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Akira Inoue

real name 井上 鑑

Setagaya, Japan

Akira Inoue is credited on 1,178 releases across 424 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,178

Credits

424

Albums

6

Decades active

40

In collections

Biography

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Japanese keyboard player, composer, arranger and producer born 1953 in Tokyo.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,178 releases · 424 albums · active 1974–2026

  • Performance · 2,668
  • Other credits · 156
  • Production · 94
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Sound Inn Studio · CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio · Hitokuchizaka Studio · CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Junichi Inagaki
  • Alfee
  • Seiko Matsuda
  • Tatsuhiko Yamamoto
  • Yoshitaka Minami
  • Masaki Ueda (2)
  • Yasuha

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