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
2025
- 乃木坂スター誕生！SIX ... (Producer)
- 6th Year Memorial Live ... (Producer)
- 秋元康 × AI秋元康
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)
- 4th Year Memorial Live ... (Producer)
- All Night Fujiko ... (Producer)
- Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall ... (Producer)
2022
- A Couple of Cuckoos ... (Lyricist)
- Who Is the Sender? ... (Original Concept)
- AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san ... (Creator)
- Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou! ... (Creator)
- Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE ... (Producer)
- HINAKURI 2022 ... (Director)
- Investigation Division 1 ... (Screenplay)
- Saisho wa Paa ... (Original Story)
- Yodaremon Kazoku ... (Original Story)
- Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony ... (Producer)
2021
- 乃木坂スター誕生 ... (Creator)
- Your Turn to Kill: The Movie ... (Original Concept)
- Guilty Flag ... (Creator)
- Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~ ... (Musical)
- MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai ... (Producer)
- Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021 ... (Producer)
- Man Drifting Ashore ... (Original Story)
- Not the Girl, Not Her ... (Creator)
- Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 - ... (Producer)
- Spring Unit Festival ... (Producer)
- HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~ ... (Musical)
2020
- Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka? ... (Creator)
- 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni) ... (Producer)
- Remotely Killed ... (Writer)
- Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder ... (Writer)
- Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46 ... (Producer)
- Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46 ... (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)
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020 ... (Producer)
2019
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka ... (Producer)
- Your Turn To Kill ... (Creator)
- Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46 ... (Writer)
- Zambi ... (Creator)
- Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜 ... (Music Director)
- HINABINGO! ... (Creator)
- Nogizaka Doko-e ... (Creator)
- Keyaki Republic 2019 ... (Producer)
2018
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2018 ... (Producer)
- Sunny ... (Production Supervisor)
- Hiragana Oshi ... (Creator)
- Hiragana Christmas 2018 ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018 ... (Producer)
- Keyaki Republic 2018 ... (Producer)
2017
- The Last Recipe ... (Other)
- AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi! ... (Creator)
- Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~ ... (Writer)
- My Lover's Secret ... (Creator)
- Keyaki Republic 2017 ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017 ... (Producer)
2016
- AKBラブナイト 恋工場 ... (Screenstory)
- HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen ... (Creator)
- Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka ... (Creator)
- Crow's Blood ... (Executive Producer)
- Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? ... (Creator)
- KEYABINGO! ... (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)
- Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48 ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015 ... (Producer)
- AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights ... (Producer)
- Hatsumori Bemars ... (Writer)
- Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~ ... (Writer)
- Song FUKUYAMA
- Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory as Self
- SKE48 Winter Concert 2015 ... (Producer)
2014
- Team H - Hakata Legend ... (Producer)
- Girls in the Psychic Club ... (Executive Producer)
- Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (Producer)
- Sailor Zombie ... (Original Story)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014 ... (Producer)
2013
- Seventh Code ... (Production Supervisor)
- NOGIBINGO! ... (Writer)
- AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour ... (Producer)
- Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony ... (Sound Director)
- SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT ... (Musician)
- Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert ... (Sound Director)
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2013 ... (Producer)
- Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara ... (Producer)
- The Complex: Prologue ... (Executive Producer)
- Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48 ... (Producer)
- So Long! ... (Creator)
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert ... (Producer)
- SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!" ... (Producer)
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013 ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert ... (Producer)
2012
- Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou ... (Original Story)
- Deceiving Idol ... (Producer)
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012 ... (Producer)
- メグたんって魔法つかえるの? ... (Screenstory)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012 ... (Producer)
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2012 ... (Producer)
- Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena ... (Sound Director)
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)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010 ... (Producer)
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010 ... (Producer)
2009
- It's going to be a Kami-Concert ... (Producer)
- Yamagata Scream ... (Writer)
- SKE48's First Extracirricular Class ... (Producer)
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009 ... (Producer)
2008
- Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai ... (Producer)
- Ice ... (Original Story)
- One Missed Call ... (Novel)
- Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru ... (Creator)
- Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (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 2 ... (Novel)
- One Missed Call ... (Original Story)
2003
- One Missed Call ... (Author)
- Gozamareji ... (Director)
- Jusei: Last Drop of Blood ... (Director)
2000
- As the River Flows ... (Writer)
1999
- Birdcage of Horrors ... (Producer)
1997
- Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love ... (Original Story)
1995
- Azuki-chan ... (Graphic Novel)
- The Mystery of Rampo
- Azuki-chan the Movie ... (Graphic Novel)
1994
- Ari yo Saraba ... (Screenstory)
1992
- Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi ... (Writer)
- Manhattan Kiss ... (Screenplay)
1991
- Goodbye Mama ... (Director)
- Thriller CRT ... (Writer)