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''This page is for the beatmania IIDX 8th style song Sakura. For other songs titled Sakura, please see [[Sakura (disambiguation)]].''
''This page is for the [[Naoki Maeda|Reven-G]] song titled 桜. For other songs titled Sakura, please see [[Sakura (disambiguation)]].''


''For the beatmania IIDX DJ Sakura, please see [[Sakura (character)]].''
''For the beatmania IIDX DJ Sakura, please see [[Sakura (character)]].''
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== Song Information ==
== Song Information ==
[[File:Sakura.png|thumb|桜's album art.]]
[[Image:Sakura.png|thumb|桜's jacket.]]
Artist: Reven-G (beatmania IIDX, DDR X2&rarr;Present), RevenG (DDR EXTREME&rarr;X, REFLEC BEAT)<br>
Artist: Reven-G<br>
Composition: [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI MAEDA]], Japanese folk song<br>
Composition: [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI MAEDA]], Japanese folk song<br>
Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA<br>
Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA<br>
BPM: 13-320 (beatmania IIDX), 14-320 (DDR EXTREME&rarr;SuperNOVA), 20-320 (DDR SuperNOVA2&rarr;Present), 320 (REFLEC BEAT)<br>
BPM: 13-320 (beatmania IIDX), 21-320 (DanceDanceRevolution), 320 (REFLEC BEAT)<br>
Length: 1:40<br>
Length: 1:40<br>
Genre: SPIRITUAL<br>
Genre: SPIRITUAL<br>
VJ: [[Gyo Eguchi|VJ GYO]] (IIDX 8th style&rarr;19 Lincle), Unknown (IIDX 20 tricoro&rarr;Present)<br>
Movie: [[Gyo Eguchi|VJ GYO]] (IIDX 8th style&rarr;19 Lincle), Unknown (IIDX 20 tricoro&rarr;Present)<br>
Jacket design: [[Kanako Yonezawa|RICE.C]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC 8th style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC 8th style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances:
Other Music Game Appearances:
* [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]]
* [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]]
* DanceEvolution ARCADE
* [[AC DanEvo|DanceEvolution ARCADE]]
* DanceMasters / DanceEvolution
* [[CS DanEvo|DanceMasters / DanceEvolution]]
* [[REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-]]
* [[AC RB colette Spring|REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-]]


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
None.
None.


== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* 桜 is a remix of a traditional Japanese folk song called ''Sakura Sakura'' (often just shortened to Sakura).
* 桜 is a remix of a traditional Japanese folk song called ''Sakura Sakura'' (often just shortened to Sakura).
** [[PnM_AC_10|pop'n music 10]] song [[Meikyoushisui|明鏡止水]] also samples Sakura Sakura, as does [[AC_DJ_TROOPERS|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS]] song [[Anisakis -somatic mutation type "Forza"-]] and [[AC GF8DM7|GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX]]'s [[Tsuminagara... to kanojo wa ifu|ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ]].
** Another remix of [[Sakura sakura|さくらさくら]] by [[nora2r]] appears in [[AC DaR|DANCE aROUND]].
* A remix of 桜, titled ''桜 -DAM LA MIX-'', can be found on the ''DanceEvolution V-RARE EX SOUNDTRACK''.
** Other songs that sample Sakura sakura include [[Tsuminagara... to kanojo wa ifu|ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ]] from [[AC GF8DM7|GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX]], [[Meikyoushisui|明鏡止水]] from [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]], [[IKI|粋 -IKI-]] from [[AC pnm UniLab|pop'n music UniLab]], and [[MURASAME]] from [[AC SDVX EG|SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR]].
* A remix of 桜, titled ''桜 -DAM LA MIX-'', can be found on the [[DanceEvolution V-RARE EX SOUNDTRACK]] CD.
* 桜 shares many elements with [[MAXX UNLIMITED]], as mentioned by Naoki Maeda in the Song Production Information.
* 桜 shares many elements with [[MAXX UNLIMITED]], as mentioned by Naoki Maeda in the Song Production Information.
** He also mentioned Reven-G looking towards Europe sound for songs. This was hinting at [[bag]], which debuted in [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]] a few months later.
* 桜 shares a vocal sample with [[1st Samurai]], from [[AC 10th style|beatmania IIDX 10th style]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
 
{{Gallery}}
* The name "Sakura" refers to the cherry blossom tree that blossoms during the springttime.
* The name "Sakura" refers to the cherry blossom tree that blossoms during the springtime.
* 桜 is beatmania IIDX 8th style's EXTRA STAGE song. When accessed as such, the music select BGM changes to a sample of 桜, and the background changes to cherry blossom petals.
* 桜 is beatmania IIDX 8th style's EXTRA STAGE song. When accessed as such, the music select BGM changes to a sample of 桜, and the background changes to cherry blossom petals.
* In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜 had its own unique splash screen, with the text in pink. This was not carried over to any CS beatmania IIDX game.
** In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜 had its own unique splash screen, with the text in pink. This was not carried over to any CS beatmania IIDX game.
* As of [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]], 桜 has its own dedicated video from ''DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2''.
* In beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜's genre in the song selection screen is misspelled as '''SPRITUAL'''.
** The aforementioned video has been revised for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
* 桜 is one of the 6th PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
* 桜 held the record for the song with the lowest BPM at any point in the DanceDanceRevolution arcade series, at 20.6 BPM, for nearly 20 years, until it was beaten by [[Get Your Wish]] from [[AC DDR A3|DanceDanceRevolution A3]] and [[CS DDR GRAND PRIX|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX]], with 20 BPM.
** From DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME to [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|SuperNOVA]], 桜's BPM was displayed as 14-320.
*** From [[AC DDR SuperNOVA2|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2]] to A3, it is displayed as 20-320.
** Also, with a peak low of 13 BPM, 桜 has the lowest BPM point of any song in the REFLEC BEAT series.
* Before [[AC DDR X2|DanceDanceRevolution X2]] and in the REFLEC BEAT series, 桜's artist is shown as '''RevenG'''.
* [[ALICE]] appears in 桜's DanceDanceRevolution graphics and movies.
* SAKURA received a unique video in [[CS DDR EXTREME2|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2]]. This video was carried over to the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
** This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers prior to [[AC DDR WORLD|DanceDanceRevolution WORLD]].
** As of [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]], 桜 also uses a revised version of this video in the beatmania IIDX series.
* 桜 is one of very few songs in DanceDanceRevolution in which the EXPERT chart is more difficult and higher rated than the CHALLENGE chart.
* 桜 had its EXPERT and CHALLENGE charts swapped during the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 location test. After the test, the charts were swapped back, and the Single charts re-rated, but the swapped ratings were not fixed on Double.
* SAKURA received a Double BEGINNER chart in [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX3|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3]].
* SAKURA received a new set of graphics in [[CS DDR Disney Channel EDITION|DanceDanceRevolution Disney Channel EDITION]].
** The background video, though, is a direct rip of its EXTREME2 video.
* 桜 was performed live in the release event for [[CS DDR PS3|DanceDanceRevolution (PS3)]].
* 桜 appears as downloadable content for [[CS DDR S+|DanceDanceRevolution S+]], in the '''DDR EXTREME Pack 4'''.
* 桜 is the second FINAL ROUND song of REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-.
* 桜 is the second FINAL ROUND song of REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-.
** From [[AC RB groovin'!!|REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]] to [[AC RB VOLZZA 2|REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2]], 桜 was playable by default.
* 桜 was added to DanceEvolution ARCADE on March 22nd, 2013.
** It has both the slowest ''and'' fastest BPMs in the DanceEvolution series, at 13 and 320 BPM respectively.
* 桜 can be unlocked from April 12th, 2016 on [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]]' ''Akashic Explore'' event.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== Reven-G ===
"Sakura" is the flower in the hearts of Japanese people.<br>
When I listen to this melody, I strangely feel nostalgic, something which awakens my Japanese genes.<br>
Although the rhythm is based on the artificial rhythm of MAXX UNLIMITED, it has been fully refined and customized throughout the song.<br>
I introduced traditional Japanese instruments in the arrangement, fusing them with current synthesizer technology.


The cherry blossom is the the flower in the heart of the Japanese people. When you listen to this melody, you feel a strange sense of nostalgia welling up inside you; it is if something is awakening within our genes. The rhythm is based on that of MaxX Unlimited, and is generally refined and customized into what it is now. I was able to mix in the use of traditional instruments as I pleased thanks to today's synthesizer technology.
As a Japanese person, I've recently made a lot of songs with traditional and classical Japanese music as the theme, but now the songs under Reven-G are finally departing Japan and heading towards Europe.
 
== Video Production Information ==
=== VJ GYO ===
When you think about it, it's really amazing that you can clearly understand which country this song is from, by the instruments used and its melody. I think it's surprising.<br>
Music evolves while spreading. I think that's one of the charms of dance music.<br>
On the other hand, this song deepens evolution and promotes new music.


We've recently made a lot of songs that have at their foundations classical Japanese traditions and musical ideas, but more and more the Reven-G name is looking more towards Europe for its ideas.
On the dance floor filled with people wearing various non-national costumes, wearing an extravagant and seasonal kimono with bright flowing patterns (would men wear oyoroi and jinbaori?), would attract big attention! It feels like that.


== Video Production Information ==
== Staff Comments ==
=== RICE.C ===
This is my favorite song. Japanese things are hot.


When you think about it, it's really amazing that people from different countries can all understand the same feelings communicated by a musical instrument and the melodies they create. I don't find it too surprising. Music has made lots of different evolutions as it's scattered across the world. I think that's one of the charms of dance music. On the other hand, there are songs that stimulate new musical progress as they themselves improve.
I've received many e-mails asking "who's that girl?". Thank you. As you can see, she's ALICE. Although she's from Hong Kong, please don't mind that she's wearing a kimono. I thought a kimono suited her the most..


Among the people you see on the dance floor with nondescript clothing, a beautiful woman dancing alone in a splendidly colored kimono would attract lots of attention! (Maybe battle armor if it was a guy ... )
I wonder if this theme is "beauty-styled honor".


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania IIDX through 9th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+, 10th style from 1 to 8, IIDX RED from 1 to 8+, HAPPY SKY onwards from 1 to 12.<br>
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 8th and 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.<br>
REFLEC BEAT difficulty from 1 to 10+. (Ratings obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd].)
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.<br>
DanceEvolution difficulty rated from 1 to 5.<br>
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2. (Ratings obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd].)


=== beatmania IIDX ===
=== beatmania IIDX ===
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{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 10th style|-|5|8|N/A|-|6|8|N/A|-}}
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{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED|-|&uarr;6|&uarr;8+|N/A|-|&uarr;7|&uarr;8+|N/A|-}}
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{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY&rarr;Present|-|&uarr;7|&uarr;10|12|-|&uarr;8|&uarr;10|12|-}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Beginner
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 8th style CS|-|5|7+|7+|-|6|7+|7+|-}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Normal
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS|'''3'''|7|10|12|-|8|10|12|-}}
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{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST|3|7|10|12|-|8|10|12|-}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Another
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS|-|7|10|12|-|8|10|12|-}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Normal
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE|-|7|10|12|-|-|-|-|-}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Hyper
}}
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="70px"|Another
 
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{{DDR Chart Header|
|-
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| beatmania IIDX 8th style&rarr;9th style || style="background:#00FF7F;"|- || style="background:#73C2FB;"|5 || style="background:#eeee77;"|7+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A || style="background:#73C2FB;"|6 || style="background:#eeee77;"|7+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME&rarr;SuperNOVA|3|5|8|10|9|6|8|10|9}}
|-
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2|3|5|8|&darr;9|&darr;8|6|8|&darr;9|&uarr;10}}
| beatmania IIDX 10th style || style="background:#00FF7F;"|- || style="background:#73C2FB;"|5 || style="background:#eeee77;"|8 || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A || style="background:#73C2FB;"|6 || style="background:#eeee77;"|8 || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution X&rarr;Present|5|7|11|13|11|7|11|13|11}}
|-
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP|3|5|8|10|9|6|8|10|9}}
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED || style="background:#00FF7F;"|- || style="background:#73C2FB;"|&uarr;6 || style="background:#eeee77;"|&uarr;8+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A || style="background:#73C2FB;"|&uarr;7 || style="background:#eeee77;"|&uarr;8+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|N/A
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution FESTIVAL|3|5|8|10|※9|6|8|10|※9}}
|-
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max|3|5|8|10|9|6|8|10|9}}
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY&rarr;Present || style="background:#00FF7F;"|- || style="background:#73C2FB;"|&uarr;7 || style="background:#eeee77;"|&uarr;10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12 || style="background:#73C2FB;"|&uarr;8 || style="background:#eeee77;"|&uarr;10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3|N/A|5|8|10|N/A|6|8|10|N/A}}
|-
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution Disney Channel EDITION|1|5|8|10|9|6|8|10|9}}
| beatmania IIDX 8th style CS || style="background:#00FF7F;"|- || style="background:#73C2FB;"|5 || style="background:#eeee77;"|7+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|7+ || style="background:#73C2FB;"|6 || style="background:#eeee77;"|7+ || style="background:#FB607F;"|7+
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution S+|5|7|11|13|-|-|-|-|-}}
|-
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX|5|7|11|13|11|7|11|13|11}}
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS || style="background:#00FF7F;"|'''3''' || style="background:#73C2FB;"|7 || style="background:#eeee77;"|10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12 || style="background:#73C2FB;"|8 || style="background:#eeee77;"|10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12
}}
|-
※ These CHALLENGE charts are only playable in the Adrenaline Course in Challenge Mode.
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST || style="background:#00FF7F;"|3 || style="background:#73C2FB;"|7 || style="background:#eeee77;"|10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12 || style="background:#73C2FB;"|8 || style="background:#eeee77;"|10 || style="background:#FB607F;"|12
 
|}
Other charts not shown on the above table:
* DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 79 / 0.
 
=== DanceEvolution ===
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{{DanEvo Chart Dancer|デイジー(CLUB)}}
{{DanEvo Chart Choreographer|TAIKI}}
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{{DanEvo Chart|DanceMasters / DanceEvolution|5}}
{{DanEvo Chart|DanceEvolution ARCADE|&darr;4}}
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=== REFLEC BEAT ===
=== REFLEC BEAT ===
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!style="background:#9999ee;"|Medium
!style="background:#9999ee;"|Hard
|-
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|-
| REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-&rarr;Present || style="background:#5bff14;"|4 || style="background:#ffed4a;"|7 || style="background:#ff0000;"|10
|}
 
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[[Category:DanceEvolution Songs]]
[[Category:DDR Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Songs]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs]]
[[Category:DanceDanceRevolution Songs with Unique Videos]]
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 21 September 2024

This page is for the Reven-G song titled 桜. For other songs titled Sakura, please see Sakura (disambiguation).

For the beatmania IIDX DJ Sakura, please see Sakura (character).

桜

Song Information

桜's jacket.

Artist: Reven-G
Composition: NAOKI MAEDA, Japanese folk song
Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
BPM: 13-320 (beatmania IIDX), 21-320 (DanceDanceRevolution), 320 (REFLEC BEAT)
Length: 1:40
Genre: SPIRITUAL
Movie: VJ GYO (IIDX 8th style→19 Lincle), Unknown (IIDX 20 tricoro→Present)
Jacket design: RICE.C
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • The name "Sakura" refers to the cherry blossom tree that blossoms during the springtime.
  • 桜 is beatmania IIDX 8th style's EXTRA STAGE song. When accessed as such, the music select BGM changes to a sample of 桜, and the background changes to cherry blossom petals.
    • In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜 had its own unique splash screen, with the text in pink. This was not carried over to any CS beatmania IIDX game.
  • In beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜's genre in the song selection screen is misspelled as SPRITUAL.
  • 桜 is one of the 6th PASS hidden songs of DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
  • 桜 held the record for the song with the lowest BPM at any point in the DanceDanceRevolution arcade series, at 20.6 BPM, for nearly 20 years, until it was beaten by Get Your Wish from DanceDanceRevolution A3 and DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX, with 20 BPM.
    • From DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME to SuperNOVA, 桜's BPM was displayed as 14-320.
    • Also, with a peak low of 13 BPM, 桜 has the lowest BPM point of any song in the REFLEC BEAT series.
  • Before DanceDanceRevolution X2 and in the REFLEC BEAT series, 桜's artist is shown as RevenG.
  • ALICE appears in 桜's DanceDanceRevolution graphics and movies.
  • SAKURA received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried over to the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
  • 桜 is one of very few songs in DanceDanceRevolution in which the EXPERT chart is more difficult and higher rated than the CHALLENGE chart.
  • 桜 had its EXPERT and CHALLENGE charts swapped during the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 location test. After the test, the charts were swapped back, and the Single charts re-rated, but the swapped ratings were not fixed on Double.
  • SAKURA received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3.
  • SAKURA received a new set of graphics in DanceDanceRevolution Disney Channel EDITION.
    • The background video, though, is a direct rip of its EXTREME2 video.
  • 桜 was performed live in the release event for DanceDanceRevolution (PS3).
  • 桜 appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR EXTREME Pack 4.
  • 桜 is the second FINAL ROUND song of REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-.
  • 桜 was added to DanceEvolution ARCADE on March 22nd, 2013.
    • It has both the slowest and fastest BPMs in the DanceEvolution series, at 13 and 320 BPM respectively.
  • 桜 can be unlocked from April 12th, 2016 on beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' Akashic Explore event.

Song Production Information

Reven-G

"Sakura" is the flower in the hearts of Japanese people.
When I listen to this melody, I strangely feel nostalgic, something which awakens my Japanese genes.
Although the rhythm is based on the artificial rhythm of MAXX UNLIMITED, it has been fully refined and customized throughout the song.
I introduced traditional Japanese instruments in the arrangement, fusing them with current synthesizer technology.

As a Japanese person, I've recently made a lot of songs with traditional and classical Japanese music as the theme, but now the songs under Reven-G are finally departing Japan and heading towards Europe.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

When you think about it, it's really amazing that you can clearly understand which country this song is from, by the instruments used and its melody. I think it's surprising.
Music evolves while spreading. I think that's one of the charms of dance music.
On the other hand, this song deepens evolution and promotes new music.

On the dance floor filled with people wearing various non-national costumes, wearing an extravagant and seasonal kimono with bright flowing patterns (would men wear oyoroi and jinbaori?), would attract big attention! It feels like that.

Staff Comments

RICE.C

This is my favorite song. Japanese things are hot.

I've received many e-mails asking "who's that girl?". Thank you. As you can see, she's ALICE. Although she's from Hong Kong, please don't mind that she's wearing a kimono. I thought a kimono suited her the most..

I wonder if this theme is "beauty-styled honor".

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 8th and 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
DanceEvolution difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 302 541 819 1123 - 605 819 1047 -
beatmania IIDX 8th style→9th style - 5 7+ N/A - 6 7+ N/A -
beatmania IIDX 10th style - 5 8 N/A - 6 8 N/A -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED - ↑6 ↑8+ N/A - ↑7 ↑8+ N/A -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present - ↑7 ↑10 12 - ↑8 ↑10 12 -
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS - 5 7+ 7+ - 6 7+ 7+ -
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS 3 7 10 12 - 8 10 12 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST 3 7 10 12 - 8 10 12 -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS - 7 10 12 - 8 10 12 -
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE - 7 10 12 - - - - -

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 160 / 0 228 / 7 345 / 3 446 / 1 356 / 1 / 0 226 / 9 317 / 6 438 / 1 352 / 1 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA 3 5 8 10 9 6 8 10 9
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 3 5 8 ↓9 ↓8 6 8 ↓9 ↑10
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 5 7 11 13 11 7 11 13 11
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP 3 5 8 10 9 6 8 10 9
DanceDanceRevolution FESTIVAL 3 5 8 10 ※9 6 8 10 ※9
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max 3 5 8 10 9 6 8 10 9
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 N/A 5 8 10 N/A 6 8 10 N/A
DanceDanceRevolution Disney Channel EDITION 1 5 8 10 9 6 8 10 9
DanceDanceRevolution S+ 5 7 11 13 - - - - -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 5 7 11 13 11 7 11 13 11

※ These CHALLENGE charts are only playable in the Adrenaline Course in Challenge Mode.

Other charts not shown on the above table:

  • DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX3 / Dancing Stage Unleashed3 Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 79 / 0.

DanceEvolution

Game Level
Light Standard Extreme Master
Dancer デイジー(CLUB)
Choreographer TAIKI
Notecounts 57 93 142 177
DanceMasters / DanceEvolution 5
DanceEvolution ARCADE ↓4

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 84 316 584 -
REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-→VOLZZA 2 4 7 10 -
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