Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Yasushi Akimoto
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 98Series: 58Crew credits: 153
TMDB ID: 51447
IMDb ID: nm0015340
Known for: Writing
Born: May 2, 1958
Age: 68
Place of birth: Meguro, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2026
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q457860
Also known as
あきもと やすし • 高井良斉 • たかい りょうさい • Ryousai Takai
Other jobs
Producer (62)Creator (28)Writer (12)Original Story (10)Director (6)Screenstory (4)Executive Producer (3)Lyricist (3)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Yasushi Akimoto.
Producer
6th Year Memorial Live
2025 • Movie
Producer
Hinatazaka46's Happy Train Tour 2023 in Osaka Castle Hall
2023 • Movie
Producer
4th Year Memorial Live
2023 • Movie
Director
HINAKURI 2022
2022 • Movie
Producer
Watanabe Miho Graduation Ceremony
2022 • Movie
Producer
Hinatazaka46 3rd Anniversary MEMORIAL LIVE
2022 • Movie
Original Concept
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
2021 • Movie
Producer
Zenkoku Ohisama-ka Keikaku 2021
2021 • Movie
Musical
HKT48 Miyawaki Sakura Graduation Concert ~Bouquet~
2021 • Movie
Musical
Minegishi Minami Graduation Concert ~Sakura no Sakanai Haru wa Nai~
2021 • Movie
Producer
Spring Unit Festival
2021 • Movie
Producer
MEMORIAL LIVE: 2nd Hinatansai
2021 • Movie
Producer
Keyakizaka46 THE LAST LIVE - DAY1 -
2021 • Movie
Producer
Our Lies and Truths: Documentary of Keyakizaka46
2020 • Movie
Producer
Third Year Debut: The Documentary of Hinatazaka46
2020 • Movie
Producer
HINATAZAKA46 Live Online，YES！with YOU！
2020 • Movie
Writer
Remotely Killed
2020 • Movie
Writer
Remotely Killed: Behind the Scenes of Murder
2020 • Movie
Producer
Keyakizaka46 LIVE at Tokyo Dome ～ARENA TOUR 2019 FINAL～
2020 • Movie
Producer
AKB48 Group Request Hour Setlist Best 50 2020
2020 • Movie
Music Director
Sashihara Rino Graduation Concert 〜Sayonara Sashihara Rino〜
2019 • Movie
Producer
Keyaki Republic 2019
2019 • Movie
Writer
Before I Knew It, I Was Here: Documentary of Nogizaka46
2019 • Movie
Producer
Hiragana Christmas 2018
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Yasushi Akimoto.
Original Story • 11 eps
Surname Confidential
2026 • Series
Creator
Ten Strokes to You
2026 • Series
Creator
STU48のウチら好きになりんちゃい
2026 • Series
1 eps
秋元康 × AI秋元康
2025 • Series
Producer • 24 eps
乃木坂スター誕生！SIX
2025 • Series
Creator
日向坂ミュージックパレード
2024 • Series
Creator
Let's Grow Up to Hinatazaka
2023 • Series
Creator • 10 eps
Dr. Chocolate
2023 • Series
Producer • 1 eps
All Night Fujiko
2023 • Series
Screenplay • 10 eps
Would You Like to Play Da Capo?
2023 • Series
Original Story • 8 eps
Saisho wa Paa
2022 • Series
Screenplay • 6 eps
Investigation Division 1
2022 • Series
Original Concept • 40 eps
Who Is the Sender?
2022 • Series
Development Producer • 12 eps
Red Nurse Call
2022 • Series
Creator
Shin Nogizaka Star Tanjou!
2022 • Series
Lyricist • 12 eps
A Couple of Cuckoos
2022 • Series
Original Story • 20 eps
Yodaremon Kazoku
2022 • Series
Creator
AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san
2022 • Series
Creator
Not the Girl, Not Her
2021 • Series
Creator
Guilty Flag
2021 • Series
Original Story • 9 eps
Man Drifting Ashore
2021 • Series
Creator
乃木坂スター誕生
2021 • Series
Creator
大好き！日向坂46！！
2020 • Series
Screenstory • 7 eps
Kyouen NG
2020 • Series