Junko Karashima

Not to be confused with GuitarFreaks & DrumMania vocalist Junko Terashima.

Junko Karashima

Junko Karashima

Artist Information

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Junko Karashima was a long-time artist at KONAMI, who was first involved in the SEGA Saturn versions of Vandal Hearts and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in 1997, and also served as the sound director for the Game Boy Color games International Rally in 1999 and The Mummy in 2000. In BEMANI, she first appeared in DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-, moving up in the series to becoming head sound director of DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA, as well as several of the HOTTEST PARTY entries. She is best known for her group songs under the TЁЯRA alias alongside Naoki Maeda. She also wrote lyrics for a few of Naoki's songs outside of said alias, including at least two for his J-POP group BeForU.

Junko also did the music for the first two installments of KONAMI's quiz arcade game series QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY (クイズマジックアカデミー), as well as the opening titles for QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY Akatsuki no kane (クイズマジックアカデミー 暁の鐘) and QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY Tokyo Grimoire (クイズマジックアカデミー トーキョーグリモワール).

Junko left KONAMI in 2013 alongside Naoki Maeda. Similar to Naoki, most jackets and videos appearances of her were removed from BEMANI games; their TËЯRA profile was also removed from the BEMANI Fan Site's artist listing. After Junko left KONAMI, she joined CAPCOM and worked on songs for the CROSS×BEATS series produced by Naoki Maeda, until the series' end in 2018.

Trivia

  • Although not the first female sound director in BEMANI, Junko is the first to sound direct a main title in the series, as opposed to a spinoff (like Kaoko Aoki when she sound directed beatmania featuring DREAMS COME TRUE).
  • Junko is the sound director for CAPCOM's ROCKMAN X DiVE (ロックマンX DiVE).
    • She also composed and performed the theme song for ROCKMAN X DiVE Offline (ロックマンX DiVE オフライン), Recognize.

Aliases

  • jun
  • pure / pure*
  • 川島条
  • TЁЯRA / TËЯRA WORKS (member of, with NAOKI)
  • αTYPE-300

BEMANI Songs

Song Artist Game Genre Composition Arrangement Lyrics Vocals
蒼い衝動 NAOKI feat.YUKI beatmania IIDX 8th style J-TRANCE - - -
Be Rock U (1998 burst style) NAOKI beatmania IIDX 9th style ULTRA ROCK BEAT - - -
DoLL TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 10th style HYPER J-POP FOUR -
一途な恋 (HYPER J-EURO MIX) TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 10th style J-REVIVAL - -
Raspberry♡Heart (English version) jun feat. PAULA TERRY beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED COLORFUL HARDCORE - - -
ULTiM∧TE TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED HYPER J-POP FIVE
EDEN TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY HYPER J-POP SIX -
HAPPY☆ANGEL jun with TAHIRIH beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY HAPPY HARDCORE - -
I am 有沢みはる from BeForU beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CYBER J-ROCK - - -
ALFARSHEAR 双神威に廻る夢 TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD HYPER J-POP SEVEN - -
Parasite World TЁЯRA underground beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD HYPER J-CORE - -
Why did you go away jun with TAHIRIH beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD LOVERS EUROBEAT - -
CROSSROAD jun with TAHIRIH beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD DRAMATIC EURO TRANCE - -
STARS☆☆☆(Re-tuned by HΛL) - IIDX EDITION - TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD HYPER J-POP+ - -
零 - ZERO - TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD HYPER J-POP ZERO - -
Guilt & Love The Plastic Ambition(jun & DJ YOSHITAKA) beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS SHINING RAVE -
PROMISE FOR LIFE TЁЯRA WORKS beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS BALLAD - -
REMINISCENCE jun with Alison beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS TRI EURO FANTASIA - -
ЁVOLUTIΦN TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle PLATINUM JAPANESQUE -
LETHEBOLG ~双神威に斬り咲けり~ TЁЯRA beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle PLATINUM J-POP ONE -
All Thu The Night jun feat. Lisa Lisa BOOM BOOM DANCE - ? - -
ACTIVATION jun feat. Kathy Sledge BOOM BOOM DANCE DLC - ? - -
ever snow YOMA KOMATSU DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX- - - -
Sweet Sweet ♥ Magic jun DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX- HAPPY HARDCORE - -
蒼い衝動 ~for EXTREME~ NAOKI feat. YUKI DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME - - - -
SUPER SAMURAI jun DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY - - -
Closer to my Heart (jun remix) NM feat. Heather Elmer DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2 - - - -
No Matter What jun feat. Rita Boudreau DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2 - - - -
Racing with Time (NAOKI's 999 remix) jun feat.Godis (Heather Twede) DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2 - - - -
SILVER☆DREAM jun DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2 - - -
鏡花水月楼 (DDR EDITION) TЁЯRA feat. 宇宙戦隊NOIZ DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2 - - -
STARS☆☆☆(2nd NAOKI's style) TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection - - -
TRUE♡LOVE jun feat. Schanita DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA - - -
華爛漫 -Flowers- TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA HYPER JAPANESQUE 2 -
PARANOiA ~HADES~ αTYPE-300 DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 SUPERNOVA2 BEAT #1 - -
STARS☆☆☆(Re-tuned by HΛL) - DDR EDITION - TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 - - -
SUNKiSS♥DROP jun with Alison DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 -
switch DAISUKE ASAKURA ex.TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 ULTIMATE J-POP - - -
KIMONO♥PRINCESS jun DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 / DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS PRINCESS CORE - -
Sacred Oath TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 / DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS - -
THIS NIGHT jun feat. Sonnet DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3 / DanceDanceRevolution X2 CS - - - -
CRAZY♡LOVE jun DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) - - -
dreaming can make a wish come true jun & NRG Factory feat. Anna Kaelin DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) - - - -
ever snow TЁЯRA DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / DanceDanceRevolution (PS3) - -
UNBELIEVABLE (Sparky remix) jun feat. Sarah-Jane DanceDanceRevolution II - - - -
TWINKLE♡HEART jun DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX / jubeat copious APPEND -
Back In Your Arms jun feat. DJ Silver vs Milo ft. Becca Hossany DanceDanceRevolution (2013) - - - -
1/6billionth TЁЯRA ee'MALL HYPER J-POP 3 - -
brave! TЁЯRA ee'MALL 2nd avenue HYPER J-ROCK - -
WE ARE TЁЯRA GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummmania 10thMIX - - -
ESCAPE TO THE SKY★彡 TЁЯRA GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V - - -
GLIDE TЁЯRA GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 - - -
ZЁNITH TЁЯRA GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 - -
RЁVOLUTIΦN TЁЯRA GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock - - -
鏡花水月楼 (GFDM EDITION) TЁЯRA feat.宇宙戦隊NOIZ GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity - - -
Catharsis Garden TЁЯRA GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!! - - -
Sacred Oath (GFDM EDITION) TЁЯRA GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live - -
THIS NIGHT (jubeat EDITION) TЁЯRA jubeat copious - -
STARS☆☆☆ TЁЯRA pop'n music 8 HYPER J-POP - -
North Wind TЁЯRA pop'n music 9 HYPER J-POP 2 -
Raspberry ♥ Heart jun pop'n music 10 COLORFUL POP - -
夢幻ノ光 TЁЯRA pop'n music 12 いろは HYPER JAPANESQUE -
GET WILD NMR pop'n music 13 カーニバル GET WILD - - -
masquerade TЁЯRA pop'n music 13 カーニバル HYPER MASQUERADE -
マジックアカデミー組曲 マジックアカデミー管弦楽部 pop'n music 13 カーニバル QMA - -
jewelry girl* jun pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS JEWELRY ROCK -
桃花恋情 TЁЯRA pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE HYPER CHINESE POP -
MIRACLE FLYER!! TЁЯRA pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ HYPER J-PARTY ROCK -
Fantasia TЁЯRA pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE HYPER FANTASIA -
天上の星 ~黎明記~ TЁЯRA pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 HYPER JAPANESQUE 3 -
薔薇は永遠に美しく TЁЯRA pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET HYPER DRAMATIC -
Märchen TЁЯRA pop'n music 20 fantasia PLATINUM FANTASIA -
DIORAMATIC MOMENT TЁЯRA REFLEC BEAT - - -
華爛漫 -Flowers- (2nd EDITION) TЁЯRA REFLEC BEAT limelight - -

Discography

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