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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)

2025

2024

日向坂ミュージックパレード ... (Creator)

2023

Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka ... (Creator)
Would You Like to Play Da Capo? ... (Screenplay)
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)
Red Nurse Call ... (Development Producer)
Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou! ... (Creator)
Who Is the Sender? ... (Original Concept)
Investigation Division 1 ... (Screenplay)
Saisho wa Paa ... (Original Story)
Yodaremon Kazoku ... (Original Story)
Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony ... (Producer)
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san ... (Creator)
HINAKURI 2022 ... (Director)
Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE ... (Producer)

2021

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

2018

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

2017

My Lover's Secret ... (Creator)
Cruel Crowd ... (Development Producer)
The Last Recipe ... (Other)
AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi! ... (Creator)
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

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

2015

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

2014

Sailor Zombie ... (Original Story)
Girls in the Psychic Club ... (Executive Producer)
Seventh Code ... (Production Supervisor)
Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou ... (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)
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)
AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour ... (Producer)
SKE48 Spring Concert 2013 ... (Producer)
Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 ... (Producer)
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen ... (Lyricist)
SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!" ... (Producer)
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013 ... (Producer)
Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert ... (Producer)
AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert ... (Producer)

2012

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

2011

Nogizakatte, Doko? ... (Creator)
The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011 ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 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)
SKE48's First Extracirricular Class ... (Producer)
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009 ... (Producer)
Yamagata Scream ... (Writer)

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 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 ... (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

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

1992

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

1991

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

1983

A Madcap Corporation ... (Lyricist)