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. Between years 1980-1981, he was member of 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. 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. At the commercial peak of his career, Oda produced a string of popular hit songs with artists such as

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. Accumulated sales of his compositions released as singles have been estimated at over 40 million units as of 2020. 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

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were damaged and his singing voice disappeared. After a year of rehabilitation, Oda resumed a live tour in 2002.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Self-cover albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Digital single

Collaboration singles

Songwriting credits

1990s

2000s

2010s

References

External links

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Official blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oda, Tetsuro 1958 births Living people Japanese male composers Japanese record producers B Zone artists Japanese male singer-songwriters Singers from Tokyo Japanese male pop singers 20th-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese male singers