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Yoshitaka Nishimura (born February 9th, 1979 in Nagasaki, Kyushu) is a BEMANI artist who made his debut in 2004's [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]], appearing as one of the sound directors in his debut game alongside veteran [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] and [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh | Yoshitaka Nishimura (born February 9th, 1979 in Nagasaki, Kyushu) is a BEMANI artist who made his debut in 2004's [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]], appearing as one of the sound directors in his debut game alongside veteran [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] and [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]]. Yoshitaka was the head beatmania IIDX sound director from [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] through [[AC SIRIUS|SIRIUS]], after which [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]] took over. He's only made three original songs in the series since then. | ||
Shortly after he stepped down as sound director following SIRIUS, Yoshitaka was the director and head sound director for KONAMI's then newest BEMANI series [[REFLEC BEAT]] (which, as of [[REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]], he's also its producer). He composed several songs for both the original game and [[REFLEC BEAT limelight]]. Since then his BEMANI appearances have been rather scarce; most of his appearances in the past few years have been in unlock and cross-game events, or as a vocalist. | Shortly after he stepped down as sound director following SIRIUS, Yoshitaka was the director and head sound director for KONAMI's then newest BEMANI series [[REFLEC BEAT]] (which, as of [[REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]], he's also its producer). He composed several songs for both the original game and [[REFLEC BEAT limelight]]. Since then his BEMANI appearances have been rather scarce; most of his appearances in the past few years have been in unlock and cross-game events, or as a vocalist. | ||
Soundwise, Yoshitaka is a pretty versatile artist, making a lot of trance, house and R&B songs, he's also a very skilled DJ, being versed on scratching and live mixing. He's also keen on pop music, frequently collaborating with artists as [ERi] and [Kanako Watanabe|Kanako Hoshino] and hardcore and drum'n bass. | |||
Since March 16th 2015, he has been promoted to First Production Lead within KONAMI. | Since March 16th 2015, he has been promoted to First Production Lead within KONAMI. | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 29 June 2015
Yoshitaka Nishimura
Artist Information
- Name: Yoshitaka Nishimura (西村 宜隆)
Profile
Yoshitaka Nishimura (born February 9th, 1979 in Nagasaki, Kyushu) is a BEMANI artist who made his debut in 2004's beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED, appearing as one of the sound directors in his debut game alongside veteran dj TAKA and Tatsh. Yoshitaka was the head beatmania IIDX sound director from beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD through SIRIUS, after which L.E.D. took over. He's only made three original songs in the series since then.
Shortly after he stepped down as sound director following SIRIUS, Yoshitaka was the director and head sound director for KONAMI's then newest BEMANI series REFLEC BEAT (which, as of REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!, he's also its producer). He composed several songs for both the original game and REFLEC BEAT limelight. Since then his BEMANI appearances have been rather scarce; most of his appearances in the past few years have been in unlock and cross-game events, or as a vocalist.
Soundwise, Yoshitaka is a pretty versatile artist, making a lot of trance, house and R&B songs, he's also a very skilled DJ, being versed on scratching and live mixing. He's also keen on pop music, frequently collaborating with artists as [ERi] and [Kanako Watanabe|Kanako Hoshino] and hardcore and drum'n bass.
Since March 16th 2015, he has been promoted to First Production Lead within KONAMI.
Yoshitaka is currently the producer for the following BEMANI series: beatmania IIDX, pop'n music, SOUND VOLTEX and BeatStream.
Trivia
- Yoshitaka owns a dark brown chihuahua named Daizu, who appears in the video for タシカナモノ.
- As hinted on the song commentary for Vem brincar, he might be allergic to cats.
- He was found by NAOKI. Incidentally, Yoshitaka was the one who scouted out Kanako Hoshino, who performed on many of his earlier vocal songs and premiered in the very same game he did.
- Yoshitaka, along with L.E.D. in tricoro, currently holds the record for the most number of new songs in a single beatmania IIDX style with 7 each in EMPRESS and SIRIUS.
- Yoshitaka is currently the only member of beatnation Records' first team who does not have a solo album.
- It was speculated that he was going to release an album around early 2013 but it turned out to be a joke.
Aliases
- DJ YOSHITAKA / DJ Yoshitaka
- Lucky Vacuum
- 朱雀 (Suzaku)
- VENUS (with Sota Fujimori)
- Michael a la mode (with his voice pitch changed)
- Humanoid
- つよし (with Yoshihiko Koezuka)
- The Plastic Ambition (with jun)
- Creative Life (with TSU-NA)
- ガキ大将ティーム (collaboration with Akira Yamaoka)
- Caldeira / Galdeira (member of, with TOMOSUKE)
- Spriggan
BEMANI Songs
Discography
Albums
- DEUS (2015, with Sota Fujimori)
EP
- ZEUS (2013, with Sota Fujimori)