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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasushi Akimoto has received more than 383,621 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Akimoto is the 903rd most popular film director (down from 820th in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,038th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yasushi Akimotos by language

Over the past year Yasushi Akimoto has had the most page views in the with 494,655 views, followed by English (37,034), and Chinese (35,468). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (143.06%), Egyptian Arabic (101.46%), and Southern Azerbaijani (92.52%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 903 out of 2,041. Before him are Catherine Hardwicke, Alexandre Volkoff, Jack Bender, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, and Yves Boisset. After him are Godfrey Reggio, Želimir Žilnik, Wolfgang Staudte, Kad Merad, Lev Atamanov, and Michel Brault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 193. Before him are Edgardo Bauza, Tsutomu Sonobe, Algirdas Butkevičius, Bernard Genghini, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, and Heinz Hermann. After him are Olivier Marchal, Hussein Saeed, Mladen Ivanić, Sylvester Groth, Kim Coates, and Peter H. Gilmore.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 1,153 out of 6,245. Before him are Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Mitsuo Kato (1953), Kuniya Daini (1944), Hiroshi Abe (1964), Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), and Chushiro Hayashi (1920). After him are Akemi Iwata (1954), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Masato Harada (1949), Ayako Wakao (1933), and Masamune Shirow (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Yasushi Akimoto ranks 40. Before him are Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Sion Sono (1961), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), and Tadashi Imai (1912). After him are Masato Harada (1949), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Hideo Nakata (1961), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), and Kei Kumai (1930).

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Filmography

One Missed Call
Director
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Jan 4o 20085.4 / 10
One Missed Call
Director
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
Nov 3o 20036.2 / 10
One Missed Call 2
Director
In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's mobile phone, he receives a message telling him that he would die in an accident in the kitchen. This immediately comes true
Feb 5o 20056.1 / 10