AKIRA (PALM DRIVE)

AKIRA is one of the main arrangers for Hello! Project. He also has a running self-centered side-project where he works with many Japanese artists to create new, original songs called PALM DRIVE, as well as arranging for numerous other groups and artists outside of Hello! Project.

Arranging Credits with Hello! Project

Morning Musume

• Tsuugaku Ressha
• Akogare My Boy
• Hajimete no Rock Concert
• Nebou desu. Date na no ni...
• Ai to Taiyou ni Tsutsumarete
• HOW DO YOU LIKE JAPAN? ~Nihon wa Donna Kanji Dekka?~
• INDIGO BLUE LOVE
• Kotatsu no Uta ~Jyuken Story~
• Sono Deai no Tame ni

Melon Kinenbi

• Nemuranai Yoru

W

• Dakishimenaide ~Nikki Tsuki~
• Ai no Imi wo Oshiete!
• Jinx

v-u-den

• Bi ~Hit Parade~
• Kurakura Dinnertime

Berryz Koubou

• Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai
• Toshoshitsu Taiki

°C-ute

• Time Capsule

DEF.DIVA

• Suki Sugite Baka Mitai (Joou Remix)

Goto Maki

• Afurechau... BE IN LOVE
• Ai tte Donna XXX?
• LOVE。BELIEVE IT!
• ALL MY LOVE ~22seiki~
• Moshimo Owari ga Aru no Nara
• LOVE Kan Coffee
• Wow Suteki!

Matsuura Aya

• Machiawase
• Namida no Wake

Fujimoto Miki

• Taisetsu
• Giniro no Eien

Minimoni

• Renai Isshuunen
• LOST LOVE
• Egao no Date, Saigo no Date

Other Hello! Project groups

• Ai no Kaisuu - T&C Bomber
• SHALL WE LOVE? - Gomattou
• SEXY NIGHT ~Wasurerarenai Kare~ - ROMANS
• Roman - ROMANS
• LOVE LIKE CRAZY - Nochiura Natsumi
• Ai no Chikara - Heike Michiyo
• Ame, Ame, Yoru - Heike Michiyo
• HAPPY MY FRIEND - Tsuji Nozomi

External Links

• Arranging discography at asaoto.com
• PALM DRIVE website