三並 達也 Tatsuya Minami(ex Capcom's 3rd Production Studio) is the guy behind ODD.
And rumors say their sponsor is Sankyo, the largest pachinko company in Japan.
As Kotaku guy said, information about ODD is still scant, but you can see Minami's photo on Kojima's E3 06 report, which is described as "Tatsuya Minami(ODD)".
Kojima Blog (second to last photo)
http://www.blog.konami.jp/gs/hideoblog/e3_2006_001.html
Tatsuya Minami
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...loperId,77094/