Himiko

卑弥呼

Song Information

Artist: 朱雀 VS 玄武
Composition/Arrangement: Suzaku, Genbu
BPM: 83-185
Length: 2:12
Genre: ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE
VJ: GOLI
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Like every 朱雀 song, 卑弥呼 also has the characteristic 朱雀 loud guitar sound.

Trivia

• 卑弥呼 is the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS' EMPRESS PLACE.
• Himiko (or Pimiko) was a shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa (Japan).
• As it was the case with the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs since beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, the arcade LED marquee displays a special message when 卑弥呼 is played as ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE: "WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'". This is a reference to Himiko's origin.
  • Originally, this was misspelled as "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'". This was fixed in the January 6th, 2009 update.
• According to the game files, the name of the golden creature appearing in 卑弥呼's overlays is Orochi. In Japanese mythology, Orochi is an 8-headed and 8-tailed dragon slain by the Shinto god Susanoo.
• 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, has no connections with the speedcore genre. Instead, it is a play on Ganymede's genre, ESOTERIC SLOWCORE.
• 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
  • It is also the first and only collaboration between two CARDINAL GATE artists from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD.
  • It is also the first song under Yoshitaka's 朱雀 alias that is not linked to the story of Vanessa de Verdet.
• The comments of videos featuring 卑弥呼 were considered an inside joke.
• 卑弥呼 has appeared as the 3rd STAGE in every Single Play Kaiden course in the arcade beatmania IIDX titles since it was introduced in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
• 卑弥呼 received Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
• 卑弥呼 was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on November 9th, 2016 as part of the November 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From August 2017, it can be purchased with BITs.

Song Production Information

Genbu

Because I am just a turtle...

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Suzaku

PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!

(Hey, do you know?)
(Birds can fly! I CAN FLY!)

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER
Notecounts	361	643	1442	2119	-	640	1396	2194	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	-	6	11	12	-	7	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	6	11	12	-	7	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	11	12	-	7	11	12	-

EMPRESS PLACE
EMPRESS PLACE	Kung-fu Empire - Arabian Rave Night - Marie Antoinette
EMPRESS PLACE ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE	卑弥呼