Akihiro Honda

Akihiro Honda.

Akihiro Honda

Artist Information

• Name: Akihiro Honda (本田晃弘)
• Birthplace: Ora District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Profile

Akihiro Honda was an in-house composer for KONAMI, mostly working for Kojima Productions (METAL GEAR, ZONE OF THE ENDERS) as well as other KONAMI game series such as Boktai, Castlevania / Akumajo Dracula, QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY, as well for some pachislot games. His last known work for KONAMI is Sins of the Father for METAL GEAR SOLID V.

Akihiro left KONAMI in April 2014, and after his departure, he produced music for the Toylogic game Happy Wars in 2015.

Akihiro currently works for Cygames. Among the songs Akihiro composed, Umapyoi Densetsu (うまぴょい伝説), a song from Cygames' horse racing and training simulation game Uma Musume Pretty Derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー), has been featured in numerous Japanese media outlets and has been repeatedly performed at Japanese music shows such as the SHIBUYA NOTE and FNS Music Festival.

Trivia

• According to Akihiro Honda himself, his Dr.Honda alias originated from his initial plan to name himself "Dj.Honda", but changed it when he found an artist using that alias existed already. His Dp.Honda alias, which he used in pop'n music, is a slight alteration of the above alias, where the "p" stands for "pop'n music".
• Honda also did several remixes for the Nintendo Switch game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Aliases

• Dr.Honda
• Dp.Honda

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement	Lyrics
高高度降下低高度開傘	Dr. Honda	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS	SYMPHONIC TECHNO	✓	✓	-
ミッドナイト堕天使	Dr. Honda	beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS	TRENDY TECHNO	✓	✓	-
Dances with Snow Fairies	Dr.Honda	beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem	TRENDY TRANCE	✓	✓	-
君のハートにロックオン	Dr.Honda	beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle	TRENDY FUSION	✓	✓	-
KYAMISAMA ONEGAI!	Dr.Honda feat. Moe	beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle	TRENDY POPS	✓	✓	✓
Back-To-Back	Piston Divers	DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX4	BREAKBEAT	✓	✓	-
決勝戦～クイズマジックアカデミー8より～	マジックアカデミー管弦楽部	jubeat plus	-	✓	✓	-
サツキ-jubeatREMIX-	マジックアカデミー管弦楽部	jubeat plus	-	✓	✓	-
最期の決断	Dp.Honda	pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE	BATTLE SYMPHONY	✓	✓	-
Dogu Ditty	Dp.Honda feat.まりも	pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝	DOGU TECHNO	✓	✓	-
クライマックス銭湯	Dp.Honda	pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET	100ºC BUBBLE TECHNO	✓	✓	-
永遠という名の媚薬 ～Pyramid Power・Death Match ver.～	THE NEXT FILE remixed by Dp.Honda	pop'n music 20 fantasia	PYRAMID REMIX	-	✓	-
QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY VIII ～決勝戦より～	マジックアカデミー管弦楽部	REFLEC BEAT limelight	-	✓	✓	-
SERVI	Des-ROW vibes Dr.Honda	REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA	-	✓	✓	-

Discography

• HIDECHAN! Radio. 2.5 TWO-HAN PRINCESS SINGLES + MUSIC & DRAMA CD (with Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori and the KONAMI Kukeiha Club) (2007)