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
• Final Round: November 20th, 23rd, 26th, 27th, December 3rd
• Award ceremony: December 4th

The first installment will have 12 games in total, including seven BEMANI titles. Each participant participated in one of five regions, namely Hokkaido/Tohoku region, Kanto region, Chubu region, Kansai/Chugoku region, and Shikoku/Kyushu/Okinawa region, based on the participant's prefecture he/she resides on. For the sake of convenience, information for only BEMANI divisions are reflected in this article.

The Qualifying rounds as split into two parts that held on two periods: September 29th - October 23rd for the first part, and October 26th - November 6th for the second part. Each part will have three songs with an assigned difficulty for each respective song, with some modifier restrictions (such as no using AUTO modifiers and required clearing). The first part will qualify 100 players per region who will advance to the second part. The second part will qualify only the top four players per region (eight in REFLEC BEAT, 12 in jubeat) to the Final round.

The Final Round was split into two parts as well: regional finals and national finals. In the regional finals, players compete in a series of songs and the player with the highest score will move on to the national finals. The five finalists advancing to the national finals compete via the same rules with each finalist having a song of their choice, and the finalist with the highest score after the round was named the champion for the division.

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.

KAC Asia

• Website: http://konami-korea.kr/arcade/kac2011/ (Korean); http://konami-asia.com/am/game/kaca/2011/ (English)
• Qualifying Round: November 25th - December 18th, 2011
• Semifinal Round: December 7th - 28th, 2011
• Final Round: January 14th - 15th, 2012

Another tournament for players in Korea, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore. Summary to be updated.

The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:

Participating Games
beatmania IIDX	DanceDanceRevolution	GuitarFreaks	DrumMania	jubeat	REFLEC BEAT
ROCK*	513	LOKI.LEN	unknown	SI-OT	AB.C-D^^

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

The naming scheme has been changed from year to ordinal, because the schedule did not end within the single year. 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 (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

• Website: https://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac/kac10th/pre/index.html
• Qualifying Round: December 23rd, 2020 10:00 (JST)
• Final Round (Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, jubeat, DanceDanceRevolution, and SOUND VOLTEX): 7/17/2021
• Final Round (ノスタルジア, DANCERUSH, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX): 7/18/2021

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.

While the Final Round was originally stated to be held on March 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th, 2021, it was later announced to be postponed. The current final round dates were announced on June 3rd, 2021 [1], however, on July 12th, 2021 they were postponed again. The new dates have yet to be announced.

External Links

• The 10th KONAMI Arcade Championship website

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