Naoki Maeda

Artist Information

• Name: Naoki Maeda (前田尚紀)
• Birthdate: April 28th, 1969
• 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 regular composer and lead sound producer of KONAMI's DanceDanceRevolution series. He continued in the sound producer role for the arcade DDR series until 2009's DanceDanceRevolution X, after which he worked on the console releases regularly. He left KONAMI in 2013. He later produced CROSS×BEATS for mobile, and crossbeats REV. for arcade, for CAPCOM. Naoki currently owns the independent game studio UNLIMITED STUDIO, which created the mobile music game SEVEN'S CODE.

In CHUNITHM, NAOKI appears not only as a composer, but as a character.

Trivia

• Two of Naoki's favourite music genres are ballads and R&B.

Aliases

• NAOKI
• NAOKI underground

Song Contributions

Song	Artist	Game	Composition	Arrangement
otorii INNOVATED -[i]3-	NAOKI underground	CHUNITHM STAR PLUS	✓	✓
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	-	✓
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)