Bemani (ビーマニ, biimani) is Konami( ) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. The company was founded in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, the still-current chairman and chief executive officer. The ...Konami's music video gameA music video game, also commonly known as a music game, rhythm action game, or rhythm game, is a video game where the gameplay is oriented almost entirely around the player's ability to follow a musical beat and stay with the rhythm of the game's soundtrack. Since the player must focus on the game's sound, this type of game is similar to audio games. However, music games generally require a visual component as well. In a music video game, the player must press specific buttons, or activate controls on a specialized game controller, in time with ...music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply g.m.d, it soon changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, Beatmania:For the Playstation 2 North America beatmania release, based on beatmania IIDX, see beatmania (North America). beatmania (ビートマニア) is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only with arcade ...Beatmania, and expanded into other music-based games.