Ryutaro Nakahara
Ryutaro Nakahara (中原 龍太郎 Nakahara Ryūtarō, born October 1, 1979), known by his stage name Ryu☆, is a musician and DJ. In 2000, Ryu, along with Kors K won a contest started by Konami, in which composers are to make music such that the winners would get their songs in the next beatmania IIDX installment. Ryu's entry "Starmine" and Kors K's "Clione" won the contest and both songs were featured in Beatmania IIDX 4th Style.
Ryu returned in Beatmania IIDX 9th Style with a remix of DJ Taka's "Abyss", and composed more songs in 10th style onwards. Since then, Ryu has become a mainstay composer for Konami's Bemani series as well as a freelance musician. Ryu has become a part of beatnation records, which compose of Kors K, DJ Taka, L.E.D., Sōta Fujimori and DJ Yoshitaka.
He has numerous works outside of Konami as well, including "Orion" from HARDCORE TANO*C's "HARDCORE SYNDROME 2" album and remixes of the famous "Caramelldansen" and "Caipirinha".
Songs
beatmaniaIIDX
beatmaniaIIDX 4th style
- starmine
beatmaniaIIDX 9th style
- Abyss -The Heavens Remix- (original song by Takayuki Ishikawa)
beatmaniaIIDX 10th style
- Narcissus At Oasis
- rainbow rainbow
- 雪月花
beatmaniaIIDX 11 IIDXRED
- AGEHA
- Be quiet
beatmaniaIIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
- Aurora
- in motion
- 合体せよ!ストロングイェーガー!! (Ryu☆ remix) (original song by Toshiyuki Kakuta)
- in the Sky (CS version song)
beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD
- Harmony and Lovely
- So Fabulous!!
- waxing and wanding
- Go Beyond!! (with Sōta Fujimori; CS version song)
beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD
- Dreaming Sweetness
- Second Heaven
- Treasure×Star (with Naoki Maeda and Sachimayu; CS version song)
beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
- Blue Rain (with Takayuki Ishikawa)
- Dazzlin' Darlin
- Time to Air
- Do it!! Do it!!
- VOX UP (with Shinji Hosoe); CS version song)
beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS
- Mind Mapping
- まほろば (with Kanako Hoshino)
- 3y3s
- RIZING YOU UP [CS version song]
beatmaniaIIDX 17 SIRIUS
- bloomin' feeling
- Light Shine
- mosaic
beatmaniaIIDX 18 Resort Anthem
- Mermaid girl
- passionate fate
- PARADISE LOST (with Toshiyuki Kakuta)
beatmaniaIIDX 19 Lincle
- Follow Tomorrow (with Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga)
- Thunderbolt
- NNRT
beatmaniaIIDX 20 tricoro
- 405 nm (Ryu☆mix) (with Starving Trancer)
- Fly you to the star (with Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga)
- Plan 8
beatmaniaIIDX 21 SPADA
- BLUE DRAGON(雷龍RemixIIDX)
- Critical Crystal
- Dark Fall
- ra'am
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
- sakura storm
- Vertical (Available as Xbox Live Download Content)
Dance Dance Revolution X2
- Sakura Sunrise
Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
- COME BACK TO MY HEART (with Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga)
- I/O
Dance Dance Revolution 2013
- ずっとみつめていて (Ryu☆Remix) (with DJ UTO, Starving Trancer, and Mayumi Morinaga)
pop'n music
pop'n music 12 いろは
- starmine (pop'n mixxx)
pop'n music 14 FEVER!
- hora de verdad (with Jun Wakita)
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪
- SPICY PIECE (Ryu☆ Remix) (original song by Tomonori Ikeda)
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝
- Ignited Night
pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET
- ナタラディーン (Raja Maharaja mix) (original song by Yuki Kume)
pop'n music 20 fantasia
- 朧 (with Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga)
Guitar Freaks & Drum Mania
GuitarFreaks XG2 & DrumMania XG2: Groove to Live
- Right on time (Ryu☆ Remix) (Original song by Mutsuhiko Izumi)
GuitarFreaks XG3 & DrumMania XG3
- I'm so Happy (Rockin' ver.)
GITADORA
- Run Run
- Sakura Sunrise (GITADORA ver.)
jubeat
jubeat
- bass 2 bass
jubeat knit
- I'm so Happy
jubeat copious
- 800 nm
- 532 nm
jubeat saucer
- We're so Happy
REFLEC BEAT
REFLEC BEAT
- Sakura Reflection
- KOROBUSHKA (Ryu Remix)
- 中華急行 (ver. 1.5)
REFLEC BEAT limelight
- Castle on the Moon
- Mermaid girl (Ryu☆ Remix)
- STARS (Ryu☆ Remix RR ver.) (with Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga)
REFLEC BEAT colette
- Blade
- Honey Party
- it's my miracle (with Starving Trancer)
- Like+it!
- Sakura Luminance
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!
- Sakura Mirage
BEMANI-wide
- Engraved Mark
Exit Trance Presents Anime Trance
- Butter-fly (デジモンアドベンチャーOP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 1)
- 聖少女領域 (ローゼンメイデン・トロイメント主題歌) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 1, COMPLETE BEST)
- アンインストール (ぼくらの(TVアニメ)OP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 1, COMPLETE BEST)
- ヘミソフィア (ラーゼフォン(フジ系)OP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 2, COMPLETE BEST)
- JOINT (灼眼のシャナ2OP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 3)
- 亡國覚醒カタルシス (.hack//Roots ED) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 4)
- オレンジ (BLEACH ED) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 5)
- Tears Infection (Myself.Yourself OP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE BEST 5)
- Butter-Fly (デジモンアドベンチャーOP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE COMPLETE BEST)
- 真赤な誓い (武装錬金(テレビ東京系)OP) (from EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS ANIME TRANCE COMPLETE BEST)
Other Works
- Under The Sky (Ryu☆Remix) (from the album "cyber beatnation 1st conclusion")
- THE SAFARI -Ryu☆Remix- (from dj TAKA's album "milestone")
- INFINITE PRAYER -Ryu☆Remix- (from L.E.D.'s album "denjin-k")
- The Hope Of Tomorrow -Ryu☆Remix- (from Sōta Fujimori's album "SYNTHESIZED")
- orion (from the HARDCORE TANO*C album "HARDCORE SYNDROME 2")
- ウッーウッーウマウマ(゚∀゚) (Ryu Remix) [from ウッーウッーウマウマ(゚∀゚)]
- Kick Out 仮面 -Ryu☆Remix- (from Keiichi Ueno's album "Rewind!")
- ZUTTO MITSUMETE ITE (Ryu Remix)
- Ribbon (from the game Walk It Out!)
- Soft Paws (from the game Walk It Out!)