Himiko

卑弥呼

Song Information

Artist: 朱雀 VS 玄武 (Suzaku VS Genbu)
Composition/Arrangement: Yoshitaka Nishimura, Jun Wakita
BPM: 83-185
Length: 2:12
Genre: ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE
VJ: GOLI
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None

Song Connections/Remixes

• 卑弥呼 marks the first time when two Cardinal Gate artists collaborate with each other.
• 卑弥呼 is the One More Extra Stage of EMPRESS PLACE.

Trivia

• 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
• As it was the case with the One More Extra Stage songs since beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, the LED marquee displays a different message when the song is played as One More Extra Stage: "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'".
• 卑弥呼 has the most notes of any Single Player another chart to date, with 2119 notes.
• 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, is a play on Ganymede's genre, ESOTERIC SLOWCORE.
• Like every 朱雀 song, 卑弥呼 also has the characteristic 朱雀 loud guitar sound.
• 卑弥呼 is the first song under the 朱雀 alias that is not linked to the story of Vanessa de Verdet since CONTRACT.
• The comments of videos featuring this song was considered an inside joke.
• 卑弥呼 received a black Another chart on beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
• According to the game files, the name of the golden creature appearing in the overlays is Orochi. In Japanese mythology, Orochi is a 8-headed and 8-tailed dragon slain by the Shinto god Susanoo.

Song Production Information

(Sound / 玄武)

Because I am just a turtle...

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(Sound / 朱雀)

PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!

(Hey, do you know?)
(Birds can take flight! I CAN FLY!)

Video Production Information

Himiko. The witch of the sun. (Partial translation)

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BemaniWIKI and Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	-	643	1442	2119	640	1396	2194
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	-	6	11	12	7	11	12