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2009

Summary to be updated.

January

  • January 29th:
    • DanceDanceRevolution X CS (Japan) is released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation 2. It is the final Japanese DanceDanceRevolution title released on PlayStation 2.
    • DanceDanceRevolution X & フルフル♪パーティー Original Soundtrack released.

February

  • February 7th: Jason Borenstein passes away. The position of sound director for the DanceDanceRevolution arcade titles would later be given to TAG.
  • February 14th: pop'n music Cafe music selection, a compilation of bossa and lounge covers of pop'n music songs, is released.
  • February 17th: 猫叉Master's first album, Raindrops, is released.
  • February 27th: jubeat ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.

March

April

May

June

July

  • July 24th:
    • good-cool's third and final album published by KONAMI, good-cool crazy operation, is released. All future albums of his would be published under his own circle.
    • pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE original soundtrack released.

August

September

  • September 25th:
    • Naoyuki Sato's second album, Backdrops - and the only one released under his 猫叉Master+ alias - is released.
    • jubeat ripples ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK released.

October

November

  • November 10th: pop'n music is released in North America for the Nintendo Wii.

December

  • Unknown date: Akira Yamaoka, after over 15 years of service as a music composer and game producer, leaves KONAMI [[1]].