Ryu☆ is a dance music producer who quickly gained notoriety with his debut song “starmine” in Konami’s beatmania IIDX series in 2000. Since his debut he has contributed over 100 songs to Konami’s arcade music games.
His specialty is making up-tempo dancemusic tracks with catchy melodies across a variety of different genres.
Outside of his activities with Konami he has released 15 major label albums with combined sales over 150,000 units. Several of his songs have surpassed 1 million plays across platforms likeYouTube and Spotify, including his fan favorite track “Second Heaven” breaking 5 million plays. His live DJ performances draw sell-out crowds at venues across Japan, and he has recently been receiving international attention as a DJ performing at events in the United States, Finland, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.
In addition to the music game and club scenes, he is active in the J-Pop and Anime music scene having provided songs for famous series such as FAIRY TAIL and Yuyushiki. In the J-Pop world he has been tapped for remix works by chart topping artists like GACKT and Dempagumi.inc. amongst others and was responsible for writing the theme song for the Chunichi Dragons baseball team mascot Doala.
Outside of music production he is also active as a director at Pony Canyon subsidiary EXIT TUNES where he not only coordinates and produces albums but also participates as a composer and remixer.