FILM DIRECTOR

Yasushi Akimoto

1958 - Today

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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. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, making him the best-selling lyricist in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Akimoto is the 1,001st most popular film director (down from 903rd in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,153rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 1,001 out of 2,041. Before him are Irwin Allen, Fyodor Khitruk, Rodrigo García, Xie Jin, Ágnes Hranitzky, and Eugeniusz Bodo. After him are Gareth Evans, Ben Sharpsteen, Sion Sono, Antonio Pietrangeli, Nanni Loy, and Candida Royalle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 252. Before him are Silvan Shalom, Jack Coleman, Lolita Flores, Inger Andersen, Francesca Woodman, and Manu Katché. After him are Jello Biafra, Michael López-Alegría, Jennifer Saunders, Eddie Cheever, Heinz Hermann, and Rosa Liksom.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 1,287 out of 6,245. Before him are Banjō Ginga (1948), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Shoji Nishio (1927), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), and Masamune Shirow (1961). After him are Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Sion Sono (1961), Kimiko Shiratori (1968), and Haruko Sugimura (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 44. Before him are Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), Juzo Itami (1933), and Tadashi Imai (1912). After him are Sion Sono (1961), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kei Kumai (1930), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), and Shunji Iwai (1963).

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