Career
Terada majored in computer science and electric organ at the University of Electro-Communications. After graduating in 1989, he formed the record label Far East Recording. This led him to begin remixing for artists such as Nami Shimada and Akiko Kanazawa.
His first major solo project was composing the score to the Japanese drama Psychometrer Eiji.
He formed the musical group Omodaka with Kanazawa. Terada has also contributed his work to various video games.
His first video game soundtrack was the score to Wangan Trial in 1998. A year later, he began working on the soundtrack for the Ape Escape series of video games, eventually composing for seven games.