Naoki Maeda
Artist Information
- Name: Naoki Maeda (前田尚紀)
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NAOKI_MAEDA428
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4bm0e3fNS0FzPVWPprvOg
Profile
One of the legendary figures of music game production, Naoki Maeda first came to prominence as a regular composer and lead sound producer of KONAMI's DanceDanceRevolution series, though he also dabbled in near every other BEMANI series at the company during his 16 year tenure at KONAMI. He served as a sound producer/direct of near every DanceDanceRevolution arcade game until 2008's DanceDanceRevolution X, where he focused more on the Wii games instead. He left KONAMI in the beginning of 2013, working for a few years on CAPCOM's mobile music game CROSS×BEATS, and its subsequent arcade release crossbeats REV..
Naoki currently owns the independent game studio UNLIMITED STUDIO, where he created the mobile music game SEVEN'S CODE. He currently works in artist casting management for ANDAMIRO's Chrono Circle rhythm game [1].
In CHUNITHM, NAOKI appears not only as a composer, but as a character as well.
Trivia
- Two of Naoki's favourite music genres are ballads and R&B.
Aliases
- NAOKI
- NAOKI underground
Song Contributions
| Song | Artist | Game | Composition | Arrangement | Lyrics | Vocals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| otorii INNOVATED -[i]3- | NAOKI underground | CHUNITHM STAR PLUS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Butterfly -CHUNITHM edit- | PAULA TERRY | CHUNITHM AMAZON | - | ✓ | - | - |
| Wish me luck!!!! | 大空 遥(CV:優木かな)、比嘉かなた(CV:宮下早紀)、トーマス・紅愛(CV:種﨑敦美)、トーマス・恵美理(CV:末柄里恵)「はるかなレシーブ」 | CHUNITHM AMAZON PLUS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 神威 (NAOKI × ZPP MIX) | NAOKI MAEDA | CHUNITHM CRYSTAL | - | ✓ | - | - |
| BLUE ZONE | Tatsh x NAOKI | CHUNITHM NEW | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| REDRAVE | Tatsh&NAOKI feat.Kent Alexander | CHUNITHM NEW | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| 4月1日でございました | Cranky | CHUNITHM SUN | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 遺伝子レベル∞スパイラル | NAOKI feat.小坂りゆ | maimai でらっくす UNiVERSE PLUS | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| What color... | 曲: NAOKI / 歌: 早乙女 彩華(CV:中島 唯) | オンゲキ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
Albums
- RЁVOLUTIФN (2005, with jun, as TËЯRA)
- ЁVOLUTIФN (2011, with jun, as TËЯRA)
- Dynamite Dynamite Rev. (2018)