Name Ryutaro Nakahara Role Musician | Spouse Halka (m. 2011) | |
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Albums Sakura Luminance, Rainbow☆Rainbow, Uzi Does It, Plan8, We're so Happy Similar People Kosuke Saito, Mayumi Morinaga, Takayuki Ishikawa, Sota Fujimori, Starving Trancer Profiles |
Ryutaro Nakahara (中原 龍太郎, Nakahara Ryūtarō, born October 1, 1979), known by his stage name Ryu☆, is a musician and DJ. 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.
Contents
- beatmaniaIIDX 4th style
- beatmaniaIIDX 9th style
- beatmaniaIIDX 10th style
- beatmaniaIIDX 11 IIDXRED
- beatmaniaIIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
- beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD
- beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD
- beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
- beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS
- beatmaniaIIDX 17 SIRIUS
- beatmaniaIIDX 18 Resort Anthem
- beatmaniaIIDX 19 Lincle
- beatmaniaIIDX 20 tricoro
- beatmaniaIIDX 21 SPADA
- Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
- Dance Dance Revolution X2
- Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
- Dance Dance Revolution 2013
- popn music 12
- popn music 14 FEVER
- popn music 16 PARTY
- popn music 18
- popn music 19 TUNE STREET
- popn music 20 fantasia
- GuitarFreaks XG2 DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live
- GuitarFreaks XG3 DrumMania XG3
- GITADORA
- jubeat
- jubeat knit
- jubeat copious
- jubeat saucer
- REFLEC BEAT
- REFLEC BEAT limelight
- REFLEC BEAT colette
- REFLEC BEAT groovin
- BEMANI wide
- Exit Trance Presents Anime Trance
- Other works
- References
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 the famous "Caramelldansen" and "Caipirinha".