Tetsurō Oda (織田 哲郎, Oda Tetsurō, born March 11, 1958) is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter. Oda is the third best-selling composer in the history of the Japanese singles chart, with over 40 million units being sold.[2]

Tetsurō Oda
Birth nameTetsurō Hamada (濱田 哲郎)
Also known asEddy Blues, Tetsu
Born (1958-03-11) March 11, 1958 (age 66)
Tokyo, Japan
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Composer
  • record producer
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocal
  • guitar
  • keyboard
Years active1978–present
Labels
Websitewww.t-oda.jp www.facebook.com/tetsurooda.tscorp/
Tetsuro Oda
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016 -
Subscribers122k[1]
Total views19,221,668 million times[1]

Last updated: January 15, 2024

Biography

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Between years 1978-1979, he was member of the rock band Why along with Kenji Kitajima, following frontman of the band Fence of Defense and brother of the musical producer Daiko Nagato, Shuusuke Nagato.[3] Between years 1980-1981, he was member of another rock band "Oda Tetsurō&9th IMAGE".[4]

Oda has embarked on his own solo career since the 1981. As a recording artist, he is best known for the chart-topping single "Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai o", which was released in 1992.[5]

Oda gained prominence as a songwriter in Japan during the late 1980s. He composed over 50 top-ten hit singles on the Japanese Oricon chart during the 1990s, including 12 that have sold over 1 million copies.[6] At the commercial peak of his career, Oda produced a string of popular hit songs with artists such as Zard, Wands, Deen, and Field of View.[7] He also discovered and collaborated with Nanase Aikawa, one of the best-selling Japanese female pop icons from the latter half of the 1990s.[8]

In 1990, Oda won the 32nd Japan Record Award for the song "Odoru Pompokorin", co-written by Momoko Sakura and performed by B.B. Queens.[9] Oda has been the third best-selling composer in the history of the Japanese singles chart, which started in 1968, just behind Kyōhei Tsutsumi and Tetsuya Komuro. Accumulated sales of his compositions released as singles have been estimated at over 40 million units as of 2020.[10][2]

In 2000, he was attacked in an attempted robbery in Madrid, Spain, where he was visiting for sight seeing. His neck was squeezed from behind so hard that his vocal cords were damaged and his singing voice disappeared.[11] After a year of rehabilitation, Oda resumed a live tour in 2002.[12]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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Voice -
New Morning
  • Released: 21 May 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
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Night Waves
  • Released: 28 August 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
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Life
  • Released: 21 April 1986
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
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Ships
  • Released: 26 August 1987
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
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Season
  • Released: 21 May 1988
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
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Candle in the Rain
  • Released: 21 March 1989
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD
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Itsuka Subete no Tozasareta Tobira ga Hirakareru Hi Made (いつかすべての閉ざされた扉が開かれる日まで)
  • Released: 21 April 1990
  • Label: Platz
  • Formats: CD
72
Endless Dream
  • Released: 24 June 1992
  • Label: BMG Victor
  • Formats: CD
9
T
  • Released: 21 May 1993
  • Label: Rhizome
  • Formats: CD
35
One Night 100
W Face
  • Released: 30 October 2013
  • Label: King
  • Formats: CD
106
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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Wildlife -

Self-cover albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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Songs
  • Released: 23 December 1993
  • Label: Rhizome
  • Formats: CD
7
Melodies
  • Released: 20 September 2006
  • Label: Universal J
  • Formats: CD
56

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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Complete of Tetsuro Oda at the Being Studio
  • Released: 25 September 2002
  • Label: B-Gram
  • Formats: CD
83
Best of Best 1000: Tetsuro Oda
  • Released: 12 December 2007
  • Label: B-Gram
  • Formats: CD
169
Growing Up 1983–1989 204

Singles

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Year Album Chart positions
(JP)[13]
Label
1981 "Iro Aseta Machi" (色あせた街) - Canyon
1983 "Honoo no Sadame" (炎のさだめ) Star Child
"2001Nen" (2001年) CBS Sony
"Toki wo Koete" (時を超えて)
1984 "Lucie My Love"
1985 "Stay: Okizari ni Sareta Ai no Naka de" (STAY -置き去りにされた愛の中で-)
1987 "Ai wo Sagashite" (愛を探して)
1988 "Season"
1989 "In the dream"
1990 "Hikari to Kage no Naka de" (光と影の中で) Platz
"Smile for me"
1992 "Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai wo" (いつまでも変わらぬ愛を) 1 BMG Victor
"Kimi no Me ni Rainbow" (朝がくるまで) 14
1993 "Asa ga Kuru made" (朝がくるまで) 29 Rhizome
1994 "Kimi no Egao wo Mamoritai" (君の笑顔を守りたい) 8
1998 "Aozora" (青空) 149 Zootrec
2000 "Kizuna" (キズナ) 32
2003 "Mayonaka no Niji" (真夜中の虹) -
"Inori" (祈り)
2007 "Tsuki no Namida" (月ノ涙) 115 Universal J
2010 "Itsumo Anata ga 2011" (いつもあなたが 2011) - Lantis
2017 "Cafe Broken Heart" 148 King

Digital single

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Year Single Reference
2011 "Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai wo-2011 version" (いつまでも変わらぬ愛を 2011) [14]
"Anata no Uta" (あなたのうた) [14]
2023 "Negai" (願い) [14]

Collaboration singles

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Year Album Chart positions
(JP)[13]
Label
1992 "Bomber Girl
  • with Fusanosuke Kondo
20 BMG Victor
1993 "Jounetsu wa Neranai" (憂鬱は眠らない) 18 Rhizome
2002 "Candle Light" 97 Cutting edge
2008 "Eternal Landscape"
  • with Skoop On Somebody
47 SME

Songwriting credits

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1990s

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Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single
1990 "Chance!"  Yui Asaka Chance!
"7 Days Girl" Nude Songs
"Odoru Pompokolin" B.B.Queens Odoru Pompokolin
"Yume ga Ippai" Yumi Seki Yume Ippai
"Kiss Shite Loneliness" Yoko Minamino Kiss Shite Loneliness
1991 "Good-bye my Loneliness"  Zard Good-bye my Loneliness
"Fushigi ne..." Fushigi ne...
"Mō Sagasanai" Mō Sagasanai
"Omoide Kujuukurihama" Mi-Ke Omoide Kujuukurihama
"Rock Your Fire" Hideki Saijo Rock Your Fire
"Hashire Shougimono" Hashire Shougimono
"Abunai Hashi wo Watare" Moichido
1992 "Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite"  Zard Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite
"Just Illusion"  T-Bolan Just Illusion
"Kanashiki Teddy Boy" Mi-Ke Kanashiki Teddy Bo
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" Miho Nakayama and Wands Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
1993 "Makenaide"  Zard Makenaide
"Yureru Omoi" Yureru Omoi sg.
"You and me (and…)" Yureru Omoi al.
"Kitto Wasurenai" Kitto Wasurenai
"Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai"  Deen Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai
"Tsubasa wo Hirogete" Tsubasa wo Hirogete
"Memories" Memories
"Chotto" Maki Ohguro Chotto
"Sakihokore Itoshisa yo" Wink Sakihokore Itoshisa yo
"Koe ni Naranai hodo ni Itoshii" Manish Koe ni Naranai hodo ni Itoshii
"Kimi ga Hoshii Subete ga Hoshii" Kimi ga Hoshii Subete ga Hoshii
"Nemurenai Machi ni Nagasarete" Nemurenai Machi ni Nagasarete
1994 "Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukaretemo"  Zard Kono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy
"Oh My Love" Oh My Love
"Anata wo Kanjiteitai" Anata wo Kanjiteitai
"Hitomi Sorasanaide"  Deen Hitomi Sorasanaide
"Omoikiri Waratte", "Hiroi Sekai de Kimi to Deatta" Deen (al.)
"Sekai wa Owaru Made wa" Wands Sekai wa Owaru Made wa
1995 "Aoi Usagi"  Noriko Sakai Aoi Usagi
"Kimi ga Ita kara"  Field of View Kimi ga Ita kara
"Totsuzen" Totsuzen
"Forever you", "I'm in love" Zard Forever You
"Zettai ni Dare mo" Zyyg Zettai ni Dare mo
"Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai" Nanase Aikawa Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai

2000s

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Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single
2003 "Days"  Akina Nakamori Days
"Kaze no Hate He" I Hope So

2010s

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Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single
2012 "Namida Hoshi ni Kagayaku" KinKi Kids Kawatta Karachi no Ishi

References

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  4. ^ "織田哲郎ロングインタビュー第8回|織田哲郎Project2007". aspect. June 13, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  5. ^ 織田哲郎、「いつまでも変わらぬ愛を」配信開始. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. July 14, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Okamoto, Satoshi (2011). Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 978-4871310888.
  7. ^ Saida, Sai (January 17, 2008). "J-POPの歴史を作った、織田哲郎とビーイングでの二人三脚". Barks News (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  8. ^ "相川七瀬 芸能界入りの秘話告白 プロデュサー・織田哲郎との運命の出会い「すごい遠回りをして」". sponichi (in Japanese). February 12, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  9. ^ 第21回日本レコード大賞 [The 32nd Japan Record Awards Winners]. jacompa.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Composers Association. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
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