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The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship sees many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan are eligible to enter, no semi-finals are being held, and the finals are being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, has been cancelled.
The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship sees many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan are eligible to enter, no semi-finals are being held, and the finals are being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, has been cancelled.


For the first time, games other than pop'n music will feature female-only divisions: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX.
For the first time, games other than pop'n music will feature female-only divisions: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX. However, jubeat no longer has Team competitions.


= External Links =
= External Links =

Revision as of 21:23, 23 December 2020

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (esports GINZA studio)
  • Final round (GuitarFreaks, ノスタルジア, and jubeat): 02/02/2020 (esports GINZA studio)
  • 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
KKM* CHRS4LFE RIRI-. (solo)
AKINA-02 & IEKEIBOT (pair)
雲風亭まっちゃん皆伝 鬼嫁合衆国環境大臣 CORBY.QS (solo)
☆ゴリあーにゃ★ (team)
TATSU (male)
8322 (female)
MINI hr (Basic)
yukitani (Recital)

The 10th

The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship sees many changes to its format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike other years, only players living in Japan are eligible to enter, no semi-finals are being held, and the finals are being held without an audience at the esports GINZA studio located inside KONAMI's main offices, as JAEPO 2021, its traditional venue, has been cancelled.

For the first time, games other than pop'n music will feature female-only divisions: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX. However, jubeat no longer has Team competitions.

External Links

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