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Masao Akashi (明石昌夫, Akashi Masao) is a Japanese musical arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records.

Masao Akashi 明石昌夫
Also known as	Max Brightstone
Born	March 25 1957  Japan
Genres	Japanese pop, Rock
Occupations	Music arranger, Producer, Bassist
Years active	1988-1998
Labels	B-Gram Records

In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite by Japanese hard-rock band B'z. Until 1998 his arrangement work has been involved with many Being artist including Manish, Wands and Zard.[1]

Although Masao is no longer working for Being Inc., he sometimes provided producing job for various artist such as Naomi Tamura,[2] Maria,[3] Color Bottle[4] and Sonoda Band.[5]

List of provided works as arranger

★ album ☆ single/coupling

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

• 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

• 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)

• Sabishisa wa Aki no Iro ☆
• Toki no Tobira ☆
• Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto ☆
• Glass no Kokoro de, Sono Mama Kimi he to, Kodoku e no Target (Toki no Tobira) ★
• Ai wo Kataru yori Kuchizuke wo Kawasou ☆

Tube

• Remember me, Summer Girl, Hey Baby, Melody Kimi no Tame ni (Summer City) ★

BAAD

• Kimi ga Suki to Sakebitai ☆
• Donna Toki demo Hold me Tight ☆
• Do you wanna hold me? ☆

Keiko Utoku

• Dokomademo Zutto ★
• Message ★

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

• Stop Motion ☆

Field of View

• Mou Ichido ★

Yumiko Morishita

• Tears ☆
• Somebody to believe ☆

T-BOLAN

• Just Illusion ☆
• So Bad ☆
• Only Lonely Crazy Heart ★

Mi-Ke

• Apple Love
• Swan no Namida
• Emerald no Densetsu
• Omoide no Nagisa
• Blue Night Yokosuka
• Blue Light Yokohama

Seiichirou Kuribayashi

• La Jolla ★
• Summer Illusion ★
• Kimi ga Inai ★

KIX-S

• Tobikiri Lonely Night
• Mou Ichido Dakishimete
• Too Late

V6 (band)

• Jiyuu de aru Tame ni ☆
• Puzzle (A Jack In the Box) ★
• Over ☆

Akina Nakamori

• Tomadoi, Good-bye Tears (credited with alias name Max Brightstone)

Siam Shade

• 1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō ☆

Fairy Fore

• Vivid (Final Fantasy: Unlimited) ★

Nobuaki Kakuda

• Gifuu Doudou! ☆

Tomomi Kahara

• As a person ☆
• Be Honest ☆
• Blue Sky ☆

TUNE'S

• Dōbutsuen wa Taihen da ☆

Maria (band)

• Yurari Sakurazora
• Kanashimi Rensa

Yuko Nakazawa

• Futari Kurashi

Yoko Minamino

• Kiss-shite Loneliness ☆
• Natsu no Obaka-san ☆

Hiroko Anzai

• Necessary ☆
• Andersen ☆

Under Graph

• Majimesugiru Kimi he ★

List of provided works as producer

Maria

• You Go!: We are Maria ★
• Yurari Sakurazora ★
• Day by day ★

Naomi Tamura

• Pearly Gate ★

Color Bottle

• Good Music ★

Hekiru Shiina

• Precious Garden ★

Manish

• Manish ★

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

• Re:Born

Wands

• Same Side

Television appearance

In Music Station as bassist:

• Manish: Kirameku Toki ni Torawarete[6]
• B'z: Fireball,[7] Real Thing Shakes,[8] Snow/Kizugokoro,[9] LOVE PHANTOM,[10][11] love me I love you,[12] Negai,[13] Itsuka no Merry Christmas,[14] Odekakemashou,[15] Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukanai,[16] Zero,[17][18] Be There[19]

In online television Infinite Colors

• Third episode[20]

Magazine appearance

From J-Rock Magazine:

• 1996: Vol,8 (January), Vol.11 (April), Vol.14(June), Vol.19 (December)[21]
• 1997: Vol.20 (January)[22]

From E-cube Magazine:

• 2017/September Vol.186[23]

From Sound&Recording Magazine:

• 2003/May[24]

References

External links

• Masao Akashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Twitter (launched on 25 April 2018)
• Profile on Senzoku Gakuen of Music
• Bassist Masao Akashi Blog

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