KONAMI Arcade Championship

KONAMI Arcade Championship

The KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC) is an annual competition hosted by KONAMI for some of its games series including the following BEMANI arcade series:

• beatmania IIDX
• DanceDanceRevolution
• GITADORA (GuitarFreaks & DrumMania)
• jubeat
• pop'n music
• REFLEC BEAT (2011-2017)
• SOUND VOLTEX (since 2012)
• DanceEvolution ARCADE (2012-2016)
• BeatStream (2014-2016)
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2 (2014)
• MÚSECA (2015-2017)
• ノスタルジア (since 2018)
• DANCERUSH (since 2019)

The KACs usually have four rounds:

1. Qualifying Round: All players with an e-amusement pass can submit their scores to any of the groups. Only players from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand, along with the United States and Canada (for the DanceDanceRevolution series only) may participate. jubeat also has teams of up to 4 players.
2. Japan Semifinal Round (since The 7th KAC): The 8 top-ranked players or teams from the East and West areas compete separately.
3. Semifinal Round: The 4 top-ranked players or teams from each group compete.
4. Final Round: The 2 top-ranked players or teams compete to be the champion.

KAC2011

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/p/index.html
• Qualifying Round: September 29th - November 6th
• Semifinal Round: November 20th, 23rd, 26th, 27th, December 3rd
• Final Round: December 4th

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT
DOLCE.	BROSONI.	APRICOT	MISTER.S	VE*K.DSN	TATSU	N.E.X.T.

2012

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2012/p/index.html

KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 introduced two new BEMANI series to the competition: DanceEvolution and SOUND VOLTEX, of which the latter would become a KAC staple. Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	DanceEvolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT	SOUND VOLTEX
MADOKA	GAHOU	まろさん	GIL.	NKN-FAL	II-L-Y	TATSU	A.N.C.B	REMILIA

2013

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2013/p/index.html

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	DanceEvolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT	SOUND VOLTEX
DOLCE.	RIN-GO!!	aiすくりぃむ.i	ぴこ	MISTER.S	FEFEMZ*	TATSU	NICHAN.T	XD2.BOT （えつや）

The 4th

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac2014/p/index.html
• Qualifying Round: December 22nd, 2014 - January 19th, 2015
• Final Round: February 14th, 2015

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	BeatStream	DanceDanceRevolution	DanceEvolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT	SOUND VOLTEX	ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
TOKI	PAPPUS	FEFEMZ*	レミー	にるなっつ	B9TRIA.A	A.K.R-Y	TATSU	NICHAN.T	XD2.BOT	ほしケチ

The 5th

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac5th/

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	BeatStream	DanceDanceRevolution	DanceEvolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	MÚSECA	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT	SOUND VOLTEX
DOLCE.	MIZURIN	FEFEMZ*	AMiNa	(´・ω・｀)	TRAINMAN	FALL	CORBY.QS	TATSU (male) 8322 (female)	sir・o・n.	1008.BOT

The 6th

• Website: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac6th/index.html
• Qualifying Round: November 24th, 2016 10:00 (JST)
• Semifinal Round: December 1st, 2016 - January 12th, 2017
• Final Round: February 11th - 12th, 2017

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	MÚSECA	jubeat	pop'n music	REFLEC BEAT	SOUND VOLTEX
LICHT (Single) VIENNA (Double)	CHRS4LFE	にるなっつ	A様	DDX	A.K.R-Y (solo) Giant Chicken Family (team)	TATSU (male) 8322 (female)	A.N.C.B.	GGD

The 7th

• Website: https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac7th/index.html

All games EXCEPT DanceDanceRevolution A:

• Qualifying round 1st Stage: 30/11/2017 - 18/12/2017
• Qualifying round 2nd Stage: 21/12/2017 - 09/01/2018
• Semi-Final round East Japan Area: 27/01/2018
• Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 28/01/2018
• Final round: 10/02/2018 - 11/02/2018

DanceDanceRevolution A:

• Qualifying round Group A: 30/11/2017 - 09/01/2018
• Qualifying round Group B: 21/12/2017 - 09/01/2018
• Semi-Final round East Japan Area: 27/01/2018
• Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 28/01/2018
• Final round: 10/02/2018

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	SOUND VOLTEX	ノスタルジア
U*TAKA	FEFEMZ*	ぎるたん	まーたんとゆっきー	A7STA4A. (solo) ☆ゴリあーにゃ★ (team)	TATSU (male) 10kai (female)	K.FLAT	REMILIA

The 8th

• Website: https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac8th/top/
• Entry: 15/11/2018 - 14/12/2018
• Qualifying round (GITADORA, ノスタルジア and SOUND VOLTEX): 21/11/2018 - 17/12/2018
• Qualifying round (Other games): 29/11/2018 - 17/12/2018
• Semi-Final round East Japan Area: 12/01/2019
• Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 14/01/2019
• Final round: 26/01/2019 - 27/01/2019

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	DANCERUSH	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	SOUND VOLTEX	ノスタルジア
U*TAKA	FEFEMZ	NISHI	(・m・m・m・)	NKN-FAL	S&YSN-Y (solo) ☆ゴリあーにゃ★ (team)	TATSU (male) 8322 (female)	LV.MINI	REMILIA (Basic) yukitani (Recital)

The 9th

• Website: https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac9th/top/
• Entry: 26/11/2019 - 06/01/2020
• Qualifying round: 27/11/2019 - 07/01/2020
• Semi-Final round East Japan Area: 19/01/2020
• Semi-Final round West Japan Area: 26/01/2020
• Final round (DrumMania, pop'n music, and DANCERUSH): 01/02/2020
• Final round (GuitarFreaks, ノスタルジア, and jubeat): 02/02/2020
• Final round (beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution and SOUND VOLTEX): 08/02/2020 (JAEPO 2020)

Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	DANCERUSH	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	pop'n music	SOUND VOLTEX	ノスタルジア
?	?	RIRI-. (solo) AKINA-02 & IEKEIBOT (pair)	?	鬼嫁合衆国環境大臣	? (solo) ? (team)	TATSU (male) 8322 (female)	?	? (Basic) ? (Recital)

External Links

• The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship website

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