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A long-time contributor to the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, Yoshihiko Koezuka first joined the series during [[AC DM|drummania]]. Since then he's performed in every game in the franchise, and remains one of the biggest contributors to the series. Prior to working on drummania, he was a member of the KONAMI Kukeiha Club, a name for KONAMI's sound staff in the 1980s and 90s. | A long-time contributor to the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, Yoshihiko Koezuka first joined the series during [[AC DM|drummania]]. Since then he's performed in every game in the franchise, and remains one of the biggest contributors to the series. Prior to working on drummania, he was a member of the KONAMI Kukeiha Club, a name for KONAMI's sound staff in the 1980s and 90s. | ||
In contrast to his mentor [[Mutsuhiko Izumi]]'s hard rock sound, Yoshihiko Koezuka's music in BEMANI tends to drift more into a 1980s pop rock / ballad style of music. Beginning with [[Dreams in the night]] in [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]], he started singing many of his own songs. He's also one of the few GuitarFreaks & DrumMania artists aside from [[Asaki]] and [[Akhuta]] who writes the lyrics to most of his own BEMANI songs, even for those he himself does not sing. Yoshihiko Koezuka has also provided the bass for dozens of songs in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, both KONAMI originals and licenses alike, and still does to this day. From [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live]] through [[AC GD NEX+AGE|GITADORA NEX+AGE]], he was the sound director of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. | In contrast to his mentor [[Mutsuhiko Izumi]]'s hard rock sound, Yoshihiko Koezuka's music in BEMANI tends to drift more into a 1980s pop rock / ballad style of music. Beginning with [[Dreams in the night]] in [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]], he started singing many of his own songs. He's also one of the few GuitarFreaks & DrumMania artists aside from [[Asaki]] and [[Akhuta]] who writes the lyrics to most of his own BEMANI songs, even for those he himself does not sing. Yoshihiko Koezuka has also provided the bass for dozens of songs in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, both KONAMI originals and licenses alike, and still does to this day. | ||
From [[AC GFDM XG2|GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live]] through [[AC GD NEX+AGE|GITADORA NEX+AGE]], he was the sound director of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. He stepped down from working on the series altogether in early 2023, as noted on his twitter. [https://twitter.com/YoshihikoKoe/status/1768541361832427910] | |||
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| [[Dreams on the road]] || BEMANI Sound Team "肥塚良彦" || [[CS GD Konasute|コナステ GITADORA]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | | [[Dreams on the road]] || BEMANI Sound Team "肥塚良彦" || [[CS GD Konasute|コナステ GITADORA]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Futari no manifesto(Circle of the afternoon MIX)|ふたりのマニフェスト(Circle of the afternoon MIX)]] || [[Kiyotaka Sugimoto|DJ SIMON]] || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || PROPOSE REMIX || - || - || - || ✓ || - | | [[Futari no manifesto(Circle of the afternoon MIX)|ふたりのマニフェスト(Circle of the afternoon MIX)]] || [[Kiyotaka Sugimoto|DJ SIMON]] || [[AC pnm 15|pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]] || PROPOSE REMIX || - || - || - || ✓ || - | ||
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| [[Hearty Party]] || OJ ENSEMBLE || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || COOKIE | | [[Hearty Party]] || OJ ENSEMBLE || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || COOKIE FANTASY || ✓ || ✓ || - || - || - | ||
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| [[Konamonya ninjouka|こなもん屋人情歌]] || [[Shigeharu Saeki|天下茶屋子]] || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || 浪速っ子ブギ || - || - || ✓ || - || - | | [[Konamonya ninjouka|こなもん屋人情歌]] || [[Shigeharu Saeki|天下茶屋子]] || [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]] || 浪速っ子ブギ || - || - || ✓ || - || - | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 18 August 2024
Yoshihiko Koezuka
Artist Information
- Name: Yoshihiko Koezuka (肥塚良彦)
- Birthdate: October 28th, 1969
- Birthplace: Kobe, Hyogo prefecture
- Blood type: O
- Hobbies: Fishing, skiing
- Favorite artist: Jimmy Weckl
- Equipment and instruments: Bass
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoshihikoKoe
Profile
A long-time contributor to the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, Yoshihiko Koezuka first joined the series during drummania. Since then he's performed in every game in the franchise, and remains one of the biggest contributors to the series. Prior to working on drummania, he was a member of the KONAMI Kukeiha Club, a name for KONAMI's sound staff in the 1980s and 90s.
In contrast to his mentor Mutsuhiko Izumi's hard rock sound, Yoshihiko Koezuka's music in BEMANI tends to drift more into a 1980s pop rock / ballad style of music. Beginning with Dreams in the night in GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX, he started singing many of his own songs. He's also one of the few GuitarFreaks & DrumMania artists aside from Asaki and Akhuta who writes the lyrics to most of his own BEMANI songs, even for those he himself does not sing. Yoshihiko Koezuka has also provided the bass for dozens of songs in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series, both KONAMI originals and licenses alike, and still does to this day.
From GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live through GITADORA NEX+AGE, he was the sound director of the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. He stepped down from working on the series altogether in early 2023, as noted on his twitter. [1]
Trivia
- Yoshihiko Koezuka is one of the few GuitarFreaks & DrumMania artists who composes and sings his own songs frequently, the others being Asaki, Akhuta, Daichi Watanabe, and Osamu Migitera.
- According to Yoshihiko Koezuka, Mutsuhiko Izumi instructed him on using the recording equipment when he joined KONAMI.
- It is speculated that Yoshihiko Koezuka might be the producer of some of the ひまわり∗パンチ songs.
- Yoshihiko Koezuka was going to be the sound director of the cancelled BEMANI game おといろは.
Aliases
- Y.Koezuka
- Trick Trap (with Mutsuhiko Izumi on guitar)
- P-Bombers (member of, with Kozo Nakamura and Jimmy Weckl)
- つよし (member of, with DJ YOSHITAKA)
- OJ ENSEMBLE
- 98 (with 96 on guitar)
- OJ
- Akhuta y OJ (member of, with Akhuta)
- Triumvirate (member of, with S-C-U and TAG)
- 猫叉王子 (member of, with Naoyuki Sato)
- GRAN-DRAMATIC BOYS / GRAN-NEW DRAMATIC BOYS
- Honey latte (member of, with MarL)
- PartyCrew (member of)
- ビーチパラソルズ (member of, with Shige, as よし)
- REVERSE JOY (with Yvya on guitar)
BEMANI Songs
Discography
- Sing-Walky 2001 (2001)
- DREAMS (2009)