OdiakeS (born March 22) is a

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from

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who has worked for a variety of

visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...

companies. His first work was on the game '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' under

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. When the staff of ''One'' left Tactics to create the company

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, OdiakeS became a member of Key and had a hand in the musical composition of Key's first title '' Kanon''. After ''Kanon'' was complete, OdiakeS left Key and became a freelance artist; over time he has been employed by several different visual novel companies. OdiakeS has also been active with his

dōjin In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as "clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in "sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced b ...

music circle SJV-SC.

Career

OdiakeS began his musical career for

s with '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' by the company

under

Nexton is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novels for 23 game development brands that Nexton is partners with. The company is located in Osaka, Japan. The current president, Akihi ...

released in 1998. After the completion of ''One'', OdiakeS, and much of the staff who made ''One'', including

Jun Maeda is a Japanese writer and co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under Visual Arts. He is considered a pioneer of nakige visual novels, and has mainly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the games the company pr ...

Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga ''C'' by Shō Kitagawa; the protagonist in the mang ...

Shinji Orito is a Japanese musical composer originally from Hyōgo, Japan working for the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named Leaf where he contributed to four games. After leaving Lea ...

, and

Naoki Hisaya , born , is a Japanese screenwriter who has worked for Tactics, Key and Siesta, but as of 2006, he is a freelance writer. He is well known for being the main writer of the popular visual novel '' Kanon'' while working under Key. Additional works i ...

, left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company

VisualArt's , formerly and previously spelled in English as VisualArt's, is a Japanese publishing company which specializes in publishing and distributing visual novels for a large list of game developers. Visual Arts has developed game engines their brands ...

where they formed the company

. After forming Key, OdiakeS worked on the music for their first title '' Kanon'' released in 1999, which proved to be very popular in the adult game market in Japan. Despite being one of the founding members of Key, OdiakeS left Key after ''Kanons release and became a freelance music artist. OdiakeS returned for Key for a short time in 2000 to help with '' Air's''

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album ''

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'', along with in 2004 for '' Clannad's''

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'' -Memento-''. Since he was not affiliated with a single company or publishing firm, OdiakeS continued to provide music for visual novels for many different companies. The year 2000 proved to be a busy year for OdiakeS when he contributed to the music in no less than six visual novels for four separate companies. Three of these titles were by Janis—''London Star: Koi no Double Click'', ''Watashi no Arika.'', and '' Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever''—while the remaining three were ''Omakase Dōkōkai'' by Rain Software, ''Remel'' by Usagi Kurabu, and ''

Prism Heart is a Japanese erotic video game developed by Pajamas Soft and was first released on October 6, 2000, and a DVD edition for Windows was released on January 25, 2008. The game was ported to the Dreamcast on November 29, 2001, with the adult ...

'' by Pajamas Soft. OdiakeS continued to work with Pajamas Soft between 2001 and 2002 with three more titles for the company: ''Prism Box'', ''Pandora no Yume'', and ''Pandora no Bikkuri Hako''. Also in 2002, OdiakeS provided music for Windmill's ''Yuihashi'', along with Pajamas Soft's ''Panic!! Kero Kero Kingdom''. In 2003, he worked to produce music for Puchi Pajama's ''Punitsuma: Okusan wa Anata Iro'', and back to Pajamas Soft for their title ''Pizzicato Polka: Suisei Maboroshi Yoru''. The following year in 2004, OdiakeS provided his services for TinkerBell's ''Hana Maru!'', Pajamas Soft's ''Oku-sama wa Miko? R: Pretty Fiancee'', F&C's ''White Breath: With Faint Hope'', and Puchi Pajama's ''Pure Maid: Kise Kaeshite ne''. OdiakeS worked on two games in 2005, Xuse's ''Chikan Mono Thomas II'', and Windmill's '' Happiness!''. In 2006, he helped with music for ''Prism Hearts sequel ''

Prism Ark is a Japanese erotic video game and the sequel of '' Prism Heart'' developed by Pajamas Soft. Its first release was on August 25, 2006. This work contains adult-only content of a sexual nature. An anime entitled ''Prism Ark'' began air ...

'' again for Pajamas Soft, along with providing music for Whirlpool's ''Ina ☆ Koi! Oinari-sama to Motemote no Tatari'', and Limit Max's ''Hime Nin: Sakura''. In 2007, OdiakeS provided music for Siesta's ''Arpeggio: Kimi Iro no Melody'', and Pajamas Soft's '' Prism Ark: Love Love Maximum''. In 2008, OdiakeS arranged two songs on ''

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'' arrange album ''Kira-Kira Sound Festival'' for Pajamas Soft's sister brand, Lillian. Also in 2008, OdiakeS provided music for Whirlpool's ''MagusTale Infinity''. He composed all of the

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in Hooksoft's 2011 game ''Strawberry Nauts''.

References

External links

OdiakeS' personal website
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