Works

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•Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards and Nominations

• Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Skyline (64th Grammy-winning Best Jazz Instrumental Album, 2022) -Mixer 
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola: Live in Marciac (23rd Latin Grammy-winning Best Tropical Album, 2022) -Mixer 
• Yeisy Rojas: A Mis Ancestros (25th Latin Grammy nominated Best Traditional Tropical Album, 2024) -Mixer
• Berklee Indian Ensemble: Shuruaat  (65th Grammy nominated Best Global Music Album ,2023) -Engineer
• An American in Paris: Broadway Cast Recording(58th Grammy nominated Best Musical Theater Album, 2015) -Additional Engineer

•Jazz, Latin, World

• Makoto Ozone: 

​​                    Day 1 (Trio) -Rec&Mix
                    Trinfinity (No Name Horses Bigband) -Rec&Mix
                    A Night in Tokyo (with Branford Marsalis, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Christian McBride) -Rec
                    Until We Vanish 15 x 15  (No Name Horses Bigband) -Rec&Mix
                    DIMENSIONS (Trio) -Rec&Mix
                    ROAD (No Name Horses Bigband) -Rec&Mix
                    Pure Pleasure For The Piano (with Ellis Marsalis) -Mix

• Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Turning Point/Trio D’ete -Mix 
• Ralph Peterson's Gen-Next Bigband: Listen Up! -Rec&Mix
• David Matthews, Eddie Gomez, Steve Gadd: Sir, -Rec&Mix
• Jon Batiste: Social Music -Rec, Jazz Is Now -Rec
• Peter Cincotti: Killer on the Keys -Rec&Mix, Live at Cafe Carlyle -Mix, One Too Many with Tony Danza -Rec&Mix, Big Yellow Taxi -Rec&Mix
• Deb Bowman: Fast Heart -Rec&Mix
• Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Harlem Suite -Rec
• Steve Khan: Patchwork -Rec, Backlog -Rec, Subtext -Rec
• Charnett Moffett: New Love -Rec&Mix
• Jana Herzen: Nothing But Love -Rec&Mix
• Monty Alexander:Harlem-Kingston Express Vol. 2: The River Rolls On -Rec
• Shutaro Matsui: Danse Macabre -Rec&Mix
• Taka Nawashiro: Lifescape -Rec&Mix, What We Do Now -Mix
• Takashi Sugawa, Leo Genovese, Tom Rainey: Outgrowing -Rec
• Michelle Ross, Eric Jacobsen, Odyssey Orchestra: Vivaldi The Four Seasons -Rec
  

•Pop, Rock, Indie

• Adam Lambert: I don't Care Much -Rec
• John Legend: You Deserve It All -Rec
• Rhiannon Giddens: Julie's Aria -Rec
  
• Frankie Zulfeino: Drippin' In Love -Rec
• Racing Heart: What Comes After -Rec&Mix
• Yu Sakai: White and Black -Rec&Mix, "Story" from New York -Rec&Mix
• Akiko Yano: Music Is A Gift -Rec
• Ayumu Imazu: Superstar, Where Do We go, BANDAGE, Run For You, Honeycomb, Sunshower -Rec
• D_Drive: MAXIMUM IMPACT -Mix, DYNAMOTIVE -Mix
• Band-Maid: Conqueror -Rec
• a.un: Sync -Mix, Spiral -Mix, Deeperthan -Mix

•Film, TV, Game Music

• Star Trek: Prodigy / Paramount Plug -Score Mixing
• It Ain't Over / Sony Pictures Classics -Score Mixing
• Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit / History Making Productions -Recordist & Score Mixing
• Mom & Dad's Nipple Factory -Score Mixing
• To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb / NBS News Studios -Score Mixing
• Break of Dawn （僕らの夜明け）　-Score Mixing
• Zannen Na Ikimono Ziten (ざんねんないきもの事典） -Score Mixing
• Metropolitan Opera: Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones -Rec&Mix,  Terence Blanchard’s Champion -Rec&Mix
• Loren Allred / Final Fantasy: No Promises To Keep -Rec
• ​League of Legends: Faerie Court Skin Theme -Rec&Mix​​

Other works include:
​Miley Cyrus, Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga, Billy Ocean, The Avett Brothers, Ben Folds, Cyndi Lauper, Elvis Costello, Harry Connick, Jr., Paul Simon, Sara Bareilles, ​Josh Groban, Franz Ferdinand, Ayo, Depeche Mode, Django Django, Goldfrapp, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor, Phish, She & Him, Sting, Szanne Vega, Feist, Wilco, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman, Kenny Barron and many others.

Aki has worked and trained under industries leading engineers and producers include: 
​Chuck Ainlay, Michael Bishop, Nico Bolas, Vince Caro, Ed Cherney, Neil Dorfsman, Russell Elevado, James Farber, Joe Ferla, Frank Filipetti, Roy Hendrickson, Kevin Kellen, Richard King, Eddie Kramer, Lawrence Manchester, Jay Newland, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Todd Whitelock, Manfred Eicher, Steve Epstein, David Kahne, Steve Lillywhite, Phil Ramone, Mark Ronson, Tony Visconti, Joe Walsh to name a few.