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{{BEMANI Timeline}}
= 2019 =

KONAMI celebrates its 50th anniversary, as well as the 20th anniversaries of beatmania IIDX and GITADORA this year.

== January ==
* January 15th: ''Tokimeki Idol'' (ときめきアイドル) goes offline with a version 2.0 patch.
* January 26th: [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] and [[Tenkaichi otogesai|第五回 天下一音ゲ祭]] finals were held at JAEPO 2019.

== February ==
* February 27th: [[BEMANI PIANO COLLECTION NOSTALGIA|BEMANI PIANO COLLECTION ノスタルジア]], a collection of songs arranged by 事務員G, is released.
* February 28th: [[AC SDVX VW|SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE]] is released to Japanese arcades.

== March ==
* March 1st: SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE is released to Asian arcades.
* March 2nd: The ''ノスタルジア Real Recital ～陶酔の世界に誘うピアノ演奏会～'' event was held at Yamaha Hall.
* March 13th:
** Blanc Bunny Bandit's first album, [[Hyouhaku datto|漂白脱兎]], was released.
** Hinatabi Bitter Sweets's fifth album, [[Sweet Smile Pajamas Party]], was released.
* March 20th:
** [[AC DDR A20|DanceDanceRevolution A20]] is released to Japanese arcades for 20th anniversary cabinets.
** ''DanceDanceRevolution A Original Soundtrack'' released. This is the first BEMANI soundtrack to be released by [[EXIT TUNES]].
** [[DanceDanceRevolution 20th Anniversary Non Stop Mix Mixed by DJ KOO]] released.
* March 27th: SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE is released to Korean arcades.

== June ==
* June 5th: ''beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK'' released.

== July ==
* July 24th: Online upgrades to DanceDanceRevolution A20 is released to all Asian markets except for Korea.

== August ==
* August 1st: DanceDanceRevolution A20 is released to Korean arcades.

== September == 
* September 2nd: Korean version of [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]] was fully translated to Korean language.
* September 24th: DanceDanceRevolution A20 is released to North American arcades.

== October ==
* October 2nd: [[AC GD NEX+AGE|GITADORA NEX+AGE]] is released to Japanese arcades.
* October 16th: [[AC HEROIC VERSE|beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE]] is released to Japanese, Asian and Korean arcades.

== November ==
* Unknown date: After over 32 years of service, [[Mutsuhiko Izumi]] retires from KONAMI at age 65.

== December ==
* December 2nd: [[AC NST Op.3|ノスタルジア Op.3]] is released to Japanese and Asian arcades.
* December 9th: [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]] is released in Japan for iOS and Android.
* December 16th: A new cabinet for beatmania IIDX games, the ''LIGHTNING MODEL'', is released to Japanese arcades.

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