In the Bemani series of rhythm video games

Rhythm game

Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. Games in the genre typically focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments, and require players to press buttons in a sequence dictated on the screen...

 by Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

, it appears that seemingly hundreds of different musicians and groups perform the songs. However, in reality there exists only a core group of a few dozen Konami artists, performing under pseudonym

Pseudonym

A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

s and forming new groups.

All names are in Western order (family name last).

This list does not include artists whose songs have been licensed by Konami, primarily through the Dancemania

Dancemania

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

 division of Toshiba-EMI

Toshiba-EMI

(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

.

A-G

Akira Yamaoka

Akira Yamaoka

is a video game composer, sound designer, sound director, and video game producer who worked for Konami since 1993 until his resignation in 2009. He is best known for creating the music in the Silent Hill series; he also worked as a sound director and producer on the series as well as serving as a...

Mainly composes for the Beatmania IIDX and Silent Hill series

Erica Ash

Erica Ash

Erica Ash is an American actress, comedienne, singer and model. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy programs MadTV and The Big Gay Sketch Show.-Early years:...

• OKUYATOS (member of)
• Chel Y. (member of) [DDR PC OST]

Geila Zilkha

Geila Zilkha

Geila Zilkha is a half Israeli-half Japanese jazz singer,choral director, and educator. Born and raised in Kobe,Japan....

• GEILA [DDR 4th MIX OST]
• GEILA Z. [pop'n music 5 OST]

H-K

Harumi Ueko

• Jimmy Weckl
• Anettai Maji-SKA-Bakudan (member of)
• GINGER (member of)
• Sweet Little 30's (member of)

Hiro Tanaka

Hirokazu Tanaka

is a Japanese composer and musician, best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.-Video game soundtracks:*Radar Scope *Space Firebird...

• DJ 19 [IIDX 11 OST]

Hiroshi Takeyasu

• apresmidi
• DJ HIRO
• LOVEMINTS
• MIRAK
• Political Trees
• POST MODERN
• prophet-31
• ReR
• SEVEN WINDS
• SPIRITUAL RIDE [BM 5 OST]
• THE BALD HEADS
• The Dust Fathers
• The Ebisu Singers
• T.S.R.
• UNIVERS 6

Jennifer Freeman

Jennifer Freeman

Jennifer Nicole Freeman is an American actress, often credited as Jennifer N. Freeman. She was born in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...

• Jenny F. [DDR PC OST]

Kanako Hoshino

• 星野奏子 (Hoshino Kanako)

Kosuke Saito

Kosuke Saito

' , is a DJ and music game composer. He is best known for his work in the Konami Bemani series. He has produced music under a number of different aliases, such as kors k, StripE, and teranoid.- Career :...

Mainly composes for the Beatmania IIDX series.

• kors k (primary pseudonym)
• disconation
• StripE
• Teranoid
• Eagle
• LIA (sound producer for) [IIDX 11 OST]
• Chonan Chiharu (possibly name of vocalist)
• Hardcore United Tokyo (member of)

Junko Karashima

• jun (primary pesudonym)
• a-Type 300 (for Paranoia Hades)
• TERRA
  Terra
  - Astronomy :* Earth* Terra , a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite* Terrae as extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies** List of terrae on Mars** List of terrae on Venus** Terrae, a highland on the Moon- Latin :...
  
   (member of)

L-O

Masafumi Takada

Masafumi Takada

is a Japanese video game music composer. His most notable work is the soundtrack composition for the three video games killer7, God Hand and No More Heroes...

• 高田雅史

Motoaki Furukawa
Mainly composes for the GuitarFreaks / DrumMania series.

• Motoaki F.
• 古川もとあき

Naoki Maeda
Lead musical composer.

• Naoki (primary pseudonym)
• RE-VENGE
• Reven G
• DE-SIRE
• "BPM of Song" (such as 180, 190, 270)
• NM
• Naoki Underground
• TERRA
  Terra
  - Astronomy :* Earth* Terra , a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite* Terrae as extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies** List of terrae on Mars** List of terrae on Venus** Terrae, a highland on the Moon- Latin :...
  
   (member of, along with Jun)
• He has much more unsaid pseudonyms.

P-S

Raj Ramayya

Raj Ramayya

Raj Ramayya is a Session Singer/Composer and part of the duo Beautiful Losers with guitarist Brett Boyd. Ramayya was born in Saskatchewan, and is of Indian heritage...

Riyu Kosaka

Riyu Kosaka

is a J-pop singer, as well as a member of the Konami-produced J-Pop group BeForU. Kosaka was born in the Kanagawa Prefecture on January 17, 1985.- Discovery by Konami :...

• 小坂りゆ (primary pseudonym)
• BeForU
  BeForU
  BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...
  
   (member of)
• りゆ & のりあ (Riyu & Noria) (used on "☆shining☆")
• MIKI ROBERTS (used on "Baby's Tears" DDR SuperNOVA ver.)

Ryutaro Nakahara

Ryutaro Nakahara

, known by his stage name Ryu, is a musician and DJ working for Konami. In 2000, Ryu, along with kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment...

Mainly composes for the Beatmania IIDX series.

• Ryu☆ (primary pseudonym)
• Ryu
• Ryu*
• 青龍
• Kraken
• HHH (member of)

Sanae Shintani

• Sana
• 新谷さなえ
• さな (Sana)
• さなえ (Sanae)
• Stacatto-Two
• apresmidi (member of)
• D-Crew+1 (member of)
• Kiddy & Sunshine Lovers (member of)
• 新谷あきら (Shintani Akira) (with Akira Yamaoka for "INJECTION OF LOVE" and "Ryuusei Honey")
• Kiss Summer Sisters (member of)
• The Ebisu Singers (member of)

Sayaka Minami

Sayaka Minami

is a member of the J-pop group BeForU . Combined with Miharu Arisawa and Risa Sotohana, two other members of BeForU, the trio is commonly called BeForU Next. Sayaka also makes a duet with her sister under the pseudonymous of 秋桜 . Sayaka is notable for her song 'Under The Sky' with PlatoniX...

• 南さやか (primary pseudonym)
• BeForU NEXT (member of)
• BeForU
  BeForU
  BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...
  
   (member of)

Seiji Koga

Seiji Koga

Seiji Koga is a Japanese footballer. He is from Fukuoka, Japan. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe, a J. League Division 1 team. He has previously played with Okawa Middle School, Fukuoka, Japan; Higashi Fukuoka High School, Fukuoka, Japan; Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan; Avispa Fukuoka, Japan.His...

• DRAGOON

Shinji Hosoe

• sampling Masters MEGA

Sōta Fujimori

• .3k (used only for "PARANOiA -respect-")
• CLI-MAX S.
• S.F.M.P.
• SOTA [DDR PC OST]
• Supa Fova [DDR PC OST]
• System S.F.
• SySF. [DDR PC OST]
• Vision F [DDR PC OST]
• dj MAX STEROID (in "Arabian Rave Night")
• Chel Y. (member of) [DDR PC OST]
• OKUYATOS (member of)

T-Z

Takeo Miratsu

Takeo Miratsu

was a Japanese music composer for video games and anime. He was a member of Twin Amadeus, who composed songs for the Beatmania IIDX series of music video games...

 (deceased)

• Twin AmadeuS

Thomas Lorello

Tommie Sunshine

Tommie Sunshine is a record producer, remixer, DJ and songwriter of electronic music from Chicago currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for creating dance remixes to popular rock and alternative songs, by artists such as Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Good Charlotte,...

• Tommie Sunshine

Tomosuke Funaki
Composes for most of the Bemani series.

• TOMOSUKE (primary pseudonym)
• APHs
• Berimbau '66
• Dormir
• PARALLEL FLOATERS
• SHORTCUTS
• T.E.M.P.O.
• Zektbach
• Marguerite du Pré (in "Marie Antoinette")
• EeL (sound producer for)
• Kitten 777 (sound producer for)
• Caldeira (member of)
• NICK BOYS (member of)
• Orange Lounge (member of)
• 橙色特別室 (member of)
• わんにゃん☆パニックス (member of)
• Yuu Tokiwa (sound producer for)
• 音々 (sound producer for)

Tomoyuki Uchida
Hiroyuki Uchida's elder brother. Mostly composes for the Beatmania IIDX and Pop'n Music series.

• Mr. T (primary pseudonym)
• ucchie
• ウッチーズ (Ucchies) (member of)
• Mr. T plus H (with brother Hiroyuki Uchida)
• Mr. T と Brother Hiro (with brother Hiroyuki Uchida)
• Shapes

Yasuhiro Abe

• 阿部靖広
• 大部真由美 (Mayumi Obe) (sound producer for)
• 中山結衣 (Yui Nakayama) (sound producer for)
• Kaori Nishina (sound producer for)

Yoma Komatsu

Yoma Komatsu

Yoma Komatsu is the eldest member of the Konami-produced J-Pop group BeForU. Komatsu was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 1975...

• BeForU
  BeForU
  BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...
  
   (member of)
• Disっ娘 (Diskko) (member of)

Yoshitaka Nishimura

Yoshitaka Nishimura

Yoshitaka Nishimura , better known as DJ YOSHITAKA, is a composer for Konami's line of Bemani games. DJ YOSHITAKA has been making solo songs since the release of Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, though he has had previous BEMANI involvement as a member of Osamu Migitera's Des-ROW group...

• DJ YOSHITAKA (primary pseudonym)
• DJ Yoshitaka
• 朱雀
• Humanoid
• Lucky Vacuum (in "Colorful Cookie")
• A/I (sound producer for)
• Caldeira (member of)
• Creative Life (member of)
• The Plastic Ambition (member of)
• Michael a la Mode (voice of)

Youhei Shimizu

• youhei shimizu (primary pseudonym)
• youhei
• act deft

Yuichi Asami

• U1 (1 is pronounced ichi in Japanese
  Japanese language
  is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
  
  ) [DDR PC OST]
• 2MB - used mainly for remixes of other songs, i.e. "Healing Vision ~Angelic Mix~" and "MAX. (period)" [DDR PC OST]
• Club Spice (used in both "Cutie Chaser" songs) [DDR PC OST]
• sAmi (in "think ya better D")
• U1-ASAMI [DDR PC OST]
• U1 Jewel Style [DDR PC OST]
• U1 night style
• NPD3 (in "After The Game Of Love")
• U.T.D. and friends (member of) [DDR HOTTEST PARTY OST]

Yuki Kume

• Q-Mex (primary pseudonym)
• J.S.Bach
• Q.U.A.D.

Yuuki Kuromitsu

• PINK PONG

External links

• http://www.konami.co.jp/am/bm2dx/
• http://www.konami.jp/bemani/gfdm/
• http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/