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Tomoaki Hirono is a Konami composer, who in his early days with the company, worked on games such as ''Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu'' series (alongside [[Naoyuki Sato]]), ''Juukou Senki Bullet Battlers'', and ''Bouken Jidai Katsugeki Goemon''. He was involved in band activities prior to joining Konami.

Tomoaki's first appearance in Bemani was in [[PnM GB|pop'n music GB]] in 2000 where he wrote a couple of songs. Years later, he appeared in [[PnM AC 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] where he wrote his first song for arcade Bemani. Although he is most known for his ethnic songs, his music ranges widely from light pop to metal. Outside of Bemani he has contributed to various Konami games and is the sound director of ''Quiz Magic Academy'' series as of ''Kenja no Tobira'' version.

Alongside his appearance in pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE in 2008, Tomoaki started using "Gekidan Record" as his main alias for "ethnical, melancholic, melodious" songs. The alias came from combining two of his favorite things, "theater" (Gekidan is the word for "troupe" or "theater" in Japanese) and "record."