Taku Sakakibara

Taku Sakakibara

Artist Information

• Name: Taku Sakakibara (榊原琢)
• Full name: Taku Isaac Sakakibara
• Web Site: http://www.ongaq.com/taq/

General Information

Taku Sakakibara (born August 5th, 1975) is one of the biggest names in IIDX despite his long absence from the series. Friends with both 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 IIDX in 2004 shortly after 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 has, however, provided a few pop'n music songs with German lyrics since his departure.

Trivia

• 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 and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school.
• TaQ was rumored to be in pop'n music Sunny Park, as his 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.

Aliases

• TaQ (pronounced "TAH-ku")
• OutPhase (with Takayuki Ishikawa)
• DesQ (with Osamu Migitera)

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement	Lyrics	Vocals
RELEASE YOUR MIND	TaQ	beatmania complete MIX2	TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
TetraQ	TaQ	beatmania complete MIX2	ACID BEATS	✓	-	-	-
Digital MinD (A/T Libra Mix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 2nd style	MINIMAL	✓	-	-	-
Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 2nd style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
Indigo Vision (full flavour hide around mix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 2nd style	GOA TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
era (nostalmix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	DRUM'N'BASS	✓	-	-	-
era (step remix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	DRUM'N'BASS	-	✓	-	-
Holic	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	HARD TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
Schlagwerk	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
Schlagwerk (Terror-mix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	BIG BEAT	-	✓	-	-
DXY!	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 4th style	TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
empathy	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 4th style	DRUM'N'BASS	✓	-	-	-
era (step mix)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 4th style	DRUM'N'BASS	-	✓	-	-
Voltage (feat. Hidemaru)	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 4th style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
QQQ	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 5th style	TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
Radical Faith	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 5th style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
still my words	TaQ feat. Meg	beatmania IIDX 5th style	AMBIENT	✓	-	-	-
sync	OutPhase	beatmania IIDX 5th style	TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
Summer Vacation (CU mix)	OutPhase	beatmania IIDX 6th style	TRIP HOP	✓	-	-	-
Gravity	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 7th style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
stoic	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 7th style	TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
traces	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 7th style	TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
abstract	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 8th style	BIG BEAT	✓	-	-	-
symbolic	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 8th style	TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
Distress	dj TAKA/remixed by TaQ	beatmania IIDX 9th style	MIXTURE	-	✓	✓	✓
Karma	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 9th style	DRUM'N'BASS	✓	-	-	-
quasar	OutPhase	beatmania IIDX 9th style	TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
Changes	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 10th style	PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE	✓	-	-	-
Innocent Walls	TaQ	beatmania IIDX 10th style	TECHNO	✓	-	-	-
sync(EXTREME version)	OutPhase	DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	-	✓	-	-	-
stoic(EXTREME version)	TaQ	DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	-	✓	-	-	-
Jack	DesQ	pop'n music 10	MIXTURE	✓	✓	-	-
Der Wald	エレハモニカ	pop'n music 13 カーニバル	DARK OPERA	-	-	✓	-
Geiselhaus	Sarastro	pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE	METALLIC OPERA	-	-	✓	-

Discography

• 1. bounce connected
  2. ongaq:stromatolite
  3. visible:stromatolite (DVD)