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Monday, January 16, 2017

Behind the Drums: Kubo Kenichiro


Kubo Kenichiro (久保賢一朗) joined Bandai Namco as a Taiko Team member in 2006, between the creation of Taiko 8 and PSP's Portable 2. Aside from his glasses and peculiar hairstyle, he's renowned in the Taiko Team for being a fan of idol producing and board games, two traits that earned him some roles in the iDOLM@STER series' development in the following years. One of the more-flexible Taiko Team supervisors, Kubo has taken a wide number of roles since his hiring, both in-series and in general music series talk, with him being credited as the co-composer of several arrangements in Donkey Konga 2, together with the nick-named Jesahm (自営山).

Aside from his plan to make as many surprise cameos as possible during the Taiko Team's livestream sessions, he's a long-time charter that signs his creations under the pen name of Kuboken (くぼけん). While mostly handling songs in the 6-to-8 Oni ballpark, he loves all difficulty ranges in the series without discrimination while weighting the most suitable notechart perks to assign to each, from special combo counters to repeating patterns in different permutations and difficulty spikes in otherwise Full Combo-manageable songs (his favorite quirk!). With the transition to Nicovideo livestreams for the Taiko Team, Kuboken's nickname for his subsequent cameos has been replaced with a more generic Don-Chan (どんちゃん) label, as it turned out that the Japanese video-hosting service treats くぼけん as an NG word for user comment means!

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J-POP
  • Rouge no Dengon (ルージュの伝言)
  • Chou Tokyuu (超特急)
  • Ikenai Taiyou (イケナイ太陽)
  • 365-Nichi no Love Story (365日のラブストーリー。)
  • LOVE Zukkyun (LOVEずっきゅん)
  • Sayonara Crawl (さよならクロール)
  • Rain (レイン)
  • KISS KISS BANG BANG
  • Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimi Tachi Yo (サラバ、愛しき悲しみたちよ)
  • Dragon Night
Anime
  • Tank!
  • Orion o Nazoru (オリオンをなぞる)
  • Kimi o Nosete (君をのせて)
  • Jojo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ (ジョジョ~その血の運命~)
  • Life is SHOW TIME
  • Maji LOVE 2000% (マジLOVE2000%)
Variety
  • Onara Hazukashikunai Yo (Onaraはずかしくないよ)
  • Otemoyan (おてもやん)
  • Kumamoto Surprise! (くまもとサプライズ!)
Vocaloid
  • Mosaic Roll (モザイクロール)
  • Hanaoto Ura Hyoushi (花オト裏拍子)
Classic
  • Mars (火星)
Game Music
  • Spleunker (スペランカー)
  • Star Soldier Medley (スターソルジャーメドレー)
  • Densha de Densha de GO!GO!GO!GC! -GMT remix- (電車で電車でGO!GO!GO!GC! -GMT remix-)
  • Yubisaki Kara Hajimaru Monogatari (指先からはじまる物語)
  • Lightning Dance
  • L・O・B・M
  • Honey Heartbeat ~10 Stars Mix~
  • Jibun REST@RT (自分REST@RT)
  •  Jibun REST@RT (自分REST@RT)
  • M@STERPIECE
  • Onegai! Cinderella (お願い!シンデレラ)
  • Star!!
  • Thank You!
  • Machiuke Prince (待ち受けプリンス)
  • Majide...!? (マジで…!?) - co-lyricist with Etou (エトウ)
  • Ohayou!! Asagohan (おはよう!!朝ご飯)
  • Watashi wa Idol♥ (私はアイドル♥)
  • Furufuru Future☆ (ふるふるフューチャー☆)
  • Meisou Mind (迷走Mind)
  • Me ga Au Toki (目が逢う瞬間)
  • Start→Star→ (スタ→トスタ→)
  • Tonari ni... (隣に・・・)
  • Futari no Kioku (フタリの記憶)
  • Kosmos, Cosmos
  • Ippai Ippai (いっぱいいっぱい)
  • Sora (空)
  • My Song
  • Colorful Days(12 Colors)
  •  Overmaster (オーバーマスター)
  • Otome yo Taishi o Idake!! (乙女よ大志を抱け!!)
  • Genki Tripper (ゲンキトリッパー)
  • livE
  • Next Life
  • arcadia
  • ALRIGHT*
  • Flower Girl (フラワーガール)
  • Mythmaker
  • Jitensha (自転車)
  • Shocking na Kare (ショッキングな彼)
  • L'isola (リゾラ)
  • Town ~Must Mix~
  • Ai MUST GO! (アイ MUST GO!)
  • THE IDOLM@STER 2nd-mix
  • MEGARE!
  •  The world is all one!!
  • Little Match Girl
  • START!!
  • TRIAL DANCE
  • Day of the future
  • tear
  • Nemurihime (眠り姫)
  • Kazahana (風花)
  • Nando mo Ieru yo (何度も言えるよ)
  • Gemmy (ジェミー)
  • Smile Taisou (スマイル体操)
  • DIAMOND
  • YOUou MYshin! (YOU往MY進!)
  • LO♥VE♥LY♥ (ラ♥ブ♥リ♥)
  • LOVE Order Maid (LOVEオーダーメイド)
  • CHANGE!!!
  • Promise (約束)
  •  MUSIC♪
  • edeN
  • Vault That Borderline!
  • Visionary (ビジョナリー)
  • Nijiiro Miracle (虹色ミラクル)
  • Accelerator (アクセルレーション)
  •  Accelerator (アクセルレーション)
  • Thinking ~Must Mix~
  • We Have A Dream
  • IDOL POWER RAINBOW
  • Positive! (ポジティブ!) - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • relations - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • I Want - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • Do-Dai - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • Overmaster (オーバーマスター) - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • Kamisama no Birthday (神さまのBirthday) - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • The world is all one!! - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • Kyun! Vampire Girl (きゅんっ!ヴァンパイアガール) - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • SMOKY THRILL - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • Nanairo Button (七彩ボタン) - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • READY!! - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • MUSIC♪ - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • ONLY MY NOTE - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
  • "HELLO!!" - Kantan-to-Muzukashii revival charts only
Namco Original
  • Densetsu no Matsuri (伝説の祭り) - lyrics, charts
  • Arumujika ac14.0V (アルムジカac14.0V)
  • Mulberry
  • MATSURI D/A
  • Jinpuumaru (迅風丸)
  • Fly away
  • Maou no Showtime (マオウのショウタイム)
  • Knitting High (ニッティング・ハイ) 
  • Phoenix
  • Calculator
  • Karyu (夏竜 ~Karyu~)
  • Morimori☆TokumoRhythm♪ (もりもり☆特盛リズム♪)
  • Evidence of evil
  • Audio de Ka! (オーディオ de カッ!)
  • Hiyokko Fantasy (ひよっこファンタジー)
Other credited roles in Taiko no Tatsujin
Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! - Director
Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Youkai Dai Kessen! - Director
THE iDOLM@STER MUST SONGS Red/Blue Album - Director

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