# OdiakeS > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/OdiakeS > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/OdiakeS.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdiakeS > Source revision: 1344959746 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical artist | name = OdiakeS | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = March 22 | death_date = | origin = [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan) | instrument = [Keyboard](/source/Musical_keyboard), [Synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer) | genre = [J-pop](/source/J-pop), [Techno](/source/Techno) | occupation = [Composer](/source/Composer) | years_active = 1998–present | label = }} '''OdiakeS''' (born March 22) is a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) [composer](/source/composer) from [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan) who has worked for a variety of [visual novel](/source/visual_novel) companies. His first work was on the game ''[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e](/source/One%3A_Kagayaku_Kisetsu_e)'' under [Tactics](/source/Tactics_(company)). When the staff of ''One'' left Tactics to create the company [Key](/source/Key_(company)), OdiakeS became a member of Key and had a hand in the musical composition of Key's first title ''[Kanon](/source/Kanon_(visual_novel))''. After ''Kanon'' was complete, OdiakeS left Key and became a freelance artist;{{cite web|url=http://odiakes.net/profile.html|title=OdiakeS' profile on his personal website|access-date=December 1, 2007|language=ja|archive-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723231826/http://odiakes.net/profile.html|url-status=dead}} over time he has been employed by several different visual novel companies.{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=940|title=OdiakeS' visual novel contributions|publisher=Erogamescape|access-date=November 30, 2007|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050416055808/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=940|archive-date=April 16, 2005|url-status=dead}} OdiakeS has also been active with his [dōjin](/source/d%C5%8Djin) music circle SJV-SC.{{cite web|url=http://www.beta.or.jp/~odiakes/sjv/|title=SJV-SC's official website|access-date=December 1, 2007|language=ja}} ==Career== OdiakeS began his musical career for [visual novel](/source/visual_novel)s with ''[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e](/source/One%3A_Kagayaku_Kisetsu_e)'' by the company [Tactics](/source/Tactics_(company)) under [Nexton](/source/Nexton) released in 1998. After the completion of ''One'', OdiakeS, and much of the staff who made ''One'', including [Jun Maeda](/source/Jun_Maeda), [Itaru Hinoue](/source/Itaru_Hinoue), [Shinji Orito](/source/Shinji_Orito), and [Naoki Hisaya](/source/Naoki_Hisaya), left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company [VisualArt's](/source/VisualArt's) where they formed the company [Key](/source/Key_(company)). After forming Key, OdiakeS worked on the music for their first title ''[Kanon](/source/Kanon_(visual_novel))'' released in 1999, which proved to be very popular in the [adult game](/source/Eroge) market in Japan. Despite being one of the founding members of Key, OdiakeS left Key after ''Kanon'''s release and became a freelance music artist. OdiakeS returned for Key for a short time in 2000 to help with ''[Air's](/source/Air_(visual_novel))'' [arrange](/source/Arrangement) album ''[Ornithopter](/source/List_of_Air_soundtracks)'', along with in 2004 for ''[Clannad's](/source/Clannad_(visual_novel))'' [remix album](/source/remix_album) ''[-Memento-](/source/List_of_Clannad_soundtracks)''. Since he was not affiliated with a single company or publishing firm, OdiakeS continued to provide music for visual novels for many different companies.{{cite web|url=http://odiakes.net/disco.html|title=OdiakeS' discography on his personal website|access-date=December 1, 2007|language=ja}} 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](/source/Triangle_Heart)''—while the remaining three were ''Omakase Dōkōkai'' by Rain Software, ''Remel'' by Usagi Kurabu, and ''[Prism Heart](/source/Prism_Heart)'' 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](/source/Windmill_(company)) ''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 Fiancée'', 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!](/source/Happiness!_(visual_novel))''. In 2006, he helped with music for ''Prism Heart'''s sequel ''[Prism Ark](/source/Prism_Ark)'' 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](/source/Prism_Ark)''. In 2008, OdiakeS arranged two songs on ''[Twinkle Crusaders](/source/Twinkle_Crusaders)''{{'}} arrange album ''Kira-Kira Sound Festival'' for Pajamas Soft's sister brand, Lillian.{{cite web|url=http://www.lillian.jp/kurukuru/kuru_syokai.html|title=Information on the ''Twinkle Crusaders'' limited and premium edition releases|publisher=Lillian|access-date=October 1, 2008|language=ja}} Also in 2008, OdiakeS provided music for Whirlpool's ''MagusTale Infinity''. He composed all of the [background music](/source/background_music) in [Hooksoft](/source/Hooksoft)'s 2011 game ''Strawberry Nauts''.{{cite web|url=http://www.hook-net.jp/strawberrynauts/specstaff.htm|title=Spec/Staff｜Strawberry Nauts|publisher=[Hooksoft](/source/Hooksoft)|access-date=January 17, 2012|language=ja}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://odiakes.net/ OdiakeS' personal website] {{in lang|ja}} {{Key (company)}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Odiakes}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Japanese composers Category:Musicians from Tokyo Category:Japanese male composers Category:Japanese techno musicians Category:Japanese video game composers Category:Key (company) Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [OdiakeS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdiakeS) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdiakeS?action=history)). 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