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One of pop'n music's most frequent composers, Kiyoshi Murai's history with Konami dates back to as early as the early 1990's, where he started off doing music for various Mega Drive games and music tracks for the then popular ''Tokimeki Memorial Vocal'' CDs, as well as the 1998 Red Company-developed RPG / dating simulation ''Mitsumete Knight''. His first project for BEMANI was the 1999 [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]], an updated release of [[AC pns|pop'n stage]] with two new songs, one of them being his song [[WE TWO ARE ONE]] that was soon ported to [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Since [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] he has appeared in every arcade entry. His style of music tends to drift more into a 1980's synth sound (as seen in his V.C.O. and ALT songs), though he's also dabbled occasionally in rock and orchestral sounding music as well. | One of pop'n music's most frequent composers, Kiyoshi Murai's history with Konami dates back to as early as the early 1990's, where he started off doing music for various Mega Drive games and music tracks for the then popular ''Tokimeki Memorial Vocal'' CDs, as well as the 1998 Red Company-developed RPG / dating simulation ''Mitsumete Knight''. His first project for BEMANI was the 1999 [[AC pns ex|pop'n stage ex]], an updated release of [[AC pns|pop'n stage]] with two new songs, one of them being his song [[WE TWO ARE ONE]] that was soon ported to [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]]. Since [[AC pnm 4|pop'n music 4]] he has appeared in every arcade entry. His style of music tends to drift more into a 1980's synth sound (as seen in his V.C.O. and ALT songs), though he's also dabbled occasionally in rock and orchestral sounding music as well. | ||
Kiyoshi also served as head sound director of [[AC pnm 4|4]] and [[AC pnm 5|5]], as well as being the co-director of [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] with [[Hiroki Koga | Kiyoshi also served as head sound director of [[AC pnm 4|4]] and [[AC pnm 5|5]], as well as being the co-director of [[AC KBM 2nd|KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX]] with [[Hiroki Koga]] and head sound director of [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]], the final entry in the series. After pop'n music 5, fellow BEMANI composer [[Jun Wakita]] would handle the sound direction of pop'n music with [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]], though he continued to sound direct various pop'n music entries up to [[AC pnm 16|PARTY♪]]. Kiyoshi also contributed new songs to beatmania IIDX beginning with [[AC DistorteD|DistorteD]] for years, and was the sound producer of the ''ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom'' series. | ||
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 returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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* 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. | ||
* | * KONAMI composers [[Michiru Yamane]] and [[Miki Higashino]] were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department as him when he first joined KONAMI in the 1990's. | ||
** The song comments for [[A SHOOTING STAR]] note how one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some of KONAMI's games, like ''GRADIUS II''. | ** The song comments for [[A SHOOTING STAR]] note how one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some of KONAMI's games, like ''GRADIUS II''. | ||
* One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later remixed in pop'n music as [[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST]]. | * One of Kiyoshi's tracks from ''Mitsumete Knight'' was later remixed in pop'n music as [[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST]]. | ||
** Likewise, an arrangement of his song [[Tenohira no kakumei|掌の革命]] from ''Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2'' has also made an appearance in pop'n music. | ** Likewise, an arrangement of his song [[Tenohira no kakumei|掌の革命]] from ''Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2'' has also made an appearance in pop'n music. | ||
* According to the [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/qa/02.html pop'n music 9 Q&A], Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he placed his name at the end of said alias. Originally it was intended to just be Kiyommy. | * According to the [http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music9/qa/02.html pop'n music 9 Q&A], Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he placed his name at the end of said alias. Originally it was intended to just be Kiyommy. | ||
** He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by [[Katsuhiko Suzuki | ** He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by [[Katsuhiko Suzuki]] after he said to Kiyoshi, "Is it a natural bear?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん?). | ||
* Kiyoshi produced music for KONAMI's arcade game ''Otoca♥d'or'' (オトカ♥ドール), which launched on March 14th, 2015, until July 2017. Its website can be found [https://www.konami.com/amusement/ac/otoca/ here]. | * Kiyoshi produced music for KONAMI's arcade game ''Otoca♥d'or'' (オトカ♥ドール), which launched on March 14th, 2015, until July 2017. Its website can be found [https://www.konami.com/amusement/ac/otoca/ here]. | ||
* Kiyoshi appears on the 2020 [[Tsugumi Kataoka]]-produced album ''Casiotunes!: CUTE and POP MUSIC by CASIONTONE LOVERS'' under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance on a non-KONAMI album. | * Kiyoshi appears on the 2020 [[Tsugumi Kataoka]]-produced album ''Casiotunes!: CUTE and POP MUSIC by CASIONTONE LOVERS'' under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance on a non-KONAMI album. | ||
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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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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ | ||
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| [[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 || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[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 || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[ | | [[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 || - || ✓ || - || ✓ | ||
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| [[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 || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[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 || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Sushi kuine!|スシ食いねェ!]] || ポプガキ隊 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || スシ || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
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| [[Tensai Bakabon|天才バカボン]] || 片岡嗣実 || [[AC pnm 11|pop'n music 11]] || バカボン || - || - || - || ✓ | |||
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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[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 || ✓ || ✓ || - || ✓ | ||
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| [[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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| [[ZIN-DEN-GO]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] || 和算テクノ || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[ZIN-DEN-GO]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 17|pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE]] || 和算テクノ || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[O-KU-NI]] || seiya-murai feat. 楽芭 || [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] || GIN ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[O-KU-NI|O・KU・NI]] || seiya-murai feat.楽芭 || [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] || GIN ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Go shichi go|五七五]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] || TECHNOHOSOMICHI || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Go shichi go|五七五]] || V.C.O. || [[AC pnm 18|pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝]] || TECHNOHOSOMICHI || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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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 02:39, 10 October 2024
Kiyoshi Murai
Artist Information
- Name: Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔)
- Birthdate: February 1st, 1965
- Birthplace: Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
- Likes: Curry, synths
- Favorite band: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mu_station
- Website: http://mu-station.chillout.jp/index.html
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/seiya-murai
Profile
One of pop'n music's most frequent composers, Kiyoshi Murai's history with Konami dates back to as early as the early 1990's, where he started off doing music for various Mega Drive games and music tracks for the then popular Tokimeki Memorial Vocal CDs, as well as the 1998 Red Company-developed RPG / dating simulation Mitsumete Knight. His first project for BEMANI was the 1999 pop'n stage ex, an updated release of pop'n stage with two new songs, one of them being his song WE TWO ARE ONE that was soon ported to pop'n music 4. Since pop'n music 4 he has appeared in every arcade entry. His style of music tends to drift more into a 1980's synth sound (as seen in his V.C.O. and ALT songs), though he's also dabbled occasionally in rock and orchestral sounding music as well.
Kiyoshi also served as head sound director of 4 and 5, as well as being the co-director of KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX with Hiroki Koga and head sound director of KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX, the final entry in the series. After pop'n music 5, fellow BEMANI composer Jun Wakita would handle the sound direction of pop'n music with pop'n music 6, though he continued to sound direct various pop'n music entries up to PARTY♪. Kiyoshi also contributed new songs to beatmania IIDX beginning with DistorteD for years, and was the sound producer of the ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom series.
Sometime around late 2017, Kiyoshi was transferred from Konami Amusement to the Konami Digital Entertainment department, but returned to Konami Amusement in early 2019.
Trivia
- Prior to his full name being revealed in 2019, Kiyoshi had stated in an interview with the Japanese website Gpara.com that his commonly used "Seiya" alias wasn't his real first name.
- Kiyoshi did the rearranged pop'n music title screen theme heard in pop'n music 4 and 5, as well as the new intro themes from pop'n music 9 through pop'n music 12 いろは.
- Kiyoshi is the first in-house BEMANI artist to use a VOCALOID in a song. He used Prima in 鉄甲乙女 -under the steel- in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- 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.
- KONAMI composers Michiru Yamane and Miki Higashino were Kiyoshi's seniors in the same department as him when he first joined KONAMI in the 1990's.
- The song comments for A SHOOTING STAR note how one of Kiyoshi's first sound specific jobs at KONAMI was making new sound effects for the PC Engine Super CD ports of some of KONAMI's games, like GRADIUS II.
- One of Kiyoshi's tracks from Mitsumete Knight was later remixed in pop'n music as THE MAN FROM FAR EAST.
- Likewise, an arrangement of his song 掌の革命 from Tokimeki Memorial Best Vocal Collection 2 has also made an appearance in pop'n music.
- According to the pop'n music 9 Q&A, Kiyoshi notes that the Kiyommy+Seiya alias was decided after he placed his name at the end of said alias. Originally it was intended to just be Kiyommy.
- He also mentions that his natural bear alias was named by Katsuhiko Suzuki after he said to Kiyoshi, "Is it a natural bear?" (ナチュラルベアでいいじゃん?).
- Kiyoshi produced music for KONAMI's arcade game Otoca♥d'or (オトカ♥ドール), which launched on March 14th, 2015, until July 2017. Its website can be found here.
- Kiyoshi appears on the 2020 Tsugumi Kataoka-produced album Casiotunes!: CUTE and POP MUSIC by CASIONTONE LOVERS under his mu-station alias. It marks his first appearance on a non-KONAMI album.
- According to Kiyoshi, he appeared on the album by request of Kataoka.
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)