Tomoko Shiono
Tomoko Shiono
Staff Information
- Name: Tomoko Shiono (塩野友子)
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomoko.shiono.5
- Twitter: https://twitter.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 late 2017/early 2018, 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
pop'n CG designs
pop'n music 2
- Karli - すてきなタブーラ
- Reo☆kun - Cherry&Raquel
- Sugi☆kun - (fly higher than)the stars
- Timer - ROSE~恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ
- Yuli - WHITE BIRDS
pop'n music 5
- BELLE - une fille dans la pluie
- Grappa - Ti voglio bene ancora
- José - クチビル
- Mary
- Mr.KK - 西新宿清掃曲
- MZD, all three variations (with p-cat):
- OLIVIA - In a Grow
- Reo☆kun - fly higher(than the stars) 2 STEP mix
- PIERRE&JILL - 天麩羅兄弟
- RIE♥chan - Homesick Pt.2&3
- Sugi☆kun - BICYCLE
- TAMAKO - ウルトラハイヒール~I JUST WANNA TELL YOU
- the KING
- WACKY - Shock of Love
pop'n music 6
- DiNO - マシュマロ・マーチ (with Piu:KOHA)
- Green - Lucifer
- Higurashi - 2nd ADVENTURE
- Hone - Ska Ska No.3 (with tera)
- Jessica - Gotta Get My Groove On
- KIKA - micro dream
- Mary
- May - Midnight Yoghurt(女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦)
- MEBAE - 電波の暮らし
- Mimi - default outfit, plus the following licenses:
- Nyami - default outfit, plus the following licenses:
- OTOKO-MAN - H@ppy Choice
- Pop'n All? Stars - ポップン音頭
- Roku (六) - 大見解
- rolly - Over the hill
- Sir Conga:
- EL DIA FELIZ (1P)
- Wall Street down-sizer (2P)
- Timer - 走りぬける君へ、Hurry up!
- TRAN - Foundation of our love (with tera)
- W.B.ROSE - Spell on me ~魅惑の呪文
- Yard the 6th - Bubble Bagpipe Hour
- YUN - 작은 행복
pop'n music 7
- Cyber - CHICKEN CHASER
- JUDY - 純愛サレンダー
- Kagome - platonic love
- Mac - Tropical Pallete (with shiro)
- Mary
- Mimi - default outfit, plus the following licenses:
- BITTER SWEET SAMBA - with Nyami as DJ Mimi Nyami
- 宇宙戦艦ヤマト
- ウルトラセブンの歌
- Murasaki - 林檎と蜂蜜
- NANCY - GET THE CHANCE! (with Piu:KOHA)
- Nina - Betty Boo
- Nyami - default outfit, plus the following licenses:
- BITTER SWEET SAMBA - with Mimi as DJ Mimi Nyami
- PROJECT A PROCEEDS
- 薔薇は美しく散る
- ラムのラブソング
- Peetan - フリーパス
- PePe - GLORIA
- Poet - HAPPY MUSIC
- pretty - スウィーツ
- Prince M - スペースキッス
- Rave girl - Ending theme of pop'n music 6
- RIE♥chan - Dimanche
- risette - カモミール・バスルーム
- SANAE♥chan - White Lovers
- Sanday - ディスコタイフーン
- Sebas★chan - EXCALIBUR
- shalah - Denpasar
- Yang-Yang - 加油!元気猿!
- YOSHIO - SA-DA-ME
- Yunta - 夜間行
- Zizz - 電気人形
pop'n music 8
- AYA - Lover's High (new animations)
- hina - 777
- Honey - HONEY-BEE
- John.A.Chopper - 恋のキャッチボール
- JUDY - STARS☆☆☆ (new sprite, introduced in pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS)
- July - Feux d'artifica
- KINOKO BOY - 321 STARS
- MILK - ♥LOVE² シュガ→♥
- Mimi - default outfit, plus the following:
- MOMOKO★SAN - 会社はワタシで廻ってる!?
- Nyami - default outfit, plus the following:
- 100sec. Kitchen Battle!! (2P)
- THUNDER BIRDS (with shiro)
- ヒーロー ~HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO~
- 渡る世間は鬼ばかり オープニングテーマ
- Oshare Zukin (おしゃれずきん) - CANDY♥
- PAPYRUS - 永遠という名の媚薬
- PIERRE&JILL - RADICAL RAGTIME TOUR
- Raibu (雷舞) - 夢有
- REALLY - L.A.N.
- RIE♥chan - マリンドライブ
- risette - Tangeline
- SAPPHIRE - Over the night
- Shinobian aka / Shinobian ao (シノビアン赤 / シノビアン青) - ニンジャヒーローシノビアン
- shiroro - Linus
- UNO - Miracle 4
- ν・μ - Marigold
- Yuli - Late Riser
pop'n music 9
- Alt - コンピューターおばあちゃん
- BELLE - COQUETTE
- Ema - コヨーテの行方(ゆくえ)
- Hone nyami - ホネホネロック
- Ivan - ロシアのおみやげ
- Jeff - 2tone
- JUDY - North Wind
- Kagetora - 雪の華
- kurumi - ラブラブギウギ♥
- Mary - 掌の革命
- MeMe - Requiem (with ちょび。)
- Mimi
- MZD's recolors/animations for:
- Nina - ヨコシマ・カラー・ベイビー
- Nyami
- Poet - Filament Circus
- POPPERS - I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU
- Rave girl - CAT'S EYE
- RIE♥chan - GOODBYE CHOCOLATE KISS
- Roku (六) - 男々道
- SANAE♥chan - Secret tale
- Silvia - 森の鼓動
- SOUJI / SEIJI - デパ地下のお話
- Zizz - 禁じられた契約
pop'n music 10
- AFRO - DDR MEGAMIX - WIN/FEVER WIN/LOSE animations only.
- Bianca - CUT OFF A CORNER
- Count.Ten - Holy Forest (with KAKKI)
- FOXY - 青春スタイル in 2003 (with ミコシバ)
- HAMANOV - スウィーツ~instrumental (with ろちひ)
- Honey - 思い出の巴里祭
- HOT.D - Blaster (with ちひ and ろちひ)
- ikkei - 明鏡止水
- JUNE - キューティーハニー
- Kirico - 絡繰男爵奇譚
- Mimi - default outfit, plus the following:
- "Princess Piccolo" (1P)
- きてよパーマン (with kakki)
- おしえて
- パタパタママ (with ちひる)
- MOMOKO★1993 - Go Easy!!
- Mr.AOKI - STATION
- Mr.KK - Missing Cat
- murmur twins - murmur twins(guitar pop ver.)
- MZD - Votum stellarum
- Nyami - default outfit, plus the following:
- OTOKO-MAN - 炎のキン肉マン
- PolePole - ポレポレの雨乞いの唄
- Sanday - 魔法的新定義
- Shishamo (ししゃも) - Ping×Pong×Dash (with ちひゃも)
- stella - SCI-FI
- Suwapunch (すわぱんち) - ヒデオ体操第一 - banner only.
- UNCLE Jam - SUMMER TIME
- WAKABA - STEREO TOKYO
- YOSHIO - ガッチャマンの歌
pop'n music 11
- DJ RAIJIN - 烏 (with KAKKI)
- EKATERINA - サンクトペテルブルクへ (with VJ GYO)
- JUDY - frost (with ちひディ)
- Kabab - YOLCU MUSTAFA
- Mimi - default outfit, plus the following:
- アンパンマンのマーチ (with KAKKI)
- ムーンライト伝説
- Murasaki - 林檎夫人
- MZD colors for:
- NICKEY - Nick RING
- Nyami - default outfit, plus the following:
- RHYTHM AND POLICE (with KAKKI)
- Tank!
- おれはジャイアンさまだ!
- 天才バカボン (with モロ)
- とんちんかんちん一休さん (with KAKKI)
- PIERRE&JILL - スシ食いねェ!
- RIE♥chan - Orange AIR-LINE
- Roki - the keel
- SANAE♥chan - 悲しみよこんにちは
- Sayuri - 僕の飛行機
- Sergei - Space Dog
- SOUTH - クラゲータ
- Suika BroS. - 柳小路のシスター (with KAKKI)
- TINO - 怒れる大きな白い馬
- WARUDOC - ワルドック船長のブルース
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):
- 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
- fili - Caring Dance
- hannes - Apocalypse~memento mori~
- GITA-KEN (ギタケン) - ギターケンドー
- KANOKO - 凛として咲く花の如く
- lithos - Polis (with きの子)
- Natsubou (なつ坊) - なつやすみのぼうけん
- ookami-boy - Prince on a Star
- Parrot - 駕篭の鳥
- Poet - つぼみ
- Roku (六) - 路男
- WELL-DONE - Soul On Fire
- ∑ - ZETA~素数の世界と超越者~
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
- BELLE - Le départ à L'Alpe-d'Huez
- Kei Todoroki (轟競) - 明日への誓い
- Kevin - 映画「ジェノヴァの空の下」のテーマ
- Lyra - moon dance
- Mimi - Stardust Wanderers (1P)
- Nyami - Stardust Wanderers (2P)
- PELO - ピエロのままで
- PIROZHKI - レトロ男爵の嘆き
- Sonar - The Aim of Nautilus
- STAR☆NYAN - ボクモ、ワタシモ、ムービースター☆
- STEVE - 最期の決断
- YOSHIO - 背水之陣
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):
- 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
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
Videos
beatmania
beatmania 5thMIX
- 22DUNK
- ALL PRO
- BOA BOA LADY (JAMMING-MIX)
- COME AND GET IT
- CRYMSON
- CYCLE
- DENIM
- DO IT ALL NIGHT
- FINDING A NEW WORLD
- FREAKOUT
- HELL SCAPER
- HIGHER
- LINN 1999
- Manmachine plays Jazz ~MIO2~
- MOTIVATION
- OPERATOR
- PRINCE ON A STAR
- R3
- SYSTEM
- THE ONLY WAY IS UP
- THE RACE
- THRASH TRAXX
- TOTAL RECALL
- UP ON THE FLOOR
- WONDERLAND (UKS MIX)
beatmania ClubMIX
- BANG BANG BANG
- DISCO DANCING
- SUPER DYNAMITE SOUL
- SWEET BREEZE
- TAIYO NI HOERO -SHOUGEKI-
- TOKIO
- Viva2000 -27mix
- WALKIN' IN THE SUN
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
- BLACK OUT
- Funky sonic World
- Homesick Pt.2&3 (with tQy)
- Little Prayer
- murmur twins (guitar pop ver.)
- SA-DA-ME
- 凛として咲く花の如く
ひなビタ♪
- 乙女繚乱 舞い咲き誇れ (with 岸華, もとこ, 菌類)