Yasushi Akimoto
Writing1958Meguro, 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
Acting History
2025
乃木坂スター誕生！SIX
TVProducer
2023
Would You Like to Play Da Capo?
TVScreenplay
2022
A Couple of Cuckoos
TVLyricist
2021
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Original Concept
Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021
Producer
Man Drifting Ashore
TVOriginal Story
2020
2019
Let's Meet at Hinatazaka
TVProducer
Your Turn to Kill
TVWriter
2018
2015
2014
Girls in the Psychic Club
Executive Producer
2013
Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation Ceremony
Sound Director
Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation Concert
Sound Director
AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert Tour
Producer
SKE48 Spring Concert 2013
Producer
Seventh Code
Production Supervisor
The Complex: Prologue
TVExecutive Producer
NOGIBINGO!
TVWriter
2012
Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou
Original Story
2011
2010
Majisuka Academy
TVOriginal Concept
2009
It's going to be a Kami-Concert
Producer
Yamagata Scream
Writer
2008
2007
Walking My Life
Original Story
The Suicide Song
Writer
2006
One Missed Call 3: Final
Characters
2005
One Missed Call 2
Novel
One Missed Call
TVOriginal Story
2003
1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
Original Story
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
Screenplay
1995
Azuki-chan the Movie
Graphic Novel
Azuki-chan
TVGraphic Novel
1992
1991