Shounen A

少年A

Song Information

少年A's jacket.

少年A's pop'n music banner.

Artist: Remixed by 少年ラジオ
Composition: D.J.Amuro
Arrangement: Shounen Radio
BPM: 90-192
Length: 2:19 (game), 2:32 (OST)
Genre: POST RENAISSANCE
pop'n music Character: Wilhelm [14-1P]
Movie: shiro (overlays by G-RENAISSANCE)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music UniLab

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• 少年A is a remix of A, from beatmania IIDX 7th style.
• The full version of 少年A, titled A -少年A-, can be found on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
• 少年A shares a sample with neu, NIENTE from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE.
• 少年A is sampled in ∀, from beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.

Trivia

• Like the original A, 少年A doubles in speed after the middle of the song.
• 少年A is Japanese for "Boy A". This is usually the form of address Japanese agencies use for minors involved in various incidents (crimes, accidents, etc.), whose names are forbidden by law from being divulged.
• The green-haired character from tant pis pour toi appears in 少年A's overlays, along with the clown from the original A overlays.
• When 少年A is played on beatmania IIDX, the arcade LED ticker displays "KID A".
• On the American iTunes page for the milestone -Re Edition- album, A -少年A-'s title and artist were changed to A (Kid A) and D.J.Amuro (dj TAKA), respectively.
• 少年A was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on April 4th, 2018 as part of the April 2018 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From May 2020, it could be purchased with BITs.
  • From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).
• 少年A is one of the unlocks of pop'n music UniLab's Kakusei no Elem (覚醒のエルム) unlocking system. It can be unlocked from March 14th, 2024.
• In pop'n music, instead of displaying its character's portrait, 少年A displays its jacket on the song selection screen.

Music Comment

None.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	277	642	1144	1449	-	681	1150	1356	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→Present	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	3	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	10	12	-	6	10	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	6	10	12	-	-	-	-	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	196	573	978	1355	579	-
pop'n music UniLab→Present	12	31	43	48	22	-

D.J.Amuro's RENAISSANCE series
Main Songs	A - AA - F - X
Remixes / Related Songs	少年A - AA -rebuild- - ∀