Hiroshi Takeyasu

Hiroshi Takeyasu

Hiroshi Takeyasu

Artist Information

• Name: Hiroshi Takeyasu (竹安弘)

Profile

Hiroshi Takeyasu (born July 9th, 1966) is one of the earliest BEMANI artists, working in the original beatmania along with Reo Nagumo and Tomomi Ohta. Hiroshi is credited for giving the idea of a DJ/club theme for beatmania upon hearing Kiyoshi Mizuki's original idea for the game, and pushed for electronic/club music to be featured on it. He was then a big contributor to pop'n music, and was the sound director of the first four arcade games.

In 2000 Hiroshi left the pop'n music team to work as the chief music producer of ParaParaParadise, then a sound supervisor in beatmania IIDX for beatmania IIDX 4th style, 5th style and beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution, and then as the music producer of DDRMAX2 and DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME. He returned to the pop'n music team again in 2003, where he stayed until his eventual departure from the series altogether.

Hiroshi stopped contributing music to BEMANI for over a decade after pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, though he continued to work on BEMANI albums as an A&R director until at least 2012. In the late 2010's he briefly wrote new music for beatmania IIDX and pop'n music.

Hiroshi Takeyasu left KONAMI sometime between 2020 and 2024, as he can be seen on a non-KONAMI album under the .THi alias [1].

Trivia

• Prior to working on beatmania, Hiroshi Takeyasu composed music for some of KONAMI's arcade and NES games, his work dating as far back with the company as the mid-1980's.

Aliases

• HIRO
• aprésmidi (with Sanae Shintani)
• The Ebisu Sisters (with Sanae Shintani and Hiroyuki Togo)
• POST MODERN
• LOVEMINTS
• MIRAK
• SPIRITUAL RIDE
• THE BALD HEADS
• The Dust Fathers
• prophet-31
• avant-midi

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement
2 gorgeous 4U	prophet-31	beatmania	BREAK-BTS	✓	✓
greed eater	The Dust Fathers	beatmania	BREAK-BTS	✓	✓
LOVE SO GROOVY (7inch version)	LOVEMINTS	beatmania	SOUL	✓	✓
LOVE SO GROOVY (12inch version)	LOVEMINTS	beatmania	SOUL	✓	✓
OVERDOSER(romo mix)	MIRAK	beatmania	TECHNO	✓	✓
OVERDOSER (ambient mix)	MIRAK	beatmania	TECHNO	✓	✓
Ska a gogo	THE BALD HEADS	beatmania 2ndMIX	SKA	✓	✓
perfect sunrise	MIRAK feat. Brian Smith	beatmania THE FINAL	PSYCHEDELIC	✓	✓
Prince on a star	SPIRITUAL RIDE	beatmania IIDX	ALTERNATIVE ROCK	✓	✓
Silhoette of My Mind	ReR	beatmania IIDX 6th style	GOTH	✓	✓
Let the Snow Paint Me	Sana	beatmania IIDX 7th style	AMBIENT POP	✓	✓
Horizons of Promise	BEMANI Sound Team "SPIRITUAL RIDE"	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE	ALTANATIVE ROCK	✓	✓
Moonlight Prayer	Sana	ee'MALL	BEAT PUNK	✓	✓
CRISIS OF LOVE	T.R.S.R feat. MIHO-F	KEYBOARDMANIA	Hi Energy	✓	✓
SNOW AFTERNOON	UNIVERS 6	KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX	EZ Listenin'	✓	✓
what i want	THE RICHIE SISTERS	pop'n music	DISCO QUEEN	✓	✓
すれちがう二人	aprésmidi	pop'n music	BONUS TRACK	✓	✓
The theme of GAMBLER Z	words:RYO  song:NARAMCHA	pop'n music	ANIME HERO	✓	-
Cherry&Raquel	The Ebisu Singers	pop'n music 2	LOUNGE	✓	✓
what i want (EURO MIX)	T.R.S	pop'n music 2	EURO QUEEN	-	✓
光の季節	ANNA	pop'n music 2	MELLOW	-	✓
お江戸花吹雪	高田香里	pop'n music 2	ENKA	✓	-
Take me to...	Sana	pop'n music 3	G-POP	✓	✓
8月のサヨナラ	aprésmidi	pop'n music 3	LOVELY	✓	✓
Girls Riot	Political Trees	pop'n music 4	BRIT POP	✓	✓
Nanja-Nai	NAO with K   Lyric by 所ジョージ	pop'n music 4	KAYOU HOUSE	✓	✓
une fille dans la pluie	Fabienne Haber	pop'n music 5	FRENCH POP	✓	✓
une fille dans la pluie(日本語版)	新谷さなえ	pop'n music 5	FRENCH POP J	-	✓
GET THE CHANCE！	MEGU & SEVEN WINDS	pop'n music 7	CHEER GIRL	✓	✓
Passacaglia	POST MODERN	pop'n music 7	RETRO FUTURE	✓	✓
une lettle de mon copain	aprésmidi	pop'n music 8	SUBURBIA	✓	✓
タッチ	新谷さなえ	pop'n music 8	TOUCH	-	✓
une fille dans la pluie	新谷さなえ	pop'n music 9	FRENCH POP J LONG	-	✓
光の季節	新谷さなえ	pop'n music 9	MELLOW REMIX	-	✓
想い出の巴里祭	ソワレ	pop'n music 10	CHANSON	✓	✓
サンクトペテルブルクへ	VICTORIYA	pop'n music 11	RUSSIAN POP	✓	✓
1クールの男	マキ	pop'n music 12 いろは	DYNAMITE SOUL	✓	✓
Prince on a Star	日野友香	pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE	ALTERNATIVE ROCK	-	✓
Les Jouets Sonore	avant-midi	pop'n music peace	-	✓	✓
さよならのうた	aprésmidi	pop'n music peace	-	✓	-