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* Final Round (ノスタルジア, DANCERUSH, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX): February 12th, 2022
* Final Round (ノスタルジア, DANCERUSH, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX): February 12th, 2022


The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship sees many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan are eligible to enter, no semi-finals are being held, and the finals are being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, has been cancelled. The Champion exemption was also removed as well, and while guest commentators are also not physically present at the venue, instead conducted by webcam telecommunication.
The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship saw many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan were eligible to enter, no semi-finals were being held, and the finals were being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, was cancelled. The Champion exemption was also removed as well. Guest commentators were also not physically present at the venue, instead conducted by webcam telecommunication.


For the first time, games other than pop'n music will feature female-only divisions: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX. However, jubeat no longer has Team competitions. As is usual, two songs were introduced as qualifier songs: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUrYG4nn5w 世界の果てに約束の凱歌を] (with each rendition for all eight participating BEMANI games) and [[Vamos A Bailar]] (for DANCERUSH STARDOM).
For the first time, games other than pop'n music featured Female-only divisions: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX. However, jubeat no longer has a Team division. As is usual, two songs were introduced as qualifier songs: [[Sekai no hate ni yakusoku no gaika wo|世界の果てに約束の凱歌を]] (with each participating BEMANI game having at a different rendition of it) and [[Vamos A Bailar]] (for DANCERUSH STARDOM).


While the Final Round was originally stated to be held on March 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th, 2021, it was later announced to be postponed. Final round dates were announced on June 3rd, 2021 [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac10th/news/210107.html], however, on July 12th, 2021 they were postponed again. The new dates were announced on November 26th, 2021, with competition to be held on February 11th, 2022. The finals livestream only streamed the final round of each division, with the semifinals rounds to be uploaded by YouTube at a later date; additionally, all the finalist's song choices are announced by the hosts rather than the finalists itself, similar to the [[BEMANI PRO LEAGUE]].
The Final Round was postponed many times from their original dates on March 6th, 7th, 13th, and 14th, 2021, until the final new dates were announced on November 26th, 2021, with the competition to be held on February 11th and 12th, 2022. The livestream only showed the final round of each division, with the semifinals to be uploaded by YouTube at a later date; additionally, all the finalist's song choices were announced by the hosts rather than the finalists themselves, similar to [[BEMANI PRO LEAGUE]].


The SOUND VOLTEX Floor Original awarded 14 songs of merit, six Prize, six Excellence and two Highest Excellence songs: [[Silentroom]]'s [[XHRONOXAPSULE|XHRONOXAPSULΞ]] and [[MisomyL|Misoile]][[Ponchi|Punch♪]]'s [[MixxioN]], which were respectively the Female and Open category finals of the SOUND VOLTEX divisions. Other unveiled songs include ノスタルジア's [[Tenshi no tsuihou|天使の追放]] and pop'n music's [[Sekai no hate ni yakusoku no gaika wo|世界の果てに約束の凱歌を]] (original version and its [[Sekai no hate ni yakusoku no gaika wo -Advent-|new advent rendition]] by [[Akhuta|GeMi]][[Daichi Watanabe|NioИ]], for females and Male divisions respectively).
The SOUND VOLTEX Floor Original awarded 14 songs of merit, six Prize, six Excellence and two Highest Excellence songs: [[Silentroom]]'s [[XHRONOXAPSULE|XHRONOXAPSULΞ]] and [[MisomyL|Misoile]][[Ponchi|Punch♪]]'s [[MixxioN]], which were respectively the Female and Open category finals of the SOUND VOLTEX divisions. Other unveiled songs include ノスタルジア's [[Tenshi no tsuihou|天使の追放]] and pop'n music's [[Sekai no hate ni yakusoku no gaika wo|世界の果てに約束の凱歌を]] (original version and a new [[Sekai no hate ni yakusoku no gaika wo -Advent-|Advent rendition]] by [[Akhuta|GeMi]][[Daichi Watanabe|NioИ]], for Female and Male divisions respectively).


The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:
The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:
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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="150px"|ノスタルジア
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="150px"|ノスタルジア
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| U*TAKA (Free)<br> NEKOZE (Females) || HIBIKI (Free)<br> PO (Females) || RIRI-. (solo)<br> HARA-DASH & MIYA (pair) || ぎるたん. || びばっちめう！ || S&YSN-Y|| TATSU (Free)<br> 10kai (Females) || ゆーいち (Free)<br> CLOEL.C (Females) || HAVOL
| U*TAKA (free)<br> NEKOZE (female) || HIBIKI (free)<br> PO (female) || RIRI-. (solo)<br> HARA-DASH & MIYA (pair) || ぎるたん. || びばっちめう！ || S&YSN-Y|| TATSU (free)<br> 10kai (female) || ゆーいち (free)<br> CLOEL.C (female) || HAVOL
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= External Links =
= External Links =
* [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac10th/pre/index.html The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship website]
* [https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac10th/pre/index.html The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship website]
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