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Yasushi Akimoto

Founder of “AKB48”

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.

Akimoto started as a lyricist with The Alfee in 1981; he has written lyrics for various artists such as Kinki Kids, Tunnels, Onyanko Club, AKB48, SKE48, SDN48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48, STU48, Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46.
He also wrote Hibari Misora’s last single during her lifetime, “Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni”, and Jero’s debut single “Umi Yuki”.

In 2007 he became a professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design.

On September, 2022, OVERSE announces the launch of its new idol group project, it will be a new kind of idol group with blockchain and metaverse concepts, and names Akimoto Yasushi as the idol group’s general producer.

 

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■Akimoto Yasushi and the announcement of Produce48

■Talk Asia - Interview with Yasushi Akimoto (AKB48 producer) 1/2

■Talk Asia - Interview with Yasushi Akimoto (AKB48 producer) 2/2