The group's most successful singles—"Sayonara" (1979), "Yes-No" (1980), and "Kimi ga Uso o Tsuita" (1984)—were written by Oda.
He produced many hit singles as singer-songwriter, such as "Little Tokyo" (1989), "Itsuka Dokokade" (1992), "Tsutaetai Koto ga Arunda" (1997) and "Kirakira" (2002).
Kazumasa Oda and Yasuhiro Suzuki began performing together in 1964 while the two were in Seiko Gakuin Junior High School.
Oda and Suzuki continued to provide the vast majority of the songwriting and lead vocals.
His first solo album K.Oda (1986) was produced by Oda and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer[1][2] Bill Schnee, who was known for his work with Steely Dan, Olivia Newton-John, Boz Scaggs, Pablo Cruise, and Huey Lewis and the News.
Oda's solo debut album was recorded by many influential musicians; Jeff Porcaro on drums, David Hungate on bass, Dann Huff on guitar and others.
In this album, Nathan East performed bass guitar, but other instruments and chorus were mainly recorded by several Japanese musicians.
In 1991, he wrote the theme song for Tokyo Love Story, the drama series which was broadcast by Fuji Television.
In the 21st century, he released three albums and all of them reached number one on the official Japanese music chart, Oricon.
[9][10] Oda returns with "Sono saki ni aru mono", theme song for season 2 (2024).