Himiko

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卑弥呼

Song Information

Artist: 朱雀 VS 玄武 (Suzaku VS Genbu)
Composition/Arrangement: Yoshitaka Nishimura, Jun Wakita
BPM: 83-185
Length: 2:12
Genre: ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE
VJ: GOLI
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None

Song Connections/Remixes

  • 卑弥呼 marks the first time when two Cardinal Gate artists collaborate with each other.
  • 卑弥呼 is the One More Extra Stage of EMPRESS PLACE.

Trivia

  • 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
  • As it was the case with the One More Extra Stage songs since beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, the LED marquee displays a different message when the song is played as One More Extra Stage: "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'".
  • 卑弥呼 has the most notes of any Single Player another chart to date, with 2119 notes.
  • 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, is a play on Ganymede's genre, ESOTERIC SLOWCORE.
  • Like every 朱雀 song, 卑弥呼 also has the characteristic 朱雀 loud guitar sound.
  • 卑弥呼 is the first song under the 朱雀 alias that is not linked to the story of Vanessa de Verdet since CONTRACT.
  • The comments of videos featuring this song was considered an inside joke.
  • 卑弥呼 received a black Another chart on beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
  • According to the game files, the name of the golden creature appearing in the overlays is Orochi. In Japanese mythology, Orochi is a 8-headed and 8-tailed dragon slain by the Shinto god Susanoo.

Song Production Information

(Sound / 玄武)

Because I am just a turtle...


(Sound / 朱雀)

PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!

(Hey, do you know?)
(Birds can take flight! I CAN FLY!)

Video Production Information

Himiko. The witch of the sun. (Partial translation)


Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BemaniWIKI and Textage.cc.)

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Notecounts - 643 1442 2119 640 1396 2194
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present - 6 11 12 7 11 12