Masao Akashi
Masao Akashi was a Japanese music arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records.
In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite by Japanese hard-rock band B'z. By 1998, his arrangement work had been involved with many Being artists including Manish, Wands and Zard.
Although Akashi was no longer working for Being Inc., he sometimes provided producing jobs for various artists such as Naomi Tamura, Maria, Color Bottle and Sonoda Band.
Akashi died on May 19, 2025, at the age of 68.
List of provided works as arranger
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- B'z β
- Off the Lock β
- Bad Communication β
- Wicked Beat β
- Mars (B'z album) β
- Love is, Seasons, Itsuka no Merry Christmas β
- The 7th Blues β
- Teki ga Inakerya β
- Lady-Go-Round β
- Kimi no Naka de Odoritai β
- Be There β
- TaiyΕ no Komachi Angel β
- Easy Come, Easy Go! β
- Itoshii Hitoyo Good Nightβ¦ β
- Lady Navigation β
- Alone β
- Blowin' β
- Zero β
- Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai β
- Hadashi no Megami β
- Don't Leave Me β
- Motel β
- Tokyo β
[Zard]
- Good-bye My Loneliness (song) β
- Koi Onna no YΕ«utsu, It's a Boy β
- Fushigi ne... β
- MΕ Sagasanai β
- Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite β
- Dareka ga Matteru, Sayonara Ienakute, Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenai de, Dangerous Tonight, Tooi Hi no Nostalgia, So Together Hold Me β
- In My Arms Tonight β
- Stray Love β
- Kimi ga Inai β
- Yureru Omoi β
- Season, Anata wo Suki dakedo, Listen to me, I want you, Futari no Natsu β
- MΕ Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi... β
- Oh My Love β
- Kitto Wasurenai β
- Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy β
- Konna ni Soba ni Iru no ni β
- Ima Sugu Ai ni Kite, High Heel Nugi Sutete, Forever you, Mou Nigetari Shinai wa Omoide kara, Hitomi Sorasanaide β
- Take Me to Your Dream β
- Teenage Dream β
- Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~, Mitsumete Itai ne β
- Ai de Anata wo Sukuimashou Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita β
- Tsubasa wo Hirogete β
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- Koe ni Naranaide Itoshii β
- Kimi ga Hoshii Zenbu ga Hoshii β
- Dakedo Tomerarenai β
- Mou Dare mo Me wo Kinishinai β
- Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete β
- Best Friend β
- True Heart β
[Wands (band)]
- Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro β
- Toki no Tobira β
- Sekaijuu no Dare yori Kitto β
- Glass no Kokoro de, Sono Mama Kimi he to, Kodoku he no Target β
- Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou β
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- Remember me, Summer Girl, Hey Baby, Melody Kimi no Tame ni β
BAAD
- Kimi ga Suki to Sakebitai β
- Donna Toki demo Hold me Tight β
- Do you wanna hold me? β
[Keiko Utoku]
- Dokomademo Zutto β
- Message β
[Miho Komatsu]
- Dream in Love, Otogi Banashi, Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Kimi wo Uchinukou, Aoi Sora ni Deaeta, Kono Machi de Kimi to Kurashitai, Kimi ga Inai Natsu β
[Maki Ohguro]
- Stop Motion β
[Field of View]
- Mou Ichido β
Yumiko Morishita
- Tears β
- Somebody to believe β
[T-BOLAN]
- Just Illusion β
- So Bad β
- Only Lonely Crazy Heart β
[Mi-Ke]
- Apple Love
- Swan no Namida
- Emerald no Densetsu
- Omoide no Nagisa
- Blue Night Yokosuka
- Blue Light Yokohama
[Seiichirou Kuribayashi]
- La Jolla β
- Summer Illusion β
- Kimi ga Inai β
KIX-S
- Tobikiri Lonely Night
- Mou Ichido Dakishimete
- Too Late
[V6 (band)]
- Jiyuu de aru Tame ni β
- Puzzle β
- Over β
[Siam Shade]
Fairy Fore
- Vivid β
[Nobuaki Kakuda]
- Gifuu Doudou! β
[Tomomi Kahara]
- As a person β
- Be Honest β
- Blue Sky β
TUNE'S
- DΕbutsuen wa Taihen da β
[Maria (band)]
- Yurari Sakurazora
- Kanashimi Rensa
[Yuko Nakazawa]
- Futari Kurashi
[Yoko Minamino]
- Kiss-shite Loneliness β
- Natsu no Obaka-san β
[Hiroko Anzai]
- Necessary β
- Andersen β
[Under Graph]
- Majimesugiru Kimi he β
List of provided works as producer
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- You Go!: We are Maria β
- Yurari Sakurazora β
- Day by day β
[Naomi Tamura]
- Pearly Gate β
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- Good Music β
[Hekiru Shiina]
- Precious Garden β
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- Manish β
Sonoda Band
- Shift Rise
List of works as a supportive musician
[B'z]
- The 7th Blues
- Love Phantom
- Off the Lock
- Mars (B'z album)
- Loose (B'z album)
- Survive (B'z album)
- Eleven (B'z album)
[Gackt]
Wands
- Same Side
Television appearance
In Music Station as bassist:- Manish: Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete
- B'z: Fireball, Real Thing Shakes, Snow/Kizugokoro, LOVE PHANTOM, love me I love you, Negai, Itsuka no Merry Christmas, Odekakemashou, Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukanai, Zero, Be There
- Third episode
Magazine appearance
From J-Rock Magazine:- 1996: Vol,8, Vol.11, Vol.14, Vol.19
- 1997: Vol.20
- 2017/September Vol.186
- 2003/May