Masao Akashi (明石昌夫, Akashi Masao) 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]

★ album ☆ single/coupling

• 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 ☆

• 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 ☆

• 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 ★

• 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 ☆

• Remember me, Summer Girl, Hey Baby, Melody Kimi no Tame ni (Summer City) ★

• Kimi ga Suki to Sakebitai ☆
• Donna Toki demo Hold me Tight ☆
• Do you wanna hold me? ☆

• Dokomademo Zutto ★
• Message ★

• 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)) ★

• Stop Motion ☆

• Mou Ichido ★

• Tears ☆
• Somebody to believe ☆

• Just Illusion ☆
• So Bad ☆
• Only Lonely Crazy Heart ★

• Apple Love
• Swan no Namida
• Emerald no Densetsu
• Omoide no Nagisa
• Blue Night Yokosuka
• Blue Light Yokohama

• La Jolla ★
• Summer Illusion ★
• Kimi ga Inai ★

• Tobikiri Lonely Night
• Mou Ichido Dakishimete
• Too Late

• Jiyuu de aru Tame ni ☆
• Puzzle (A Jack In the Box) ★
• Over ☆

• 1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō ☆

• Vivid (Final Fantasy: Unlimited) ★

• Gifuu Doudou! ☆

• As a person ☆
• Be Honest ☆
• Blue Sky ☆

• Dōbutsuen wa Taihen da ☆

• Yurari Sakurazora
• Kanashimi Rensa

• Futari Kurashi

• Kiss-shite Loneliness ☆
• Natsu no Obaka-san ☆

• Necessary ☆
• Andersen ☆

• Majimesugiru Kimi he ★

• You Go!: We are Maria ★
• Yurari Sakurazora ★
• Day by day ★

• Pearly Gate ★

• Good Music ★

• Precious Garden ★

• Manish ★

• Shift Rise

• The 7th Blues
• Love Phantom
• Off the Lock
• Mars (B'z album)
• Loose (B'z album)
• Survive (B'z album)
• Eleven (B'z album)

• Re:Born

• Same Side

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]

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]

• Masao Akashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Twitter (launched on 25 April 2018) [1]
• Profile on Senzoku Gakuen of Music [2]
• Bassist Masao Akashi Blog [3]