KOUYOU

KOUYOU

Song Information

KOUYOU's pop'n music banner.

KOUYOU's jacket.

Artist: youhei
Composition/Arrangement: youhei
BPM: 118
Length: 1:24 (beatmania, pop'n music), 1:53 (ノスタルジア)
Genre: J-SOUL (J-ソウル)
pop'n music Character: SHOLLKEE [12]
pop'n CG design: shio
Movie: M.E.G.
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania CORE REMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX
• pop'n music 12 いろは
• ノスタルジア FORTE

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The ノスタルジア series uses an extended version of KOUYOU, featuring additional piano arrangement by Jun Wakita.

Trivia

• "Kouyou" (紅葉) is Japanese for "fall foliage".
  • KOUYOU's beatmania CORE REMIX movie and pop'n music background depict fall foliage.
• KOUYOU is the only song that can only be played at FINAL STAGE in beatmania CORE REMIX.
• KOUYOU is one of the crossovers part of pop'n music 12 いろは's pop'n hiden ninpouchou (ポップン秘伝忍法帖) event. It could be unlocked through the AKI (秋) scroll from March 2nd to April 13th, 2005.
• KOUYOU's pop'n music banner is written with the same font as the early beatmania games' song title fonts.
• KOUYOU was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
  • It returned to the BEMANI category in pop'n music éclale.
• KOUYOU is the 1st stage unlock of ノスタルジア FORTE's Kouyou mau ensoukai (紅葉舞う演奏会). It could be unlocked from October 19th to November 5th, 2017.
  • In ノスタルジア Op.2, it can be unlocked from February 7th, 2019 as part of the Kaidan (階段) unlocking system.
  • In ノスタルジア Op.3, it can be unlocked from June 11th, 2020 from the ノスタルジアFORTE&Op.2 イベント section at the Episode selection screen.
• KOUYOU's actual BPM is 118.5.

Music Comment

pop'n music

The Autumn of Japan. The Autumn of the fall foliage.

ノスタルジア

Delivered from "beatmania". The Autumn of Japan. The Autumn of the fall foliage.

Song Production Information

beatmania

5 or 6 years ago I made a ton of flute songs. This was one of them.
When I made the song, I imagined a landscape of open fields and crimson mountain ranges surrounded by falling leaves, which simply moved me.
How did the imagery come across to you?

pop'n music

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Not every song that appears on the final stage has a high difficulty level...
This movie is filled to the brim with the staff's emotions, and in a way is experimental and exciting.

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB, Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	116	127	-	142	156	-
beatmania CORE REMIX	1	1	-	1	1	-
beatmania THE FINAL	1	1	-	1	1	-
beatmania III APPEND CORE REMIX→THE FINAL	1	1	-	1	1	-
beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX	1	1	-	1	1	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	125	127	314	460	124	337
pop'n music 12 いろは→17 THE MOVIE	5	8	18	28	5	13
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→20 fantasia	5	8	18	↓27	5	13
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	14	24	33	5	13
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	5	8	18	28	5	13
pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS	5	8	18	28	5	13

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	219	390	626	-
ノスタルジア FORTE→Present	3	6	9	-
コナステ ノスタルジア	3	6	9	-