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* According to an [https://web.archive.org/web/20101226044712/http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/dancedancerevolution-dance-masters-post-launch-interview-with-naoki-maeda-1985 interview] with bemanistyle in 2010, Naoki's favorite DanceDanceRevolution title is [[AC DDR 4th|4thMIX]], as he felt it was the one where he was able to express his musical style the best.
* According to an [https://web.archive.org/web/20101226044712/http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php/news/dancedancerevolution-dance-masters-post-launch-interview-with-naoki-maeda-1985 interview] with bemanistyle in 2010, Naoki's favorite DanceDanceRevolution title is [[AC DDR 4th|4thMIX]], as he felt it was the one where he was able to express his musical style the best.
* According to an interview Naoki did with [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140909132919/http://www.jbg-ongakuin.com/conversation3/ as seen here] - expand the second set of questions), finite budgets for the early DanceDanceRevolution games is why a lot of his earlier songs for the series used vocal samples.
* According to an interview Naoki did with [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140909132919/http://www.jbg-ongakuin.com/conversation3/ as seen here] - expand the second set of questions), finite budgets for the early DanceDanceRevolution games is why a lot of his earlier songs for the series used vocal samples.
* Naoki noted in the [[AC DDR EXTREME|DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20021203022420/http://www.konami.co.jp/am/ddr/ddr_new/index.html Weekly Journal] he got into trance during the development of [[AC DDR 5th|DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX]], which inspired him to compose [[ECSTASY]] and [[INSERTiON]].
** He notes [[Healing Vision]] was inspired by his frustrated and unfulfilled feelings during the rocky development of 5thMIX, which he worked on simultaneously alongside ''Dance Maniax 2ndMIX''.
* Naoki's mitsu-O! alias is taken from one of the designers of the original DanceDanceRevolution game, [[Mitsuo Nagamoto]].
* Naoki's mitsu-O! alias is taken from one of the designers of the original DanceDanceRevolution game, [[Mitsuo Nagamoto]].
* Naoki appears in the intro video of [[CS DDR PS3|DanceDanceRevolution (PS3)]].
* Naoki appears in the intro video of [[CS DDR PS3|DanceDanceRevolution (PS3)]].