Yasushi Akimoto

Yasushi Akimoto
秋元 康
Akimoto in 2007
Background information
Born (1958-05-02) May 2, 1958 (age 66)
Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • lyricist
  • television writer
Years active1973–present[citation needed]
Labels

Yasushi Akimoto (Japanese: 秋元 康, Hepburn: Akimoto Yasushi, born May 2, 1958) 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.[1][2] Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, making him the best-selling lyricist in Japan.[3]

  1. ^ 秋元康 (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  2. ^ 秋元康氏プロフィール (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. ^ 【オリコン】秋元康氏、作詞シングル総売上が1億枚突破「34年間の積み重ね」. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-02-04.