Genki Hikota

Genki Hikota

Genki Hikota

Artist Information

• Name: Genki Hikota (彦田元気)
• Birthday: July 23rd, 1990
• Homepage: http://djgenki.net/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/genkianamei
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/genkianamei

Profile

Genki Hikota is a Japanese UK hardcore and J-rock producer. He owns the SKETCH UP! Recordings label alongside DJ Noriken and is a member of the HARDCORE TANO*C circle. He appears on several doujin circles, Massive Circlez and S2TB Recording to name a few, and he's part of the GAT trio alongside doujin artists aran and Tachibana (Massive New Krew). He also appears on commercial releases. As of late 2016, he started to use the SKETCH UP! Recordings' DJGenki sub-label for his releases.

Rarely, he makes tracks close to the frenchcore and psycore genres. As of late 2014, he's one of the producers and guitarists of the utaite metal band GRILLED MEAT YOUNGMANS and as of 2015, he's one as well for the Genki-kun Band (元気くんバンド) which comprises Yukacco, Masaya Oya and Javelin (Massive New Krew).

Trivia

• Genki is an extremely skilled beatmania IIDX player, able to full combo the Single Player Black ANOTHER charts of ICARUS and 卑弥呼.
• According to Genki in a 4gamer interview alongside L.E.D. and DJ YOSHITAKA, the song 冥 was what impulsed him to compose music.
• It is speculated that Genki is パイタン from the SOUND VOLTEX series and CapsColte from the pop'n music series.
• Genki has also appeared in TAITO's GROOVE COASTER series, writing the song "MIRACLE PARTY".

Aliases

• DJ Genki
• Gram
• 元気くんバンド
• 元祖ボーイズ男子ボーイズ (member of)

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement	Guitar	Vocals
Shining World	DJ Genki feat. Yukacco	beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	ELECTRO POP	✓	✓	-	-
MAGIC & LOVE	DJ Genki feat. Yukacco	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	HAPPY CORE	✓	✓	-	-
Sigmund	Gram	beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA	REQUIEM PSY	✓	✓	-	-
Sweet Radar	DJ Genki feat. Yukacco	beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL	ELECTRO POP	✓	✓	-	-
To The Paradise	DJ Genki feat. SHIN from HYPERNOVA	beatmania IIDX 23 copula	EDM	✓	✓	-	-
DISAPPEAR feat. koyomin	DJ Genki	beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ	EMOTIONAL HI-TECH	✓	✓	-	-
GuNGNiR	Gram	beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ	REQUIEM PSY	✓	✓	-	-
Rave Cannon	kors k	beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ	SPEED RAVE	-	-	✓	-
The Town of Sunrise	DJ Genki feat. SHIN from HYPERNOVA With 三代	GITADORA Tri-Boost	-	✓	✓	-	-
ラキ☆ハピDAYS!	元気くんバンド	GITADORA Tri-Boost	-	✓	✓	✓	-
サイレンサイン	元気くんバンド	GITADORA Tri-Boost	-	✓	✓	✓	-
We Go Down	DJ Genki feat. SHIN from HYPERNOVA With 三代	GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	-	✓	✓	-	-
幾何学的『トリックスター』	DJ Genki feat. SHIN from HYPERNOVA With 三代	GITADORA Matixx	-	✓	✓	-	-
ULTRA HAPPY MEGAMIX	DJ Genki	jubeat Qubell	-	✓	✓	-	-
Get Future	DJ Genki feat. yukacco With Gt 三代	REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA	-	✓	✓	-	-
X-TREME 6	元祖ボーイズ男子ボーイズ	REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2	-	✓	✓	-	✓
Candy Star	DJ Genki feat. yukacco	SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN	-	✓	✓	-	-

Discography

EP

• GAT01 (2013, as GAT)
• GAT02 (2013, as GAT)
• GAT03 (2014, as GAT)
• GRILLED MEAT YOUNGMANS (2014)
• GAT04 (2015, as GAT)
• 元気くんバンドEP (2015)
• 元気くんバンドEP2 (2016)
• 葛西ハーコーズEP (2016, with Camellia, Yukacco and C-Show)
• TIERRA EP (2016)
• 葛西ハーコーズEP2 (2017, with Camellia, Yukacco and C-Show)

Albums

• FirstDate (2012)
• Starry Orange (2014)
• REALIZE (2015)
• The Requiem (as Gram, 2017)