creator)
乃木坂スター誕生 ... (Creator)
Not the Girl, Not Her ... (Creator)
Man Drifting Ashore ... (Original Story)
HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~ ... (Musical)
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie ... (Original Concept)
Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~ ... (Musical)
Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 - ... (Producer)
MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai ... (Producer)
Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021 ... (Producer)
Spring Unit Festival ... (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)
Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～ ... (Producer)
HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！ ... (Producer)
Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46 ... (Producer)
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder ... (Writer)
Remotely Killed ... (Writer)
Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020 ... (Producer)

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? ... (Creator)
AKBラブナイト恋工場 ... (Screenstory)
Crow's Blood ... (Executive Producer)
HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen ... (Creator)
KEYABINGO! ... (Creator)
Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka ... (Creator)
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016 ... (Producer)
Hiragana Omotenashi Kai ... (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)
Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory as Self
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015 ... (Producer)
Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48 ... (Producer)
Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~ ... (Writer)

2014

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

2013

NOGIBINGO! ... (Writer)
The Complex: Prologue ... (Executive Producer)
So Long! ... (Creator)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert ... (Producer)
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen ... (Lyricist)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert ... (Producer)
SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!" ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert ... (Producer)
SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT ... (Musician)
Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony ... (Sound Director)
Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert ... (Sound Director)
Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48 ... (Producer)
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013 ... (Producer)
Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara ... (Producer)
AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 ... (Producer)
SKE48 Spring Concert 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)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012 ... (Producer)
SKE48 Spring Concert 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)
Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru ... (Creator)
Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (Producer)
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)
Jusei: Last Drop of Blood ... (Director)
Gozamareji ... (Director)

2000

As the River Flows ... (Director)

1999

Birdcage of Horrors ... (Producer)

1997

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love ... (Original Story)

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)