Himiko

卑弥呼

Song Information

Artist: 朱雀 VS 玄武
Composition/Arrangement: Suzaku, Genbu
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

None.

Trivia

• 卑弥呼 is the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song of EMPRESS PLACE.
• 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
  • Also, 卑弥呼 marks the first time when two CARDINAL GATE artists collaborate with each other.
• 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 卑弥呼 is played as ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE: "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'".
• With 2119 notes, 卑弥呼 has the second highest number of notes of any Single Player ANOTHER chart, behind Elemental Creation's 2130 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 卑弥呼 was considered an inside joke.
• 卑弥呼 received Single and Doubles Black ANOTHER charts in 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 2nd and Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	黒 (Black)	Normal	Hyper	Another	黒 (Black)
Notecounts	-	643	1442	2119	2333	640	1396	2194	2333
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	-	6	11	12	-	7	11	12	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	-	6	11	12	12	7	11	12	12