List of Bemani musicians

In the Bemani series of rhythm video games by Konami, there is the appearance of seemingly hundreds of different musicians and groups performing the songs. However, in reality there exists only a core group of a couple dozen Konami artists, performing under pseudonyms and forming new groups.

Artists and aliases

Akira Yamaoka

AKIRA YAMAOKA (primary pseudonym)
Minimalian
De-Vol
ric
riewo

Harumi Ueko

Jimmy Weckl
Anettai Maji-SKA-Bakudan (member of)

Junko Karashima

jun (primary pseudonym)
TËЯRA (member of)

Motoaki Furukawa

Motoaki F.

Naoki Maeda

8 bit – used only in "Afronova Primeval"
180, 190, 190', 200, 270, 290 – numeric pseudonyms refer to the song's BPM rating, and are used on the fast-paced "PARANOiA" sequence of songs
Crystal Aliens – used only in "Sexy Planet" and "Sexy Planet (from Nonstop Megamix)"
d-complex – used only in "Ecstasy"
DE-SIRE – used mainly on the "Trip Machine" series of songs
DIVAS
FACTOR-X – used only in "Wild Rush"
FixX – used only in "Vanity Angel"
KTz – used only in "AM-3P"
mitsu-O!
N&S – used only in "Dead End"
NAOKI – used often, though not always, in Eurobeat songs
NAOKI 190 – used only in "Hysteria", also refers to the song's BPM rating
NAOKI J-STYLE – used only in "Kiss Me All Night Long"
NAOKI underground – used in a few trance songs
NM – Naoki Maeda's initials
N.M.R – used a few songs in earlier versions of DDR; it is commonly said to mean "Naoki Maeda Revolution", but some sources say it's "Naoki Maeda Recordings"
NO.9 – used only in "End of the Century", refers to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from which this song is a remix
NW260 – used only in "Drop Out"; the 260 refers to this song's BPM rating, which was much higher than any other song from the game when released
Ω – used only in "Max 300"
platoniX - used for recent Beatmania IIDX songs
RE-VENGE – later changed to RevenG, used in ethnic songs, like "Afronova" and "祭 [Matsuri] Japan"
UZI-LAY
Ζ – used only in "Maxx Unlimited"
ΖΖ– two overlapped zetas; used only in "The legend of MAX"
TËЯRA (member of)