Tomoko Okada

Artist Information

Name: Tomoko Okada (岡田知子)
Birthdate: June 7th, 1959
Birthplace: Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 20th, 2020

Profile

Tomoko Okada was a Japanese singer-songwriter, keyboardist, composer, disc Jockey, and record shop manager from Okayama Prefecture.

Tomoko learned piano from a young age and began playing in a band when she entered high school. While attending university in Fukuoka, she worked part-time at a large import record store, where she was exposed to a wide range of music. She began her activities as a member of instant cytron around 1992. Since the mid-2000s, she had composed music solo for many programs aimed at children on NHK Educational TV, as well as for TV anime and commercials.

Tomoko passed away from cancer on the night of October 20th, 2020. She was 51 years old. The news was announced on October 24th by her agency and her husband on Twitter.

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Aliases

Tomoko Kataoka

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Lyrics	Vocals
breathless	Studio Bongo Mango feat.Tomoko Kataoka	beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	DIST.LOUNGE	✓	✓
on voit la mer	Togo Project feat. Tomoko Kataoka	DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE2	-	✓	✓
L'amour dans le lycee (High School Love -Bossa Arr.-)	Studio Bongo Mango feat.Tomoko Kataoka	REFLEC BEAT limelight	-	✓	✓