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Naoki Maeda (born April 28th in Toyonaka, Osaka) was one of BEMANI's most recognizable artists. Starting off in KONAMI in 1996, two years later Naoki became the sound director of the DanceDanceRevolution arcade series, a position he filled for four years in a row, along with his work on other BEMANI series like ''Dance Maniax'', beatmania IIDX, and pop'n music, among other BEMANI games. He also took on the role of producer of DanceDanceRevolution titles like [[CS DDR MUSIC FIT|MUSIC FIT]], as well as ''DanceEvolution/DanceMasters'' for Xbox 360. | Naoki Maeda (born April 28th in Toyonaka, Osaka) was one of BEMANI's most recognizable artists. Starting off in KONAMI in 1996, two years later Naoki became the sound director of the DanceDanceRevolution arcade series, a position he filled for four years in a row, along with his work on other BEMANI series like ''Dance Maniax'', beatmania IIDX, and pop'n music, among other BEMANI games. He also took on the role of producer of DanceDanceRevolution titles like [[CS DDR MUSIC FIT|MUSIC FIT]], as well as ''DanceEvolution/DanceMasters'' for Xbox 360. | ||
After 17 years of service at the company, Naoki left KONAMI in the beginning of 2013. His last, playable songs for BEMANI before leaving were [[Everything I Need]] and [[You]] for the [[AC DDR 2013|2013 DanceDanceRevolution]] arcade game. As of June 2014, all pictures or videos of him have been removed from BEMANI games. | After 17 years of service at the company, Naoki left KONAMI in the beginning of 2013. His last, playable songs for BEMANI before leaving were [[Everything I Need]] and [[You]] for the [[AC DDR 2013|2013 DanceDanceRevolution]] arcade game. As of June 2014, neatly all pictures or videos of him have been removed from BEMANI games. | ||
Since he left, he was the producer of a music game named ''[http://www.capcom.co.jp/smartphone/crossbeats/ CROSSxBEATS]'', published by CAPCOM. He is looking towards starting work on another music game, according to his Facebook. | Since he left, he was the producer of a music game named ''[http://www.capcom.co.jp/smartphone/crossbeats/ CROSSxBEATS]'', published by CAPCOM. He is looking towards starting work on another music game, according to his Facebook. | ||