Takehiko Fujii

Takehiko Fujii

Takehiko Fujii

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Takehiko Fujii is one of the most recognized artists from early beatmania and beatmania IIDX games, initially creating charts for the early beatmania games, but later contributing with songs and serving as a sound director for both series (in the case of beatmania IIDX, he was for 9th style and 10th style). His music is mostly techno, but he sometimes composes trance, drum'n'bass, electronica and R&B. His much more occidental approach to electronic music than other in-game artists had make him quite popular within the non-Japanese BEMANI fanbase.

Takehiko left KONAMI in late 2003/early 2004 during the production cycle of 10th style, though he continued to appear in BEMANI for a decade after, most notably in beatmania IIDX. He currently owns iNViSiBLE Co., Ltd. (株式会社インビジブル).

Trivia

  • Takehiko was previously managed by Tomoyuki Uchida, aka Mr.T.
  • Takehiko has also written songs for CAPCOM's CROSS×BEATS series.
  • According to an interview with Takehiko, his shinpei alias is a counterpart to Youhei Shimizu's youhei alias.

Aliases

  • SLAKE
  • SPARKER
  • CALF
  • DEPROGRAM MAN
  • APPLE MAN
  • shinpei
  • JET GIRL SPIN
  • lim's Sculpture

BEMANI Songs

Song Artist Game Genre Composition Arrangement
SODA SLAKE beatmania 4thMIX 〜the beat goes on〜 DRUM'N'BASS
CYCLE SLAKE beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down- MINIMAL
DENIM SLAKE beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down- TECHNO
HIGHER SLAKE beatmania 5thMIX -Time to get down- LATINAIRES BEATS
Attack the music (49 MUSIC MIX) DJ FX (another mixed by DEPROGRAM MAN) beatmania completeMIX 2 HARD TECHNO -
DENIM (ELECTRO MIX) SLAKE (another mixed by DEPROGRAM MAN) beatmania completeMIX 2 TECHNO -
HELL SCAPER ~SLASHING MIX~ remixed by DEPROGRAM MAN beatmania completeMIX 2 GABBAH -
PARANOiA MAX ~FUNKY BLEEP MIX~ 190 (another mixed by DEPROGRAM MAN) beatmania completeMIX 2 JUNGLE -
SPARKER SLAKE beatmania completeMIX 2 MINIMAL
GAME SLAKE beatmania ClubMIX CYBER FUNK
2 gorgeous 4U ~EMULATE MIX~ SLAKE beatmania CORE REMIX BREAK BEATS -
Acid Bomb ~LATINIZE MIX~ SLAKE beatmania CORE REMIX LATIN HOUSE -
greed eater ~DEAL WITH IT MIX~ SLAKE feat.R.C. beatmania CORE REMIX BREAK BEATS -
OVERDOSER ~FLOTAGE MIX~ SLAKE beatmania CORE REMIX TECHNO -
FUNKY MODELLING (EDIT) SPARKER beatmania 6thMIX THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC BREAKBEATS -
LAUGHIN SLAKE beatmania 6thMIX THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC ELECTRICAL BEATS
CALDERA CALF beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution HARDCORE BREAKBEATS
REFERENCE SPARKER beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution TRANCE
WATERING SLAKE beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution TECHNO
WHAT'S NEXT? SLAKE feat. DAINA NORMAN beatmania 7thMIX keepin' evolution NU JAZZ
CAT MAN CALF beatmania THE FINAL CYBER PUNK
蝶の羽 SLAKE feat. ANCTEA beatmania THE FINAL BROKEN BEATS
22DUNK SLAKE beatmania IIDX TECHNO
GAMBOL SLAKE beatmania IIDX BIG BEAT
I'M FOR REAL SLAKE feat. JP Miles beatmania IIDX 4th style TWO STEP
CLOUDY MUSIC SLAKE beatmania IIDX 7th style DRUM'N'BASS
FLUTE MAN SPARKER beatmania IIDX 8th style DEEP HOUSE
MUSIC TO YOUR HEAD SLAKE beatmania IIDX 8th style TECHNO
ADVANCE SLAKE beatmania IIDX 9th style ELECTRONICA
BREEDING SLAKE beatmania IIDX 9th style TECHNO
BRIGHTNESS DARKNESS SPARKER beatmania IIDX 9th style ROCOCO TEK
LOVE IS DROWING SLAKE feat. EMIKO beatmania IIDX 9th style FORKTRONICA
Boundary SPARKER beatmania IIDX 10th style ROCOCO TEK
CHOO CHOO TRAIN (dnb mix) SLAKE feat. MIKA beatmania IIDX 10th style J-REVIVAL -
LIMITED SLAKE beatmania IIDX 10th style TECHNO
Ready To Rockit Blues SLAKE beatmania IIDX 10th style NU JAZZ
BLOCKS SPARKER beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED TRANCE
BREATH SPARKER beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED ROCOCO TEK
TEXTURE SLAKE beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED DEATH DISCO
GREEN EYES SLAKE beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY BROKEN TEK
SCREAM SQUAD CALF beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY BREAKCORE
MINT SLAKE beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD ELECTRONICA
SEQUENCE CAT SLEDLAKE (SLAKE & L.E.D.) beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS TECHNO
REPLAY SLAKE beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS TECHNO
FUNKY MODELLING (LONG) SPARKER beatmania III APPEND 6thMIX BREAKBEATS -
REFERENCE (LONG) SPARKER beatmania III APPEND 7thMIX keepin' evolution TRANCE
Less Is More lim's Sculpture DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3 -
TIME IN MOTION lim's Sculpture DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition -
STATISTIK lim's Sculpture DanceDanceRevolution Pocket Edition -
FUNKY MODELLING SPAKER Dance Maniax 2ndMIX -
I really love you so SLAKE feat. MIKA ee'MALL JAZZY DRUM'N'BASS
THE 24TH D SPARKER KEYBOARDMANIA GOA TRANCE
Motion SPARKER KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX ELECTRONICA
Sunlight shinpei pop'n music 6 POP BEATS
今日は今日でえがったなゃ とどのすけとめたろう pop'n music 9 COUNTRY BEATS
林檎と蜂蜜(美味しさ倍増MIX) APPLE MAN pop'n music 9 SHOWA KAYO REMIX -
SUMMER TIME shinpei pop'n music 10 CARIBBEAN BEATS
MARS WAR 3 JET GIRL SPIN pop'n music 13 カーニバル TOY BREAK CORE
大見解の新見解 CALF pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ HIP ROCK REMIX -
魔法的新定義 electro mix うらら remixed by SLAKE pop'n music 20 fantasia TEKNOGIRL REMIX -

Discography

Albums

  • Beyond the Dead Future (2006)
  • BEYOND THE DEAD FUTURE RE-EDIT (2012)
  • THE INVISIBLE FORCE (2012)

Singles

  • Undersleeping (2024)