''Begin'' is the first
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
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album by
J-pop
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group
BeForU
BeForU were a Japanese pop group that performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. Their 2000 debut song "Dive" was particularly notable as being the first Japanese-language pop song in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series. ...
member
Riyu Kosaka
is a Japanese pop singer and lyricist. She is best known as a member of the Konami-produced Japanese teen pop girl group BeForU.
Biography
Early life
Kosaka was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on January 17, 1985.
Career
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, released June 11, 2004. Many of these tracks are
covers of popular
bemani
, stylized as BEMANI, is Konami's music video game division. Originally named the Games & Music Division (G.M.D.), it changed its name in honor of its first and most successful game, ''Beatmania'', and expanded into other music-based games, mos ...
songs.
The title track of Riyu's debut single, "
True...", is not included on this album. It was included on
BeForU
BeForU were a Japanese pop group that performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. Their 2000 debut song "Dive" was particularly notable as being the first Japanese-language pop song in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series. ...
's debut album instead. Another version of the B-side track of that single, "Dive to the Night", is included however.
Track listing
# Begin
# Victory!!
# Lifeless
# Remember You...
# Speedy (Album Version)
# Glacial
# Kiss Me
# White Season
# Dive to the Night (TЁЯRA Works remix)
# Candy
# Don't Stop the music!!
# Sweetie (Album Version)
# Song for You (Album Version)
# Shining (Unplugged version)
*On 2006, Riyu Kosaka said that Track 1 is a cover of Freedom by BeForU.
*Track 2 is a cover of Crash! by Mr. Brian and The Final Band (Dancing Stage Euromix 2)
*Track 3 is a cover of Still in My Heart by Naoki (Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix)
*Track 4 is a cover of Remember You by NM feat. Julia (Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix)
*Track 6 is a cover of Hyper Eurobeat by Naoki feat. DDR All Stars (Dance Dance Revolution Extreme)
*Track 7 is a cover of Hysteria 2001 by NM (Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix)
*Track 8 is a cover of Silent Hill by Thomas Howard (Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix)
*Track 9 is a cover of Dive by BeForU (Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix)
*Track 10 is a remake of Candy (Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix)
*Track 11 is a cover of Can't Stop Falling in Love by Naoki (Dance Dance Revolution Solo and Beatmania IIDX 3rd)
*Track 14 is a cover of ☆shining☆ by BeForU (pop'n music 9)
Album details
* Arranged by:
** Naoki Maeda (1~3, 5~7, 10, 11, 14)
** Katsumi Yoshihara (2, 12)
** Platinum Patnuz (4, 13)
** Tatsh () (8)
** Jun (9)
* Composed by: Naoki Maeda
* Catalog Number: LC-1280
2004 albums
Riyu Kosaka albums
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