Song of the Week! 24 October 2026

Today's songs on display are a couple of tunes that are bound to leave Nijiiro for good next month, and their officially-Taiko-playable status with that. Yet another memento of a Bandai Namco-pushed upbringing not being enough to shield some tunes from the perma-removal status...

Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival October 2026 Updates

◀ September 2026

This post will be periodically updated across the month as announcements are revealed.

November 2026 ▶

Taiko Music Pass Track Additions

	Title
2026/10/01 (source)
	DokoDON★MatsuRhythm Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX Theme Song ドコDON★まつリズム 　　「太鼓の達人 ぽ～たぶるDX」テーマソング	★3	★4	★5	★7
2026/10/08 (source)
	Mecha Yaba!? Baritoke Kakigoori mofmofmo めちゃヤバッ！?バリ溶けかき氷／モフモフモー	★1	★3	★5	★8
2026/10/15 (source)
	Kakashi-hime -Princess Scarecrow- Harunaba feat. Chihiro Ishiguro 案山子姫 -Princess Scarecrow-／はるなば feat. 石黒千尋	★5	★7	★8	★8	★10
2026/10/22 (source)
	Tontsuka Tantan トンツカタンタン	★3	★4	★5	★6
Next reveal: ???
??	???	★?	★?	★?	★?

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

DLC Additions

	Title
2026/10/01: 2000 Series Pack Vol.2 (source)
	Koibumi 2000 恋文2000	★5	★7	★8	★9
	Kita Saitama 2000 きたさいたま2000	★5	★7	★8	★10
	Kita Saitama 200 きたさいたま200	★5	★7	★8	★9
	Soroban 2000 十露盤2000	★4	★6	★8	★10
	Suuhaa 2000 スーハー2000	★5	★7	★8	★10

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

Taiko Music Pass Featured Playlist

	Title		Title
2026/10/01: 2020s Hit Anime Song (source)
	IRIS OUT		Zankyou Sanka 残響散歌
	Shinjidai 新時代		Kusushiki クスシキ
	Ai♡Scream! 愛♡スクリ～ム！		Idol アイドル
	Yuusha 勇者		Bling-Bang-Bang-Born
	Ao no Sumika 青のすみか		Kaibutsu 怪物
			...and more!

Farewell Tracks

	Title
2026/10/28 (source)
	Sai wa Nageraneta Touhou Project Arrange/IOSYS 賽は投げられた／東方Projectアレンジ IOSYS Other availability DF (DLC)	★4	★6	★6	★7
	Untaka Dance 　　Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 Special Support Song ウンタカダンス／「映画ドラえもん 新・のび太の日本誕生」 　　スペシャル応援ソング Other availability XXX	★2	★2	★4	★6
	Hacking to the Gate Steins;Gate 　　TVアニメ「シュタインズ・ゲート」より Other availability XXX	★2	★2	★3	★6
	HANDS UP! One Piece 　　「ワンピース」より Other availability XXX	★3	★5	★6	★7

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

Additional Notes for Farewell Tracks

• 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.

Song of the Week! 17 October 2026

As embarassing as it sounds, I got some swamped from off-keyboard duties I (almost) forgot to pen something for today! Good thing there's something topical from the most unexpected of places, for this fix...

Taiko no Tatsujin Music Recruitment 2026 - General Public Voting Phase 1 Winners!

Contrary to what had transpired in yesterday's official blog entry, the most-voted user picks among the 2026 music contest's non-winning entries were revealed earlier today! These are also grouped on the contest's website in its own section, with a side tab for when the most-voted pickes from Phase 2 (ergo, the tracks that will become playable on Nijiiro Version cabs) will be revealed.

These are the ten most-voted entries in Phase 1:

• EGO-ADDICTION / technoplanet feat. Koyoi & Tamako Kinoshita (technoplanet feat. 小宵 & 木下珠子)
• FAMILIAR / TAG
• Donburi Disco (どんぶりディスコ) / Rinkai Mosquito (臨界モスキー党)
• Outf0x7D0 / Δ→Low
• Sou-chikai no Edelknight (双誓のエーデルナイト) / Symholic feat.Marina Koma & Mimi Misora (Symholic feat.狛茉璃奈 & みそらみみ)
• UP(lift × set × grade) / Paamataisa vs Mihile (パーマ大佐 vs ミハイル)
• Lullion (feat. Hanaka Mikagami) (瑠璃音（feat.水鏡華）) / Rigel_Wired
• Tenkyu (天穹) / Yomii (よみぃ)
• Glass Tama no Oto (硝子玉の䪭) / Shrimpcats. (Hachi x Goto Ryosuke)
• Tenku-Lion Ad Astra (天鼓雷音・アド・アストラ) / Ini Manami (井荷麻奈実)

Namco Taiko Blog (October 14th, 2026) - Icon-Bumping Collaborative Endeavors and October's Campaigns of Old and New

Something meatier than new collaboration news (because oh yeah, we got some more of those for this month!) awaits the upcoming Nijiiro Version update, rolling in Japan on October 21st and the day after (October 22nd) in the rest of the non-Mainland China world.
See you after the jump!

First Video Portal: October 2026

2026/10/22

	Title
	Yukemuri Tamaonsen II Touhou Project Arrange - Tamaonsen ゆけむり魂温泉II／東方Projectアレンジ 魂温泉	★?	★?	★?	★? ???
	Miishi Kakure Touhou Project x NAMCO SOUNDS - Sho Okada(BNSI) & Yura Hatsuki feat. Kaori Aihara 御石かくれ／東方Project×NAMCO SOUNDS Sho Okada (BNSI) & 葉月ゆらfeat. 愛原圭織	★?	★?	★?	★? ???

2026/10/21

	Title
	Monster Strike Medley ～Main Theme・Extreme・Victory～ モンスターストライクメドレー ～メインテーマ・爆絶・勝利～	★?	★?	★?	★? ???
	Monster Strike Medley ～Star Grave of World-Breaking EX・Absolutely Obsessive Egoist～ モンスターストライクメドレー ～破界の星墓EX・絶対狂愛エゴイスト～	★?	★?	★?	★? ???

2026/10/08

	Title
	Mecha Yaba!? Baritoke Kakigoori↑↑ mofmofmo めちゃヤバッ！?バリ溶けかき氷↑↑／モフモフモー	★1	★3	★5	★8 589

2026/10/05

	Title
/	Jagariko Remix Jagariko x Taiko no Tatsujin / Yano Yoshito (BNSI) じゃがりこ りみっくす／「じゃがりこ × 太鼓の達人」 矢野義人(BNSI)	★2	★4	★6	★8 413