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Yu Aku

real name 深田 公之 (Fukada Hiroyuki)

Yu Aku is credited on 1,655 releases across 417 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,655

Credits

417

Albums

7

Decades active

36

In collections

Biography

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阿久悠 (Aku Yū) -- Japanese lyricist, poet, and author. Born February 7, 1937, died August 1, 2007.
By far the best-selling songwriter in Japanese popular music history, with sales of almost 70 million singles. Wrote lyrics for a vast number of popular Japanese stars including Hibari Misora, Pink Lady, Aki Yashiro, Akiko Wada, Shinichi Mori, Finger 5, Kenji Sawada and many others.

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Credited work

1,655 releases · 417 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Performance · 2,468
  • Other credits · 25
  • Production · 10

Studios: Victor Studio · A&M Studios · Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo · Koseinenkin Kaikan

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