Masakazu Kageyama

Masakazu Kageyama

Artist Information

• Name: Masakazu Kageyama
• Birthdate: February 24th, 1988
• Websites: http://mkjpn.com/, http://www.polyphonix.net/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkshadw, https://twitter.com/Polyphonix_
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mkshadw, https://soundcloud.com/polyphonix_music

Profile

Masakazu Kageyama, better known as MK, is a Japanese music producer who mainly focuses on EDM and trance. Appearing on Netherland's top dance label Armada Music after winning a remix competition for the American producer BT, Masakazu usually contributes for EXIT TUNES, mainly collaborating with Yusuke Seo, and also produces songs alongside his long-time friend Hommarju. Masakazu's recent vocal songs almost always exclusively features Kanae Asaba; he mostly appears on doujin labels such as Diverse System, wavforme, and SKETCH UP! Recordings.

Masakazu is one of two artists behind the Polyphonix unit (who is more active there), the other being nana(Sevencolors). Both run the ADSRecordings doujin label which is geared toward EDM and dance music. Since 2018, he has also been producing under the Shadw alias for more overseas-oriented projects, including a single released under Hardwell's Revealed Rec label.

Trivia

• Masakazu has also contributed to Rayark's Cytus II, SEGA's CHUNITHM and maimai でらっくす, and PeroPeroGames' Muse Dash music games.

Aliases

• MK
• EastNewSound (member of, as きりん)
• Polyphonix (member of, with nana)

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement
do the thing feat. Kanae Asaba	MK	beatmania IIDX 23 copula	EDM	✓	✓
elemental bender feat. Kanae Asaba	MK	beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ	EDM	✓	✓
Get Up! feat. Kanae Asaba	MK	beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS	TROPICAL HOUSE	✓	✓
VIBRΛ	Nhato Vs. MK	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE	EMO STEP	✓	✓
Brave Spirits	MK	beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour	MELODIC RIDDIM	✓	✓
Get set, Go! feat.Kanae Asaba	MK	beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour	FUTURE BOUNCE	✓	✓
Dreaming Dream	MK feat. 紫咲ほたる	beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT	DANCE POP	✓	✓
STAR BEAT	MK	beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT	COLOUR BASS	✓	✓
TwinklePeace	メイたん（CV：渕上舞）	BeatStream	-	-	✓
Hello World	MK	DANCE aROUND	-	✓	✓
The Night Away (MK Remix)	Starving Trancer feat. Mayumi Morinaga	DanceDanceRevolution (2014)	-	-	✓
Come Back To Me	MK&Kanae Asaba	DanceDanceRevolution A20 PLUS	-	✓	✓
Act Now!	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Afterhours	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
C'mon baby	Polyphonix	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Do It!	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Don't Be Afraid	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
HighBALL	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Fire Spirit	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Pandora's Box	MK	DANCERUSH STARDOM	-	✓	✓
Rise From The Ashes	Another Infinity vs MK feat. Mayumi Morinaga	jubeat plus	-	✓	✓
Lemures Prelude	EastNewSound	SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-	-	-	✓
Locus of Control	EastNewSound feat. 3L from NJK Record	SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS	-	-	✓
QUAKE	Polyphonix	SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN	-	✓	✓

Discography

Albums

• A [Are you ready?] (2014, as Polyphonix)
• B [Blossom] (2015, as Polyphonix)
• O [Obelisk] (2015, as Polyphonix)
• R [Rain] (2016, as Polyphonix)
• VOCALOEDM Works (2016, as Polyphonix)
• V [Voltage] (2017, as Polyphonix)
• C [Cosmos] (2017, as Polyphonix)
• Polyphonix Complete Best (2017, as Polyphonix)
• LUMINA (2018, with Kanae Asaba)
• N [Next] (2018, as Polyphonix)
• Kiss The Sky (2018, with Kanae Asaba)
• G [Grasshopper] (2018, as Polyphonix)
• Stardust (2023, with Kanae Asaba)

EP

• Hommarju & MK EP (2015, with Hommarju)
• Hommarju & MK on CD (2016, with Hommarju)
• Hommarju & MK 2 (2016, with Hommarju)
• Floating Gate EP (2018)

Singles

• Seaside (2018)
• Final Attack (2018)
• Action (2018)
• Back (2018)
• Mr.Vain (2018, with DJ TORA and Kanae Asaba)
• Deep Moment (2019)
• Intersection (2019)
• TOKYO RAVE (2019, with DJ TORA)
• Over Again (2019)
• Keep On Rockin' (2019, with DJ Shindy)
• Summer Is Calling (2019, with Kanae Asaba)
• Artemis (2019)