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= Yoshikazu Nagai =
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== Artist Information ==
== Artist Information ==
* Name: Yoshikazu Nagai (永井良和)
* Birthdate: September 15th, 1980
* Websites: http://redalice.net/, http://tano-c.net/,  http://djnagai.sexy
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/REDALiCE, https://twitter.com/DJNAGAIDJ
* SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/redalice
== Profile ==


* Name: Yoshikazu Nagai
Yoshikazu Nagai, known as REDALiCE, is the founder of the ''ALiCE'S EMOTiON'' and [[HARDCORE TANO*C]] labels. His style mainly sticks to happy and uplifting hardcore techno, but sometimes he even turns to harder and more aggressive variations, such as gabber. Lately, he has also stepped out into non-hardcore genres as well, producing EDM, house, and trap.
* Website: http://redalice.net/, http://tano-c.net/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/REDALiCE


== General Information ==
Under HARDCORE TANO*C, he produces compilations featuring original works composed by other TANO*C members (and occasionally guests from other labels as well) such as the ''HARDCORE SYNDROME'' series, one of the longest-running compilation series in the Japanese hardcore scene. Other than composing original songs, he produces remixes of music from the ''Touhou Project'' series of doujin games under the ALiCE'S EMOTiON label. He also works with [[Masayoshi Minoshima]] from the ''Alstroemeria Records'' label, forming the ''SAISEN TURN'' duo who parodies songs/re-enacts Touhou songs using assets and sounds from mainstream EDM producers.


Yoshikazu Nagai, known as REDALiCE, is the founder of ''ALICE'S EMOTION'' and ''HARDCORE TANO*C'' labels and one of the most famous DJ's in the J-Core scene. His style mainly sticks to happy and uplifting hardcore techno, but sometimes he even turns to harder and more aggressive variations, such as gabber.<br>
Yoshikazu Nagai is the co-developer of MARVELOUS's and HARDCORE TANO*C's music game, ''WACCA''.
Other than composing original songs, he produces remixes of music from the ''Touhou Project'' series of doujin games. Often, he also works with [[Masayoshi Minoshima]] from the ''Alstroemeria Records'' label.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
 
* Yoshikazu participated in the ''[[KONAMI Arcade Championship]] 2012 Grand Finale'' mini-live event, where he played [[Little Star]] alongside [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]].
* REDALiCE partecipated in the ''KAC2012 Grand Finale'' mini-live event, where he played [[Little Star]] alongside [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]]. He has been the first commissioned artist to join a BEMANI live event.
* Yoshikazu remixed [[Ignited Night]] on the [[cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion-]] album.
* REDALiCE remixed [[Ignited Night]] on the ''cyber beatnation 2 - Hi Speed conclusion- CD'' and [[FLOWER]] in ''SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH''.
* From the release of [[Close the World feat.aru|Close the World feat.a☆ru]] up until [[Masakari blade|マサカリブレイド]], Yoshikazu has been almost exclusively using his DJ NAGAI alias for KONAMI original songs. The reason behind the change is currently unknown.
** The final act of the ''HARDCORE SYNDROME 8 RELEASE PARTY'' had Yoshikazu, after his REDALiCE one, unexpectedly appearing as NAGAI under a disguise as a joke. This was done again on the ''BEMANI Namahousou (kari)'' (BEMANI生放送（仮）) live stream of September 10th, 2014.
** As of late December 2014, he started using the DJ NAGAI alias for non-BEMANI releases as well.
* In his early years of music production, Yoshikazu used the 赤いひと (Akai Hito) alias.
* Outside BEMANI, Yoshikazu sometimes uses the RAMM alias with [[Masayoshi Minoshima]]. RAMM is a shortening of their initials ('''R'''ED'''A'''LiCE and '''M'''asayoshi '''M'''inoshima).
* According to Yoshikazu, [[BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (K.O.G G3 MIX)]] is what impulsed him to compose music.
* Yoshikazu has contributed to BANDAI NAMCO's ''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!'' and ''太鼓の達人'' series, Bushiroad's ''D4DJ Groovy Mix'', SEGA's ''maimai'' and ''オンゲキ'' series, TAITO's ''GROOVE COASTER'' series and ''テトテ×コネクト'', UNKNOWN X's ''Touhou Danmaku Kagura'', and UNLIMITED STUDiO's ''SEVEN's CODE''.


== Aliases ==
== Aliases ==
* REDALiCE
* REDALiCE
* 天叢雲剣
* DJ NAGAI
* 元祖ボーイズ男子ボーイズ (member of)
* L.E.D.ALiCE (with [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D-G]])


== BEMANI Songs ==
== BEMANI Songs ==
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| [[Express Emotion]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Shihori Nakane|Shihori]] || [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] || J-CORE|| ✓ || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Little Star]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya]] || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
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| [[VEGA]] || REDALiCE || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || UNIVERSAL J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Close the World feat.aru|Close the World feat.a☆ru]] || [[aru|天叢雲剣]] || [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]] || J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Immortal]] || DJ NAGAI || [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]] || J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix)]] || Remixed by DJ NAGAI || [[AC PENDUAL|beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL]] || GALACTIC J-CORE || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Benibotan|紅牡丹]] || DJ NAGAI feat. [[aru|a☆ru]] || [[AC PENDUAL|beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL]] || J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Dreamin Train]] || DJ NAGAI feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya]] || [[AC copula|beatmania IIDX 23 copula]] || J-CORE EXPRESS || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Breakin' Chain]] || REDALiCE feat. MONICO || [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]] || MOOMBAHCORE || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|-
| [[DEATH ZIGOQ ~ikari no kousoku bakusou yarou~|DEATH†ZIGOQ ～怒りの高速爆走野郎～]] || L.E.D.ALiCE(DJ NAGAI Vs. BEMANI Sound Team "[[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.-G]]") || [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] || 世紀末コア || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[AGAiN]] || DJ NAGAI || [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]] || HARDCORE || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Power of Battle (vs REDALiCE)]] || [[Shohei Uno|RoughSketch]] vs REDALiCE feat.イザベル || [[AC BST AnimTribe|BeatStream アニムトライヴ]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Beautiful Dream]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Sayuri Anpo|anporin]] || [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Mono Logic]] || DJ NAGAI feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya]] || [[AC jb saucer fulfill|jubeat saucer fulfill]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[7 Colors (DJ NAGAI Remix)]] || DJ NAGAI || [[AC RB groovin'!!|REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Get Over!]] || DJ NAGAI feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya]] || [[AC RB groovin'!!|REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Jungle Jungle]] || DJ NAGAI || [[AC RB VOLZZA|REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[X-TREME 6]] || 元祖[[Yoshihiro Tagawa|ボーイ]][[Genki Hikota|ズ男]][[Kento Oizumi|子ボ]][[Kazumasa Teramoto|ーイ]][[Takahiro Fukase|ズ]] || [[AC RB VOLZZA 2|REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || ✓
|-
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| [[Express Emotion]] || REDALiCE feat.Shihori || [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] || J-CORE|| ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[BOMBER BOMBER]] || DJ NAGAI || [[AC RB Reflesia|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -  
|-
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| [[Little Star]] || REDALiCE feat. Ayumi Nomiya || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
| [[FLOWER REDALiCE Remix]] || REDALiCE || [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
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| [[VEGA]] || REDALiCE || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || UNIVERSAL J-CORE || ✓ || ✓ || -
| [[taboo tears you up 2008]] || REDALiCE || [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -  
|-
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| Beautiful Dream  || REDALiCE feat. anporin || DanceDanceRevolution (2013) || - || ✓ || ✓ || ?
| [[Keep Going!]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya|野宮あゆみ]] || [[AC SDVX II|SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
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| FLOWER REDALiCE Remix || REDALiCE || SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH || - || - || ✓ || -
| [[Mami Mami Zone]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya|野宮あゆみ]] || [[AC SDVX II|SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -  
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| taboo tears you up 2008 || REDALiCE || SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH || - || - || ✓ || -
| [[Power of Battle (SDVX EDIT)]] || [[Shohei Uno|RoughSketch]] vs REDALiCE feat.イザベル || [[AC SDVX II|SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Death Blossom]] || REDALiCE feat.[[Ayumi Nomiya]] || [[AC SDVX III|SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Blue Fire]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya|野宮あゆみ]] || [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[HiGHER]] || REDALiCE || [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Sweet Requiem]] || REDALiCE & [[aran]] || [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Colors (REDALiCE feat.Ayumi Nomiya)|Colors]] || REDALiCE feat.[[Ayumi Nomiya|野宮あゆみ]] || [[AC SDVX VW|SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE]] || - || - || ✓ || - || -
|-
| [[Scarlet Moon]] || REDALiCE feat. [[Ayumi Nomiya]] || ([[BEMANI x TOHO project REITAISAI 2015|BEMANI×TOHO project REITAISAI 2015]]) || J-CORE || - || ✓ || - || -
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| [[Masakari blade|マサカリブレイド]] || REDALiCE || ([[Tenkaichi otogesai|天下一音ゲ祭]]) || - || ✓ || ✓ || - || -  
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== Discography ==
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* Crimson Hardcore (2009)
* REDSHIFT (2014)
* EMPEROR (2015)
* HOOTER (2016)
* SELECTiONS (2017)
* [[AKA]] (2018)
* OVERLOAD (2021)
* CROWN (2023)


# 1st Album "Crimson Hardcore"
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 12 May 2024

Yoshikazu Nagai

Yoshikazu Nagai

Artist Information

Profile

Yoshikazu Nagai, known as REDALiCE, is the founder of the ALiCE'S EMOTiON and HARDCORE TANO*C labels. His style mainly sticks to happy and uplifting hardcore techno, but sometimes he even turns to harder and more aggressive variations, such as gabber. Lately, he has also stepped out into non-hardcore genres as well, producing EDM, house, and trap.

Under HARDCORE TANO*C, he produces compilations featuring original works composed by other TANO*C members (and occasionally guests from other labels as well) such as the HARDCORE SYNDROME series, one of the longest-running compilation series in the Japanese hardcore scene. Other than composing original songs, he produces remixes of music from the Touhou Project series of doujin games under the ALiCE'S EMOTiON label. He also works with Masayoshi Minoshima from the Alstroemeria Records label, forming the SAISEN TURN duo who parodies songs/re-enacts Touhou songs using assets and sounds from mainstream EDM producers.

Yoshikazu Nagai is the co-developer of MARVELOUS's and HARDCORE TANO*C's music game, WACCA.

Trivia

  • Yoshikazu participated in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 Grand Finale mini-live event, where he played Little Star alongside L.E.D..
  • Yoshikazu remixed Ignited Night on the cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- album.
  • From the release of Close the World feat.a☆ru up until マサカリブレイド, Yoshikazu has been almost exclusively using his DJ NAGAI alias for KONAMI original songs. The reason behind the change is currently unknown.
    • The final act of the HARDCORE SYNDROME 8 RELEASE PARTY had Yoshikazu, after his REDALiCE one, unexpectedly appearing as NAGAI under a disguise as a joke. This was done again on the BEMANI Namahousou (kari) (BEMANI生放送（仮）) live stream of September 10th, 2014.
    • As of late December 2014, he started using the DJ NAGAI alias for non-BEMANI releases as well.
  • In his early years of music production, Yoshikazu used the 赤いひと (Akai Hito) alias.
  • Outside BEMANI, Yoshikazu sometimes uses the RAMM alias with Masayoshi Minoshima. RAMM is a shortening of their initials (REDALiCE and Masayoshi Minoshima).
  • According to Yoshikazu, BOOM BOOM DOLLAR (K.O.G G3 MIX) is what impulsed him to compose music.
  • Yoshikazu has contributed to BANDAI NAMCO's THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! and 太鼓の達人 series, Bushiroad's D4DJ Groovy Mix, SEGA's maimai and オンゲキ series, TAITO's GROOVE COASTER series and テトテ×コネクト, UNKNOWN X's Touhou Danmaku Kagura, and UNLIMITED STUDiO's SEVEN's CODE.

Aliases

  • REDALiCE
  • 天叢雲剣
  • DJ NAGAI
  • 元祖ボーイズ男子ボーイズ (member of)
  • L.E.D.ALiCE (with L.E.D-G)

BEMANI Songs

Song Artist Game Genre Composition Arrangement Lyrics Vocals
Express Emotion REDALiCE feat. Shihori beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle J-CORE ✓ ✓ - -
Little Star REDALiCE feat. Ayumi Nomiya beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro J-CORE ✓ ✓ ✓ -
VEGA REDALiCE beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro UNIVERSAL J-CORE ✓ ✓ - -
Close the World feat.a☆ru 天叢雲剣 beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA J-CORE ✓ ✓ - -
Immortal DJ NAGAI beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA J-CORE ✓ ✓ - -
Hollywood Galaxy(DJ NAGAI Remix) Remixed by DJ NAGAI beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL GALACTIC J-CORE - ✓ - -
紅牡丹 DJ NAGAI feat. a☆ru beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL J-CORE ✓ ✓ ✓ -
Dreamin Train DJ NAGAI feat. Ayumi Nomiya beatmania IIDX 23 copula J-CORE EXPRESS ✓ ✓ ✓ -
Breakin' Chain REDALiCE feat. MONICO beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ MOOMBAHCORE ✓ ✓ ✓ -
DEATH†ZIGOQ ～怒りの高速爆走野郎～ L.E.D.ALiCE(DJ NAGAI Vs. BEMANI Sound Team "L.E.D.-G") beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS 世紀末コア ✓ ✓ - -
AGAiN DJ NAGAI beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage HARDCORE ✓ ✓ - -
Power of Battle (vs REDALiCE) RoughSketch vs REDALiCE feat.イザベル BeatStream アニムトライヴ - - ✓ - -
Beautiful Dream REDALiCE feat. anporin DanceDanceRevolution (2013) - ✓ ✓ - -
Mono Logic DJ NAGAI feat. Ayumi Nomiya jubeat saucer fulfill - ✓ ✓ - -
7 Colors (DJ NAGAI Remix) DJ NAGAI REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! - - ✓ - -
Get Over! DJ NAGAI feat. Ayumi Nomiya REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! - ✓ ✓ - -
Jungle Jungle DJ NAGAI REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA - ✓ ✓ - -
X-TREME 6 元祖ボーイズ男子ボーイズ REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2 - ✓ ✓ - ✓
BOMBER BOMBER DJ NAGAI REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア - ✓ ✓ - -
FLOWER REDALiCE Remix REDALiCE SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH - - ✓ - -
taboo tears you up 2008 REDALiCE SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH - - ✓ - -
Keep Going! REDALiCE feat. 野宮あゆみ SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- - - ✓ - -
Mami Mami Zone REDALiCE feat. 野宮あゆみ SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- - - ✓ - -
Power of Battle (SDVX EDIT) RoughSketch vs REDALiCE feat.イザベル SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- - - ✓ - -
Death Blossom REDALiCE feat.Ayumi Nomiya SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS - - ✓ - -
Blue Fire REDALiCE feat. 野宮あゆみ SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN - - ✓ - -
HiGHER REDALiCE SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN - ✓ ✓ - -
Sweet Requiem REDALiCE & aran SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN - - ✓ - -
Colors REDALiCE feat.野宮あゆみ SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE - - ✓ - -
Scarlet Moon REDALiCE feat. Ayumi Nomiya (BEMANI×TOHO project REITAISAI 2015) J-CORE - ✓ - -
マサカリブレイド REDALiCE (天下一音ゲ祭) - ✓ ✓ - -

Discography

Albums

  • Crimson Hardcore (2009)
  • REDSHIFT (2014)
  • EMPEROR (2015)
  • HOOTER (2016)
  • SELECTiONS (2017)
  • AKA (2018)
  • OVERLOAD (2021)
  • CROWN (2023)
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