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This page is for the artist that goes by the alias of Cranky. For the beatmania artist who goes by aliases such as QUADRA, DJ FX, and nite system, please see Hiroshi Watanabe.

Hiroshi Watanabe

Artist Information

Name: Hiroshi Watanabe (渡辺洋)
Birthday: November 29th
Homepage: http://www.feline-groove.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_cranky
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/felinegroove

Profile

Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as Cranky, is a long-time music creator and one of the oldest names in the Be-Music Source community. Exposed to several genres like classical, rock, and fusion at an early age, he participated in various musical activities throughout his youth. However, it was the sound of Juliana's Tokyo that opened his eyes to the potential of electronic music. Hiroshi plays around with many genres, but his forte is rave, Euro, and orchestra music.

Hiroshi started producing Be-Music Source files around the turn of the millennium and quite a few of them have become quite popular among the community, including conflict which many see as an anthem of BMS. It was also around this time that he launched the label Feline Groove, which he now manages alongside vocalist and wife Pico.

In recent years, Hiroshi has made several appearances in a variety of rhythm games. Many of both his older and newer works like Party 4U and JULIAN have also been licensed to these games as well.

Trivia

maimai general director Masaru Kohayakawa (コハD) cites Hiroshi as the reason why he started to license BMS songs into the series. This trend would later find its way into other music games such as SOUND VOLTEX, GROOVE COASTER, and CHUNITHM.
Hiroshi was the sound director of NAOKI's mobile rhythm game SEVEN's CODE.

Aliases

cranky / Cranky
Queen P.A.L.

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement
ALPACORE	Cranky	DanceDanceRevolution A20	-	✓	✓
GO BACK 2 YOUR RAVE (Cranky Remix)	nora2r	jubeat plus / REFLEC BEAT plus	-	-	✓
conflict	siromaru + cranky	SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS	-	✓	✓
Help me, ERINNNNNN!! -Cranky remix-	ビートまりお × Cranky	SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS	-	-	✓
JULIAN	Queen P.A.L.	SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN	-	✓	✓
Libera me	Cranky	SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN	-	✓	✓
LECTORIA	Cranky	SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE	-	✓	✓
ouroboros -twin stroke of the end-	Cranky VS MASAKI 「グルーヴコースター」より	(天下一音ゲ祭)	-	✓	✓

Discography

Albums

Feline Groove (2001, with Morrigan)
月輝 -Tu:Ki- (2002, with Morrigan)
ツキガタリ -月輝継- (2002)
Feline Groove II (2003, with Morrigan)
History One (2003, with Morrigan)
Speedster (2004, with EarBreaker)
Rave-Slave (2004)
Feline Groove III (2007, with Morrigan)
Concerto (2008, with Pico)
History Two (2008, with Morrigan)
Feline Groove ～春～ (2009, with Morrigan)
Feline Groove ～秋～ (2009, with Morrigan)
Feline Groove N (2010, with Morrigan)
Feline Groove IV (2011, with Morrigan)
Rave-SLave 2017 (2017)
Rave-SLave 2018 (2018)
Rave-SLave 2019 (2019)

Singles

Duello (2018, with t+pazolite)

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 [[Image:Cranky.png|thumb|Hiroshi Watanabe]]
-''This page is for the licensed artist that goes by the alias of Cranky. For the beatmania artist who goes by aliases such as QUADRA, DJ FX, and nite system, please see [[Hiroshi Watanabe]].''
+''This page is for the artist that goes by the alias of Cranky. For the beatmania artist who goes by aliases such as QUADRA, DJ FX, and nite system, please see [[Hiroshi Watanabe]].''
 = Hiroshi Watanabe =
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 == Artist Information ==
 * Name: Hiroshi Watanabe (渡辺洋)
+* Birthday: November 29th
 * Homepage: http://www.feline-groove.com/
 * Twitter: https://twitter.com/_cranky
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 == Profile ==
-Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as Cranky, is a long-time music creator and one of the oldest names in the Be-Music Source community. Exposed to several genres like classical, rock, and fusion at an early age, he participated in various musical activities throughout his youth. However, it was the sound of Juliana's Tokyo that opened his eyes to the potential of electronic music. Cranky plays around with many genres, but his forte is rave, euro, and orchestra music.
+Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as Cranky, is a long-time music creator and one of the oldest names in the Be-Music Source community. Exposed to several genres like classical, rock, and fusion at an early age, he participated in various musical activities throughout his youth. However, it was the sound of Juliana's Tokyo that opened his eyes to the potential of electronic music. Hiroshi plays around with many genres, but his forte is rave, Euro, and orchestra music.
-Cranky started producing Be-Music Source files around the turn of the millennium and quite a few of them have become quite popular among the community, including [[conflict]] which many see as an anthem of BMS. It was also around this time that he launched the label ''Feline Groove'',  which he now manages alongside vocalist and wife Pico.
+Hiroshi started producing Be-Music Source files around the turn of the millennium and quite a few of them have become quite popular among the community, including [[conflict]] which many see as an anthem of BMS. It was also around this time that he launched the label ''Feline Groove'',  which he now manages alongside vocalist and wife Pico.
-In recent years, Cranky has made several appearances in a variety of rhythm games. Many of both his older and newer works like Party 4U and [[JULIAN]] have also been licensed to these games as well.
+In recent years, Hiroshi has made several appearances in a variety of rhythm games. Many of both his older and newer works like Party 4U and [[JULIAN]] have also been licensed to these games as well.
 == Trivia ==
-* All of Cranky's appearances in BEMANI have been through licenses.
+* ''maimai'' general director Masaru Kohayakawa (コハD) cites Hiroshi as the reason why he started to license BMS songs into the series. This trend would later find its way into other music games such as [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]], ''GROOVE COASTER'', and ''CHUNITHM''.
-* ''maimai'' general director コハD cites Cranky as the reason as to why he started to license BMS songs into the series. This trend would later weed its way into other music games such as [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]], ''GROOVE COASTER'', and ''CHUNITHM''.
+* Hiroshi was the sound director of [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]]'s mobile rhythm game ''SEVEN's CODE''.
 == Aliases ==
-* Cranky
+* cranky / Cranky
 * Queen P.A.L.
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 !style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Arrangement
 |-
-| [[GO BACK 2 YOUR RAVE (Cranky Remix)]] || [[Kohei Ohtsu|nora2r]] || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] / [[REFLEC BEAT plus]] || - || - || ✓
+| [[ALPACORE]] || Cranky || [[AC DDR A20|DanceDanceRevolution A20]] || - || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+| [[GO BACK 2 YOUR RAVE (Cranky Remix)]] || [[nora2r]] || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] / [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] || - || - || ✓
 |-
 | [[conflict]] || [[Ryo Sakata|siromaru]] + cranky || [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] || - || ✓ || ✓
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 |-
 | [[JULIAN]] || Queen P.A.L. || [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] || - || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+| [[Libera me]] || Cranky || [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] || - || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+| [[LECTORIA]] || Cranky || [[AC SDVX VW|SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE]] || - || ✓ || ✓
+|-
+| [[ouroboros -twin stroke of the end-]] || Cranky VS MASAKI 「グルーヴコースター」より || ([[Tenkaichi otogesai|天下一音ゲ祭]]) || - || ✓ || ✓
 |}
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 === Albums ===
 * Feline Groove (2001, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
-* 月輝 -Tu:Ki- (2002, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* 月輝 -Tu:Ki- (2002, with Morrigan)
 * ツキガタリ -月輝継- (2002)
-* Feline Groove II (2003, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Feline Groove II (2003, with Morrigan)
-* History One (2003, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* History One (2003, with Morrigan)
 * Speedster (2004, with EarBreaker)
 * Rave-Slave (2004)
-* Feline Groove III (2007, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Feline Groove III (2007, with Morrigan)
-* History Two (2008, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Concerto (2008, with Pico)
-* Feline Groove ～春～ (2009, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* History Two (2008, with Morrigan)
-* Feline Groove ～秋～ (2009, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Feline Groove ～春～ (2009, with Morrigan)
-* Feline Groove N (2010, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Feline Groove ～秋～ (2009, with Morrigan)
-* Feline Groove IV (2011, with [[Tadahiro Tsuchiya|Morrigan]])
+* Feline Groove N (2010, with Morrigan)
+* Feline Groove IV (2011, with Morrigan)
+* Rave-SLave 2017 (2017)
+* Rave-SLave 2018 (2018)
+* Rave-SLave 2019 (2019)
+=== Singles ===
+* Duello (2018, with [[Tomoyuki Hamada|t+pazolite]])
-[[Category:Licensed Artists|Cranky]]
+[[Category:BEMANI Artists|Cranky]]
+[[Category:Commission Artists|Cranky]]
+[[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Artists|Cranky]]
+[[Category:SOUND VOLTEX Artists|Cranky]]

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