Yasushi Akimoto

male

Born on May 02, 1958 (67 years old)

From 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.

Cast Credits

Crew Credits

2023
- 4th Year Memorial Live
  as
  Producer
  2023
- Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall
  as
  Producer
  2023
- Dr. Chocolate
  as
  Creator
  2023
- All Night Fujiko
  as
  Producer
  2023
- Would You Like to Play Da Capo?
  as
  Screenplay
  2023
- Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka
  as
  Creator
  2023
2022
- Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE
  as
  Producer
  2022
- HINAKURI 2022
  as
  Director
  2022
- Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony
  as
  Producer
  2022
- Saisho wa Paa
  as
  Original Story
  2022
- Who Is the Sender?
  as
  Original Concept
  2022
- Investigation Division 1
  as
  Screenplay
  2022
- Yodaremon Kazoku
  as
  Original Story
  2022
- A Couple of Cuckoos
  as
  Lyricist
  2022
- AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san
  as
  Creator
  2022
- Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!
  as
  Creator
  2022
2021
- HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~
  as
  Musical
  2021
- Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~
  as
  Musical
  2021
- Spring Unit Festival
  as
  Producer
  2021
- Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021
  as
  Producer
  2021
- MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai
  as
  Producer
  2021
- Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -
  as
  Producer
  2021
- Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
  as
  Original Concept
  2021
- Man Drifting Ashore
  as
  Original Story
  2021
- Guilty Flag
  as
  Creator
  2021
- Not the Girl, Not Her
  as
  Creator
  2021
- 乃木坂スター誕生
  as
  Creator
  2021
2020
- HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！
  as
  Producer
  2020
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020
  as
  Producer
  2020
- Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～
  as
  Producer
  2020
- Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46
  as
  Producer
  2020
- Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46
  as
  Producer
  2020
- Remotely Killed
  as
  Writer
  2020
- Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
  as
  Writer
  2020
- 22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni)
  as
  Producer
  2020
- Kyouen NG
  as
  Screenstory
  2020
- Dasada
  as
  Creator
  2020
- Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?
  as
  Creator
  2020
- 大好き！日向坂46！！
  as
  Creator
  2020
2019
- Keyaki Republic 2019
  as
  Producer
  2019
- Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜
  as
  Music Director
  2019
- Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46
  as
  Writer
  2019
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka
  as
  Producer
  2019
- Your Turn to Kill
  as
  Writer
  2019
- Zambi
  as
  Creator
  2019
- Nogizaka Doko-e
  as
  Creator
  2019
- Let's Meet at Hinatazaka
  as
  Creator
  2019
- HINABINGO!
  as
  Creator
  2019
2018
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018
  as
  Producer
  2018
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2018
  as
  Producer
  2018
- Keyaki Republic 2018
  as
  Producer
  2018
- Hiragana Christmas 2018
  as
  Producer
  2018
- Sunny
  as
  Production Supervisor
  2018
- Hiragana Oshi
  as
  Creator
  2018
2017
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017
  as
  Producer
  2017
- Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~
  as
  Writer
  2017
- The Last Recipe
  as
  Other
  2017
- Keyaki Republic 2017
  as
  Producer
  2017
- My Lover's Secret
  as
  Creator
  2017
- AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!
  as
  Creator
  2017
2016
- AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
  as
  Producer
  2016
- AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
  as
  Producer
  2016
- Hiragana Omotenashi Kai
  as
  Producer
  2016
- AKBラブナイト恋工場
  as
  Screenstory
  2016
- Crow's Blood
  as
  Executive Producer
  2016
- Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?
  as
  Creator
  2016
- HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen
  as
  Creator
  2016
- KEYABINGO!
  as
  Creator
  2016
- Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka
  as
  Creator
  2016
2015
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015
  as
  Producer
  2015
- Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~
  as
  Writer
  2015
- SKE48 Winter Concert 2015
  as
  Producer
  2015
- Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48
  as
  Producer
  2015
- Hatsumori Bemars
  as
  Writer
  2015
- Hatsumori Bemars
  as
  Original Story
  2015
- AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights
  as
  Producer
  2015
- Hatsumori Bemars
  as
  Creator
  2015
- Nogizaka Under Construction
  as
  Creator
  2015
- AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights
  as
  Creator
  2015
- Keyakitte, Kakenai?
  as
  Creator
  2015
2014
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014
  as
  Producer
  2014
- Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou
  as
  Producer
  2014
- Team H - Hakata Legend
  as
  Producer
  2014
- Girls in the Psychic Club
  as
  Executive Producer
  2014
- Sailor Zombie
  as
  Original Story
  2014
2013
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
  as
  Producer
  2013
- Seventh Code
  as
  Production Supervisor
  2013
- SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT
  as
  Musician
  2013
- Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony
  as
  Sound Director
  2013
- Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert
  as
  Sound Director
  2013
- AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour
  as
  Producer
  2013
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2013
  as
  Producer
  2013
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert
  as
  Producer
  2013
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert
  as
  Producer
  2013
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert
  as
  Producer
  2013
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert
  as
  Producer
  2013
- SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"
  as
  Producer
  2013
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013
  as
  Producer
  2013
- Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara
  as
  Producer
  2013
- AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert
  as
  Producer
  2013
- Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48
  as
  Producer
  2013
- NMB48 - Omowase Kousen
  as
  Lyricist
  2013
- NOGIBINGO!
  as
  Writer
  2013
- The Complex: Prologue
  as
  Executive Producer
  2013
- So Long!
  as
  Creator
  2013
- NOGIBINGO!
  as
  Creator
  2013
2012
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012
  as
  Producer
  2012
- Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena
  as
  Sound Director
  2012
- SKE48 Spring Concert 2012
  as
  Producer
  2012
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012
  as
  Producer
  2012
- Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou
  as
  Original Story
  2012
- Deceiving Idol
  as
  Producer
  2012
- メグたんって魔法つかえるの?
  as
  Screenstory
  2012
2011
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011
  as
  Producer
  2011
- The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011
  as
  Producer
  2011
- Nogizakatte, Doko?
  as
  Creator
  2011
2010
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010
  as
  Producer
  2010
- SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010
  as
  Producer
  2010
- Majisuka Academy
  as
  Original Concept
  2010
- Majisuka Academy
  as
  Creator
  2010
2009
- It's going to be a Kami-Concert
  as
  Producer
  2009
- SKE48's First Extracirricular Class
  as
  Producer
  2009
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009
  as
  Producer
  2009
- Yamagata Scream
  as
  Writer
  2009
2008
- One Missed Call
  as
  Novel
  2008
- AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008
  as
  Producer
  2008
- Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou
  as
  Producer
  2008
- Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai
  as
  Producer
  2008
- Ice
  as
  Original Story
  2008
- Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru
  as
  Creator
  2008
2007
- The Suicide Song
  as
  Writer
  2007
- no image
  The Day I Depart
  as
  Screenplay
  2007
- Walking My Life
  as
  Original Story
  2007
2006
- One Missed Call 3: Final
  as
  Characters
  2006
2005
- One Missed Call 2
  as
  Novel
  2005
- One Missed Call
  as
  Original Story
  2005
2003
- One Missed Call
  as
  Author
  2003
- Gozamareji
  as
  Director
  2003
- Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
  as
  Director
  2003
- Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
  as
  Writer
  2003
2000
- As the River Flows
  as
  Director
  2000
- As the River Flows
  as
  Writer
  2000
1997
- Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
  as
  Original Story
  1997
- Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
  as
  Screenplay
  1997
1991
- Thriller CRT
  as
  Writer
  1991
- Goodbye Mama
  as
  Director
  1991
- Goodbye Mama
  as
  Screenplay
  1991
2025
- 6th Year Memorial Live
  as
  Producer
  2025
- 乃木坂スター誕生！SIX
  as
  Producer
  2025
- 乃木坂スター誕生！SIX
  as
  Creator
  2025
2024
- 日向坂ミュージックパレード
  as
  Creator
  2024
1999
- Birdcage of Horrors
  as
  Producer
  1999
1995
- Azuki-chan the Movie
  as
  Graphic Novel
  1995
- Azuki-chan
  as
  Graphic Novel
  1995
- Azuki-chan
  as
  Creator
  1995
1994
- Ari yo Saraba
  as
  Screenstory
  1994
1992
- Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi
  as
  Writer
  1992
- Manhattan Kiss
  as
  Director
  1992
- Manhattan Kiss
  as
  Screenplay
  1992

Yasushi Akimoto

Biography

Cast Credits

秋元康 × AI秋元康

Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory

Song FUKUYAMA

The Mystery of Rampo

Crew Credits

4th Year Memorial Live

Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall

Dr. Chocolate

All Night Fujiko

Would You Like to Play Da Capo?

Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka

Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE

HINAKURI 2022

Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony

Saisho wa Paa

Who Is the Sender?

Investigation Division 1

Yodaremon Kazoku

A Couple of Cuckoos

AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san

Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!

HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~

Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~

Spring Unit Festival

Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021

MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai

Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie

Man Drifting Ashore

Guilty Flag

Not the Girl, Not Her

乃木坂スター誕生

HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020

Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～

Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46

Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46

Remotely Killed

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder

22/7 (nanabun no nijyuuni)

Kyouen NG

Dasada

Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?

大好き！日向坂46！！

Keyaki Republic 2019

Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜

Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46

Let's Meet at Hinatazaka

Your Turn to Kill

Zambi

Nogizaka Doko-e

Let's Meet at Hinatazaka

HINABINGO!

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018

SKE48 Spring Concert 2018

Keyaki Republic 2018

Hiragana Christmas 2018

Sunny

Hiragana Oshi

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017

Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~

The Last Recipe

Keyaki Republic 2017

My Lover's Secret

AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016

AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016

Hiragana Omotenashi Kai

AKBラブナイト 恋工場

Crow's Blood

Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?

HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen

KEYABINGO!

Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015

Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~

SKE48 Winter Concert 2015

AKBラブナイト恋工場