born October 1, 1979, better known by his stage name Ryu, is a Japanese record producer, DJ, musician and arranger. In 2000, Ryu, along with
kors k won a contest started by Konami, in which composers were to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next
Beatmania IIDX installment. Ryu's entry "Starmine" and kors k's "Clione" won the contest and both songs were featured in
Beatmania IIDX 4th Style.
Ryu returned in
Beatmania IIDX 9th Style with a remix of Dj taka's "Abyss", and composed more songs in
10th style onwards. Since then, Ryu has become a mainstay composer for Konami's
Bemani series as well as a freelance musician. Ryu has become a part of beatnation records, which compose of Kors K, DJ Taka, L.E.D.,
Sōta Fujimori and
DJ Yoshitaka.
He has numerous works outside of Konami as well, including "Orion" from HARDCORE TANO*C's "HARDCORE SYNDROME 2" album
and remixes of "
Caramelldansen" and "Caipirinha".
References
External links
beatnation Records official site
1979 births
Happy hardcore musicians
Japanese composers
Japanese DJs
Japanese male composers
Japanese trance musicians
Living people
Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
Japanese video game composers
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