Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival early January 2026 Taiko Music Pass and DLC Updates

Taiko Music Pass Track Additions (source)

	Title
2025/12/25
	Ninth Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven 第九交響曲／ベートーヴェン					★9
2026/01/08
	Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake 残酷な夜に輝け	★1	★1	★2	★6
	VISIONS Kamen Rider ZEZTZ 　　「仮面ライダーゼッツ」より	★1	★1	★4	★6
	RAGING FIRE 　　Δ→Low	★4	★6	★7	★8
	Maseijin -Zeta Asterism- Hisui feat. hiyama 魔星陣 -ゼータ・アステリズム-／翡翠 feat. hiyama	★?	★?	★?	★?

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut

Anime Pack Vol.6: 2026/01/08 (source)
アニメパックVol.6

	Title
	Kusushiki The Apothecary Diaries S2 Opening Theme クスシキ 　　TVアニメ『薬屋のひとりごと』第2期 オープニングテーマ	★2	★2	★5	★8
	Ai♡Scream! AiScReam/Love Live! Series 愛♡スクリ～ム！／AiScReam 「ラブライブ！シリーズ」より	★2	★3	★4	★6
	Same Blue Blue Box 　　TVアニメ「アオのハコ」より	★2	★4	★5	★7

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

Song of the Week! 27 December 2025

It's the last Song of the Week for this year, the last Ura Oni slot to fulfill and one last occasion to pick-up the slack on some missed-out intel from past livestream broadcastings.

What proverbial stone shall I use to kill these three birds at once? Well, ...

[RANDOM] - Future Chimes from Foreign Tournaments

Before the end of the year, we finally get to talk on the blog about a China-related cross-arcades tournament we've lightly touched upon our Taiko Time SMS accounts beforehand, bringing a small trove of original content that is bound to come across public arcades in the future, courtesy of China's largest active arcade manufacturer.

Song of the Week! 20 December 2025

Hey, just because my current predicament is hindering me to do longform Christmas projects like in the past years, that doesn't mean we can't spread some of that jolly atmosphere in sme form...

On that note, thanks for the indirect assist, mr. Kawagen and consort!

Livestream Recap: 2025/12/14 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Livestream

At the year's final stretch, we got served with one more livestream to round up everything arcade-related in the near future, with a greater focus on the just-ended World Score @ Online tournament. Like in the past, our coverage will be a mix of our usual snaps, the Taiko Team's own recap post posted today on the official blog (see here) and a few SNS notices inbetween. Let's roll!

Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival Taiko Music Pass Farewell Tracks (December 2025)

Taiko Music Pass Farewell Tracks (source)

	Title
2025/12/24
	Kerakera Janken ケラケラじゃんけん Other availability Wii U2 (DLC EOS)	★2	★3	★5	★7
	ROCKET DIVE Other availability AC11, PSVita (DLC EOS), NS1 (DLC)	★3	★4	★3	★6
	Trust・Last Kamen Rider Geats 　　「仮面ライダーギーツ」より Other availability DF (DLC)	★1	★2	★3	★5

Key: orange = Mythical (no other means to play); yellow = Endangered (only playable with EOS DLC)

Additional Notes

• Farewell Tracks will not be playable in all modes
• Scores and crowns achieved will be removed from view
• Farewell Tracks will disappear from playlist(s) if previously set
• If a Farewell Track is set as My Battle Track in online modes, the slot will be reverted to the default (Natsu Matsuri)
• Titles obtained from playing Farewell Tracks (e.g. "(track) Lover" from playing the track 30 times) will still be usable even after removal.

Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat Ver. 1.28.0 Update

We're taking advantage of the occasion to also keep you posted on the Pop Tap Beat side of things, considering the app got updated tomorrow with six more playable tunes, two of which being series-debuts on top!

Pop Tap Beat v1.28 New Tracks

	Title
2025/12/11
	Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokoro-zuyosa to Street Fighter II MOVIE 恋しさと せつなさと 心強さと 　　「ストリートファイターⅡ MOVIE」より	★2	★4	★5	★7
	RUNNING IN THE "90S" Initial D 　　「頭文字D」より	★3	★5	★5	★8
	SHOGYO MUJO COSIO/Genpei Touma Den Remix 　　COSIO / 源平討魔伝リミックス	★2	★3	★7	★9
	Ikanai de Ikaros 行かないでイカロス／AJURIKA	★3	★5	★7	★9
	Turquoise Tachometer 　　AJURIKA	★4	★6	★7	★9
	Rotter Tarmination	★4	★6	★7	★8	★10

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut