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 beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS' 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 arcade LED marquee displays a different message when 卑弥呼 is played as ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE: "WELCOME TO MY CONTRY 'YAMATAIKOKU'".
• 卑弥呼's genre, ESOTERIC SPEEDCORE, has no connections with the speedcore genre. Instead, it's 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 Black ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST.
• Himiko (or Pimiko) was a shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa (Japan).
• 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.

Song Production Information

Genbu

Because I am just a turtle...

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Suzaku

PIGYAPIPIGYAPIPIGYAA?
PIGYAPIGYAPIGYA! GYAPPIGYAPIGYAPI!

(Hey, do you know?)
(Birds can take flight! 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	640	1396	2194	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present	-	6	11	12	7	11	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	6	11	12	7	11	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

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