Japanese pop singer and lyricist
Riyu Kosaka
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Birth name
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Also known as
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Born
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1985-01-17
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January 17, 1985
(age 39)
Yokohama
,
Kanagawa
, Japan
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Years active
| 2000?present
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Website
| Official website
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Musical artist
Riyu Kosaka
(
小坂 りゆ(小坂 梨由)
,
Kosaka Riyu
, born January 17, 1985)
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
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Early life
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Kosaka was born in
Yokohama
,
Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan on January 17, 1985.
Career
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Discovery by Konami
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On November 20, 2000,
Konami
and
Toshiba-EMI
staff held auditions to form a J-pop group, which would eventually become
BeForU
; Riyu, who was then fifteen years old, was one of four who went on to join the group.
[1]
[2]
The group, produced by
Naoki Maeda
, originally made songs specifically for
Bemani
games?their first song,
Dive
, was promoted intensely in the time leading up to the release of
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix
.
[3]
True...
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After
Dive's
success in 5thMix, BeForU produced more tracks for inclusion in
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix
, including
Dive: More Deep and Deeper Style
and
Firefly
.
[4]
This is where Kosaka got her first solo track,
True...
. Two different versions were included in the game,
True... (radio edit)
and
True...: Trance Sunrise Mix
.
[4]
For the first time for any member of BeForU, a CD single was released. including a long version of both the radio edit and the trance sunrise mix, as well as a remix of a solo performance of
Dive
, renamed
Dive to the Night
.
[5]
True...
was a success in the DDR community, and Kosaka continued to release other songs for use in Bemani both with BeForU and as a solo singer.
Breaking out from Bemani
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While they continued to make music for Konami, BeForU began to put more emphasis on themselves as legitimate musicians, and this included Kosaka. In 2004, the band's first CD was released, containing some solo work by Kosaka; in the same year, her first full solo album,
Begin
, was released.
[6]
Begin
contained three original songs, as well as eleven re-recorded Bemani songs, some of which were covers of other artists. A year later, she released
Riyu Kosaka First Live at O-EAST 2005
, a CD+DVD set of her first full-blown concert. (This cannot actually be considered her first live performance, as she did limited performances to promote her single
True...
.
[7]
) Since that time, Kosaka has released a number of singles both on her own and with BeForU, as well as a new album with BeForU.
In 2005 and 2006, she also collaborated with
Ryo Horikawa
as a radio personality for
Pakedio Channel
, and her song
Little Wings
is available on the album
Pakedio Channel Vol. 1
.
[8]
In 2007, Riyu Kosaka recorded a song for the film
Kamen Rider The Next
,
Platinum Smile
. The song is an insert song for the movie with Kosaka providing the singing voice for Erika Mori, who portrays Chiharu Kazami, the younger sister of Shiro Kazami/
Kamen Rider V3
. In December 2007, Riyu released her sixth single,
Kokoro no ato
. The song was used as the introduction song in the anime
Mokke
.
In 2008, Riyu released her second studio album,
Every Struggle
, which was also her debut album on a major record label. The album contained her four most recent singles at the time and 7 new tracks, for a total of 11 tracks overall. Due to the break-up of
BeForU
in late 2008, Riyu did not produce any solo works for some time.
In 2010, Riyu announced the release of her song 'キミが聞こえる' which would be featured on 'あまつみそらに!' as the ending theme and was also released as part of the soundtrack in June 2010. This release, however, was not on
avex trax
but on
5pb.
which may indicate she has switched labels. Kosaka will also be performing at the 'Live5pb.2010' concert.
[9]
In 2018, she provided vocals on the
Dynamite Dynamite Rev -NAOKI SPECIAL ALBUM-
. In 2019, she provided vocals for the opening song of the mobile game
Seven's Code
.
In 2021, the song
12
by Naoki and Riyu Kosaka that was in
Seven's Code
reappears on the game
StepManiaX
.
Discography
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This is a discography of Kosaka's solo work. For her complete discography, see
the BeForU discography
.
Singles
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Albums
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Other CDs
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- Baby's Tears
(2006) (as part of the
Sky Girls
Original Soundtrack)
[6]
- I-revoミュ?ジックICE限定配信曲
(2006) (available for download only from BeForU's i-revo homepage, this digital album is referred to by fans as
Little Wings
or
Startup
.)
[15]
- Platinum Smile
(2007) as featured on the
Kamen Rider the Next
original soundtrack)
- あまつみそらに! Soundtracks
(2010) Riyu provides vocals for the ending theme 'キミが聞こえる.'
DVDs
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- Riyu Kosaka First Live at O-EAST 2005
(2005)
[16]
- Riyu's Summer Vacation
(2007)
- BeForU / Four Piece Riyu Kosaka / Live 2008
(2008)
Video games
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Riyu Kosaka has a total of seven songs and two remixes in the
Dance Dance Revolution
series.
Song
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Arcade game
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MAX
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MAX2
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Ex
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SN
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SN2
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X
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X2
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X3
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2013
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2014
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A
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A20
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A3
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"true… (radio edit)"
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Does not appear
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"true… (trance sunrise mix)"
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"Candy♥"
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"Dive to the Night"
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"Love♥Shine"
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"Baby's Tears"
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"Baby's Tears (
Sky Girls
Opening Theme)"
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"Himawari"
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"Honey♂Punch"
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Additionally, Riyu Kosaka has a total of seven songs that appear in
StepManiaX
. With the exception of "VTubers Never Die! (RE-incarnation MIX)", these originally appeared in
Seven's Code
and
Chrono Circle
. Songs available in
StepManiaX
include:
- "Twelve -True Fix-" by Riyu Kosaka (January 29, 2021)
- "The Judgement Day" by Naoki featuring Riyu Kosaka (March 29, 2021)
- "Paradox (StepManiaX Mix)" by Naoki featuring Riyu Kosaka (June 28, 2021)
- "VTubers Never Die! (RE-incarnation MIX)" by Naoki & Eternal JK Yoripi-chan featuring Riyu Kosaka (July 25, 2022)
References
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- ^
"DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION-ア?ティスト?オ?ディション 2001"
. Konami.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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"BeForU ☆ | Sitio para fans de BeForU/Site for BeForU fans"
. Freewebs.com. Archived from
the original
on May 22, 2011
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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"DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION-ア?ティスト?オ?ディション 2001"
. Konami.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- ^
a
b
"Beforu Official Website"
. Konami.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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"コナミスタイル"
. Konamistyle.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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a
b
c
"Beforu -Official Website"
. Beatrevolution.i-revo.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- ^
"小坂りゆSPECIAL LIVE -レポ?ト"
. Konami.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- ^
"Various Artist『Pakedio Channel Vol.1』 | 試?/ダウンロ?ド | 音?ダウンロ?ド【OnGen】"
. Ongen.net. Archived from
the original
on February 1, 2009
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- ^
"Live5pb.2010"
. 5pb.jp
. Retrieved
August 31,
2010
.
- ^
a
b
c
"Beforu -Official Website"
. Beatrevolution.i-revo.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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'"Danzai no Hana ~Guilty Sky~"'. (September 2007)
Newtype USA
. Volume 6, Number 5, page 126.
- ^
"
BeForU OfficialSite
".
Internet Revolution
.
Archived
August 24, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
Retrieved from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine on February 11, 2010.
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"CD Japan page listing"
. CD Japan
. Retrieved
December 29,
2011
.
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"every struggle"
. Retrieved
December 20,
2010
.
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"Beforu -Official Website"
. Beatrevolution.i-revo.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
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"Beforu -Official Website"
. Beatrevolution.i-revo.jp
. Retrieved
February 11,
2010
.
- "BeForU4ever ☆ Website for Fans"
. DaEv. Archived from
the original
on March 27, 2008
. Retrieved
March 15,
2008
.
- "Beat Revolution Artis 小坂りゆ"
. Internet Revolution/Konami Digital Entertainment
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "Dance Dance RevolutionN--ア?ティストオ?ディション 2001 ? page 4"
. Konami
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "BeForU ☆ Site for BeForU fans"
. Hidoki/NeoIvAn. Archived from
the original
on May 13, 2007
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "Dance Dance Revolution--ア?ティストオ?ディション 2001 ? page 5"
. Konami
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "BeForU: Official Website Discography"
. Konami
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "小坂りゆ「true...」(CD)"
. Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "小坂りゆSpecial Live"
. Konami
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "Pakedio"
. WMS. October 23, 2005. Archived from
the original
on October 23, 2005
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "Pakedio Channel Vol.1-Various Artist"
. Usen Corporation. Archived from
the original
on February 1, 2009
. Retrieved
January 6,
2007
.
- "BeForU: Official Website Discography ? Single"
. Internet Revolution/Konami Digital Entertainment
. Retrieved
March 21,
2007
.
- "BeForU: Official Website Discography ? Album"
. Internet Revolution/Konami Digital Entertainment
. Retrieved
March 21,
2007
.
- "BeForU: Official Website Discography ? Download"
. Internet Revolution/Konami Digital Entertainment
. Retrieved
March 21,
2007
.
- "BeForU: Official Website Discography ? DVD"
. Internet Revolution/Konami Digital Entertainment
. Retrieved
March 21,
2007
.
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