Person
Yasushi Akimoto
Writing · Born 1958-05-02 · Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Nogizaka Under Construction
Creator
Let's Meet at Hinatazaka
Producer
Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?
Creator
Wreck-It Ralph
Songs
A Couple of Cuckoos
Lyricist
NOGIBINGO!
Writer
Keyakitte, Kakenai?
Creator
Majisuka Academy
Original Concept
Your Turn to Kill
Writer
Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!
Creator
Filmography
- 2026Surname ConfidentialOriginal Story
- 2026Ten Strokes to YouCreator
- 2026STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃいCreator
- 2025秋元康 × AI秋元康
- 2025乃木坂スター誕生！SIXProducer
- 20256th Year Memorial LiveProducer
- 2024日向坂ミュージックパレードCreator
- 2023Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle HallProducer
- 2023Let's Grow Up to HinatazakaCreator
- 2023Dr. ChocolateCreator
- 2023All Night FujikoProducer
- 20234th Year Memorial LiveProducer
- 2023Would You Like to Play Da Capo?Screenplay
- 2022HINAKURI 2022Director
- 2022Saisho wa PaaOriginal Story
- 2022Investigation Division 1Screenplay
- 2022Who Is the Sender?Original Concept
- 2022Red Nurse CallDevelopment Producer
- 2022Watanabe Miho Graduation CeremonyProducer
- 2022Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!Creator
- 2022A Couple of CuckoosLyricist
- 2022Yodaremon KazokuOriginal Story
- 2022AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-sanCreator
- 2022Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVEProducer
- 2021Your Turn to Kill: The MovieOriginal Concept
- 2021Not the Girl, Not HerCreator
- 2021Guilty FlagCreator
- 2021Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021Producer
- 2021Man Drifting AshoreOriginal Story
- 2021HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~Musical
- 2021Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~Musical
- 2021乃木坂スター誕生Creator
- 2021Spring Unit FestivalProducer
- 2021MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd HinatansaiProducer
- 2021Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -Producer
- 2020大好き！日向坂46！！Creator
- 2020Kyouen NGScreenstory
- 2020Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?Creator
- 2020Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46Producer
- 2020Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46Producer
- 2020HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！Producer
- 2020Remotely KilledWriter
- 2020Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of MurderWriter
- 2020Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～Producer
- 2020AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020Producer
- 2020DasadaCreator
- 202022/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)Producer
- 2019Nogizaka Doko-eCreator
- 2019Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜Music Director
- 2019Keyaki Republic 2019Producer
- 2019Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46Writer
- 2019HINABINGO!Creator
- 2019Your Turn to KillWriter
- 2019Let's Meet at HinatazakaProducer
- 2019ZambiCreator
- 2018Hiragana Christmas 2018Producer
- 2018Keyaki Republic 2018Producer
- 2018Hiragana OshiCreator
- 2018SKE48 Spring Concert 2018Producer
- 2018SunnyProduction Supervisor
- 2018AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018Producer
- 2017Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~Writer
- 2017The Last RecipeOther
- 2017AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!Creator
- 2017Keyaki Republic 2017Producer
- 2017My Lover's SecretCreator
- 2017Cruel CrowdDevelopment Producer
- 2017AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017Producer
- 2016Hiragana Omotenashi KaiProducer
- 2016Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-kaCreator
- 2016Crow's BloodExecutive Producer
- 2016Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?Creator
- 2016KEYABINGO!Creator
- 2016AKBラブナイト 恋工場Screenstory
- 2016AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016Producer
- 2016AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016Producer
- 2016HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita GassenCreator
- 2015SKE48 Winter Concert 2015Producer
- 2015Decade - AKB48's 10 Year TrajectorySelf
- 2015AKB Horror Night Adrenaline NightsProducer
- 2015Keyakitte, Kakenai?Creator
- 2015Song FUKUYAMA
- 2015Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~Writer
- 2015Hatsumori BemarsWriter
- 2015Nogizaka Under ConstructionCreator
- 2015Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48Producer
- 2015AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015Producer
- 2014Girls in the Psychic ClubExecutive Producer
- 2014Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no TaiyouProducer
- 2014Rose Color's BukoDevelopment Manager
- 2014Sailor ZombieOriginal Story
- 2014AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014Producer
- 2014Seventh CodeProduction Supervisor
- 2014Team H - Hakata LegendProducer
- 2013SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERTMusician
- 2013Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation CeremonySound Director
- 2013Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation ConcertSound Director
- 2013SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"Producer
- 2013SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013Producer
- 2013NMB48 - Omowase KousenLyricist
- 2013AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert TourProducer
- 2013Team H 1st Stage - Te wo TsunaginagaraProducer
- 2013Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48Producer
- 2013NOGIBINGO!Writer
- 2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group ConcertProducer
- 2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 ConcertProducer
- 2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 ConcertProducer
- 2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 ConcertProducer
- 2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 ConcertProducer
- 2013SKE48 Spring Concert 2013Producer
- 2013The Complex: PrologueExecutive Producer
- 2013So Long!Creator
- 2013AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013Producer
- 2012Wreck-It RalphSongs
- 2012Shiritsu Bakaleya KoukouOriginal Story
- 2012SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012Producer
- 2012メグたんって魔法つかえるの?Screenstory
- 2012SKE48 Spring Concert 2012Producer
- 2012Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super ArenaSound Director
- 2012AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012Producer
- 2012Deceiving IdolProducer
- 2011The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011Producer
- 2011Nogizakatte, Doko?Creator
- 2011AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011Producer
- 2010SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010Producer
- 2010AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010Producer
- 2010Majisuka AcademyOriginal Concept
- 2009Yamagata ScreamWriter
- 2009SKE48's First Extracirricular ClassProducer
- 2009It's going to be a Kami-ConcertProducer
- 2009AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009Producer
- 2008IceOriginal Story
- 2008Mendol ~ Ikemen AidoruCreator
- 2008Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni IkanaiProducer
- 2008Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no TaiyouProducer
- 2008AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008Producer
- 2008One Missed CallNovel
- 2007Walking My LifeOriginal Story
- 2007The Day I DepartScreenplay
- 2007The Suicide SongWriter
- 2006One Missed Call 3: FinalCharacters
- 2005One Missed CallOriginal Story
- 2005One Missed Call 2Novel
- 2003One Missed CallAuthor
- 2003Jusei: Last Drop of BloodDirector
- 2003GozamarejiDirector
- 2000As the River FlowsDirector
- 1999Birdcage of HorrorsProducer
- 1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveOriginal Story
- 1995Azuki-chan the MovieGraphic Novel
- 1995Azuki-chanGraphic Novel
- 1994The Mystery of Rampo
- 1994Ari yo SarabaScreenstory
- 1992Manhattan KissDirector
- 1992Kimi to mitai kowai hanashiWriter
- 1991Goodbye MamaDirector
- 1991Thriller CRTWriter
- 1983A Madcap CorporationLyricist
- —The Not PollyStory
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