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Naoki Maeda is a Japanese composer and arranger from Toyonaka, Osaka. After graduating from the Osaka University of Arts in music (piano), Naoki joined KONAMI AM (Amusement Machine) Division in 1995. He served as composer and sound producer of ''TwinBee Yahho! Fushigi no kuni de ouabare!!'' (ツインビーヤッホー! ふしぎの国で大あばれ!!) in 1995 and ''SALAMANDER 2'' (沙羅曼蛇2) in 1996 under his エンゾニック前田 (Ensoniq Maeda) alias. Naoki was recruited by [[Yoshihiko Ota]], a game producer at KCET to work as a composer on a brand new music game called [[AC DDR 1st|DanceDanceRevolution]] in early 1998. Following the success of the first release, he became the sound producer of [[AC DDR 2nd|DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX]], a role he kept until [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]]. Naoki was also involved in the short-lived spin-off [[AC DDR Solo BASS|DanceDanceRevolution Solo]] from 1999 to 2000 as a composer.

In 2001, Naoki formed the J-POP group [[BeForU]] with the four winners of the ''DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX アーティストオーディション'' (Artist Audition) 2001. He was the main producer for the first three albums of the band and on [[Riyu Kosaka]]'s first album, [[begin (album)|begin]]. In 2002, Naoki created [[TERRA|TËЯRA]] with [[Junko Karashima|jun]].  

By 2009, Naoki became more involved with the console releases of DanceDanceRevolution as a producer. Naoki also produced the original Xbox 360 game ''DanceEvolution'' (known as Dance Masters in North America). He was also involved in its subsequent arcade release as ''DanceEvolution ARCADE'' in 2012.