- Tokyo-born Akihiko Matsumoto is a two-time Japan Academy Award-winning composer best known for the music of "Bayside Shakedown", "Summer Wars", "Dirty Hearts", and "Resident Evil: Outbreak".
Starting his career as a music producer in 1987, Akihiko Matsumoto has arranged and produced music for prominent acts, including Koji Tamaki, Southern Allstars, and Masaharu Fukuyama.
As a composer, he saw major success after composing music for the original "Bayside Shakedown" tv-series and being tasked to score its film adaptation; the 1998 feature-length "Bayside Shakedown" won the Japan Academy Award, and its soundtrack became the fourth best-selling soundtrack album in Japan.
- IMDb mini biography by: Akihiko Matsumoto
- SpouseKuniko Asagi(? - March 2006)
- RelativesHidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto(Aunt or Uncle)Sophia Black(Niece or Nephew)
- His uncle, Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto, a distinguished Jazz saxophonist, was the first Japanese artist to be invited to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
- Akihiko Matsumoto's opening theme for "Resident Evil: Outbreak" has been cited as one of the single best melodies in the history of video games by IGN.
- Bayside Shakedown 2, scored by Akihiko Matsumoto, is the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time.
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