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* Name: Taku Sakakibara (榊原琢)
* Name: Taku Sakakibara (榊原琢)
* Full name: Taku Isaac Sakakibara
* Full name: Taku Isaac Sakakibara
* Web Site: http://www.ongaq.com/taq/
* Birthdate: August 5th, 1975
* Birthplace: Maryland, USA
* Website: http://www.ongaq.com/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/taq_ongaq


== Profile ==
== Profile ==
Taku Sakakibara is one of the biggest names in beatmania IIDX despite his long absence from the series. Friends with both [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] and [[Osamu Kubota]], his music is known for its full sound and more complex rhythms compared to some other beatmania IIDX artists. He stopped composing for beatmania IIDX in 2004 shortly after [[AC 10th style|10th style]] to focus on other musical endeavors outside of video game music, some of which are available to listen to on his website listed above. He did, however, provide two pop'n music songs with German lyrics after his departure.


Taku Sakakibara (born August 5th, 1975) is one of the biggest names in IIDX despite his long absence from the series. Friends with both [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] and [[Osamu Kubota]], his music is known for its full sound and more complex rhythms compared to some other IIDX artists. He left beatmania IIDX in 2004 shortly after [[AC_10th_style|10th style]] to focus on other musical endeavors outside of video game music, some of which are available to listen to on his website listed above. He did, however, provided two pop'n music songs with German lyrics after his departure.
Outside of BEMANI, Taku has provided music for the Korean MMO ''Granado Espada Rennaisance'' together with Osamu Kubota. Taku has done arrangements for the ''KINGDOM HEARTS'' series as well. He is also the owner of the ongaq studio, a recording studio used by [[Kennosuke Ono|onoken]] among other artists. At the ongaq studio in 2011, he launched [https://www.gaqdan.com/ gaQdan], a studio recording orchestra business group.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
 
* Born in the United States and raised in West Germany, TaQ is notable for being fluent in German, as shown with his singing in [[Distress]] in German, as well as his lyrics for various pop'n music songs in German.
* Born in Germany, TaQ is notable for being fluent in German, as shown with his singing in [[Distress]] in German, as well as his lyrics for various pop'n music songs in German.
** TaQ is pronounced "TAH-ku", deriving from the German pronunciation of the letter Q.
* TaQ and [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] have been friends since middle school.
* TaQ and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school.
* TaQ was rumored to be in [[PnM_AC_SP|pop'n music Sunny Park]], as his [http://www.ongaq.com/ ongaq website] notes ''pop'n music 21'' on the list of music he's worked on. However, no known song of his appears in the final version of the game.
* TaQ remixed ''ALOIVIA'' and ''Compression Space'' (the latter with onoken and Atomic) for the ''ZONE OF THE ENDERS ReMIX EDITION'' album, and was also arranger for the [[BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] album.
* TaQ was rumored to be in [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]], as his [http://www.ongaq.com/ ongaq website] notes "pop'n music 21" on the list of music he's worked on. However, no known song of his appears in the final version of the game.
* TaQ appeared on [[Diverse System]]'s ''RADIAL'' album with the track ''RADIAL''.


== Aliases ==
== Aliases ==
 
* TaQ
* TaQ (pronounced "TAH-ku")
* OutPhase (with [[Takayuki Ishikawa]])
* OutPhase (with [[Takayuki Ishikawa]])
* DesQ (with [[Osamu Migitera]])
* DesQ (with [[Osamu Migitera]])
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| RELEASE YOUR MIND || TaQ || beatmania complete MIX2 || TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[RELEASE YOUR MIND]] || TaQ || [[AC bm complete 2|beatmania completeMIX 2]] || TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| TetraQ || TaQ || beatmania complete MIX2 || ACID BEATS || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[TetraQ]] || TaQ || [[AC bm complete 2|beatmania completeMIX 2]] || ACID BEATS || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Digital MinD (A/T Libra mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || MINIMAL || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC 2nd style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || MINIMAL || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Electro Tuned(the SubS mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Indigo Vision (full flavour hide around mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || GOA TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Indigo Vision(full flavour hide around mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || GOA TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[era (nostalmix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[era (nostalmix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || || - || -
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| era (step remix) || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || - || ✓ || - || -
| [[era (nostalmix)|era (step remix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Holic]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || HARD TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Holic]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || HARD TECHNO || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Schlagwerk]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Schlagwerk]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || || - || -
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| Schlagwerk (Terror-mix) || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || BIG BEAT || - || ✓ || - || -
| [[Schlagwerk|Schlagwerk (Terror-mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || BIG BEAT || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[DXY!]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[DXY!]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[empathy]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[empathy]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[era (step mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || - || ✓ || - || -
| [[era (step mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)]] || TaQ || [[AC_4th_style|beatmania IIDX 4th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
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| [[QQQ]] || TaQ || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
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| [[Radical Faith]] || TaQ || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[QQQ]] || TaQ || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[still my words]] || TaQ feat. Meg || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || AMBIENT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Radical Faith]] || TaQ || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[sync]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[still my words]] || TaQ feat. Meg || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || AMBIENT || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Summer Vacation (CU mix)]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_6th_style|beatmania IIDX 6th style]] || TRIP HOP || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[sync]] || OutPhase (TaQ/[[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]) || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Gravity]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Summer Vacation(CU mix)]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_6th_style|beatmania IIDX 6th style]] || TRIP HOP || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[stoic]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Gravity]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[traces]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[stoic]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[abstract]] || TaQ || [[AC_8th_style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[traces]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[symbolic]] || TaQ || [[AC_8th_style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[abstract]] || TaQ || [[AC_8th_style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Distress]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]/remixed by TaQ || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || MIXTURE || - || ✓ || ||
| [[symbolic]] || TaQ || [[AC_8th_style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] || TECHNO || || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Karma]] || TaQ || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || || - || - || -
| [[Distress]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] Remixed by TaQ || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || MIXTURE || - || || ||
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| [[quasar]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Karma]] || TaQ || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Changes_(TaQ)|Changes]] || TaQ || [[AC_10th_style|beatmania IIDX 10th style]] || PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[quasar]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_9th_style|beatmania IIDX 9th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| [[Innocent Walls]] || TaQ || [[AC_10th_style|beatmania IIDX 10th style]] || TECHNO || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Changes_(TaQ)|Changes]] || TaQ || [[AC_10th_style|beatmania IIDX 10th style]] || PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE || ✓ || || - || -
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| sync(EXTREME version) || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME || - || ✓ || - || - || -
| [[Innocent Walls]] || TaQ || [[AC_10th_style|beatmania IIDX 10th style]] || TECHNO || || ✓ || - || -
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| stoic(EXTREME version) || TaQ || DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME || - || || - || - || -
| [[stoic (EXTREME version)]] || TaQ || [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]] || - || - || || - || -
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| [[Jack]] || [[Osamu Migitera|DesQ]] || [[PnM_AC_10|pop'n music 10]] || MIXTURE || || ✓ || - || -
| [[sync (EXTREME version)]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Der Wald]] || [[Seiya Murai|エレハモニカ]] || [[PnM_AC_13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]] || DARK OPERA || - || - || || -
| [[Jack]] || [[Osamu Migitera|DesQ]] || [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] || MIXTURE || || || - || -
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| [[Geiselhaus]] || [[Hiroki_Koga|Sarastro]] || [[PnM_AC_17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] || METALLIC OPERA || - || - || ✓ || -
| [[Der Wald]] || [[Kiyoshi Murai|エレハモニカ]] || [[AC pnm 13|pop'n music 13 カーニバル]] || DARK OPERA || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
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| [[Geiselhaus]] || [[Hiroki_Koga|Sarastro]] || [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] || METALLIC OPERA || - || - || ✓ || -
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== Discography ==
== Discography ==
*#bounce connected
=== Albums ===
*#ongaq:stromatolite
* [[bounce connected]] (2003)
*#visible:stromatolite (DVD)
* [[ongaq:stromatolite]] (2004)
* visible:stromatolite (DVD, 2004)


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