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Yasushi Akimoto

real name 秋元康

Yasushi Akimoto is credited on 1,457 releases across 578 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,457

Credits

578

Albums

6

Decades active

54

In collections

Biography

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Japanese record producer, lyricist and television writer, born May 2, 1958.
Best known for creating and producing some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.
Married to Mamiko Takai of the Onyanko Club.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,457 releases · 578 albums · active 1979–2025

  • Performance · 2,462
  • Production · 241
  • Other credits · 65

Studios: Sound Inn Studio · Nichion Studio · Toshiba EMI Studio · Sound City Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • AKB48
  • Junichi Inagaki
  • Various
  • S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
  • 乃木坂46
  • IZ*ONE
  • Hinatazaka46
  • Minako Honda

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