# Tetsurō Oda

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.

## 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 Zard, [ Tube [Wands (band)|Wands]], Deen, and Field of View. He also discovered and collaborated with Nanase Aikawa, one of the best-selling Japanese female pop icons from the latter half of the 1990s.
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. 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.
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. After a year of rehabilitation, Oda resumed a live tour in 2002.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon |
| Voice | Released: 22 June 1983 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | Released: 23 May 2007 Label: Universal J Formats: CD | 100 |
| W Face | Released: 30 October 2013 Label: King Formats: CD | 106 |

### EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon |
| Wildlife | Released: 26 February 1987 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD | - |

### Self-cover albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | 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

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | 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 | Released: 12 December 2008 Label: GT Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | 204 |

### Singles

| Year | Album | Chart positions (JP) | Label |
| 1981 | "Iro Aseta Machi" (色あせた街) | - | Canyon |
| 1983 | "Honoo no Sadame" (炎のさだめ) | - | Star Child |
| 1983 | "2001Nen" (2001年) | - | CBS Sony |
| 1983 | "Toki wo Koete" (時を超えて) | - | CBS Sony |
| 1984 | "Lucie My Love" | - | CBS Sony |
| 1985 | "Stay: Okizari ni Sareta Ai no Naka de" (STAY -置き去りにされた愛の中で-) | - | CBS Sony |
| 1987 | "Ai wo Sagashite" (愛を探して) | - | CBS Sony |
| 1988 | "Season" | - | CBS Sony |
| 1989 | "In the dream" | - | CBS Sony |
| 1990 | "Hikari to Kage no Naka de" (光と影の中で) | - | Platz |
| 1990 | "Smile for me" | - | Platz |
| 1992 | "Itsumademo Kawaranu Ai wo" (いつまでも変わらぬ愛を) | 1 | BMG Victor |
| 1992 | "Kimi no Me ni Rainbow" (朝がくるまで) | 14 | BMG Victor |
| 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 | Rhizome |
| 1998 | "Aozora" (青空) | 149 | Zootrec |
| 2000 | "Kizuna" (キズナ) | 32 | Zootrec |
| 2003 | "Mayonaka no Niji" (真夜中の虹) | - | Zootrec |
| 2003 | "Inori" (祈り) | - | Zootrec |
| 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

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

#### Collaboration singles

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

## Songwriting credits
### 1990s

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

### 2000s

List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name :
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
| 2003 | "Days" | Akina Nakamori | Days |
| 2003 | "Kaze no Hate He" | Akina Nakamori | I Hope So |

### 2010s

List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name :
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
| 2012 | "Namida Hoshi ni Kagayaku" | KinKi Kids | Kawatta Karachi no Ishi |