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= Artist Information =
= Toshio Sakurai =


* Name: Toshio Sakurai (桜井 敏郎)
== Artist Information ==
* SAFETY SHOES website: http://www.shoesmusic.com/
* Name: Toshio Sakurai (桜井敏郎)
* Website: https://www.bigsmilemusic.com
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sakurai_toshio_, https://twitter.com/BsmSakurai


== General Information ==
== Profile ==
Toshio Sakurai is a former artist for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. From [[AC GF|GUITARFREAKS]] to [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]], he provided a number of songs for the series, many of them involving [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]]. He was also the music director of [[AC DM|drummania]] and [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]].


Toshio Sakurai is a former artist for the Guitar Freaks & DrumMania series. From [[AC_GF1|GUITARFREAKS]] to [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]], he provided a number of songs for the series, mostly vocal songs involving [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]]. He was also the head sound director of [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]].
Toshio left KONAMI in 2001, and started playing live in March 2002. In April 2002, he formed a new group called Toshio Sakurai with db Communication (桜井敏郎 with dB Communication), which was dissolved in June 2003. In July 2003 he formed the band SAFETY SHOES, which was disbanded in 2019. Currently, he performs as a solo artist.
 
Toshio left Konami sometimes in the early 2000's. He is currently in the band SAFETY SHOES.


== Aliases ==
== Aliases ==
* Love machineguns (with [[Hideyuki Ono]] and [[Yuei Uematsu]] as composers, and [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] on vocals)
* Love machineguns (with [[Hideyuki Ono]] and [[Yuei Uematsu]] as composers, and [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] on vocals)
* Nut & Bridge (with [[Hideyuki Ono]])
* Monoral Heads (with [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] on vocals)
* Monoral Heads (with [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] on vocals)
* Voo Doo
* Voo Doo (with vocalist [[Stephen McKnight]])


=== BEMANI Songs ===
== BEMANI Songs ==
''Only songs not fully composed Toshio Sakurai have guitar listed, since all of his songs composed by him have guitars in them.''
''Since all of Toshio Sakurai's songs feature guitars, only songs not composed by him which he provided guitar for are listed.''


== BEMANI Songs ==
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| [[GET IT ALL]] || [[Kazuhiro Senoo|BRASS TRICKS]] || [[AC DMX|Dance Maniax]] || - || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Mobo Moga|Mobo★Moga]] || [[Tomosuke Funaki|Orange Lounge]] || [[AC DMX|Dance Maniax]] || FRENCH POP || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Cutie pie]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC GF|GUITARFREAKS]] || POPS || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Depend on me]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || SWING ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[D.M. "POWERFUL" MIX]] || || [[AC DM|drummania]] || MEDLEY || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Eyes of kids]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || POPS BRITISH STYLE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Good times]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] || POPS AMERICAN STYLE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Heaven is a '57 metallic gray]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|Sweet little 30's]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] / [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX]] || SWING ROCK || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[I think about you]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] / [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX]] || 90's ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Ska Ska No.1]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|小野秀幸]] || [[AC DM|drummania]] / [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX]] || SKA || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[USED CARS]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC GF2|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX Link Version]] || R&R || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[Cutie Pie]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC_GF1|GUITARFREAKS]] || POP || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[ANARCHY IN THE U.K.]] || [[Handsome JET|(Sex Pistols)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Cutie Pie DM mix]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || - || - || ✓ || -
| [[BREAK OUT]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || FUNK || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Depend on me]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || POPS || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[COSMIC COWGIRL]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || FUNK HEAVY METAL || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[D.M."POWERFUL"MIX]] || 桜井敏郎 || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU]] || [[Nobumitsu Irio|(Bay City Rollers)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Eyes of kids]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[MIDNIGHT SPECIAL]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|Love machineguns]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || SKA PUNK || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Good times]] ||[[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[P.P.R.]] || [[Handsome JET]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || PUNK || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Heaven is a '57 Metallic Gray]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|Sweet little 30's]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || SWING ROCK || - || - || ✓
| [[STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[I think about you]] || [[Elizabeth Dobbs]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[VIRTUAL INSANITY]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|(Jamiroquai)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Ska Ska No.1]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|小野秀幸]] || [[AC_GF2DM1|drummania]] || SKA || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[1175]] || || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[USED CARS]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC_GF2DM1|GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX Link Version]] || R&R || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[Bambina|バンビーナ]] || [[Takashi Urata|(布袋 寅泰)]] || [[AC DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[BREAK OUT]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || FUNK || - || ✓ || ✓
| [[SAY WHAT YOU MEAN]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|Monaural Heads]] || [[AC GF3|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] || MELO CORE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[COSMIC COWGIRL]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || HEAVY METAL FUNK || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[COSMIC COWGIRL|COSMIC COWGIRL (Long Version)]] || Toshio Sakurai || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[MIDNIGHT SPECIAL]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|Love machineguns]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || SKA PUNK || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
| [[NEWSPAPER]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|Nut & Bridge]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[P.P.R.]] || [[Handsome JET]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || PUNK || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
| [[P.P.R.|P.P.R. (Long Version)]] || [[Handsome JET|Handsome JET Jr.]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[SAY WHAT YOU MEAN]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|Monoral Heads]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[YOU OUGHTA KNOW]] || [[Angel O'Brien|(Alanis Morissette)]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX]] || ROCK || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[YOU ELEVATE ME]] || [[Stephen McKnight|Voo Doo]] || [[AC_GF4DM3|GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[1175]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
| [[CASSANDRA]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || SKA || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| [[Bambina|バンビーナ]] || [[Takashi Urata|(布袋 寅泰)]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓
| [[DEPEND ON ME (CD Version)]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[ANARCHY IN THE U.K.]] || [[Handsome JET|(Sex Pistols)]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
| [[DEPEND ON ME (CD Version)|DEPEND ON ME (Long Version)]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] with AMSD BAND || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU]] || [[Nobumitsu Irio|(Bay City Rollers)]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
| [[NEWSPAPER(Vocal ver.)]] || [[Hideyuki Ono|YOSHIKO SAKAI]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| [[Virtual Insanity|VIRTUAL INSANITY]] || [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein|(Jamiroquai)]] || [[AC_GF3DM2|drummania 2ndMIX]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
| [[ORANGE JET STREAM]] || [[Jeni Freeman]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
|-
| SONG || Artist || Game || Genre || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[Arigato ne.|ありがとね。]] || [[MAKI]] || [[AC_GF5DM4|GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
|-
| SONG || Artist || Game || Genre || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[pot-pourri d'orange]] || [[Tomosuke Funaki|Orange Lounge]] || [[AC_GF7DM6|GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX]] || - || - || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Out of breath]] ||[[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]] || [[AC_GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || ✓
|}
|}


==== GF 4 / DM 3 ====
== Discography ==
 
=== Singles ===
* [[COSMIC COWGIRL|COSMIC COWGIRL (Long Version)]]
* Stratosphere (2018, with [[Thomas Howard Lichtenstein]])
* [[NEWSPAPER]]
=== Albums ===
* [[YOU ELEVATE ME]]
* THE ONE (2019)
* [[YOU OUGHTA KNOW]] (cover)
 
==== GF 5 / DM 4 ====
 
* [[DEPEND ON ME (New Ver.)]]
* [[DEPEND ON ME (New Ver.)|DEPEND ON ME(Long Version)]]
* [[NEWSPAPER|NEWSPAPER (Vocal Vers.)]]
* [[Arigato, ne.|ありがとね。]]
 
==== GF 9 / DM 8 ====
 
* [[Out of breath]]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 17 May 2024

Toshio Sakurai

Artist Information

Profile

Toshio Sakurai is a former artist for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series. From GUITARFREAKS to GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX, he provided a number of songs for the series, many of them involving Thomas Howard Lichtenstein. He was also the music director of drummania and drummania 2ndMIX.

Toshio left KONAMI in 2001, and started playing live in March 2002. In April 2002, he formed a new group called Toshio Sakurai with db Communication (桜井敏郎 with dB Communication), which was dissolved in June 2003. In July 2003 he formed the band SAFETY SHOES, which was disbanded in 2019. Currently, he performs as a solo artist.

Aliases

BEMANI Songs

Since all of Toshio Sakurai's songs feature guitars, only songs not composed by him which he provided guitar for are listed.

Song Artist Game Genre Composition Arrangement Guitar Chorus
GET IT ALL BRASS TRICKS Dance Maniax - - - ✓ -
Mobo★Moga Orange Lounge Dance Maniax FRENCH POP - - ✓ -
Cutie pie Toshio Sakurai GUITARFREAKS POPS ✓ ✓ - -
Depend on me Thomas Howard Lichtenstein drummania SWING ROCK ✓ ✓ - -
D.M. "POWERFUL" MIX drummania MEDLEY ✓ ✓ - -
Eyes of kids Thomas Howard Lichtenstein drummania POPS BRITISH STYLE ✓ ✓ - -
Good times Elizabeth Dobbs drummania POPS AMERICAN STYLE ✓ ✓ - -
Heaven is a '57 metallic gray Sweet little 30's drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX SWING ROCK - - ✓ -
I think about you Elizabeth Dobbs drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX 90's ROCK ✓ ✓ - -
Ska Ska No.1 小野秀幸 drummania / GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX SKA - - ✓ -
USED CARS Toshio Sakurai GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX Link Version R&R ✓ ✓ - -
ANARCHY IN THE U.K. (Sex Pistols) drummania 2ndMIX - - ✓ ✓ -
BREAK OUT Thomas Howard Lichtenstein drummania 2ndMIX FUNK - ✓ ✓ -
COSMIC COWGIRL Toshio Sakurai drummania 2ndMIX FUNK HEAVY METAL ✓ ✓ - -
I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU (Bay City Rollers) drummania 2ndMIX - - ✓ ✓ -
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Love machineguns drummania 2ndMIX SKA PUNK ✓ ✓ ✓ -
P.P.R. Handsome JET drummania 2ndMIX PUNK ✓ ✓ ✓ -
STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES Thomas Howard Lichtenstein drummania 2ndMIX ROCK ✓ ✓ - -
VIRTUAL INSANITY (Jamiroquai) drummania 2ndMIX - - ✓ ✓ -
1175 drummania 2ndMIX - - ✓ ✓ -
バンビーナ (布袋 寅泰) drummania 2ndMIX - - - ✓ -
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN Monaural Heads GUITARFREAKS 3rdMIX MELO CORE ✓ ✓ - -
COSMIC COWGIRL (Long Version) Toshio Sakurai GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
NEWSPAPER Nut & Bridge GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
P.P.R. (Long Version) Handsome JET Jr. GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
YOU OUGHTA KNOW (Alanis Morissette) GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX - - - ✓ -
YOU ELEVATE ME Voo Doo GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
CASSANDRA 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX SKA - - ✓ -
DEPEND ON ME (CD Version) Thomas Howard Lichtenstein GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
DEPEND ON ME (Long Version) Thomas Howard Lichtenstein with AMSD BAND GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
NEWSPAPER(Vocal ver.) YOSHIKO SAKAI GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
ORANGE JET STREAM Jeni Freeman GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - - - ✓ -
ありがとね。 MAKI GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX - ✓ ✓ - -
pot-pourri d'orange Orange Lounge GUITARFREAKS 7thMIX & drummania 6thMIX - - - ✓ -
Out of breath Thomas Howard Lichtenstein GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX - ✓ ✓ - ✓

Discography

Singles

Albums

  • THE ONE (2019)
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