Masao Akashi Explained

Masao Akashi
Alias:	Max Brightstone
Birth Place:	Japan
Background:	non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:	March 25 1957
Genre:	Japanese pop, Rock
Occupation:	Music arranger, Producer, Bassist
Past Member Of:	Wands, B'z, Zard, Manish
Years Active:	1988-1998
Label:	B-Gram Records

is a Japanese musical 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. 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 ☆
• 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

• 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 ☆

Siam Shade

• 1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō ☆

Fairy Fore

• Vivid ★

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]

External links

• • Twitter (launched on 25 April 2018) https://twitter.com/akashi_bassist
• Profile on Senzoku Gakuen of Music http://www.senzoku.ac.jp/music/teacher/masao-akashi
• Bassist Masao Akashi Blog http://www.music-lovers.co.jp/blog/

Notes and References

1. Web site: J-POPの歴史を作った、織田哲郎とビーイングでの二人三脚. Japanese. Barks.jp. 17 January 2008 .
2. Web site: 【田村直美】PEARLを作っておいて良かった. Japanese. Okmusic.jp. 20 February 2010 .
3. Web site: [MARIA] 1stアルバムの全貌がついに明]. Japanese. Natalie.mu.
4. Web site: カラーボトル、1stは"ぐっとくる"お茶の間ロック集. Japanese. Natalie.mu.
5. Web site: Kiss Music Press 2011 February (Sonodaband). Japanese. Kiss Press Magazine.
6. Web site: "1995/03/17 煌めく瞬間に捕らわれて/Manish" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
7. Web site: "1997.02.21.FRI Fireball/B'z" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
8. Web site: "1996.05.17.FRI REAL THING SHAKES/B'z" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
9. Web site: "1996.12.27.FRI Snow/Kizugokoro/B'z" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
10. Web site: "1995.11.24.FRI Love Phantom/B'z" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
11. Web site: "1995.10.06.FRI Love Phantom/B'z" . Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
12. Web site: "1995.07.21.FRI love me I love you/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
13. Web site: "1995.06.02.FRI Negai/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
14. Web site: "1994.12.02.FRI Itsuka no Merry Christmas/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
15. Web site: "1994.03.11.FRI Odekakemashou/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
16. Web site: "1993.03.19.FRI Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi dake wo Kizutsukanai/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
17. Web site: "1992.12.18.FRI Zero/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
18. Web site: "1992.10.16.FRI Zero/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
19. Web site: "1990.05.04.FRI Be There/B'z". Japanese. Official Website of Music Station.
20. Web site: Infinite Colors TV 第3回放送. Japanese. Official Website of Infinite Colors.
21. Web site: Back Number 1996. Japanese. Official Website of J-Rock Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20020804142526/http://www.j-rock.com:80/back_intime/1996.html . 2002-08-04 .
22. Web site: Back Number 1997. Japanese. Official Website of J-Rock Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20010220052051/http://www.j-rock.com:80/back_intime/1997.html . 2001-02-20 .
23. Web site: Westies × 明石昌夫 日本とマオリをつなぐ音楽. Japanese. Ecube.co.nz.
24. Web site: Back Number (2003). Japanese. Official website of S&R Magazine.