2022

BEMANI Timeline
1997 - 1998 - 1999 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024

2022

Summary to be updated.

January

• Unknown date: Long-time artist/technical manager Takuya Kobayashi leaves KONAMI [1].

February

• February 11th-12th: The final round of the The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship was held at esports Ginza studio.

March

• March 3rd: DANCE aROUND is released in Japan.
• March 16th: beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour Original Soundtrack is released.
• March 17th: DanceDanceRevolution A3 is released exclusively on 20th anniversary model cabinets.
• March 25th: SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR オリジナルCD is released.

May

• May 31st: Support for SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS コナステ ended.

June

• June 2nd: beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) is released in South Korea [2].
• June 6th: DANCE aROUND is released in North America.
• June 13th: Akhuta announces his departure from KONAMI [3].
• June 22nd: DanceDanceRevolution A3 is released as an online update in all regions except North America.
• June 30th: SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR Valkyrie model is released in North America, marking the first SOUND VOLTEX game officially released in that region.

August

• August 3rd: jubeat Ave. is released.

September

• September 13th: pop'n music UniLab is released.

October

• October 19th: beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT is released.

November

• November 16th: DANCERUSH STARDOM ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK vol.2 is released.

December

• December 1st: SOUND VOLTEX ULTIMATE TRACKS Dimension Gates Ω -Phase.4-, -Phase.5-, and -Phase.6- are released.
• December 14th: GITADORA FUZZ-UP is released.