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The majority of rules and competition formats in The 7th KAC (including the Semi-final and the Champion exemption) were kept intact, with the inclusion of the Recital category for the ノスタルジア division, and DANCERUSH participating in the tournament for the first time. The 8th KAC marked the last time 天下一音ゲ祭 was held during the finals concurrently. The jubeat category for both divisions were now included in the Semi-Final Rounds as well.
The majority of rules and competition formats in The 7th KAC (including the Semi-final and the Champion exemption) were kept intact, with the inclusion of the Recital category for the ノスタルジア division, and DANCERUSH participating in the tournament for the first time. The 8th KAC marked the last time 天下一音ゲ祭 was held during the finals concurrently. The jubeat category for both divisions were now included in the Semi-Final Rounds as well.


The Qualifying Round has [[Catch Our Fire!]] as the joint qualifier song (with DANCERUSH STARDOM being [[Catch Our Fire! (STARDOM Remix)|remixed]]), while three divisions received new songs as well: [[First Time]] (DanceDanceRevolution), [[KILL EACH OTHER]] (beatmania IIDX), [[Love 2 Shuffle]] and [[Shiva]] (DANCERUSH). The finals unveiled six songs, all during the second day of the final round, with three for ノスタルジア ([[Maou|魔王]], [[Paganini ni yoru dairenshuukyoku dai 6 ban "Shudai to hensou"|パガニーニによる大練習曲第6番「主題と変奏」]] and [[Virkato no shudai ni yoru person09 fuu chouzetsu gikou hensoukyoku|virkatoの主題によるperson09風超絶技巧変奏曲]]), two for SOUND VOLTEX ([[Embryo|ΣmbryØ]] and [[*Feels Seasickness...*]]), and one for both divisions of pop'n music ([[Nishimagome koutsuu kyoku|西馬込交通曲]]). Including the two songs in the FLOOR contest, 26 songs were accepted in total including eight awarded songs (four Prize, two Excellence and two Highest Excellence).
The Qualifying Round has [[Catch Our Fire!]] as the joint qualifier song (with DANCERUSH STARDOM being [[Catch Our Fire! (STARDOM Remix)|remixed]]), while three divisions received new songs as well: [[First Time]] (DanceDanceRevolution), [[KILL EACH OTHER]] (beatmania IIDX), [[Love 2 Shuffle]] and [[Shiva]] (DANCERUSH). The finals unveiled six songs, all during the second day of the final round, with three for ノスタルジア ([[Maou|魔王]], [[Paganini ni yoru dairenshuukyoku dai 6 ban "Shudai to hensou"|パガニーニによる大練習曲第6番「主題と変奏」]] and [[Virkato no shudai ni yoru person09 fuu chouzetsu gikou hensoukyoku|virkatoの主題によるperson09風超絶技巧変奏曲]]), two for SOUND VOLTEX ([[Embryo|ΣmbryØ]] and [[*Feels Seasickness...*]]), and one for both divisions of pop'n music ([[Nishi-Magome koutsuu kyoku|西馬込交通曲]]). Including the two songs in the FLOOR contest, 26 songs were accepted in total including eight awarded songs (four Prize, two Excellence and two Highest Excellence).


The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:
The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following:
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*** All other divisions: September 20th - October 24th, 2023
*** All other divisions: September 20th - October 24th, 2023
* Final Round: November 25th, 2023
* Final Round: November 25th, 2023
** KAC後夜祭: December 6th, 2023


First teased at JAEPO 2023 on February 11th, 2023, the 11th installment of the KONAMI Arcade Championship returned with the finals slated to be held on the next JAEPO. The competition was announced on August 2nd, 2023 simply under the ''KONAMI Arcade Championship'' name, without any ordinals or year number as in past installments.
First teased at JAEPO 2023 on February 11th, 2023, the 11th installment of the KONAMI Arcade Championship returned with the finals slated to be held on the next JAEPO. The competition was announced on August 2nd, 2023 simply under the ''KONAMI Arcade Championship'' name, without any ordinals or year number as in past installments.
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The second batch of entry songs were announced on September 19th, 2023: [[Afterhours]] (DANCERUSH STARDOM division only), [[Hexer]] (GITADORA and pop'n music divisions), [[mathematical good-bye]] (beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music divisions), [[QQ]] (jubeat and SOUND VOLTEX divisions), [[ROCK THE PARTY]] (DanceDanceRevolution and DANCERUSH STARDOM divisions), [[Stylus]] (beatmania IIDX, jubeat and SOUND VOLTEX divisions), and [[Touch Me (BEMANI Sound Team "GekiReco & Sota F.")|Touch Me]] (DANCERUSH STARDOM and GITADORA divisions).
The second batch of entry songs were announced on September 19th, 2023: [[Afterhours]] (DANCERUSH STARDOM division only), [[Hexer]] (GITADORA and pop'n music divisions), [[mathematical good-bye]] (beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music divisions), [[QQ]] (jubeat and SOUND VOLTEX divisions), [[ROCK THE PARTY]] (DanceDanceRevolution and DANCERUSH STARDOM divisions), [[Stylus]] (beatmania IIDX, jubeat and SOUND VOLTEX divisions), and [[Touch Me (BEMANI Sound Team "GekiReco & Sota F.")|Touch Me]] (DANCERUSH STARDOM and GITADORA divisions).
The final unveiled four new songs in four divisions: [[Akasha|Λkasha]] (SOUND VOLTEX division), [[Crescent:Letter]] (DrumMania division), [[ma plume]] (pop'n music division), and [[Tsukigasa|月暈]] (GuitarFreaks division). For the FLOOR contest, 40 songs were accepted in total, with eight Prize, five Excellence, and one Highest Excellence.


The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship are the following:
The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship are the following:
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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="150px"|SOUND VOLTEX
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="150px"|SOUND VOLTEX
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| ? || ? (free)<br> PO (female) || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? (free)<br> ? (female) || かねこ
| KKM* || HIBIKI (free)<br> PO (female) || NISHI || MISTER.Q || A様 || INTEGRAL || TATSU (free)<br> 8322 (female) || かねこ
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The event also had a post-competition ranking event, ''KAC後夜祭'', applicable for the コナステ games [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]], [[CS pnm Lively|pop'n music Lively]], and [[CS SDVX EG|SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR コナステ]]. Similar to BEMANI Master in the past, participants compete in songs from the three games with points awarded for the placements in each of the three games, up to 300 points each. The winner of this special division was [[DOLCE.]].


= External Links =
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