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* Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔)
* Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔)
* Birthdate: February 1st, 1965
* Birthdate: February 1st, 1965
* Birthplace: Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
* Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
* Likes: Curry, synths
* Likes: Curry, synths
* Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra
* Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/mu_station
* X: https://x.com/mu_station
* Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html
* Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html
* Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/seiya-murai
* SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seiya-murai


== Profile ==
== Profile ==
One of pop'n music's most frequent composers, Kiyoshi Murai's history with Konami dates back to as early as the early 1990's, where he started off doing music for various Mega Drive games and music tracks for the then popular ''Tokimeki Memorial Vocal'' CDs, as well as the 1998 Red Company-developed RPG / dating simulation ''Mitsumete Knight''. His first project for BEMANI was the 1999 [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]], an updated release of [[AC pns|pop'n stage]] with two new songs, one of them being his song [[WE TWO ARE ONE]] that was soon ported to [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Since [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] he has appeared in every arcade entry. His style of music tends to drift more into a 1980's synth sound (as seen in his V.C.O. and ALT songs), though he's also dabbled occasionally in rock and orchestral sounding music as well.
Prior to joining KONAMI in the early 1990s, Kiyoshi Murai studied graphic design at an arts university, worked in the music industry, and studied abroad in the United States. He started composing music for various SEGA Mega Drive video games, ''Tokimeki Memorial Vocal'' CDs, and the 1998 PlayStation game ''Mitsumete Knight''. In BEMANI, Kiyoshi joined the pop'n music team from [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]], while his first BEMANI song, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], appeared in [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]] in 1999. He has appeared in every pop'n music arcade installment since 4. His musical style incorporates a 1980s synth sound (through his V.C.O. and ALT songs), although he has also composed rock and orchestral music.


Kiyoshi also served as head sound director of [[AC pnm 4|4]] and [[AC pnm 5|5]], as well as being the co-director of [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] with [[Hiroki Koga]] and head sound director of [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]], the final entry in the series. After pop'n music 5, fellow BEMANI composer [[Jun Wakita]] would handle the sound direction of pop'n music with [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]], though he continued to sound direct various pop'n music entries up to [[AC pnm 16|PARTY♪]]. Kiyoshi also contributed new songs to beatmania IIDX beginning with [[AC DistorteD|DistorteD]] for years, and was the sound producer of the ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series.
Kiyoshi was the head sound director of pop'n music 4 and [[AC pnm 5|5]], and continued to sound direct various pop'n entries until [[AC pnm 16|16 PARTY♪]]. He was also the co-director of [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] with [[Hiroki Koga]], and became the head sound director of [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]]. Kiyoshi was the sound producer of the ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series, and produced music for KONAMI's arcade game ''[https://www.konami.com/amusement/ac/otoca/ Otoca♥d'or]'' (オトカ♥ドール) in 2015.


Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department, but returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019.
Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department, but eventually returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019, Kiyoshi had stated in an interview with the Japanese website [https://web.archive.org/web/20070815195132/http://www.gpara.com/contents/creator/bn_098.htm Gpara.com] that his commonly used "Seiya" alias wasn't his real first name.
* Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019 [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/nf3Dl], Kiyoshi previously stated in an interview with the Japanese website [https://web.archive.org/web/20070815195132/http://www.gpara.com/contents/creator/bn_098.htm Gpara.com] that his commonly used "Seiya" alias wasn't his real first name.
* Kiyoshi did the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme heard in [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] and [[AC pnm 5|5]], as well as the new intro themes from [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]] through [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]].
* Kiyoshi started playing the piano when he was 5 years old [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128183138/http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/seiya_1st/index.html].
* Kiyoshi is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use a VOCALOID in a song. He used Prima in [[Tekkou otome -under the steel-|鉄甲乙女 -under the steel-]] in [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]].
* Kiyoshi created the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme in pop'n music 4 and 5, and the new intro themes from [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]] through [[AC pnm 12|12 いろは]].
* Kiyoshi's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra".
* Kiyoshi's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra".
** This alias is most likely a reference to Murai's favorite band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is often abbreviated as YMO.
** This alias is most likely a reference to Murai's favorite band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is often abbreviated as YMO.
* KONAMI composers [[Michiru Yamane]] and [[Miki Higashino]] were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department as him when he first joined KONAMI in the 1990's.
* According to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123095223/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/qa/02.html Q&A corner of pop'n music 9's official website (archived)], Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he secretly added +Seiya at the end, which was originally planned to just be named Kiyommy.
** The song comments for [[A SHOOTING STAR]] note how one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some of KONAMI's games, like ''GRADIUS II''.  
** He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by [[Katsuhiko Suzuki]] after he asked Kiyoshi, "is natural bear OK?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん？).
* One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later remixed in pop'n music as [[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST]].
* KONAMI composers [[Michiru Yamane]] and [[Miki Higashino]] were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department when he joined KONAMI.
** Likewise, an arrangement of his song [[Tenohira no kakumei|掌の革命]] from ''Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2'' has also made an appearance in pop'n music.
** According to [[A SHOOTING STAR]]'s song comments, one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some KONAMI games, like ''GRADIUS II''.  
* According to the [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/qa/02.html pop'n music 9 Q&A], Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he placed his name at the end of said alias. Originally it was intended to just be Kiyommy.
* One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later arranged in [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] as [[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST]].
** He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by [[Katsuhiko Suzuki]] after he said to Kiyoshi, "Is it a natural bear?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん？).
** Similarly, an arrangement of his song [[Tenohira no kakumei|掌の革命]] from ''Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2'' also appeared in pop'n music 9.
* Kiyoshi produced music for KONAMI's arcade game ''Otoca♥d'or'' (オトカ♥ドール), which launched on March 14th, 2015, until July 2017. Its website can be found [https://www.konami.com/amusement/ac/otoca/ here].
* According to Kiyoshi's staff comments for [[Flow (Scotty D. revisits U1)|Flow]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507184155fw_/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music15/mc/11/11_03.html pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's official website (archived)], he was introduced to the pop'n music series when [[Yuichi Asami]] allowed him to play [[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]] while he was game testing it.
* Kiyoshi appears on the 2020 [[Tsugumi Kataoka]]-produced album ''Casiotunes!: CUTE and POP MUSIC by CASIONTONE LOVERS'' under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance on a non-KONAMI album.
* Kiyoshi is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use VOCALOID software in a song. He used Prima in [[Tekkou otome -under the steel-|鉄甲乙女 -under the steel-]] in [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]].
** According to Kiyoshi, he appeared on the album by [https://twitter.com/mu_station/status/1252219835318038529 request of Kataoka].
* Kiyoshi appears in the 2020 [[Tsugumi Kataoka]]-produced album ''Casiotunes!: CUTE and POP MUSIC by CASIONTONE LOVERS'' under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance in a non-KONAMI album.
** According to Kiyoshi, he appeared in the album from Kataoka's request [https://twitter.com/mu_station/status/1252219835318038529].


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