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== Profile ==
== Profile ==
A long-time sound data analyzer for BEMANI, Jun Wakita's work in BEMANI dates back as far as 1999's [[AC substream|beatmania IIDX substream]] and [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]], as well as various entries in the [[beatmania Information|beatmania / beatmania III]] series. From [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]] through [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]], he was the head/co-head sound director of every pop'n music arcade game. His first song for BEMANI was [[OVER THE CLOUDS]] in [[AC 5th style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]], and he's made at least one appearance in near every beatmania IIDX game since then. He also charted up until [[AC pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER!]] most of the anime covers in the pop'n music series. His wide variety of musical styles has made him quite popular.
A long-time BEMANI composer, Jun Wakita joined KONAMI back in April 1998, when he enrolled in KCE School's newly established Tokyo branch. [http://furimuki.sakura.ne.jp/2/page9810.html#cap2] His first BEMANI project was 1999's [[AC substream|beatmania IIDX substream]] as a notechart designer. He also served as the notechart designer in [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]], as well as various entries in the [[beatmania Information|beatmania / beatmania III]] series. wac's first game as a sound director was the pop'n music spinoff game [[AC pnm Animelo 2|pop'n music アニメロ2号]]. Starting the following year, he became the sound director of the main pop'n music series beginning with [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]], a position he held for 13 years, until the end of [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]]s run. wac continue to be a notechart designer in the series as well, and charted most of the anime covers in the series up to [[AC pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER!]].
 
wac's wide variety of musical styles has made him quite popular in the BEMANI community. He has dabbled in a variety of genres, including piano, folk rock, house, techno, and trance. He even released an album, [[Ongaku (album)|音楽]], in 2012.


wac is currently the sound director of the ノスタルジア series.
wac is currently the sound director of the ノスタルジア series.