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Making his first appearance in the very first iteration of pop'n music, Kiyotaka Sugimoto is one of the oldest names in BEMANI. From 1998 to 2002, Sugimoto was very active in both pop'n music and the original beatmania series as a composer, vocalist, lyricist, and even as a sound director. He also occasionally appeared in other series such as beatmania IIDX and KEYBOARDMANIA. He is known to be friends with [[Reo Nagumo]] and the two have even worked together on a few songs. | Making his first appearance in the very first iteration of pop'n music, Kiyotaka Sugimoto is one of the oldest names in BEMANI. From 1998 to 2002, Sugimoto was very active in both pop'n music and the original beatmania series as a composer, vocalist, lyricist, and even as a sound director. He also occasionally appeared in other series such as beatmania IIDX and KEYBOARDMANIA. He is known to be friends with [[Reo Nagumo]] and the two have even worked together on a few songs. | ||
Around the early 2000s, Sugimoto left KONAMI, though he returned a year or so later as a commission artist. After his return, he near exclusively contributed to pop'n music, up to [[ | Around the early 2000s, Sugimoto left KONAMI, though he returned a year or so later as a commission artist. After his return, he near exclusively contributed to pop'n music, up to [[PnM AC 20|pop'n music 20 fantasia]]. While he hasn't appeared in BEMANI since, Sugimoto continues to perform music as a solo artist to this day. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Sugimoto is the only arcade pop'n music sound director to have never done an anime song cover for pop'n music. However, several of his songs sound like anime themes, especially [[BEMANI sentai pop'n five|ビーマニ戦隊ポップンファイブ]] and [[Ninja hero Shinobian|ニンジャヒーロー⚡シノビアン]]. | * Sugimoto is the only arcade pop'n music sound director to have never done an anime song cover for pop'n music. However, several of his songs sound like anime themes, especially [[BEMANI sentai pop'n five|ビーマニ戦隊ポップンファイブ]] and [[Ninja hero Shinobian|ニンジャヒーロー⚡シノビアン]]. | ||
* The pop'n music character [[Sugi-kun]] is based off him. | * The pop'n music character [[Sugi-kun|Sugi★kun]] is based off him. | ||
* Sugimoto provided percussion for the 2002 album ''Chobits Character Song Collection'' alongside famed Shibuya-kei duo ROUND TABLE, who were also involved in [[The post-girl in a hat.]] | * Sugimoto provided percussion for the 2002 album ''Chobits Character Song Collection'' alongside famed Shibuya-kei duo ROUND TABLE, who were also involved in [[The post-girl in a hat.]] | ||
* Sugimoto has also contributed two songs to CAPCOM's music game series ''CROSSxBEATS'' - ''Landing on the moon'' and ''Techno Highway''. | * Sugimoto has also contributed two songs to CAPCOM's music game series ''CROSSxBEATS'' - ''Landing on the moon'' and ''Techno Highway''. | ||