Artist: 小田 和正 (Kazumasa Oda)

Kazumasa Oda was born 20 September 1947 in Yokohama, Japan. He is a graduate of the Engineering Department at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and he holds a Master's Degree in Architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo.Mr. Oda started his musical career in 1969 with the forming of the group Off Course. For twenty years he was the lead singer and major force behind the group; then, as Off Course disbanded Mr. Oda went out on his own as a solo artist and producer. He is still active musically as of this writing (2006).