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.
2026Surname ConfidentialTV showOriginal Story · 11 episodes
2026Ten Strokes to YouTV showCreator
2026STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃいTV showCreator
2025秋元康 × AI秋元康TV show1 episodes
2025乃木坂スター誕生！SIXTV showProducer · Creator · 24 episodes
20256th Year Memorial LiveMovieProducer
2024日向坂ミュージックパレードTV showCreator
2023Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle HallMovieProducer
2023Let's Grow Up to HinatazakaTV showCreator2023Dr. ChocolateTV showCreator · 10 episodes
2023All Night FujikoTV showProducer · 1 episodes
20234th Year Memorial LiveMovieProducer
2023Would You Like to Play Da Capo?TV showScreenplay · 10 episodes
2022HINAKURI 2022MovieDirector
2022Saisho wa PaaTV showOriginal Story · Original Concept · Screenplay · Development Manager · 8 episodes
2022Investigation Division 1TV showScreenplay · 6 episodes
2022Who Is the Sender?TV showOriginal Concept · Development Manager · 40 episodes
2022Red Nurse CallTV showDevelopment Producer · Original Story · 12 episodes
2022Watanabe Miho Graduation CeremonyMovieProducer
2022Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!TV showCreator2022A Couple of CuckoosTV showLyricist · 12 episodes
2022Yodaremon KazokuTV showOriginal Story · 20 episodes
2022AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-sanTV showCreator
2022Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVEMovieProducer
2021Your Turn to Kill: The MovieMovieOriginal Concept
2021Not the Girl, Not HerTV showCreator2021Guilty FlagTV showCreator
2021Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021MovieProducer
2021Man Drifting AshoreTV showOriginal Story · 9 episodes
2021HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~MovieMusical
2021Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~MovieMusical
2021乃木坂スター誕生TV showCreator
2021Spring Unit FestivalMovieProducer
2021MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd HinatansaiMovieProducer
2021Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -MovieProducer
2020大好き！日向坂46！！TV showCreator
2020Kyouen NGTV showScreenstory · 7 episodes
2020Soko Magattara, Sakurazaka?TV showCreator
2020Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46MovieProducer
2020Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46MovieProducer
2020HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！MovieProducer2020Remotely KilledMovieWriter
2020Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of MurderMovieWriter
2020Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～MovieProducer
2020AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020MovieProducer
2020DasadaTV showCreator202022/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)TV showProducer · 12 episodes
2019Nogizaka Doko-eTV showCreator
2019Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜MovieMusic Director
2019Keyaki Republic 2019MovieProducer
2019Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46MovieWriter
2019HINABINGO!TV showCreator2019Your Turn to KillTV showWriter · 20 episodes
2019Let's Meet at HinatazakaTV showProducer · Creator · 387 episodes2019ZambiTV showCreator
2018Hiragana Christmas 2018MovieProducer
2018Keyaki Republic 2018MovieProducer
2018Hiragana OshiTV showCreator
2018SKE48 Spring Concert 2018MovieProducer
2018SunnyMovieProduction Supervisor
2018AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2018MovieProducer
2017Mayu Watanabe Graduation Concert ~may all your dream come true~MovieWriter2017The Last RecipeMovieOther · Development Manager
2017AKB48 Team 8 no Kanto Hakusho Bacchikoi!TV showCreator
2017Keyaki Republic 2017MovieProducer
2017My Lover's SecretTV showCreator
2017Cruel CrowdTV showDevelopment Producer · 10 episodes
2017AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2017MovieProducer
2016Hiragana Omotenashi KaiMovieProducer
2016Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-kaTV showCreator2016Crow's BloodTV showExecutive Producer · 6 episodes2016Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?TV showCreator
2016KEYABINGO!TV showCreator
2016AKB Love Night - Love FactoryTV showScreenstory · 42 episodes
2016AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016MovieProducer
2016AKB48 Tandoku Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2016MovieProducer
2016HKT48 vs NGT48 Sashi Kita GassenTV showCreator
2015SKE48 Winter Concert 2015MovieProducer
2015Decade - AKB48's 10 Year TrajectoryMovieas Self
2015AKB Horror Night - Adrenaline NightsTV showProducer · Creator · 42 episodes
2015Keyakitte, Kakenai?TV showCreator
2015Song FUKUYAMATV show2 episodes
2015Matsui Rena SKE48 Graduation Concert in Toyota Stadium ~2588 DAYS~MovieWriter
2015Hatsumori BemarsTV showWriter · Original Story · Creator · 12 episodes
2015Nogizaka Under ConstructionTV showCreator
2015Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48MovieProducer
2015AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 1035 2015MovieProducer
2014Girls in the Psychic ClubMovieExecutive Producer
2014Team E 3rd Stage - Boku no TaiyouMovieProducer2014Rose Color's BukoMovieDevelopment Manager
2014Sailor ZombieTV showOriginal Story · 12 episodes
2014AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2014MovieProducer2014Seventh CodeMovieProduction Supervisor
2014Team H - Hakata LegendMovieProducer
2013SHINODA MARIKO GRADUATION CONCERTMovieMusician2013Tokyo Dome 1st Day Akimoto Sayaka Graduation CeremonyMovieSound Director2013Tokyo Dome 2nd Day Itano Tomomi Graduation ConcertMovieSound Director
2013SKE to kekkai shukai. "Hako de ose!"MovieProducer
2013SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2013MovieProducer
2013NMB48 - Omowase KousenMovieLyricist
2013AKB48 5 Big Dome Concert TourMovieProducer
2013Team H 1st Stage - Te wo TsunaginagaraMovieProducer
2013Let Us Introduce Ourselves JKT48MovieProducer
2013NOGIBINGO!TV showWriter · Creator · 135 episodes
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 Group ConcertMovieProducer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - AKB48 ConcertMovieProducer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - HKT48 ConcertMovieProducer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - NMB48 ConcertMovieProducer
2013AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai - SKE48 ConcertMovieProducer
2013SKE48 Spring Concert 2013MovieProducer2013The Complex: PrologueTV showExecutive Producer · 12 episodes
2013So Long!TV showCreator
2013AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013MovieProducer2012Wreck-It RalphMovieSongs
2012Bakaleya High SchoolMovieOriginal Story
2012SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2012MovieProducer
2012メグたんって魔法つかえるの?TV showScreenstory · 24 episodes
2012SKE48 Spring Concert 2012MovieProducer
2012Maeda Atsuko's Tearjerking Graduation Announcement in Saitama Super ArenaMovieSound Director
2012AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012MovieProducer
2012Deceiving IdolTV showProducer · 12 episodes
2011The SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2011MovieProducer
2011Nogizakatte, Doko?TV showCreator
2011AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011MovieProducer
2010SKE48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2010MovieProducer
2010AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010MovieProducer2010Majisuka AcademyTV showOriginal Concept · Creator · 78 episodes
2009Yamagata ScreamMovieWriter
2009SKE48's First Extracirricular ClassMovieProducer
2009It's going to be a Kami-ConcertMovieProducer
2009AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2009MovieProducer
2008IceMovieOriginal Story
2008Mendol ~ Ikemen AidoruTV showCreator
2008Himawarigumi 2nd Stage - Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni IkanaiMovieProducer
2008Himawarigumi 1st Stage - Boku no TaiyouMovieProducer
2008AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2008MovieProducer2008One Missed CallMovieNovel
2007Walking My LifeMovieOriginal Story
2007The Suicide SongMovieWriter2006One Missed Call 3: FinalMovieCharacters2005One Missed CallTV showOriginal Story · 10 episodes2005One Missed Call 2MovieNovel2003One Missed CallMovieAuthor
2003Jusei: Last Drop of BloodMovieDirector · Writer
2003GozamarejiMovieDirector
2000As the River FlowsMovieDirector · Screenplay
1999Birdcage of HorrorsMovieProducer
1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveMovieOriginal Story · Screenplay
1995Azuki-chan the MovieMovieGraphic Novel
1995Azuki-chanTV showGraphic Novel · Creator · 117 episodes
1994The Mystery of RampoMovie
1994Ari yo SarabaTV showScreenstory · 12 episodes
1992Manhattan KissMovieDirector · Screenplay
1992Kimi to mitai kowai hanashiMovieWriter
1991Goodbye MamaMovieDirector · Screenplay
1991Thriller CRTMovieWriter
1983A Madcap CorporationMovieLyricist