Yasushi Akimoto

Yasushi Akimoto
秋元康
Yasushi Akimoto ; 秋元康
	Akimoto in 2007
Background information
Born	May 2, 1958 (age 66); Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Japanese pop;
Occupation(s)	Record producer; lyricist; television writer;
Years active	1973–present[citation needed]
Labels	Vernalossom; Fuji-Pacific;

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]

^ 秋元康 (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
^ 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.
^ 【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.

[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.

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