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42-509: While in Hawaii, Tsunku 's fellow band-mate from Sharam Q , Makoto , discovered the five girls who were to become Coconuts Musume. He had requested that Tsunku pick up the act, and in 1999, Coconuts Musume debuted on a Japanese television program, Asayan . The group originally consisted of Ayaka Kimura , Mika Todd , Chelsea Ching , Danielle DeLaunay , and April Barbaran , with Chelsea taking lead vocals. After two singles, Chelsea and April left

84-533: A Figure Fighter Duel challenge that uses the 3DS' StreetPass functionality. Tibby, a citizen of Heaven World, falls from the sky into Earth World. Upon regaining consciousness, he meets the player, who agrees to help him return to Heaven World. The two clear several worlds, meeting several people along the way, before arriving at the Lush Tower. At said tower, the game-play style slightly changes, as Remixes are added. The first fake-out scene happens after Lush Remix

126-418: A 25-year-old former model from Fukuoka . The couple have fraternal twins (a boy and a girl—the girl best known by her debut name, Hotzmic) born in 2008 and a second daughter, born in 2011. As his musical influences he cites The Beatles , Japanese popular music (especially kayōkyoku ), American and European hits being played on the radio when he was a schoolboy, disco acts such as Chic , Kool &

168-452: A linear format (where they are grouped into Stages of four; one from Rhythm Tengoku , one from Rhythm Heaven , one from Rhythm Heaven Fever , and one new), which is broken up by challenge games, before allowing players to tackle various towers in any order they choose. Some older Rhythm Games that returned in Megamix (such as Karate Man , Shoot-'em-up , Micro-Row , and Air Rally ), received

210-641: A new company called TNX consisting of singers such as Ami Tokito and other people including Tatsuya Naka , a magician who appeared on Hello! Morning . On September 26, 2007, Tsunku released a compilation album with the temporary title of "Sharam Q ~ Morning Musume" ~Tsunku 15 Years in Entertainment Commemoration Album~ , containing songs by both Sharam Q and Morning Musume, and another one on December 5, 2007 titled Tsunku Best Work Collection , containing songs sung by Tsunku himself. In June 2006, Tsunku married Kanako Idemitsu ( 出光 加奈子 ) ,

252-671: A physical retail release in Europe on October 21, 2016. Like the European release of Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise , the English versions of the game feature both English and Japanese audio. Rhythm Heaven Megamix received "generally favorable reviews" on review aggregation site Metacritic , scoring a 83/100. Famitsu reviewers rated the game a 34/40 (8/8/8/10) in Famitsu Score , and

294-412: A prequel version, an easier version which takes the original name and description of each game, and has new graphics and an alternated music (to match the music style of the new rhythm games featured in Megamix ), while the original Rhythm Games have been labelled as sequels and are given new names (e.g. Sneaky Spirits from Tengoku is labelled as Sneaky Spirits 2 in Megamix , Glee Club from Heaven

336-633: A singer from the Ishikawa prefecture, to sing. For "Classmate", Tsunku♂ said; "It's a song that you can hear if you play this game quite a bit. I had a pretty concrete image from the beginning, when I wondered what kind of game it would be. I'm surprised that this will happen... I was so moved that I almost cried. The song here is somehow sweet and sour. The feeling that I'm not so good is really good, and I think I'm addicted to it". He brought in Pajama Musume Club (Karen, Azuki Moeno, Hitomi Yoshida ) to record

378-433: Is "gloomy". Upon clearing several more game sets, they come upon the final 3 towers. Left-hand Tower, Right-Hand Tower, and Tibby's Mom. (The species of which Tibby belongs to become houses as they grow up.) The player clears the games in each of the 3 towers, before Heaven World returns to normal. It had become changed because Tibby's Mom had held her breath, due to her getting hiccups. The game ends shortly thereafter, however

420-536: Is a Japanese singer, record producer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Sharam Q . As a songwriter, Tsunku is the primary producer for Morning Musume and other Hello! Project acts, such as Coconuts Musume , Berryz Kobo , Cute , V-u-den , Aya Matsuura , and Maki Goto . He has also produced music for artists such as EE Jump and Sonim . Aside from musical acts, Tsunku has also produced soundtracks for anime and video game series such as Rhythm Heaven and ClassicaLoid . The total sales of

462-787: Is also involved in Nice Girl Project! ( NICE GIRL プロジェクト! ) . As a result of the Japanese earthquake in 2011, Tsunku wrote a song titled Love is Here ~Kibou no Hikari~ , dedicated to the victims. Tsunku is one of the many Japanese celebrities who have stepped up to support the victims and their loved ones. In March 2014, Tsunku announced on his blog that he had laryngeal cancer , which he found out after having throat surgery due to an unspecified condition. He also stated that he has been seeking treatment for it. On April 4, 2015, Tsunku revealed that he had his vocal cords removed as part of his cancer treatment. In his memoir, Dakara, Ikiru , which

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504-406: Is cleared, where Tibby was supposed to go back to Heaven World, but falls and hits his head before he can reach Heaven World. Several Towers appear, each containing either sequels of the games the player has played before, or entirely new games. After the player clears all 6 of the extra worlds, the second fake-out scene occurs, with Tibby being sent back up to Heaven World, but upon arrival, the place

546-456: Is labelled as Glee Club 2 in Megamix , and Figure Fighter 2 from Fever is labelled as Figure Fighter 3 in Megamix ). Some of the returning games from Tengoku and Heaven (DS) have added new music and redesigned graphics. Outside of the Story Mode, players can attempt Perfect Campaigns, which require players to clear selected stages without making any mistakes, or take on challenges on

588-717: The COVID-19 pandemic . Rhythm Heaven Megamix Rhythm Heaven Megamix , known in Europe and Australia as Rhythm Paradise Megamix , and in Japan as Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus ( リズム天国 ザ・ベスト＋ , Rizumu Tengoku: Za Besuto Purasu ) and Rhythm World: The Best Plus in Korea, is a rhythm game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS . It is the fourth game in Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven series and compiles stages from

630-525: The Zetima label. Between " Watashi mo 'I Love You' " of Sony Music Entertainment in Japan and " Jōnetsu Yuki Miraisen " of Zetima, sales increased by almost a quarter according to Oricon charts. After one more single, Sandbo, too, retired from the group, went on to the American pageant circuit, and eventually married and gave birth to a daughter. The remaining duo, Todd and Kimura, never released anything else under

672-593: The Challenge Train, which can be played with up to four players via Download Play . The Challenge Mode in the game also has two WarioWare crossover challenges named as " Wario ... Where?", which replaces some of the rhythm games' main characters with characters from the WarioWare series. This is due to both the WarioWare and Rhythm Heaven franchises being made by the same developers. The game also features bonus rhythm games, all of which are from previous titles, and

714-522: The Coconuts Musume name, though they contributed to Hello! Project compilations, performed songs (including English covers) during Hello! Project concerts, and became Japanese spokespersons for Dole pineapples . They also appeared on and hosted various radio and television shows separately. Todd became famous as a member of Minimoni , but retired in 2004 to study singing in California. Meanwhile, Kimura

756-734: The Gang and Earth, Wind & Fire , and bands like Duran Duran and The Power Station . Tsunku is responsible for majority of the musical composition and lyrics in Hello! Project , noticeably for Morning Musume where all of their singles have ranked in the Oricon Weekly Singles Top 5 (excluding " Morning Coffee " and " Mikan "). Arranging is typically left to outside parties with track records in arranging popular anime and game music. His works are mainly pop-oriented with catchy melodies and romantic, idealistic and sometimes even humorous lyrics,

798-594: The US as Rhythm Heaven and in Europe as Rhythm Paradise ) for the Nintendo DS, Minna no Rhythm Tengoku ( Rhythm Heaven Fever in the US, Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise in Europe) for the Wii, and Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus ( Rhythm Heaven Megamix in the US, Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe) for the Nintendo 3DS. On October 1, 2006, it was announced that Tsunku had created

840-728: The ages of the girls singing them), such as the Morning Musume singles " Kanashimi Twilight , " Onna ni Sachi Are " and " Resonant Blue ". Although his own work as a soloist and in Sharam Q tends to lean towards pop-rock , he is best known for working with various arrangers to create highly melodic, richly-textured sequencer -driven electronic dance music which often features synthesizers, as well as guitar riffs and solos which sometimes hint at hard rock or heavy metal influences (such as in Morning Musume's " Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii Jan " and Cute 's " Forever Love "). Typical vocal arrangements in

882-505: The end of a Japanese Nintendo Direct on January 14, 2015 in Japan, when Satoru Iwata is seen involved in a Nintendo Direct take of Karate Man Returns , before the gameplay footage is shown. More gameplay footage was shown in the Japanese April 1 Nintendo Direct. The game's music is done by Tsunku♂ (who also serves as the game's producer), as well as Shinji Ushiroda, Asuka Ito, Yumi Takahashi, and Megumi Inoue. While some music pieces from

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924-703: The game". The four new vocal songs for Megamix are "Tokimeki no Monogatari" (used for the Lush Remix), "I'm a lady now/Hotzmic" (used for the Honeybee Remix), "For That One Big Tear" (used for the Machine Remix), and "Classmate" (used for the game's Staff Roll). For "Tokimeki no Monogatari", Tsunku♂ commented; "There is a feeling of twilight at dusk. The singers who sing this song did a great job". He brought in Tokimekist (Chi-chan, Rino Hirayama, Mai-chan, Yurinko) to record

966-526: The game's Rainbow Towers which combine the previous rhythm games in the tower (or more rhythm games) into one song. Tower-themed elements are incorporated into the remix while every character in the present rhythm games gets to wear special tower-themed alternate costumes (except for the Left-Hand, Right-Hand and Final Remixes). Ratings for the Rhythm Games are now awarded based on a score meter indicating how well

1008-571: The game, replacing the singing because there are no lyrics for the respective languages. Megamix was the final game developed by Nintendo SPD1 before it was merged into Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development. In 2016, Nintendo announced that the game would launch in North America, Europe, Australia and Korea "later" that year. The game was released as a Nintendo eShop exclusive in North America on June 15, 2016 during Nintendo's Treehouse Livestream presentation at E3 2016 . The game received

1050-428: The girls on their studio recordings during key parts of songs such as during choruses and on certain phrases, in a voice an octave lower than theirs). However, there have been some exceptions, such as the Morning Musume songs "Morning Coffee", " Furusato ", " Memory Seishun no Hikari ", " Love Machine " and " I Wish ", where most (if not all) of the backing vocals were sung by the group's members themselves. Furthermore, in

1092-511: The group due to the difficulties of adjusting to life as a J-pop idol (neither spoke any Japanese when the group was formed) and to pursue other careers, such as modeling. Lehua Sandbo was then recruited as a member, and the group made two more singles until DeLaunay, who also had difficulties adjusting, left to pursue a career in theater. After DeLaunay left, the group switched from the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label to

1134-412: The latter in particular often being pitched to appeal to a young audience. However, many of the female vocalists who perform his songs have a large, dedicated fan base composed of older male wota , as well as male fans who are not wota, both of whom are usually in their twenties and thirties, and occasionally older. Some of his works in the late 2000s were particularly mature and hard-hitting (considering

1176-490: The music styles used in the previous three Rhythm Heaven titles, which in Rhythm Tengoku , Rhythm Heaven (DS), and Rhythm Heaven Fever , the music for those titles was a mix of catchy tunes and vocal songs. In a Iwata Asks interview, Satoru Iwata said; "Making music for the game was difficult, but that's what it was like". Tsunku♂ said; "As with music, to compete with the original work... It's very tricky, but while leaving

1218-399: The original Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven (DS) were re-used, Rhythm Heaven Megamix re-uses several music themes from the previous game, Rhythm Heaven Fever . For the prequel versions of older rhythm games from previous titles and for the new rhythm games and remixes in the game, most of the music that Tsunku♂ had composed for them was given a techno-themed motif. This is different from

1260-451: The past few years, it has become even more common for members of Hello! Project's groups to provide the backing vocals for their songs themselves. Recent years have also seen Hello! Project moving in a new direction musically, with prominent elements of dubstep and electro being incorporated into much of their recorded output, resulting in songs which seem at times to be almost experimental in style, at least by idol music standards. Tsunku

1302-417: The player can still play the game if he or she still chooses to. Masami Yone, the director of Rhythm Heaven Fever , assumed the same role for Megamix . He was assisted by Takumi Hatakeyama, who previously worked as a programmer and designer for WarioWare D.I.Y. and Rhythm Heaven Fever . Ko Takeuchi returns as the art director, and Yoshio Sakamoto as the general producer. The game was first announced near

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1344-434: The player performed. Each Rhythm Game also features a special Skill Star point, which awards bonuses for hitting a certain part of the game with precise timing. Playing through Rhythm Games earns Medals that can be used to unlock bonuses such as additional rhythm games. Megamix features a Story Mode in which players try to help a character named Tibby reach Heaven World, his home. The mode has players play through stages in

1386-417: The second time. It was a minor in changes and the guitar was fierce, it's so intense that it's cool! Not the game of the same name that appears in the beginning, though. It is used by those who appear in the final game". In addition to using vocal songs from previous entries, newly written songs for the game were being made. Tsunku♂ commented; "We have selected people who are suitable for singing fresh songs in

1428-491: The series' previous entries; Rhythm Tengoku , Rhythm Heaven , and Rhythm Heaven Fever , as well as adding new ones. The game was released in Japan in June 2015 and in North America, Europe, Oceania, and South Korea throughout 2016. Like the previous three entries in the series, Rhythm Heaven Megamix is composed of several Rhythm Games, requiring players to play in time with the music in order to clear each one. The game uses

1470-461: The singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan. Tsunku later worked with Nintendo and J.P.ROOM to create the music video game , Rhythm Tengoku . It was released for the Game Boy Advance exclusively in Japan on August 3, 2006, and later as an arcade machine on September 20, 2007. He also worked on Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Released in

1512-532: The song. For "I'm a lady now/Hotzmic", Tsunku♂ asked a person he met in New York to write the lyrics. To provide the vocals, Azuki Moeno participated, and as will be described later, Tsunku's eldest daughter, who was 6 years old at the time of recording the song, participated under the name of Hotzmic. In recording "For That One Big Tear", Tsunku♂ really liked the song's melody and lyrics, so he brought in Hikaru Ohashi,

1554-494: The song. The music video for "I'm a lady now/Hotzmic" was released (probably to promote Megamix ) in Japan, in which the song is extended than the 1-minute version heard in the Honeybee Remix. The video features Hotzmic singing the song while dancing in a room. "Tokimeki no Monogatari", "For That One Big Tear" and "Classmate" were replaced by instrumental versions of the three songs in the American, European, and Korean versions of

1596-454: The songs he writes for Hello! Project's groups tend to revolve around the members taking turns at singing lines and sometimes even small parts of lines in succession, building up to a chorus in which most (if not all) members sing in unison rather than using vocal harmonies ; any harmonies that are present in the songs are often sung by other people (including Tsunku himself, who records his backing vocals so as to appear to sing "along with"

1638-440: The theme, the newly created Prequels. In making music for the games (the prequel of Karate Man for example), I'd have a strong feeling for it because it was unexpectedly tough. I am very particular about the game, but no matter how many times I submit a music piece, it doesn't look right... If you make one at Nintendo's request while thinking, some think; The image is a little different, though. The piece for Karate Man submitted for

1680-513: The traditional control scheme featured in the original Rhythm Tengoku , which uses the A, B, and directional buttons on the Nintendo 3DS. The game can be optionally played with the stylus, though controls are more simplified compared to Rhythm Heaven . The game features over 100 Rhythm Games, including 70 taken from previous titles (including the GBA release, which was never released outside of Japan) and 30 brand new ones, as well as new Remix stages based on

1722-555: Was part of Romans and Petitmoni 's third generation. At this time, Kimura was the only member left in Coconuts Musume; however, she was still referred to within Hello! Project as "Coconuts Musume Ayaka". On April 30, 2008, it was announced on Hello! Project's official website that Kimura was retiring to pursue a career in acting, thus disbanding Coconuts Musume. Tsunku Mitsuo Terada ( 寺田 光男 , Terada Mitsuo , born October 29, 1968) , known professionally as Tsunku ( つんく♂ ) ,

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1764-457: Was published in September 2015, it was revealed that he stepped down as Hello! Project's General Manager sometime after Morning Musume's New York concert that happened on October 5, 2014. He still remains involved with Morning Musume as its Sound Producer. On May 4, 2020, Tsunku was among the 121 members of Up-Front Group to participate in a YouTube telework to support the frontline workers during

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