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Tomoko Shiono

Staff Information

Name: Tomoko Shiono (塩野友子)
X: https://x.com/_shio_nin_
Position:
- beatmania: CG designer/movie artist, beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down-→beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE
- beatmania IIDX: CG designer, beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→16 EMPRESS, beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
- pop'n music: CG designer, pop'n music 2, pop'n music 5→pop'n music Sunny Park
- SOUND VOLTEX: CG designer, SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH→SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN

Profile

One of the earliest and most influential artists in all of pop'n music, Tomoko Shiono was around at the series' beginning, where she started out doing design work/sketches of the characters, and moved up to became an artist for pop'n music 2. Afterwards Tomoko worked on beatmania as a graphic designer. In early 2000 she returned to pop'n music again in pop'n music 5, where she remained a constant contributor for the next 14 years. At her peak Tomoko did as many as half to two-thirds of the character designs per pop'n music game. She remained part of the pop'n music staff through pop'n music Sunny Park. Afterwards, she joined the SOUND VOLTEX team, illustrating many jackets in the early games of the series.

Tomoko also did done videos for beatmania IIDX on and off beginning in 8th style, mostly for wac, all of them except Votum stellarum and 凛として咲く花のごとく thanking her under various aliases. She also did a few videos for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series as well.

Tomoko left KONAMI in 2019, with her last known appearance in BEMANI doing the overlays of ナイトシティー・アヴァンチュール in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS.

Trivia

While Tomoko has never revealed herself in pictures on any official pop'n music websites, caricatures of her (including those done by herself) consistently have her depicted as having short, black hair and wearing glasses.
- She also commonly depicts herself as a small green frog, something she has done ever since she started working on pop'n music. Her pseudonym "kaeru" in beatmania / beatmania IIDX is a reference to this, as it means "frog" in Japanese.
Tomoko at one point lived in Paris, as noted in the staff comments for ムーンライト伝説.
According to a pop'n music 11 Q&A (archive), the reason some artists for covers in pop'n music are only credited to ♪♪♪♪♪ is due to the cover artists themselves requesting their names not be revealed, noting they're shy.
- She also mentions the music notes are there instead of nothing because she wanted to have something there.
Tomoko did the cover art for Sana's album, Sana-molle Collection.
Tomoko has designed characters for KONAMI's card game O'REN Battle Meme Chronicle, produced by former fellow designer Eiri Mikoshiba [1]. It marks her first work for KONAMI since she left the company.

Aliases

shio / シオ
kaeru
NaCl

Credited Works

GRAFICA

博麗霊夢＆霧雨魔理沙

Jacket Illustrations

3y3s (JMBS FUNKOT RMX)
BabeL 〜Next Story〜 (with 菌類)
bass 2 bass (Tracy vs. Astronomical Remix)
Black Emperor
BLACK or WHITE?
Booths of Fighters
caramel ribbon (INFINITE, with MoToKo)
CURUS (ポップンリズミン jacket)
FIRE FIREは電気スウィングの夢を見るか？
Frantic Wolf
eastward -sdvx edit-
gigadelic(m3rkAb4# R3m!x)
Harpuia
Habibe (Antuh muhleke)
HYENA (with aonisai)
L4TS
Last Battalion
LittleGameStar
Little Rock Overture
macaron
Mind Mapping(ag Remix)
Monkey Business (lapix Remix)
neu
odds and ends
Pure Evil -Aya2g Drm'n Tech Rmx-
Quaint Echo (with SOUND VOLTEX Designers)
Second Heaven GravityPfArrange
Sephirot
Start a New Day
StrayedCatz
SUPER HERO
The Sampling Paradise (N-Driver Style)
The world of sound (INFINITE, with square_head)
Time to Air -Fly High Remix-
Voynich:Manuscript
uən
Unlimited Field
Wish upon Twin Stars
超爽快☆パッショネイト・フィーバー
不思議玩具ガンガラディンドン
カレクレンマ
黒髪乱れし修羅となりて
狂騒こども節
冥 Rockin' SWING REMIX (INFINITE, with NAGI)
流れ星と君の歌
御千手メディテーション
凛として咲く花の如くスプーキィテルミィンミックス (INFINITE)
シュレーディンガーの猫
鳥と桜と嘴と
憂恋☆アクティベーション
ワヴル魔法図書館
やばいつよくてあたまいいあたいのうた

Overlays

pop'n music Characters

pop'n music 2

pop'n music 12 いろは

Unless otherwise specified, all of shio's CG design in pop'n music 12 are character designs only.

Hipopo&Tamayo - エイプリルフールの唄
Justice★ - Looking for... (all animations)
MAGOJIROU - 進め！爺ちゃん！
Mamoru-kun - ふたりのマニフェスト
MEBAE - La Pêche du Pierrot (all animations)
MILK - こたつとみかん (all animations)
Mimi - default outfit, plus the following:
- デリケートに好きして
- 世にも奇妙な物語メインタイトル
- 残酷な天使のテーゼ (add. retouching)
- バブルバスガール
NICE GUY - ONSEN SONG remixed
Nyami - default outfit, plus the following:
PAL - Far e@st network (all animations)
PATTY - Just you wait！
SARASA - 白いとび羽根 (all animations)
SAUGA MOGAMI - 涙雨物語 (all animations)
SHOLLKEE - KOUYOU (all animations)
Shinobi Anko (シノビアンコ) - 忍びアン子は恋の呪文 (all animations)
USAO-kun - Klungkung 1655 (all animations)
YODO-DOZEN - お豆の哀歌 (all animations)
YON - 夢見る少女

pop'n music 13 カーニバル

Abraham - GADARINA
Albireo - 白い森の伝説
Anna - Ferris wheel
Boxies - Opportunity
Diana - アジサイの花
EN MOEYO / TEN UCHO - Majestic Fire
JUDY - Spring Comes Around
Knight / Night - Sanctum Crusade
Mimi:
- BAROQUE HOEDOWN (costume only)
- ポップンカーニバルマーチ (1P)
NAKAJI - ポップミュージック論
Nyami - ポップンカーニバルマーチ (2P)
PMGTV-RZX - Violently Car
REIKO HINOMOTO - ランブルメドレー
RIE♥chan - 空への扉
Roki - Dar[k]wish
SANAE♥chan - パレード
Shouzhizi (手紙子) - 桃源絵巻
TO-NO - 文明開化
UNCLE Jam - キングモンキー
White-Merry - MILK・CROWN

pop'n music 14 FEVER!

April - CODENAME:APRIL
Betty - BABY P
BREMENS - セレクトショップに横たわるネコ
Brown - Gradation
CREAMY - !いつか王子さまがぁ！
echidna - Psyche Planet-V
FEVER ROBO - 踊るフィーバーロボ
Fever senshi pop'n 14 (フィーバー戦士ポップン14):
- フィーバー戦士ポップン14のテーマ (1P)
- わたしのフォーティーン（フィーバー戦士ポップン14 EDテーマ） (2P)
Honey - 魅せられて～エーゲ海のテーマ
Mimi:
DA DA DA DANCING!! (2P)
スーパーマリオブラザーズBGMメドレー
Nikolaschka - Deep Magenta
Nyami - DA DA DA DANCING!! (1P)
photon - ヴォイス
Shamshir - シャムシールの舞
TSUKUBA / AKIBA - 電気ダンス
UNO - hora de verdad
Wang-Tang - 個胃X光

pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE

pop'n music 16 PARTY♪

Anne - Magical 4
DTO - 無限軌道ゲームミックス (new color and animations)
edda - chilblain
fili - NORTH (new color and animations)
HOUSE girl - 20,november
KARLI - マハラディーン
MOMOKO★SAN - @n H@ppy Choice
NANASHI - 繚乱ヒットチャート
OTOKO-MAN - 愛車はタワシで洗ってる!?
pop'n dream - Have a good dream.
RIE♥chan - Little Rock Overture
risette - パラソル
SANAE♥chan - タンバリンビーツ
SMOKE - Ergosphere
Taako - こなもん屋人情歌
TAMAKI - たまゆら (original design by K-GO)
TENT-KANT - シュレーディンガーの猫

pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE

pop'n music portable

ookami-boy - Little prayer

pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝

Alt - 隅田川夏恋歌 (new color)
BENI - 麗破唖甦～rebirth～
DAI - Ignited Night
Getsufuma (月風魔) - 月風魔伝
HITORI - 序
Kicoro - Liebe～望郷～
LuLu - Blow Me Up
MAKOTO - Let it go
MASAMUNE - 辞世テンプレート
m.c.H.T - 三日天下モンキー
Mimi / Nyami - 西軍||∴⊂SEKIGAHARA⊃∴||東軍 (1P and 2P respectively)
Mimi&Nyami - すわひでおのゴロゴロ年号覚え唄決定版
MZD (new color) - GOLD RUSH （pop'n GOLD MOUNTAIN rush）
N.NAGA - NOBUNAGA
R.Q - Afternoon tea dream
Ralph Belmondo - trezire de spirit
SANAE♥chan - ボクをさがしに
Scarecrows - IKKI! Explosion
SHISHITUGU - 風林火山
SUZUHIME - 黒髪乱れし修羅となりて
Tanuchiyo (たぬちよ) - AKATSUKI
TRAN (new color) - starmine -swallowtail mix-
TSUYOSHI - 心のコラージュ
YAYAKO - O・KU・NI

pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET

Agent - 薔薇は永遠に美しく
Alt 2.0 - Linear Locomotive Love
BIT - 断罪プラズマ (character design only)
Kapooon - クライマックス銭湯
KENJI - 面影橋
Kobouzo - 神曲
MOMOKO★SAN - Music-U
NERO - The Sky of Sadness
Nyami - 探検ノート (in TUNE STREET, 1P fantasia onwards)
- Mimi (2P from fantasia onwards)
Roki - Princess Roki
smooooch - smooooch・∀・ (porting, new LOSE animation)
Ted=Pete - UPBEAT
Torte&Parfait:
- 夢について　TYPE A (2P)
- 夢について　TYPE C (1P)
the GARDEN - BabeL ～roof garden～
the TOWER:
- BabeL ～Grand Story～ (1P)
- BabeL ～Next Story～ (2P)
TSURARA - ふゆこい
ZOOZO - The Zoo Zone

pop'n music portable 2

PARABO - μ9

pop'n music 20 fantasia

BOUNTY - ノー! ノー! Way
FRESHMAN - 青春の扉
hina - ひみつの言葉 (with mayo)
Lord Meh - Eine Haube ～聖地の果てにあるもの～
MANA - MANA
Mimi Nyami - そして世界は音楽に満ちた
mimi nyami sei-jin - HEAT-BIT-HIT-BEAT
Mr.KK - life goes on
Ninjin (にんじん) - いきもの失格
nonet - Like a pop'n music
Raizou (雷蔵) - 疾風 (clean-up/porting)
Reo☆kun - ゼロ・グラビティ
Root@Choudou-ken (ルート@超ドー研) - 恋はどう？モロ◎波動OK☆方程式！！
Sattan (さったん) - 魔界！痛快！ヘルダンス
Sherry - Broadway Diva
Tenko - 情操ディストピア
Tete&Toto - 時を止める魔女

pop'n music Sunny Park

Anne - Les Vague
BOUNTY - LOL！
copel - 屋根裏ポスト
cup-kun - coffee break
HIUMI - snow prism
Ibuki Izumi (和泉一舞):
- カタルシスの月 (1P)
- イブの時代っ！ (1P)
Koumori otoko (こうもりおとこ) - 鳥無き島にて
MZD - IX
OTOBEAR:
- Concertino in Blue (2P)
- 紅蓮の焔 (3P)
RIE♥chan:
- WORLD COLOR (1P)
- 7 Colors (1P)
Roly-Pony - spring pony
Ryan - 野獣ワイルド
TengTeng - 悠久神話録-遥かなる山脈に流れる大河の畔にて-
VENUS:
- Brand New World (1P)
- Chu☆Chu☆Tonight (1P)
- Far Away (1P)
- Squeeze (2P)
- Survival Games (1P)
- Wow Wow VENUS (1P)

pop'n music ラピストリア

Albireo - 時空学者とブルーメン
ECLIPSE - Metamorphose
HIUMI - illumina
Jadeite - QuoN (FEVER animations)
Nicolas - 風のささやき
Roku (六) - 火風陸空

Videos

beatmania

beatmania 5thMIX

beatmania ClubMIX

beatmania IIDX

Apocalypse ～dirge of swans～
moon_child (with F-FLY)
murmur twins
oratio
op.31 叙情
Second Style(Hip Hop Paradise) (additional help)
The end of my spiritually
Votum stellarum

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

ひなビタ♪

乙女繚乱舞い咲き誇れ (with 岸華, もとこ, 菌類)

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 Tomoko also did done videos for beatmania IIDX on and off beginning in [[AC 8th style|8th style]], mostly for [[Jun Wakita|wac]], all of them except [[Votum stellarum]] and [[Rin to shite saku hana no gotoku|凛として咲く花のごとく]] thanking her under various aliases. She also did a few videos for the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series as well.
-Tomoko left KONAMI in late 2017/early 2018, with her last known appearance in BEMANI doing the overlays of [[Night city aventure|ナイトシティー・アヴァンチュール]] in [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]].
+Tomoko left KONAMI in 2019, with her last known appearance in BEMANI doing the overlays of [[Night city aventure|ナイトシティー・アヴァンチュール]] in [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]].
 == Trivia ==

Tomoko Shiono: Difference between revisions