Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Watanabe

This page is for Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as QUADRA, DJ FX, or nite system. For the artist of the same name who goes by Cranky, please see Hiroshi Watanabe (Cranky).

Hiroshi Watanabe

Artist Information

• Name: Hiroshi Watanabe (ワタナベヒロシ)
• Website: http://www.hiroshiwatana.be/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/hw_aka_kaito
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kaito
• Bandcamp: https://hiroshiwatanabe.bandcamp.com

Profile

Hiroshi Watanabe was one of the first commission artists in BEMANI, if not the first. From 1998 to 2000, he provided beatmania and its spiritual sequel beatmania IIDX with quite a few songs, making his first BEMANI appearance in beatmania 2ndMIX. Despite his short time period composing beatmania songs, he has quite a few fans. He specializes in techno, minimal, and ambient.

In the earlier years of his career, he was known to compose under a variety of aliases, both in and out of BEMANI. As time passed, he gravitated primarily towards the Kaito alias, occasionally writing works under his own name as well.

Hiroshi appeared with a new song in beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem, his first new song for any BEMANI game in 10 years.

Aliases

• Crunky Boy
• CRUNKY BOY Jr.
• DJ FX
• DJ Mazinger
• nite system
• QUADRA
• DJ ODDBALL

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement
Acid Bomb	DJ FX	beatmania 2ndMIX	HARD TEKNO	✓	✓
Beginning of life	QUADRA	beatmania 2ndMIX	AMBIENT	✓	✓
Deep Clear Eyes	QUADRA	beatmania 2ndMIX	DRUM'N'BASS MIX	-	✓
jam jam reggae (Funky jam Cookie mix)	Crunky Boy	beatmania 2ndMIX	REGGAE FUNKY MIX	-	✓
LOVE SO GROOVY (Nite's After Luv mix)	NITE SYSTEM	beatmania 2ndMIX	HOUSE SPIRITUAL MIX	-	✓
OVERDOSER (DrivingDubMix)	QUADRA	beatmania 2ndMIX	MINIMAL TECHNO MIX	-	✓
Salamander Beat Crush mix	NITE SYSTEM	beatmania 2ndMIX	KONAMIX	-	✓
tokai	performed by co-key	beatmania 2ndMIX	JAPANESE HIPHOP	✓	✓
u gotta groove (TripleMazinDub)	DJ Mazinger	beatmania 2ndMIX	HIP-HOP STREET MIX	-	✓
Attack the music	DJ FX	beatmania 3rdMIX	HARD TECHNO	✓	✓
life goes on	Quadra	beatmania 3rdMIX	AMBIENT	✓	✓
Queen's Jamaica	Crunky Boy feat. Muhammad	beatmania 3rdMIX	REGGAE	✓	✓
s.d.z.	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	beatmania 3rdMIX	HIPHOP	✓	✓
tribe groove	nite system	beatmania 3rdMIX	WORLD GROOVE	✓	✓
DRUNK MONKY	DJ ODDBALL	beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-	MINIMAL	✓	✓
WEIGHTED ACTION	DEEP EMOTION	beatmania 4thMIX -the beat goes on-	HARD HOUSE	✓	✓
Beginning of life (THE GROUND PULSE MIX)	QUADRA / Remixed by QUADRA	beatmania CORE REMIX	TECHNO	-	✓
Deep Clear Eyes ～THE BLEEPING UP MIX～	QUADRA	beatmania CORE REMIX	DRUM'N'BASS MIX	-	✓
diving money	QUADRA	beatmania IIDX	DRUM'N'BASS	✓	✓
g.m.d.	DJ mazinger featuring Muhammad	beatmania IIDX	HIPHOP	-	✓
into the world	QUADRA	beatmania IIDX	WORLD GROOVE	✓	✓
perfect free	nite system	beatmania IIDX	HOUSE	✓	✓
Queen's Jamaica (astria mix)	Crunky Boy featuring Muhammad	beatmania IIDX	REGGAE	-	✓
Special energy	DJ FX	beatmania IIDX	TRANCE TECHNO	✓	✓
Beat Machine	CRUNKY BOY Jr.	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	BIG BEAT	✓	✓
Cold Pulse	Quadra with DJ FX	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	TECHNO	✓	✓
Garden of Love	DJ Mazinger	beatmania IIDX 3rd style	HIP HOP	✓	✓
LIFE SCROLLING	HIROSHI WATANABE	beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem	DETROIT TECHNO	✓	✓

Discography

Albums

• Sketch from a Moment (1997, as QUADRA)
• beatmania HIROSHI WATANABE beat indication (1998)
• Special Life (2002, as Kaito)
• Special Love (2003, as Kaito)
• Hundred Million Light Years (2006, as Kaito)
• Hundred Million Love Years (2006, as Kaito)
• Genesis (2007)
• Life, Love (2008)
• Trust (2009, as Kaito)
• Trust Less (2010, as Kaito)
• Sync Positive (2011)
• Until The End Of Time (2013, as Kaito)
• Less Time Until The End (2014, as Kaito)
• Another Stories (2015, as Kaito)
• Multiverse (2016)
• COMPLETE SELECTION 95-07 (2016, as QUADRA)
• Dear,Mr.HIROSHI WATANABE (2017)
• Trust Another Stories 2 (2017, as Kaito)

EP

• THRESHOULD OF ETERNITY EP (2018)