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Atsushi Shindo (born April 7th, 1969) is a former prolific commission artist in the pop'n music series, appearing in almost every arcade entry from [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]] through [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] (the one exception being [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]]). He is well-known for the long-running POWERFOLK series of songs, and his distinctive singing voice.
Atsushi Shindo (born April 7th, 1969) is a former prolific commission artist in the pop'n music series, appearing in almost every arcade entry from [[AC pnm 3|pop'n music 3]] through [[AC pnm 10|pop'n music 10]] (the one exception being [[AC pnm 6|pop'n music 6]]). He is well-known for the long-running POWERFOLK series of songs, and his distinctive singing voice.


In 2004 Atsushi's 5-year contact with Konami expired. At the same time, though, Atsushi was being accused of plagiarism in his lyrics, as this [https://web.archive.org/web/20190315033958/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/3478/ archived web page illustrates the accounts of]. When this became public, Konami removed all of Atsushi's songs from the pop'n music arcade series starting with [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]]; he hasn't been seen in any installment in pop'n music since. Despite the plagiarism controversy, Atsushi continued to write music with his long-time arrangement partner Katsuyuki Harada until 2006.
In 2004 Atsushi's 5-year contact with KONAMI expired. At the same time, though, Atsushi was being accused of plagiarism in his lyrics, as this [https://web.archive.org/web/20190315033958/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/3478/ archived web page illustrates the accounts of]. When this became public, KONAMI removed all of Atsushi's songs from the pop'n music arcade series in [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]]; he hasn't been seen in BEMANI since. Despite the plagiarism controversy, Atsushi continued to write music with his long-time arrangement partner Katsuyuki Harada until 2006.


After 2006, Atsushi Shindo went quiet until 2015, when he started doing collaborations and new songs again, this time self-publishing his own material. He released his first album in almost a decade, ''Juicy!'', in 2015, and recently did an EP with [[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]] titled '' DESIREEEEEE!!'' under the alias A2COOL (A2 coming from his first name, A'''tsu'''. Tsu is read in Japanese as the number two). He's also appeared in CAPCOM's ''CROSS×BEATS'' series.
After 2006, Atsushi Shindo went quiet until 2015, when he started doing collaborations and new songs again, this time self-publishing his own material. He released his first album in almost a decade, ''Juicy!'', in 2015, and did an EP with [[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]] titled '' DESIREEEEEE!!'' under the alias A2COOL (A2 coming from his first name, A'''tsu'''. Tsu is read in Japanese as the number two).


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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* All of Atsushi Shindo's songs were composed, written, and sung by Atsushi himself, and all of them were arranged by [[Katsuyuki Harada]] (原田勝道).
* All of Atsushi Shindo's songs were composed, written, and sung by Atsushi himself, and all of them were arranged by [[Katsuyuki Harada]] (原田勝道).
** The one exception was [[Shake! -Game Ver.-]], whose short cut was co-arranged by [[Yoichi Hayashi]].
** The one exception was [[Shake! -Game Ver.-]], whose short cut was co-arranged by [[Yoichi Hayashi]].
* Atsushi Shindo recently contributed a song to ''crossbeats REV.SUNRISE'' - ''愛をほおばりたいッ!~Like a Monkey!~''. It's his first appearance in ''any'' music game in over 11 years.
* Three of Atsushi Shindo's post-2015 songs later appeared as licenses in CAPCOM's ''crossbeats REV.SUNRISE'' - ''Juicy! ~幸せスパイラル~'', ''赤いヘッドホン'', and ''愛をほおばりたいッ!~Like a Monkey!~''.
** Two more new songs were later added to the game - ''赤いヘッドホン'' and ''Juicy! ~幸せスパイラル~''.
** These songs mark Atsushi's first appearances in ''any'' music game in over 11 years.
* According to his appearance in the ''crossbeats Housoukyoku #01'' (クロスビーツ放送局#01) stream, Atsushi was a high school classmate of [[Naoki Maeda]].
* According to his appearance in the ''crossbeats Housoukyoku #01'' (クロスビーツ放送局#01) stream, Atsushi was a high school classmate of [[Naoki Maeda]].