Himiko

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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...


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 - 640 1396 2194 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS→Present - 6 11 12 - 7 11 12 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST 3 6 11 12 - 7 11 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