Tetsurō Oda Explained

Tetsurō Oda
Alias:Eddy Blues, Tetsu
Birth Date:11 March 1958
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Genre:Pop
Years Active:1978–present
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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.

Biography

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.[1] Between years 1980-1981, he was member of the another rock band "Oda Tetsurō&9th IMAGE".

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] He also discovered and collaborated with Nanase Aikawa, one of the best-selling Japanese female pop icons from the latter half of the 1990s.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] [8]

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.[9] After a year of rehabilitation, Oda resumed a live tour in 2002.[10]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

[11]
Voice -
New Morning
  • Released: 21 May 1984
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
-
Night Waves
  • Released: 28 August 1985
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
-
Life
  • Released: 21 April 1986
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
-
Ships
  • Released: 26 August 1987
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
-
Season
  • Released: 21 May 1988
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: LP, CD
-
Candle in the Rain
  • Released: 21 March 1989
  • Label: CBS Sony
  • Formats: CD
-
  • 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

Self-cover albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
Oricon

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

YearAlbumChart positions
(JP)
Label
1981-Canyon
1983Star Child
CBS Sony
1984"Lucie My Love"
1985
1987
1988"Season"
1989"In the dream"
1990Platz
"Smile for me"
19921BMG Victor
14
199329Rhizome
19948
1998149Zootrec
200032
2003-
2007115Universal J
2010-Lantis
2017"Cafe Broken Heart"148King

Digital single

YearSingleReference
2011[12]
2023

Collaboration singles

YearAlbumChart positions
(JP)
Label
1992"Bomber Girl
  • with Fusanosuke Kondo
20BMG Victor
1993 18Rhizome
2002"Candle Light" 97Cutting edge
2008"Eternal Landscape"
  • with Skoop On Somebody
47SME

Songwriting credits

1990s

Year! scope="col" style="width:14em;"
TitleArtist(s)Album/Single
1990"Chance"Yui AsakaChance!
"7 Days Girl"Nude Songs
"Odoru Pompokolin"B.B.QueensOdoru Pompokolin
"Yume ga Ippai"Yumi SekiYume Ippai
"Kiss Shite Loneliness"Yoko MinaminoKiss Shite Loneliness
1991"Good-bye my Loneliness"ZardGood-bye my Loneliness
"Fushigi ne..."Fushigi ne...
"Mō Sagasanai"Mō Sagasanai
"Omoide Kujuukurihama"Mi-KeOmoide Kujuukurihama
"Rock Your Fire"Hideki SaijoRock Your Fire
"Hashire Shougimono"Hashire Shougimono
"Abunai Hashi wo Watare"Moichido
1992"Nemurenai Yoru wo Daite"ZardNemurenai Yoru wo Daite
"Just Illusion"T-BolanJust Illusion
"Kanashiki Teddy Boy"Mi-KeKanashiki Teddy Bo
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"Miho Nakayama and WandsSekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto
1993"Makenaide"ZardMakenaide
"Yureru Omoi"Yureru Omoi sg.
"You and me (and…)"Yureru Omoi al.
"Kitto Wasurenai"Kitto Wasurenai
"Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai"DeenKono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai
"Tsubasa wo Hirogete"Tsubasa wo Hirogete
"Memories"Memories
"Chotto"Maki OhguroChotto
"Sakihokore Itoshisa yo"WinkSakihokore Itoshisa yo
"Koe ni Naranai hodo ni Itoshii"ManishKoe 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"ZardKono Ai ni Oyogi Tsukarete mo/Boy
"Oh My Love"Oh My Love
"Anata wo Kanjiteitai"Anata wo Kanjiteitai
"Hitomi Sorasanaide"DeenHitomi Sorasanaide
"Omoikiri Waratte", "Hiroi Sekai de Kimi to Deatta"Deen (al.)
"Sekai wa Owaru Made wa"WandsSekai wa Owaru Made wa
1995"Aoi Usagi"Noriko SakaiAoi Usagi
"Kimi ga Ita kara"Field of ViewKimi ga Ita kara
"Totsuzen"Totsuzen
"Forever you", "I'm in love"ZardForever You
"Zettai ni Dare mo"ZyygZettai ni Dare mo
"Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai"Nanase AikawaYume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai

2000s

Year! scope="col" style="width:14em;"
TitleArtist(s)Album/Single
2003"Days"Akina NakamoriDays
"Kaze no Hate He"I Hope So

2010s

Year! scope="col" style="width:14em;"
TitleArtist(s)Album/Single
2012"Namida Hoshi ni Kagayaku"KinKi KidsKawatta Karachi no Ishi

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why+1 (WHY). sonymusicshop. https://web.archive.org/web/20090322182216/http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/detail.asp?goods=DYCL000000082 . March 22, 2009 . ja.
  2. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/78154/. ja:織田哲郎、「いつまでも変わらぬ愛を」配信開始. Oricon Style. Oricon. July 14, 2010. January 24, 2011. ja.
  3. Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2010 . 2011 . Oricon Entertainment . Roppongi, Tokyo . ja . 978-4871310888.
  4. Web site: 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. Saida, Sai. Barks News. January 17, 2008. January 24, 2011. ja.
  5. Web site: 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. February 12, 2023. January 3, 2024. ja.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080615043003/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1990.htm. ja:第21回日本レコード大賞 . http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1990.htm. The 32nd Japan Record Awards Winners. jacompa.jp. Japanese Composers Association. ja. June 15, 2008. March 3, 2012.
  7. Web site: 4000万枚超のシングルを売り上げた織田哲郎の意外すぎる幼少期とは?「油絵ばっかり描いてました」. joqr. December 23, 2022. January 3, 2024. ja.
  8. Web site: ソロデビュー40周年・織田哲郎さんのかっこいい歳の重ね方「今が一番マシと思えることが大事」. saisoncard. May 10, 2022. January 3, 2024. ja.
  9. Web site: http://www.aspect.co.jp/oda2007/interview/20.html . ja:織田哲郎ロングインタビュー第20回 . 織田哲郎Project 2007-2008 . May 17, 2019 . ja.
  10. Web site: http://www.aspect.co.jp/oda2007/interview/21.html . ja:織田哲郎ロングインタビュー第21回 . 織田哲郎Project 2007-2008 . May 17, 2019 . ja.
  11. Web site: 織田哲郎の作品. Oricon. ja. 30 December 2007. 27 December 2023.
  12. Web site: 織田哲郎の作品. Mora. ja. 2 December 2023.