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

• Like every 朱雀 song, 卑弥呼 also has the characteristic 朱雀 loud guitar sound.

Trivia

• 卑弥呼 is the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE song of beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS' EMPRESS PLACE.
• Himiko (or Pimiko) was a shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa (Japan).
• As it was the case with the ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE songs since beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, the arcade LED marquee displays a special message when 卑弥呼 is played as ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE: "WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'". This is a reference to Himiko's origin.
  • Originally, this was misspelled as "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'". This was fixed in the January 6th, 2009 update.
• According to the game files, the name of the golden creature appearing in 卑弥呼's overlays is Orochi. In Japanese mythology, Orochi is an 8-headed and 8-tailed dragon slain by the Shinto god Susanoo.
• 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, has no connections with the speedcore genre. Instead, it is a play on Ganymede's genre, ESOTERIC SLOWCORE.
• 卑弥呼 marks the first collaboration between Yoshitaka Nishimura and Jun Wakita in BEMANI.
  • It is also the first and only collaboration between two CARDINAL GATE artists from beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD.
  • It is also the first song under Yoshitaka's 朱雀 alias that is not linked to the story of Vanessa de Verdet.
• The comments of videos featuring 卑弥呼 were considered an inside joke.
• 卑弥呼 has appeared as the 3rd STAGE in every Single Play Kaiden course in the arcade beatmania IIDX titles since it was introduced in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
• 卑弥呼 received Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
• 卑弥呼 was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on November 9th, 2016 as part of the November 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From August 2017, it can be purchased with BITs.

Song Production Information

Genbu

Because I am just a turtle...

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Suzaku

PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!

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

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

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ANOTHER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	黒ANOTHER
Notecounts	361	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	3	6	11	12	12	7	11	12	12
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	11	12	-	7	11	12	-

EMPRESS PLACE
EMPRESS PLACE	Kung-fu Empire - Arabian Rave Night - Marie Antoinette
EMPRESS PLACE ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE	卑弥呼