あさき

Asaki (あさき) (born June 30) is an artist hired by Konami Corporation to create music for their Bemani game series. Along with Kozo Nakamura, Asaki made his Bemani debut on the release of Guitar Freaks 7th Mix & DrumMania 6th Mix. His lyrics are mostly ballad based and sung in a scat singing style (indeed, many listeners have a hard time understanding his singing), while his music incorporated the style of Japanese Visual kei, classical Japanese, c... more

Asaki (あさき) (born June 30) is an artist hired by Konami Corporation to create music for their Bemani game series. Along with Kozo Nakamura, Asaki made his Bemani debut on the release of Guitar Freaks 7th Mix & DrumMania 6th Mix. His lyrics are mostly ballad based and sung in a scat singing style (indeed, many listeners have a hard time understanding his singing), while his music incorporated the style of Japanese Visual kei, classical Japanese, classical European, and jazz, with most of his music appearing in the Guitar Freaks/DrumMania series. He occasionally composes for the Pop'n Music series, and as of early 2007, he composed two songs for the Beatmania IIDX series. Compared to most other Bemani musicians, he's the most reclusive, and is quite unheard of in North America, especially among Bemani fans who do not play DrumMania often. This is due to the fact that most of his songs are featured on DrumMania and are very difficult, and thus not commonly heard by beginners. He was the... less