Shoichiro Hirata

Shoichiro Hirata

Artist Information

• Name: Shoichiro Hirata (平田祥一郎)
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sho1hrt

Profile

Shoichiro Hirata (born 1969) is a former Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo employee who worked for the company, contributing music both in and out of BEMANI. He was a frequent contributor to beatmania IIDX and DanceDanceRevolution during his tenure, and also did a few songs for pop'n music.

Shoichiro Hirata left KONAMI in 2003 to work at Hello! Project and avex group, but temporarily returned as a commissioned artist in 2006 and 2007 to write some new songs for BEMANI. He then composed a single song for KONAMI's Walk It Out! game for the Nintendo Wii that was later transferred into DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition, and lately has composed music for the Tokimeki Restaurant (ときめきレストラン☆☆☆) mobile game.

Aliases

• Shoichiro
• Shawn the Horny Master
• D.J.Spugna
• Sho-T

Trivia

• Shoichiro Hirata composed Hyper Glide and Let's Go Now for KONAMI's PlayStation fitness game MARTIALBEAT2.
• Outside of BEMANI, Shoichiro has contributed a few tracks recently to both SEGA's maimai and CAPCOM's CROSSxBEATS.

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement	Lyrics
GIRIGIRI DADDY	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 4th style	R&B	✓	✓	-
Nothing Ain't Stoppin' Us	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 4th style	DISCO	✓	✓	-
Give Me A Sign	Shoichiro Hirata feat. "Red"	beatmania IIDX 5th style	2STEP	✓	✓	-
M-02stp.ver1.01	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 6th style	2STEP	✓	✓	-
Bad Routine	D.J.Spugna	beatmania IIDX 7th style	FILTER HOUSE	✓	✓	-
AVE DE RAPINA	Shawn the Horny Master	beatmania IIDX 7th style	ALTERNATIVE HOUSE	✓	✓	-
Hormiga obrera	Shawn the Horny Master	beatmania IIDX 8th style	ALTERNATIVE HOUSE	✓	✓	-
Luv 2 Feel Your Body	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 8th style	2 STEP	✓	✓	-
The Biggest Roaster	D.J.Spugna	beatmania IIDX 9th style	FILTER HOUSE	✓	✓	-
真夏の花・真夏の夢	Sana	beatmania IIDX 9th style	HOUSE	✓	✓	-
Crazy K.I.N.O.	Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD	MIXTURE	✓	✓	-
With your Smile	Shoichiro Hirata plus Junko Hirata	beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD	J-HOUSE	✓	✓	-
Toxic	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania US	GARAGE MIX	-	✓	-
You Really Got Me	WaveGroup/Shoichiro Hirata	beatmania US	BREAKBEATS MIX	-	✓	-
サンシャイン☆ダンス	Togo Project feat. Megu	DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION	-	-	✓	-
Groove	Sho-T feat. Brenda	DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	-	✓	✓	-
Share My Love	Julie Frost	DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	-	✓	✓	-
Groove 2001	Sho-T feat. Brenda	DanceDanceRevolution EXTRA MIX	-	-	✓	-
A Stupid Barber	Sho-T	DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS	EURO HOUSE	✓	✓	-
Scorching Moon	Shawn the Horny Master	DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS	-	✓	✓	-
I Need You (True Platinum Mix)	Sho-T	DDR FESTIVAL	-	-	✓	-
Fly away	ChiyoTia	DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA	-	✓	✓	-
Fly away -mix del matador-	Shawn the Horny Master feat. ChiyoTia	DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America)	-	✓	✓	-
ROCK U UP	Shoichiro Hirata	DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition	-	✓	✓	-
CHEAT DANCER - short ver -	X.I.P.	jubeat saucer	-	✓	✓	-
Show up ! - short ver -	3 Majesty	jubeat saucer	-	✓	✓	-
S・S・L ～スーパー・スペシャル・ラブ～	Shoichiro Hirata feat. Yumi Kawamura	pop'n music 7	Jr.R&B	✓	✓	-
Can't Stop My Love	Yumi Kawamura	pop'n music 8	J-R&B 3	✓	✓	✓
会社はワタシで廻ってる！？	新谷さなえ	pop'n music 8	HOUSY POP	✓	✓	-
ドキドキ妄想空回りシンドローム（ドキ・カラ）	秋葉レイ	pop'n music 9	PEACH IDOL	✓	✓	-
カリビアン	GUzzle	pop'n music 11 CS	CARIBIAN POP	-	✓	-
Always	Shoichiro Hirata feat. RayZY	pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE	BOYS R&B	✓	✓	-
FU-FA	Sana+MIKI-CHANG+Shoichiro	pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE	WINDY DANCE	-	✓	-

Interviews

• Shoichiro Hirata Interviews