Risto Asikainen

{{Short description|Finnish record producer, songwriter and musician}}

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Risto Asikainen (born 20 August 1958, Nurmijärvi) is a Finnish record producer, songwriter and musician. He became known to the general public from the Finnish version of the reality television show "Popstars". In the show he appeared as a judge and also wrote and produced music for the Popstars bands.

In Finland, Asikainen has worked behind numerous successful pop-artists and bands, such as Nylon Beat, S.E.S., Kaija Koo, Dingo, Arja Koriseva, Kari Tapio, Gimmel and Robin.

Asikainen is signed as a writer to Elements Music.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elementsmusic.fi/writers/|title=Writers}}