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Akira Okazawa

real name 岡沢章

Akira Okazawa is credited on 734 releases across 319 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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734

Credits

319

Albums

6

Decades active

120

In collections

Biography

Japanese bassist born March 23, 1951 in Tokyo.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

734 releases · 319 albums · active 1972–2026

  • Performance · 914
  • Other credits · 9

Studios: Onkio Haus · Sound City Studio · Hitokuchizaka Studio · CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • The Players
  • Malta (3)
  • Masamichi Sugi
  • Sadao Watanabe
  • Tatsu Yamashita
  • Minako Yoshida
  • Mieko Hirota
  • Marlene (16)

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