2009

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2009

Summary to be updated.

January

• January 29th: 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's first album, Raindrops, is released.
• February 27th: jubeat ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.

March

• March 4th: 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 27th: Hideyuki Ono's first solo album, over there, is released.

April

• April 8th: Kanako Hoshino's second album, Prism, is released.
• April 9th: GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!! are released to Japanese arcades.
• April 24th: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.

June

• June 3rd: DanceDanceRevolution X is released to European arcades.
• June 9th: DanceDanceRevolution X is released to North American arcades.

July

• July 24th:
  • Tatsuya Furukawa'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: jubeat ripples is released to Japanese arcades.
• 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, is released.
  • jubeat ripples ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.

October

• October 15th:
  • beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST is released in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It is the final IIDX title to be released on the PlayStation 2.
  • Ryutaro Nakahara's first album, starmine, is released.
• October 21st: beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS is released to Japanese arcades.
• October 23rd:
  • Yoshihiko Koezuka's first album, DREAMS, is released.
  • GuitarFreaksV6 & DrumManiaV6 BLAZING!!!! Original Soundtracks released.

December

• Unknown date: Akira Yamaoka, after over 15 years of service as a music composer and game producer, leaves KONAMI.