Daishi Odashima (小田島 大師, Ōdashima Daishi) was the game director of Soulcalibur V. He joined Project Soul from Soulcalibur III on and was a game designer for Soulcalibur IV and Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. He used to regularly tweet about the stages of development.
In 2013, Odashima left Project Soul [1]. According to his Facebook profile, he now works at SEGA [2].