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.
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Movies (100)
6th Year Memorial Live
2025 · Producer
Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall
2023 · Producer
4th Year Memorial Live
2023 · Producer
HINAKURI 2022
2022 · Director
Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony
2022 · Producer
Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE
2022 · Producer
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
2021 · Original Concept
Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021
2021 · Producer
HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~
2021 · Musical
Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~
2021 · Musical
Spring Unit Festival
2021 · Producer
MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai
2021 · Producer
Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -
2021 · Producer
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
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
Hiragana Christmas 2018
2018 · Producer
Keyaki Republic 2018
2018 · Producer
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
Keyaki Republic 2017
2017 · Producer
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017
2017 · Producer
Hiragana Omotenashi Kai
2016 · Producer
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
2016 · Producer
AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016
2016 · Producer
SKE48 Winter Concert 2015
2015 · Producer
Decade - AKB48's 10 Year Trajectory
2015 · Self
Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~
2015 · Writer
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
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
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
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
2013 · Producer
Ralph, el demoledor
2012 · Songs
Bakaleya High School
2012 · Original Story
SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012
2012 · Producer
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
The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011
2011 · Producer
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
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
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
Una Llamada Perdida
2008 · Novel
Walking My Life
2007 · Original Story
The Day I Depart
2007 · Screenplay
The Suicide Song
2007 · Writer
One Missed Call 3: Final
2006 · Characters
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
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Manhattan Kiss
1992 · Screenplay, Director
Kimi to mitai kowai hanashi
1992 · Writer
Goodbye Mama
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Thriller CRT
1991 · Writer
A Madcap Corporation
1983 · Lyricist
The Not Polly
· Producer, Story
TV shows (59)
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
日向坂ミュージックパレード
2024 · Creator
Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka
2023 · Creator
Dr. Chocolate
2023 · Creator
All Night Fujiko
2023 · Producer
Would You Like to Play Da Capo?
2023 · Screenplay
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
Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!
2022 · Creator
A Couple of Cuckoos
2022 · Lyricist
Yodaremon Kazoku
2022 · Original Story
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san
2022 · Creator
Not the Girl, Not Her
2021 · Creator
Guilty Flag
2021 · Creator
Man Drifting Ashore
2021 · Original Story
乃木坂スター誕生
2021 · Creator
大好き！日向坂46！！
2020 · Creator
Kyouen NG
2020 · Screenstory
Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?
2020 · Creator
Dasada
2020 · Creator
22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)
2020 · Producer
Nogizaka Doko-e
2019 · Creator
HINABINGO!
2019 · Creator
Your Turn to Kill
2019 · Writer
Let's Meet at Hinatazaka
2019 · Producer, Creator
Zambi
2019 · Creator
Hiragana Oshi
2018 · Creator
AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!
2017 · Creator
My Lover's Secret
2017 · Creator
Cruel Crowd
2017 · Development Producer
Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka
2016 · Creator
Crow's Blood
2016 · Executive Producer
Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?
2016 · Creator
KEYABINGO!
2016 · Creator
AKB Love Night - Love Factory
2016 · Screenstory
HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita Gassen
2016 · Creator
AKB Horror Night - Adrenaline Nights
2015 · Producer, Creator
Keyakitte, Kakenai?
2015 · Creator
Song FUKUYAMA
2015
Hatsumori Bemars
2015 · Writer, Original Story, Creator
Nogizaka Under Construction
2015 · Creator
Sailor Zombie
2014 · Original Story
NOGIBINGO!
2013 · Writer, Creator
The Complex: Prologue
2013 · Executive Producer
So Long!
2013 · Creator
メグたんって魔法つかえるの?
2012 · Screenstory
Deceiving Idol
2012 · Producer
Nogizakatte, Doko?
2011 · Creator
Majisuka Academy
2010 · Original Concept, Creator
Mendol ~ Ikemen Aidoru
2008 · Creator
One Missed Call
2005 · Original Story
Azuki-chan
1995 · Graphic Novel, Creator
Ari yo Saraba
1994 · Screenstory