BeForU

This is a page for the former J-POP BEMANI music group BeForU. For the DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX song of a similar name, please see B4U.

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BeForU

Profile

BeForU (originally spelled as Be For U in earlier games) is a former J-POP idol group formed by DanceDanceRevolution big-name Naoki Maeda in 2001. The original line-up consisted of four girls: Riyu Kosaka (the leader of the group, and the head lyricist), Noria Shiraishi, Yoma Komatsu, and Shiyuna Maehara. The group first appeared in DIVE in DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX, and later made subsequent appearances in other BEMANI series, including GuitarFreaks & DrumMania, pop'n music, and beatmania IIDX.

In 2004 Shiyuna - who had no singles at that point - left the group. This resulted in Naoki opening up slots for some new girls. Three new girls, collectively called BeForU NEXT, were chosen: Sayaka Minami, Risa Sotohana, and Miharu Arisawa.

In late 2006 BeForU signed on to Japanese music company avex mode, where the girls continued to appear in BEMANI games as licensed artists for another year or so. In late 2007 Yoma and Miharu left BeForU completely; Noria soon left the group to pursue a solo career, as did Risa. Sayaka left BeForU in early 2008 as well due to sickness, leaving Riyu as the only member left in the group.

In early 2008, a third BeForU group was formed. Along with Riyu and a temporary Sayaka, the new girls included Megumi Fukushita, Ayano Tachibana, and Hiromi Nishiuchi. The group was now signed on to Gambit, where they produced a single, Shangri-La (シャングリラ), before going under. In late 2009 the BeForU group was discontinued completely, and all the members went their separate ways. Also in 2008/2009, all BeForU songs under the BeForU name (except チカラ), as well as some by individual members, were removed from DanceDanceRevolution, beatmania IIDX, pop'n music, and GuitarFreaks & DrumMania. (Some were later revived, though some of Riyu Kosaka's songs in DanceDanceRevolution, like true...(radio edit) and true...(Trance Sunrise Mix), never were.)

Trivia

• BeForU's name was given by O.A, an applicant from Yokohama who won the Unit Name Recruitment Plan as part of DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX Artist Audition 2001.
  • According to O.A, the name was inspired by the song B4U, which stood for "brilliant for you". The "U" also means "USER".

BEMANI Songs

For solo/duo songs performed by BeForU members that are not credited to BeForU, please see the Riyu Kosaka, Noria Shiraishi, Nao Komatsu, Sayaka Minami, Miharu Arisawa, and Risa Sotohana pages (Shiyuna Maehara does not have solo songs; her only appearances in BEMANI are covered on the BeForU 2001-2004 BEMANI song listings below).

BeForU 2001-2004 Line-up (Riyu, Noria, Yoma, & Shiyuna)

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Vocals
DIVE	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX	-	✓
DIVE(more deep & deeper style)	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	-	✓
FireFly	BeForU	DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-	-	✓
BRE∀K DOWN!	BeForU	DDRMAX2 -DanceDanceRevolution 7thMIX-	GIRLS ROCK	✓
GRADUATION ～それぞれの明日～	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME	卒業	✓
Freedom	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection	-	✓
BRE∀K DOWN! (GF&DM STYLE)	BeForU	GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX	-	✓
チカラ	BeForU	GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX	GIRLS ROCK EXTREME	✓

BeForU 2004-2007 Line-Up (Riyu, Noria, Yoma, Sayaka, Miharu, and Risa)

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Vocals
KI・SE・KI (IIDX RED EDIT)	BeForU	beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	J-POP	✓
Red Rocket Rising	BeForU	beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD	J-POP	✓
学園天国	(小泉今日子)	DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION	-	✓
KI・SE・KI (DDR edit)	BeForU	DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution-	-	✓
Morning Glory	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA	-	✓
PEACE(^^)v	BeForU	DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA	-	✓
シナリオ	BeForU NEXT	GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V	-	✓
BLACK OUT	BeForU	GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2	-	✓
Strike Party!!!	BeForU	GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock	-	✓

Discography

Albums

• BeForU (2003)
• BeForU II (2006)
• BeForU III 〜Breaking Into The Probability Changes〜 (2007)
• シャングリラ (2008)

Mini-album

• 6NOTES (2007)

Singles

• KI・SE・KI (2004)
• Red Rocket Rising (2006)
• Get set GO!! 〜BeForU astronauts set〜 (2006)
• Strike Party!!! (2007)
• 夜花火 (2007)
• SHANGRI-LA (2008)

External Links

• BeForU official site (before the 2004 BEMANI Vocalist Audition event.) (archived)
• BeForU official site. (archived)