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{{BEMANI Timeline}}
= 2009 =

Summary to be updated.

== January ==
* January 29th:
** [[CS DDR X JP|DanceDanceRevolution X CS (Japan)]] is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 2. It is the final Japanese DanceDanceRevolution title released on the PlayStation 2.
** ''DanceDanceRevolution X & フルフル♪パーティー Original Soundtrack'' released.

== February ==
* February 7th: [[Jason Borenstein]] passes away. The position of sound director for the DanceDanceRevolution arcade titles would later be given to [[Yasuhiro Taguchi]].
* February 14th: [[pop'n music Cafe music selection]], a compilation of bossa and lounge covers of pop'n music songs, is released.
* February 17th: [[Naoyuki Sato|猫叉Master]]'s first album, [[Raindrops]], is released.
* February 27th: ''jubeat ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.

== March ==
* March 4th: [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* March 21st: The first album of ''The Epic of Zektbach'' media project, [[The Epic of Zektbach -Ristaccia-]], is released.
* March 26th: [[CS DDR Winx Club|DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club]] is released in Europe for the Nintendo Wii. It is the first European DanceDanceRevolution game to keep the series' original title in Europe (all previous games were released as Dancing Stage). 
* March 27th: [[Hideyuki Ono]]'s first solo album, [[Over there (album)|over there]], is released.

== April ==
* April 2nd: [[CS DDR Disney Grooves|DanceDanceRevolution Disney Grooves]] is released in North America for the Nintendo Wii.
* April 8th: [[Kanako Watanabe|Kanako Hoshino]]'s second album, [[Prism (album)|Prism]], is released.
* April 9th: [[AC GFDM V6|GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!!]] are released to Japanese arcades.
* April 24th: [[beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] released.

== May ==
* May 12th: [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3 China|熱舞革命宇宙3 中文曲特别版]] is released in China for the Xbox 360. It is the Chinese version of [[CS DDR UNIVERSE3|DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3]].

== June ==
* June 3rd: [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]] is released to European arcades.
* June 6th: [[CS DDR HOTTEST PARTY2|DanceDanceRevolution hottest party2]], the European counterpart to DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2, is released in Europe for the Nintendo Wii.
* June 9th: [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution X]] is released to North American arcades.

== July ==
* July 24th:
** [[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]'s third and final album published by KONAMI, [[good-cool crazy operation]], is released. All future albums of his would be published under his own circle.
** [[pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] released.

== August ==
* August 5th: [[AC jb ripples|jubeat ripples]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* August 6th: [[CS pnm Wii|ポップンミュージック]] is released in Japan for the Nintendo Wii.
* August 28th: [[marble]], [[milestone]], and [[SYNTHESIZED]] are all re-released each with slightly altered content. These re-releases are tagged with the subtitle "Re Edition".

== September ==
* September 25th:
** Naoyuki Sato's second album, [[Backdrops]] - and the only one released under his 猫叉Master+ alias - is released.
** ''jubeat ripples ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.

== October ==
* October 15th:
** [[CS EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST]] is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It is the final beatmania IIDX title to be released on the PlayStation 2.
** [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu☆]]'s first album, [[starmine (album)|starmine]], is released.
* October 21st: [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* October 23rd:
** [[Yoshihiko Koezuka]]'s first album, [[DREAMS (album)|DREAMS]], is released.
** ''GuitarFreaksV6 & DrumManiaV6 BLAZING!!!! Original Soundtracks'' released.
* October 27th:
** [[CS DDR HOTTEST PARTY3|DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3]] is released in North America for the Nintendo Wii.
** [[CS DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS]] is released in North America for the PlayStation 2. It marks the final PlayStation 2 DanceDanceRevolution release in ''any'' region, and the final BEMANI title on that system.

== November ==
* November 10th: [[CS pnm Wii NA|pop'n music]] is released in North America for the Nintendo Wii.

== December ==
* December 24th: ''beatmania IIDX -SUPER BEST BOX- vol.1'' and ''beatmania IIDX -SUPER BEST BOX- vol.2'', a collection of (most) of the arcade series' beatmania IIDX songs from [[AC 1st style|the first title]] through [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]] that were still in the series as of [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]], is released. The sets were released both separately and as a double bundle together.
** The double set includes an exclusive disc containing the ending themes of the first 17 beatmania IIDX arcade games, as well as a new remix of [[V]] by [[Hiroshi Watanabe|QUADRA]], a new [[Tomoyuki Uchida|Mr.T]] remix (''ZERO-EXPANDED''), and a brand-new song by [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]] and [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]], ''TEARS FOR THE TIME''.
* Unknown date: [[Akira Yamaoka]], after over 15 years of service as a music composer and game producer, leaves KONAMI [[http://www.originalsoundversion.com/akira-yamaoka-resigns-from-konami/]].

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