Dave Rodgers

Dave Rodgers, considered by many as the "father of Eurobeat", wrote and produced over 2500 songs for many famous artists, like the J-POP singer Namie Amuro ( Try Me, Watashi Shinjite), V6 ( Ultraman Tiga, Take me higher), Max and many others.

A handful of these songs are used in the Initial D anime and video games. He's also apart of the Eurobeat group The Spiders From Mars. He was married to Alessandra Mirka Gatti with whom he had one son, Federico Pasquini.