Yasushi Akimoto

Known For: Writing
Born: May 2, 1958
Place of Birth: Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Yasushi Akimoto

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

Surname Confidential

2026 · Original Story

Ten Strokes to You

2026 · Creator

STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃい

2026 · Creator

秋元康 × AI秋元康

2025

乃木坂スター誕生！SIX

2025 · Producer, Creator

6th Year Memorial Live

2025 · Producer

日向坂ミュージックパレード

2024 · Creator

Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall

2023 · Producer

Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka

2023 · Creator

Dr. Chocolate

2023 · Creator

All Night Fujiko

2023 · Producer

4th Year Memorial Live

2023 · Producer

Would You Like to Play Da Capo?

2023 · Screenplay

HINAKURI 2022

2022 · Director

Saisho wa Paa

2022 · Original Story, Original Concept, Screenplay, Development Manager

Investigation Division 1

2022 · Screenplay

Who Is the Sender?

2022 · Original Concept, Development Manager

Red Nurse Call

2022 · Development Producer, Original Story

Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony

2022 · Producer

Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!

2022 · Creator

A Couple of Cuckoos

2022 · Lyricist

Yodaremon Kazoku

2022 · Original Story

AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san

2022 · Creator

Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE

2022 · Producer

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie

2021 · Original Concept

Not the Girl, Not Her

2021 · Creator

Guilty Flag

2021 · Creator

Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021

2021 · Producer

Man Drifting Ashore

2021 · Original Story

HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~

2021 · Musical

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

2021 · Musical

乃木坂スター誕生

2021 · Creator

Spring Unit Festival

2021 · Producer

MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai

2021 · Producer

Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -

2021 · Producer

大好き！日向坂46！！

2020 · Creator

Kyouen NG

2020 · Screenstory

Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?

2020 · Creator

Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46

2020 · Producer

Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46

2020 · Producer

HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！

2020 · Producer

Remotely Killed

2020 · Writer

Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder

2020 · Writer

Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～

2020 · Producer

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020

2020 · Producer

Dasada

2020 · Creator

22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)

2020 · Producer

Nogizaka Doko-e

2019 · Creator

Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜

2019 · Music Director

Keyaki Republic 2019

2019 · Producer

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

2019 · Writer

HINABINGO!

2019 · Creator

Your Turn to Kill

2019 · Writer

Let's Meet at Hinatazaka

2019 · Producer, Creator

Zambi

2019 · Creator

Hiragana Christmas 2018

2018 · Producer

Keyaki Republic 2018

2018 · Producer

Hiragana Oshi

2018 · Creator

SKE48 Spring Concert 2018

2018 · Producer

Sunny

2018 · Production Supervisor

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018

2018 · Producer

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

2017 · Writer

The Last Recipe

2017 · Other, Development Manager

AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!

2017 · Creator

Keyaki Republic 2017

2017 · Producer

My Lover's Secret

2017 · Creator

Cruel Crowd

2017 · Development Producer

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017

2017 · Producer

Hiragana Omotenashi Kai

2016 · Producer

Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka

2016 · Creator

Crow's Blood

2016 · Executive Producer

Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?

2016 · Creator

KEYABINGO!

2016 · Creator

AKBラブナイト恋工場

2016 · Screenstory

AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016

2016 · Producer

AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016

2016 · Producer

HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen

2016 · Creator

SKE48 Winter Concert 2015

2015 · Producer

Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory

2015 · Self

AKB Horror Night Adrenaline Nights

2015 · Producer, Creator

Keyakitte, Kakenai?

2015 · Creator

Song FUKUYAMA

2015

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

2015 · Writer

Hatsumori Bemars

2015 · Writer, Original Story, Creator

Nogizaka Under Construction

2015 · Creator

Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48

2015 · Producer

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015

2015 · Producer

Girls in the Psychic Club

2014 · Executive Producer

Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no Taiyou

2014 · Producer

Rose Color's Buko

2014 · Development Manager

Sailor Zombie

2014 · Original Story

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014

2014 · Producer

Seventh Code

2014 · Production Supervisor

Team H - Hakata Legend

2014 · Producer

SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERT

2013 · Musician

Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony

2013 · Sound Director

Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert

2013 · Sound Director

SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"

2013 · Producer

SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013

2013 · Producer

NMB48 - Omowase Kousen

2013 · Lyricist

AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour

2013 · Producer

Team H 1st Stage - Te wo Tsunaginagara

2013 · Producer

Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48

2013 · Producer

NOGIBINGO!

2013 · Writer, Creator

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group Concert

2013 · Producer

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Concert

2013 · Producer

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 Concert

2013 · Producer

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 Concert

2013 · Producer

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 Concert

2013 · Producer

SKE48 Spring Concert 2013

2013 · Producer

The Complex: Prologue

2013 · Executive Producer

So Long!

2013 · Creator

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013

2013 · Producer

Wreck-It Ralph

2012 · Songs

Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou

2012 · Original Story

SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012

2012 · Producer

メグたんって魔法つかえるの?

2012 · Screenstory

SKE48 Spring Concert 2012

2012 · Producer

Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super Arena

2012 · Sound Director

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012

2012 · Producer

Deceiving Idol

2012 · Producer

The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011

2011 · Producer

Nogizakatte, Doko?

2011 · Creator

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011

2011 · Producer

SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010

2010 · Producer

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010

2010 · Producer

Majisuka Academy

2010 · Original Concept, Creator

Yamagata Scream

2009 · Writer

SKE48's First Extracirricular Class

2009 · Producer

It's going to be a Kami-Concert

2009 · Producer

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009

2009 · Producer

Ice

2008 · Original Story

Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru

2008 · Creator

Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai

2008 · Producer

Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no Taiyou

2008 · Producer

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008

2008 · Producer

One Missed Call

2008 · Novel

Walking My Life

2007 · Original Story

The Day I Depart

The Day I Depart

2007 · Screenplay

The Suicide Song

2007 · Writer

One Missed Call 3: Final

2006 · Characters

One Missed Call

2005 · Original Story

One Missed Call 2

2005 · Novel

One Missed Call

2003 · Author

Jusei: Last Drop of Blood

2003 · Director, Writer

Gozamareji

2003 · Director

As the River Flows

2000 · Director, Screenplay

Birdcage of Horrors

1999 · Producer

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love

1997 · Original Story, Screenplay

Azuki-chan the Movie

1995 · Graphic Novel

Azuki-chan

1995 · Graphic Novel, Creator

The Mystery of Rampo

1994

Ari yo Saraba

1994 · Screenstory

Manhattan Kiss

1992 · Director, Screenplay

Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi

1992 · Writer

Goodbye Mama

1991 · Director, Screenplay

Thriller CRT

1991 · Writer

A Madcap Corporation

1983 · Lyricist

The Not Polly

— · Story, Producer

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