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== Profile ==
== Profile ==
What [[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]] did and [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] did for the arcade beatmania / beatmania IIDX titles respectively, Toshiyuki Kakuta did for the CS versions of those games. Prior to his becoming a sound director for the arcade beatmania IIDX games in [[AC GOLD|GOLD]], Toshiyuki worked near exclusively on the home versions of beatmania/IIDX. However, when [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] was unable to sound direct GOLD, he was given a position as an arcade sound director for the first time. He's currently serving as the head sound director of the beatmania IIDX arcade series starting with [[AC Resort Anthem|Resort Anthem]], taking the position from [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]], who was the head sound director from GOLD through [[AC SIRIUS|SIRIUS]]. Since then, Toshiyuki has been a regular contributor to most BEMANI series as well.
What [[Reo Nagumo|dj nagureo]] and [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] did for the arcade beatmania / beatmania IIDX titles respectively, Toshiyuki Kakuta did for the CS versions of those games. Prior to his becoming a sound director for the arcade beatmania IIDX games in [[AC GOLD|GOLD]], Toshiyuki worked near exclusively on the home versions of beatmania/IIDX. However, when [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] was unable to sound direct GOLD, he was given a position as an arcade sound director for the first time, even moving to becoming the series' head sound director when [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]] stepped down to work on [[REFLEC BEAT]]. Since then, Toshiyuki has been a regular contributor to most BEMANI series as well.


His sound profile defines him as an all-around musician, being able to compose a lot of genres in electronic music, but having a preference over drum'n'bass and hardcore genres. He also has composed rock and metal songs extensively for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.
Toshiyuki's music in BEMANI is mainly focused on electronic music, particularly hardcore, drum'n'bass, and techno. However, he has also composed rock and metal songs for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series in recent years as well.
 
Toshiyuki is the current head sound director of the beatmania IIDX series.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==

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