In the BemaniBemani (ビーマニ, biimani) is Konami's 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, and expanded into other music-based games.Bemani series of rhythm video gamesA 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 ...rhythm video games by 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, it appears that seemingly hundreds of different musicians and groups perform the songs. However, in reality there exists only a core group of a few dozen Konami artists, performing under pseudonymsA pseudonym (, pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a person's true name. In most legal systems, a name assumed for a nonfraudulent purpose is a legal name and usable as the person's ...pseudonyms and forming new groups.
All names are in Western order (family name last).
This list does not include artists whose songs have been licensed by Konami, primarily through the DancemaniaDancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE (formerly Intercord Japan, owned by Toshiba-EMI) in Japan. The series deals primarily with dance music, and many of the albums are licensed for use in Bemani games by Konami, such as Dance Dance Revolution or Dance Maniax for an exchange to ...Dancemania division of Toshiba-EMI(Old name, also known as Toshiba EMI or TOEMI, is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group in 2007 after Toshiba sold off their 45% stake. The current CEO and president is Shoji Doyama.Toshiba-EMI.