Masao Akashi
March 25, 1957 – May 19, 2025 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. 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.
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- Name
- Masao Akashi
- Birthplace
- Japan
- Born
- 25 March 1957
- Died
- 19 May 2025
- Occupation
- * Music arranger
- Fields
- J-pop · rock music
- Education
- Naruo High School
- Languages
- Japanese
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Biography
Akashi died on May 19, 2025, at the age of 68.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Masao Akashi • Alias — Max Brightstone • Birthplace — Japan • Born — 25 March 1957 • Died — 19 May 2025 • Genre — * Japanese pop • Rock • Occupation — * Music arranger • producer • bassist • Past Member Of — * Wands • B'z • Zard • Manish • Years Active — 1988–1998 • Label — B-Gram
List of provided works as arranger
List of provided works as arranger
★ album ☆ single/coupling
B'z
B'z
• B'z ★ • Off the Lock ★ • Bad Communication ★ • Wicked Beat ★ • Mars (B'z album) ★ • Love is, Seasons, Itsuka no Merry Christmas (Reprise) (Friends (B'z album)) ★ • The 7th Blues ★ • Teki ga Inakerya (Loose (B'z album))★ • Lady-Go-Round ☆ • Kimi no Naka de Odoritai ☆ • Be There ☆ • Taiyō no Komachi Angel ☆ • Easy Come, Easy Go! ☆ • Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night… ☆ • Lady Navigation ☆ • Alone ☆ • Blowin' ☆ • Zero ☆ • Ai no mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake o Kizutsukenai ☆ • Hadashi no Megami ☆ • Don't Leave Me ☆ • Motel ☆ • Tokyo ☆
Zard
Zard
• Good-bye My Loneliness (song) ☆ • Koi Onna no Yūutsu, It's a Boy (Good-bye My Loneliness) ★ • Fushigi ne... ☆ • Mō Sagasanai ☆ • Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite ☆ • Dareka ga Matteru, Sayonara Ienakute, Ano Hohoemi wo Wasurenai de, Dangerous Tonight, Tooi Hi no Nostalgia, So Together Hold Me ★ • In My Arms Tonight ☆ • Stray Love ☆ • Kimi ga Inai ☆ • Yureru Omoi ☆ • Season, Anata wo Suki dakedo, Listen to me, I want you, Futari no Natsu (Yureru Omoi) ★ • Mō Sukoshi, Ato Sukoshi... ☆ • Oh My Love (whole album) ★ • Kitto Wasurenai ☆ • Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy ☆ • Konna ni Soba ni Iru no ni ☆ • Ima Sugu Ai ni Kite, High Heel Nugi Sutete, Forever you, Mou Nigetari Shinai wa Omoide kara, Hitomi Sorasanaide (Forever You) ★ • Take Me to Your Dream ☆ • Teenage Dream ☆ • Love ~Nemurezu ni Kimi no Yokogao Zutto Miteita~, Mitsumete Itai ne (Today Is Another Day) ★ • Ai de Anata wo Sukuimashou Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita ★ • Tsubasa wo Hirogete ☆
Manish
Manish
• Koe ni Naranaide Itoshii ☆ • Kimi ga Hoshii Zenbu ga Hoshii ☆ • Dakedo Tomerarenai ☆ • Mou Dare mo Me wo Kinishinai ☆ • Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete ☆ • Best Friend ☆ • True Heart ★
Wands (band)
Wands (band)
• Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro ☆ • Toki no Tobira ☆ • Sekaijuu no Dare yori Kitto ☆ • Glass no Kokoro de, Sono Mama Kimi he to, Kodoku he no Target (Toki no Tobira) ★ • Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou ☆
Tube
Tube
• Remember me, Summer Girl, Hey Baby, Melody Kimi no Tame ni (Summer City) ★
BAAD
BAAD
• Kimi ga Suki to Sakebitai ☆ • Donna Toki demo Hold me Tight ☆ • Do you wanna hold me? ☆
Keiko Utoku
Keiko Utoku
• Dokomademo Zutto ★ • Message ★
Miho Komatsu
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 (Nazo (album)) ★
Maki Ohguro
Maki Ohguro
• Stop Motion ☆
Field of View
Field of View
• Mou Ichido ★
Yumiko Morishita
Yumiko Morishita
• Tears ☆ • Somebody to believe ☆
T-BOLAN
T-BOLAN
• Just Illusion ☆ • So Bad ☆ • Only Lonely Crazy Heart ★
Mi-Ke
Mi-Ke
• Apple Love • Swan no Namida • Emerald no Densetsu • Omoide no Nagisa • Blue Night Yokosuka • Blue Light Yokohama
Seiichirou Kuribayashi
Seiichirou Kuribayashi
• La Jolla ★ • Summer Illusion ★ • Kimi ga Inai ★
KIX-S
KIX-S
• Tobikiri Lonely Night • Mou Ichido Dakishimete • Too Late
V6 (band)
V6 (band)
• Jiyuu de aru Tame ni ☆ • Puzzle (A Jack In the Box) ★ • Over ☆
Siam Shade
Siam Shade
• 1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō ☆
Fairy Fore
Fairy Fore
• Vivid (Final Fantasy: Unlimited) ★
Nobuaki Kakuda
Nobuaki Kakuda
• Gifuu Doudou! ☆
Tomomi Kahara
Tomomi Kahara
• As a person ☆ • Be Honest ☆ • Blue Sky ☆
TUNE'S
TUNE'S
• Dōbutsuen wa Taihen da ☆
Maria (band)
Maria (band)
• Yurari Sakurazora • Kanashimi Rensa
Yuko Nakazawa
Yuko Nakazawa
• Futari Kurashi
Yoko Minamino
Yoko Minamino
• Kiss-shite Loneliness ☆ • Natsu no Obaka-san ☆
Hiroko Anzai
Hiroko Anzai
• Necessary ☆ • Andersen ☆
Under Graph
Under Graph
• Majimesugiru Kimi he ★
Maria
Maria
• You Go!: We are Maria ★ • Yurari Sakurazora ★ • Day by day ★
Naomi Tamura
Naomi Tamura
• Pearly Gate ★
Color Bottle
Color Bottle
• Good Music ★
Hekiru Shiina
Hekiru Shiina
• Precious Garden ★
Manish
Manish
• Manish ★
Sonoda Band
Sonoda Band
• Shift Rise
B'z
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
Gackt
• Re:Born
Wands
Wands
• Same Side
Television appearance
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 In online television Infinite Colors • Third episode
Magazine appearance
Magazine appearance
From J-Rock Magazine: • 1996: Vol,8 (January), Vol.11 (April), Vol.14(June), Vol.19 (December) • 1997: Vol.20 (January) From E-cube Magazine: • 2017/September Vol.186 From Sound&Recording Magazine: • 2003/May
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- 8."1997.02.21.FRI Fireball/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 9."1996.05.17.FRI REAL THING SHAKES/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 10."1996.12.27.FRI Snow/Kizugokoro/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 11."1995.11.24.FRI Love Phantom/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 12."1995.10.06.FRI Love Phantom/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 13."1995.07.21.FRI love me I love you/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 14."1995.06.02.FRI Negai/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 15."1994.12.02.FRI Itsuka no Merry Christmas/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 16."1994.03.11.FRI Odekakemashou/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 17."1993.03.19.FRI Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukanai/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 18."1992.12.18.FRI Zero/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 19."1992.10.16.FRI Zero/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
- 20."1990.05.04.FRI Be There/B'z". Official Website of Music Station.
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