Dave Rodgers

Dave Rodgers is an Italian songwriter, composer, and producer.

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.