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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 | ||
* Birthdate: August 5th, 1975 | |||
* Birthplace: Maryland, USA | |||
* Website: http://www.ongaq.com/ | * Website: http://www.ongaq.com/ | ||
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/taq_ongaq | * Twitter: https://twitter.com/taq_ongaq | ||
== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
Taku Sakakibara | 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. | ||
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 [[onoken]] among other artists. | 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 [[onoken]] among other artists. At the ongaq studio in 2011, he launched the [https://www.gaqdan.com/ gaQdan], a studio recording orchestra business group. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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** TaQ is pronounced "TAH-ku", deriving from the German pronunciation of the letter Q. | ** TaQ is pronounced "TAH-ku", deriving from the German pronunciation of the letter Q. | ||
* TaQ and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school. | * TaQ and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school. | ||
* TaQ | * TaQ's remix of ''ALOIVIA'' on the ''ZONE OF THE ENDERS ReMIX EDITION'' album in 2012 was his last known work with KONAMI, but in 2019, he was the 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 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''; this is his first time using the TaQ alias for songwriting purposes in over a decade. | * TaQ appeared on [[Diverse System]]'s ''RADIAL'' album with the track ''RADIAL''; this is his first time using the TaQ alias for songwriting purposes in over a decade. | ||