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* Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔) | * Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔) | ||
* Birthdate: February 1st, 1965 | * Birthdate: February 1st, 1965 | ||
* Birthplace: Kanagawa | * Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan | ||
* Likes: Curry, synths | * Likes: Curry, synths | ||
* Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra | * Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||
* | * X: https://x.com/mu_station | ||
* Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html | * Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html | ||
* | * SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seiya-murai | ||
== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
Prior to joining KONAMI in the early 1990s, Kiyoshi Murai studied graphic design at an arts university, worked in the music industry, and studied abroad in the United States. He started composing music for various SEGA Mega Drive video games, ''Tokimeki Memorial Vocal'' CDs, and the 1998 PlayStation game ''Mitsumete Knight''. In BEMANI, Kiyoshi joined the pop'n music team from [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]], while his first BEMANI song, [[WE TWO ARE ONE]], appeared in [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]] in 1999. He has appeared in every pop'n music arcade installment since 4. His musical style incorporates a 1980s synth sound (through his V.C.O. and ALT songs), although he has also composed rock and orchestral music. | |||
Kiyoshi | Kiyoshi was the head sound director of pop'n music 4 and [[AC pnm 5|5]], and continued to sound direct various pop'n entries until [[AC pnm 16|16 PARTY♪]]. He was also the co-director of [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] with [[Hiroki Koga]], and became the head sound director of [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]]. Kiyoshi was the sound producer of the ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series, and produced music for KONAMI's arcade game ''[https://www.konami.com/amusement/ac/otoca/ Otoca♥d'or]'' (オトカ♥ドール) in 2015. | ||
Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department. | Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department, but eventually returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019, Kiyoshi | * Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019 [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/nf3Dl], Kiyoshi previously stated in an interview with the Japanese website [https://web.archive.org/web/20070815195132/http://www.gpara.com/contents/creator/bn_098.htm Gpara.com] that his commonly used "Seiya" alias wasn't his real first name. | ||
* Kiyoshi | * Kiyoshi started playing the piano when he was 5 years old [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128183138/http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/seiya_1st/index.html]. | ||
* Kiyoshi created the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme in pop'n music 4 and 5, and the new intro themes from [[AC pnm 9|pop'n music 9]] through [[AC pnm 12|12 いろは]]. | |||
* Kiyoshi's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra". | * Kiyoshi's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra". | ||
** This alias is most likely a reference to Murai's favorite band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is often abbreviated as YMO. | ** This alias is most likely a reference to Murai's favorite band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is often abbreviated as YMO. | ||
* | * According to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123095223/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/qa/02.html Q&A corner of pop'n music 9's official website (archived)], Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he secretly added +Seiya at the end, which was originally planned to just be named Kiyommy. | ||
** | ** He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by [[Katsuhiko Suzuki]] after he asked Kiyoshi, "is natural bear OK?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん?). | ||
* One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later | * KONAMI composers [[Michiru Yamane]] and [[Miki Higashino]] were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department when he joined KONAMI. | ||
** | ** According to [[A SHOOTING STAR]]'s song comments, one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some KONAMI games, like ''GRADIUS II''. | ||
* According to | * One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later arranged in [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] as [[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST]]. | ||
** Similarly, an arrangement of his song [[Tenohira no kakumei|掌の革命]] from ''Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2'' also appeared in pop'n music 9. | |||
* Kiyoshi | * According to Kiyoshi's staff comments for [[Flow (Scotty D. revisits U1)|Flow]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507184155fw_/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music15/mc/11/11_03.html pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's official website (archived)], he was introduced to the pop'n music series when [[Yuichi Asami]] allowed him to play [[CS pnm|pop'n music CS]] while he was game testing it. | ||
* Kiyoshi appears | * Kiyoshi is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use VOCALOID software in a song. He used Prima in [[Tekkou otome -under the steel-|鉄甲乙女 -under the steel-]] in [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]]. | ||
** According to Kiyoshi, he appeared | * Kiyoshi appears in the 2020 [[Tsugumi Kataoka]]-produced album ''Casiotunes!'' under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance in a non-KONAMI album. | ||
** According to Kiyoshi, he appeared in the album from Kataoka's request [https://x.com/mu_station/status/1252219835318038529]. | |||
== Aliases == | == Aliases == | ||
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* private states | * private states | ||
* SOUNDROID | * SOUNDROID | ||
* Theme from "TOON MANIA" | * Theme from"TOON MANIA" | ||
* V.C.O. | * V.C.O. | ||
* WORLD SEQUENCE / world sequence | * WORLD SEQUENCE / world sequence | ||
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* ネオロマンティックス (with [[Norikazu Miura]]) | * ネオロマンティックス (with [[Norikazu Miura]]) | ||
* るるるSYSTEM (with [[Misaki Arima]] and [[e-co]]) | * るるるSYSTEM (with [[Misaki Arima]] and [[e-co]]) | ||
== BEMANI Songs == | == BEMANI Songs == | ||
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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Vocals | !style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Vocals | ||
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| [[Leaving...]] || SEIYA MURAI meets | | [[Leaving...]] || SEIYA MURAI meets “[[eimy]]” || [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]] || SYMPHONIC EURO || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[TRANOID]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|T&S seq. factory]] || [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] || PSG WORKS || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[TRANOID]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|T&S seq. factory]] || [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] || PSG WORKS || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Leaving...]] || seiya-murai || [[AC DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2]] || - || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Leaving...]] || seiya-murai || [[AC DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2]] || - || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[REBORN MAGIC]] || seiya-murai meets | | [[REBORN MAGIC]] || seiya-murai meets “[[eimy]]” || [[AC DDR X3|DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Qipchaq|Qipchāq]] || world sequence || [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Qipchaq|Qipchāq]] || world sequence || [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Sumidagawa karenka|隅田川夏恋歌]] || seiya-murai feat. ALT || [[AC jb ripples|jubeat ripples]] || A.I.DATE POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[Sumidagawa karenka|隅田川夏恋歌]] || seiya-murai feat. ALT || [[AC jb ripples|jubeat ripples]] || A.I.DATE POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[KUNG-FU MAMA]] || seiya-murai feat. ALT || [[AC jb knit|jubeat knit]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[KUNG-FU MAMA]] || seiya-murai feat.ALT || [[AC jb knit|jubeat knit]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[HEAT-BIT-HIT-BEAT]] || V.C.O. || [[AC jb copious APPEND|jubeat copious APPEND]] / [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || LO-BIT SAMPLING || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[HEAT-BIT-HIT-BEAT]] || V.C.O. || [[AC jb copious APPEND|jubeat copious APPEND]] / [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || LO-BIT SAMPLING || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[ELECTRONISM]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || ANALOG TECHNO || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ | | [[ELECTRONISM]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || ANALOG TECHNO || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Hi-Tekno Millennium mix]] || Hi-Tekno/Millennium Project || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || DANCE REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Hi-Tekno Millennium mix]] || [[Tomomi Ohta|Hi-Tekno]]/Millennium Project || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || DANCE REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Quick Master Millennium mix]] || [[Youhei Shimizu|act deft]]/Millennium Project || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || J-TEKNO REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Quick Master Millennium mix]] || [[Youhei Shimizu|act deft]]/Millennium Project || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || J-TEKNO REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music!]] || Popper Head || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || SPECIAL ENDING || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music!]] || Popper Head || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || SPECIAL ENDING || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[TOON MANIAC]] || Theme from "TOON MANIA" || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || CARTOON || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[TOON MANIAC]] || Theme from"TOON MANIA" || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || CARTOON || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Ai kotoba|愛言葉~アイコトバ]] || 課長と[[Mami Nakayama|マミちゃん]] || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || KARAOKE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Ai kotoba|愛言葉~アイコトバ]] || 課長と[[Mami Nakayama|マミちゃん]] || [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] || KARAOKE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Sweets~instrumental|スウィーツ~instrumental]] || private states || [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] || PRECIOUS ENCORE || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Sweets~instrumental|スウィーツ~instrumental]] || private states || [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] || PRECIOUS ENCORE || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Ukiuki WATCHING|ウキウキWATCHING]] || 風尾課長とポップン青年隊 || [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] || イイトモ || - || ✓ || - || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ANAHONIKUY -Yuki no hana PuzzLeMix-|ANAHONIKUY -雪の華PuzzLeMix-]] || moonlit || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || TAIGA REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[ANAHONIKUY -Yuki no hana PuzzLeMix-|ANAHONIKUY -雪の華PuzzLeMix-]] || moonlit || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || TAIGA REMIX || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[AUSLANDSGESPRACH]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || 80's WERK || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[AUSLANDSGESPRACH|AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || 80's WERK || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Space Dog]] || [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || UCHU-RYOKOU || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[Space Dog]] || [[Sanae Shintani|Sana]] || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || UCHU-RYOKOU || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Karasu|烏]] || 黒踊社中 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || NEBUTA || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Karasu|烏]] || 黒踊社中 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || NEBUTA || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |||
| [[Sushi kuine!|スシ食いねェ!]] || ポプガキ隊 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || スシ || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |||
| [[Tensai Bakabon|天才バカボン]] || 片岡嗣実 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || バカボン || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[home.]] || [[Cosmos (artist)|秋桜]] + WORLD SEQUENCE || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || HEALING DUO || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[home.]] || [[Cosmos (artist)|秋桜]] + WORLD SEQUENCE || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || HEALING DUO || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[New days]] || [[ko-saku]] || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || POSI ACO || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[New days]] || [[Kosaku Tanaka|ko-saku]] || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || POSI ACO || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~denshi no utagoe~|Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~電子ノウタゴエ~]] || [[Osamu Migitera|strawberry]] [[Jun Wakita|barium"s"]] || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || Xmas PRESENTS || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~denshi no utagoe~|Pop'n Xmas 2004 ~電子ノウタゴエ~]] || [[Osamu Migitera|strawberry]] [[Jun Wakita|barium"s"]] || [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] || Xmas PRESENTS || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[forest song]] || [[Miki Higashino|MIKI-CHANG]] + world sequence || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || NATURE || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[forest song]] || [[Miki Higashino|MIKI-CHANG]] + world sequence || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || NATURE || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[INSCRUTABLE BATTLE]] || ♪♪♪♪♪ || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || リフォーム || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Inscrutable Battle|INSCRUTABLE BATTLE]] || ♪♪♪♪♪ || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || リフォーム || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Romantic ga tomaranai|Romanticがとまらない]] || ネオロマンティックス || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || ロマンティック || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Romantic ga tomaranai|Romanticがとまらない]] || ネオロマンティックス || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || ロマンティック || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Hashiri tsuzukete|走り続けて]] || [[Cosmos (artist)|秋桜]] || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || CONTINENTAL || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Hashiri tsuzukete|走り続けて]] || [[Cosmos (artist)|秋桜]] || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || CONTINENTAL || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Koi no miracle|恋のミラクル☆]] || るるるSYSTEM || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || ONLINE LOVE POP || ✓ || ✓ || - || | | [[Koi no miracle|恋のミラクル☆]] || るるるSYSTEM || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || ONLINE LOVE POP || ✓ || ✓ || - || ✓ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[EFFECT]] || mu-Ray[[Reiji Sakurai|-ZY]] || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || CHIP POP || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[EFFECT]] || mu-Ray[[Reiji Sakurai|-ZY]] || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || CHIP POP || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Intersection]] || [[Akinari|秋成]] || [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || PHASING POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[Intersection]] || [[Akinari|秋成]] || [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || PHASING POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Soshite sekai wa ongaku ni michita|そして世界は音楽に満ちた]] || [[Jun Wakita|wac]]+seiya || [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || EPILOGUE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Soshite sekai wa ongaku ni michita|そして世界は音楽に満ちた]] || [[Jun Wakita|wac]] + seiya || [[AC pnm 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]] || EPILOGUE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[PEACEFUL PLANET PARTY]] || seiya-murai + A.I.Units || [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] || KEYBOARDS POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[PEACEFUL PLANET PARTY]] || seiya-murai + A.I.Units || [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] || KEYBOARDS POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Smile replay|スマイル・リプレイ]] || seiya-murai feat. [[Akinari|秋成]] || [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] || REGRETS FEELING || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[Smile replay|スマイル・リプレイ]] || seiya-murai feat. [[Akinari|秋成]] || [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] || REGRETS FEELING || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Shuumatsu no jokyoku ~owari no hajimari~| | | [[Shuumatsu no jokyoku~owari no hajimari~|終末の序曲~オワリノハジマリ~]] || [[Yoshinori Hatae|フレディ波多江]]とエレハモニカ || [[AC pnm Lapistoria|pop'n music ラピストリア]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Geocentrism]] || [[Tomoaki Hirono|劇団レコード]]+ world sequence || [[AC pnm eclale|pop'n music éclale]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Geocentrism]] || [[Tomoaki Hirono|劇団レコード]]+ world sequence || [[AC pnm eclale|pop'n music éclale]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Watchdog The Sleeper]] || BEMANI Sound Team "seiya-murai" || [[AC pnm Kaimei riddles|pop'n music 解明リドルズ]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Watchdog The Sleeper]] || BEMANI Sound Team "seiya-murai" || [[AC pnm Kaimei riddles|pop'n music 解明リドルズ]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Tan Tan Tan|Tan♪Tan♪Tan♪]] || BEMANI Sound Team "seiya-murai" feat ALT || [[AC pnm UniLab|pop'n music UniLab]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | |||
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| [[WE TWO ARE ONE]] || [[Noriko Fukushima|Lala Moore]] || [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]] || SUPER EURO || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[WE TWO ARE ONE]] || [[Noriko Fukushima|Lala Moore]] || [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]] || SUPER EURO || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[My dream stage|マイ♪ドリームステージ]] || [[Iori Saeki|NU-KO]] || [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[My dream stage|マイ♪ドリームステージ]] || [[Iori Saeki|NU-KO]] || [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| GO!!! || (FLOW) || Toy' | | [[GO!!!]] || (FLOW) || [[AC TM|Toy'sMarch]] || - || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| INVOKE || (T.M.Revolution) || Toy' | | [[INVOKE]] || (T.M.Revolution) || [[AC TM|Toy'sMarch]] || - || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Mirai (da) FUTURE|未来(ダ)FUTURE]] || seiya-murai || ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Mirai (da) FUTURE|未来(ダ)FUTURE]] || seiya-murai || ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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== Discography == | == Discography == | ||
=== Albums === | === Albums === | ||
# [[pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya]] (with [[Kiyomi Kumano]]) | # [[pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya]] (2002, with [[Kiyomi Kumano]]) | ||
# [[cosmos (album)|cosmos]] (with [[Sayaka Minami | # [[cosmos (album)|cosmos]] (2007, with [[Sayaka Minami]] and [[Emi Toujou]]) | ||
# [[plug+program]] | # [[plug+program]] (2008) | ||
# [[0/1 ANGEL (album)|0/1 ANGEL]] (with ALT) | # [[0/1 ANGEL (album)|0/1 ANGEL]] (2011, with [[Alt|ALT]]) | ||
[[Category:BEMANI Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:BEMANI Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:BEMANI Sound Team|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:BEMANI Sound Team|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:BeatStream Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:BeatStream Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:GuitarFreaks & DrumMania Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:beatmania IIDX Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:Jubeat Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:Jubeat Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:KEYBOARDMANIA Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:NOSTALGIA Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:NOSTALGIA Artists|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | ||
[[Category:pop'n music Sound Directors|Murai, Kiyoshi]] | [[Category:pop'n music Sound Directors|Murai, Kiyoshi]] |
Latest revision as of 14:14, 9 December 2024
Kiyoshi Murai
Artist Information
- Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔)
- Birthdate: February 1st, 1965
- Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
- Likes: Curry, synths
- Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- X: https://x.com/mu_station
- Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seiya-murai
Profile
Prior to joining KONAMI in the early 1990s, Kiyoshi Murai studied graphic design at an arts university, worked in the music industry, and studied abroad in the United States. He started composing music for various SEGA Mega Drive video games, Tokimeki Memorial Vocal CDs, and the 1998 PlayStation game Mitsumete Knight. In BEMANI, Kiyoshi joined the pop'n music team from pop'n music 4, while his first BEMANI song, WE TWO ARE ONE, appeared in pop'n stage ex in 1999. He has appeared in every pop'n music arcade installment since 4. His musical style incorporates a 1980s synth sound (through his V.C.O. and ALT songs), although he has also composed rock and orchestral music.
Kiyoshi was the head sound director of pop'n music 4 and 5, and continued to sound direct various pop'n entries until 16 PARTY♪. He was also the co-director of KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX with Hiroki Koga, and became the head sound director of KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX. Kiyoshi was the sound producer of the ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom series, and produced music for KONAMI's arcade game Otoca♥d'or (オトカ♥ドール) in 2015.
Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department, but eventually returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019.
Trivia
- Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019 [1], Kiyoshi previously stated in an interview with the Japanese website Gpara.com that his commonly used "Seiya" alias wasn't his real first name.
- Kiyoshi started playing the piano when he was 5 years old [2].
- Kiyoshi created the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme in pop'n music 4 and 5, and the new intro themes from pop'n music 9 through 12 いろは.
- Kiyoshi's V.C.O. alias is an abbreviation for "Voltage Controlled Orchestra".
- This alias is most likely a reference to Murai's favorite band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is often abbreviated as YMO.
- According to the Q&A corner of pop'n music 9's official website (archived), Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he secretly added +Seiya at the end, which was originally planned to just be named Kiyommy.
- He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by Katsuhiko Suzuki after he asked Kiyoshi, "is natural bear OK?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん?).
- KONAMI composers Michiru Yamane and Miki Higashino were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department when he joined KONAMI.
- According to A SHOOTING STAR's song comments, one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some KONAMI games, like GRADIUS II.
- One of Kiyoshi's tracks from Mitsumete Knight was later arranged in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE as THE MAN FROM FAR EAST.
- Similarly, an arrangement of his song 掌の革命 from Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2 also appeared in pop'n music 9.
- According to Kiyoshi's staff comments for Flow in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's official website (archived), he was introduced to the pop'n music series when Yuichi Asami allowed him to play pop'n music CS while he was game testing it.
- Kiyoshi is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use VOCALOID software in a song. He used Prima in 鉄甲乙女 -under the steel- in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- Kiyoshi appears in the 2020 Tsugumi Kataoka-produced album Casiotunes! under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance in a non-KONAMI album.
- According to Kiyoshi, he appeared in the album from Kataoka's request [3].
Aliases
- Seiya Murai (村井聖夜) / Seiya / seiya-murai
- Five Hammer
- FIVE STICKS
- Millenium Project
- moonlit
- mu-Ray
- Popper Head
- private states
- SOUNDROID
- Theme from"TOON MANIA"
- V.C.O.
- WORLD SEQUENCE / world sequence
- YASHI♪GANI
- エレハモニカ
- 黒踊社中
- まろりんズ
- Kiyommy+Seiya (with Kiyomi Kumano)
- natural bear (with Kiyomi Kumano)
- PARSEC / parsec (with misaki)
- T&S seq. factory / 板橋ギャング (with dj TAKA)
- 秋桜 (composer for)
- サドルシューズ (with Megumi Oka, GUHROOHY, and NO+CHIN)
- ネオロマンティックス (with Norikazu Miura)
- るるるSYSTEM (with Misaki Arima and e-co)
BEMANI Songs
Discography
Albums
- pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya (2002, with Kiyomi Kumano)
- cosmos (2007, with Sayaka Minami and Emi Toujou)
- plug+program (2008)
- 0/1 ANGEL (2011, with ALT)