Yasushi Akimoto
Writing·May 2, 1958 — 68 years old·Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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.
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—The Not PollyProducer · Story2026Surname ConfidentialTVOriginal Story2026Ten Strokes to YouTVCreator2026STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃいTVCreator2025秋元康 × AI秋元康TV2025乃木坂スター誕生！SIXTVProducer · Creator20256th Year Memorial LiveProducer2024日向坂ミュージックパレードTVCreator2023Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle HallProducer2023Let's Grow Up to HinatazakaTVCreator2023Dr. ChocolateTVCreator2023All Night FujikoTVProducer20234th Year Memorial LiveProducer2023Would You Like to Play Da Capo?TVScreenplay2022HINAKURI 2022Director2022Saisho wa PaaTVOriginal Story · Original Concept · Screenplay · Development Manager2022Investigation Division 1TVScreenplay2022Who Is the Sender?TVOriginal Concept · Development Manager2022Red Nurse CallTVDevelopment Producer · Original Story2022Watanabe Miho Graduation CeremonyProducer2022Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!TVCreator2022A Couple of CuckoosTVLyricist2022Yodaremon KazokuTVOriginal Story2022AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-sanTVCreator2022Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVEProducer2021Your Turn to Kill: The MovieOriginal Concept2021Not the Girl, Not HerTVCreator2021Guilty FlagTVCreator2021Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021Producer2021Man Drifting AshoreTVOriginal Story2021HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~Musical2021Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~Musical2021乃木坂スター誕生TVCreator2021Spring Unit FestivalProducer2021MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd HinatansaiProducer2021Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -Producer2020大好き！日向坂46！！TVCreator2020Kyouen NGTVScreenstory2020Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?TVCreator2020Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46Producer2020Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46Producer2020HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！Producer2020Remotely KilledWriter2020Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of MurderWriter2020Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～Producer2020AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020Producer2020DasadaTVCreator202022/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)TVProducer2019Nogizaka Doko-eTVCreator2019Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜Music Director2019Keyaki Republic 2019Producer2019Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46Writer2019HINABINGO!TVCreator2019Your Turn to KillTVWriter2019Let's Meet at HinatazakaTVProducer · Creator2019ZambiTVCreator2018Hiragana Christmas 2018Producer2018Keyaki Republic 2018Producer2018Hiragana OshiTVCreator2018SKE48 Spring Concert 2018Producer2018SunnyProduction Supervisor2018AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018Producer2017Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~Writer2017The Last RecipeOther · Development Manager2017AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!TVCreator2017Keyaki Republic 2017Producer2017My Lover's SecretTVCreator2017Cruel CrowdTVDevelopment Producer2017AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017Producer2016Hiragana Omotenashi KaiProducer2016Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-kaTVCreator2016Crow's BloodTVExecutive Producer2016Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?TVCreator2016KEYABINGO!TVCreator2016AKBラブナイト 恋工場TVScreenstory2016AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016Producer2016AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016Producer2016HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita GassenTVCreator2015SKE48 Winter Concert 2015Producer2015Decade - AKB48's 10 Year TrajectorySelf2015AKB Horror Night Adrenaline NightsTVProducer · Creator2015Keyakitte, Kakenai?TVCreator2015Song FUKUYAMATV2015Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~Writer2015Hatsumori BemarsTVWriter · Original Story · Creator2015Nogizaka Under ConstructionTVCreator2015Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48Producer2015AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015Producer2014Girls in the Psychic ClubExecutive Producer2014Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no TaiyouProducer2014Rose Color's BukoDevelopment Manager2014Sailor ZombieTVOriginal Story2014AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014Producer2014Seventh CodeProduction Supervisor2014Team H - Hakata LegendProducer2013SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERTMusician2013Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation CeremonySound Director2013Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation ConcertSound Director2013SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"Producer2013SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013Producer2013NMB48 - Omowase KousenLyricist2013AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert TourProducer2013Team H 1st Stage - Te wo TsunaginagaraProducer2013Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48Producer2013NOGIBINGO!TVWriter · Creator2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group ConcertProducer2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 ConcertProducer2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 ConcertProducer2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 ConcertProducer2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 ConcertProducer2013SKE48 Spring Concert 2013Producer2013The Complex: PrologueTVExecutive Producer2013So Long!TVCreator2013AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013Producer2012Wreck-It RalphSongs2012Shiritsu Bakaleya KoukouOriginal Story2012SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012Producer2012メグたんって魔法つかえるの?TVScreenstory2012SKE48 Spring Concert 2012Producer2012Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super ArenaSound Director2012AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012Producer2012Deceiving IdolTVProducer2011The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011Producer2011Nogizakatte, Doko?TVCreator2011AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011Producer2010SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010Producer2010AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010Producer2010Majisuka AcademyTVOriginal Concept · Creator2009Yamagata ScreamWriter2009SKE48's First Extracirricular ClassProducer2009It's going to be a Kami-ConcertProducer2009AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009Producer2008IceOriginal Story2008Mendol ~ Ikemen AidoruTVCreator2008Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni IkanaiProducer2008Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no TaiyouProducer2008AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008Producer2008One Missed CallNovel2007Walking My LifeOriginal Story2007The Day I DepartScreenplay2007The Suicide SongWriter2006One Missed Call 3: FinalCharacters2005One Missed CallTVOriginal Story2005One Missed Call 2Novel2003One Missed CallAuthor2003Jusei: Last Drop of BloodDirector · Writer2003GozamarejiDirector2000As the River FlowsDirector · Screenplay1999Birdcage of HorrorsProducer1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveOriginal Story · Screenplay1995Azuki-chan the MovieGraphic Novel1995Azuki-chanTVGraphic Novel · Creator1994The Mystery of Rampo1994Ari yo SarabaTVScreenstory1992Manhattan KissScreenplay · Director1992Kimi to mitai kowai hanashiWriter1991Goodbye MamaDirector · Screenplay1991Thriller CRTWriter1983A Madcap CorporationLyricist