His first solo album K.Oda (1986) was produced by Oda and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Bill Schnee, who was known for his work with Steely Dan, Olivia Newton-John, Boz Scaggs, Pablo Cruise, and Huey Lewis and the News. In the same year, Oda began his own solo career. It was mostly written by Matsutoya and Oda, and played by the former Sadistic Mika Band members. In 1985, Oda collaborated with Yumi Matsutoya and Kazuo Zaitsu and released the #1 hit single "Imadakara". Off Course officially came to an end after their final concert on February 26, 1989. The remaining members continued on for four more albums. After five albums as a five-man band, Suzuki left the group in 1982 to pursue a solo career. Oda and Suzuki continued to provide the vast majority of the songwriting and lead vocals. Oda primarily played keyboards and Suzuki played guitars, with the two sharing songwriting and vocals.įor their seventh album, in 1979, Off Course added three new permanent members and moved to more of a pop/rock sound. The pair worked as a duo for their first six albums. In 1969, they formed the band The Off Course, which they later renamed to Off Course. Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki began performing together in 1964 while the two were in junior high school. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. It sold over 2,580,000 copies and became the ninth best-selling single in Japan.
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His most successful single was "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" (1991), the theme song of a Japanese TV drama called Tokyo Love Story. He produced many hit singles as singer-songwriter, such as "Little Tokyo" (1989), "Itsuka Dokokade" (1992), "Tsutaetai Koto ga Arunda" (1997) and "Kirakira" (2002). In 1985 he began work as a solo musician. The group's most successful singles-"Sayonara" (1979), "Yes-No" (1980), and "Kimi ga Uso o Tsuita" (1984)-were written by Oda. He was the leader of folk rock band Off Course from 1969-1989, and has done solo work since 1985.Īs the vocalist of Off Course, Oda wrote many Japanese standard numbers in the 70s and 80s. Kazumasa Oda ( 小田 和正, Oda Kazumasa, born September 20, 1947) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and composer. He continued to chart well into the 2010s, with his 2014 studio album Oda Biyori ("Oda Weather") going to number three and his 2016 compilation Ano Hi Ano Toki ("That Day, That Time") to number one.Funhouse, BMG Japan, Ariola Japan/Little Tokyo Of his studio albums, four went to number one the best selling was 1992's Sometime Somewhere. As of 2016 he had released nine original studio albums, two cover albums, and five compilations, including 2002's hugely successful Jiko Best ("Personal Best"), which sold over two million copies. Oda, was released in 1986, and over the years he released many more. His albums were just as popular the first, K. He released a number of hit singles, including "Love Story wa Totsuzen Ni" ("Love Stories Are Sudden"), the theme song to the 1991 TV drama Tokyo Love Story, which was a multi-million seller, becoming the eighth best-selling single in Japanese history. The former leader of Japanese folk-rock powerhouse Off Course, Kazumasa Oda (born September 20, 1947) began his solo career in 1985.
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