It's Ranking Dojo update day and while we're cooking up the First Fideo Portal with today's fiends, here's what lied at the end of this year's 10-Dan course. Can't talk about one of those without the other, after all!
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Song of the Week! 12 September 2026
It's Ranking Dojo update day and while we're cooking up the First Fideo Portal with today's fiends, here's what lied at the end of this year's 10-Dan course. Can't talk about one of those without the other, after all!
Friday, September 11, 2026
Livestream Recap: 2026/09/11 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Livestream
The latest livestream antics of Etou and Kimizu have dropped a bit earlier than the usual weekend gateaway window, but nevertheless we got your back on the recap action! See you after the jump for the image-based recap, with the full stream on toe above these lines.
Taiko no Tatsujin Music Recruitment 2026 - A Small Musical Primer
A customary habit for us (although a little bit later on my part, this time around...), let's have a listen to a small selection of contest entries from the latest Columbia Makes music primer, between newcomers and familiar names. It's quite a way for us to prime ourselves for today's Taiko Team livestream, isn't it?
- UP(lift × set × grade), the latest attempt for Mihile to jump back at the music contests' winning chariot after his Overblaze from 2024, which -while not winning- was still worth to be one of the most-voted songs by online users. It's been backed by someone else this time, too- the comedian Paamataisa (パーマ大佐)!
- Chroma no Sora Shite, Shukufuku (クロマの空にて、祝福) by Ammobie, delivering a chiptune/drum'n'bass after a lucky music selection for an upcoming release on Dynamix Universe, C4Cat's first rhythm game sequel to a game of theirs.
- METEOR RiDER, by Shiena. Don't let that not-capitalized 'i' ut you in a ruse, there's no YOFUKASHi Sound Team around for this one's making!
- Yoi no Xiao Akari (宵の硝灯), coming from the hands of another not-winning General Public Voting composer from the 2024 edition who still made it to the top-voted picks, with their EUPHORiC ENERZY -XD-. Much like with Mihile, Reku Mochizuki didn't come alone this time, with extra guitar backing from Sho Yoshida (吉田翔).
- Takiyasha-hime (滝夜叉姫), by the nicknamed G4zan. Worth noting, the composer's online presence via personal YouTube channel is distinguished in rhythm gaming talk with a series of videos devoted to break down beatmania IIDX songs to locate each voice samples inside them, with music editor on toe. Is this skills translatable to judge-worthy music submission, too?
- Say Zay GunBullet!!!, from MYUKKE. The OCCHOCO-REST-LESS artist with many a prized original tune made for Muse Dash is giving it all once more, for another of the Nijiiro-era contests' more steady appliers. Not to mention he was another General User Voting finalist, two years back!
- NEXUS, a track posted in the last submission days by a DJ and rhythm games streamer on Twitch. It's all fine and dandy, but I gotta say- with an art name like 'DJ Enter', these past few years of me being exposed to Project Moon brainrot on all sorts sure aren't helping in picturing nothing but the flashy stand of a one-winged fixer...
- END IN TRAGEDY, a way for us to end in a bang instead of tragedy! What we have, in fact, is a (one of two) contest track from Yasuhiro 'TAG' Taguchi (田口康裕), famously a former in-house bemani composer for a whopping fifteen years of tenure, between DanceDanceRevolution charting and original music creation. Ever since he has went freelancer in 2021, his works have appeared in more than a dozen other external music game series (not to mention SOUND VOLTEX 's GERBERA, who got into Taiko arcades thanks to the Tenkaichi Otogesai tournaments). Are we going to witness the first original debut on his, with this contest?
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Namco Taiko Blog (2026/09/03): Nijiiro ver. September Update and Ranking Dojo 2026 Finale Dated
hi we almost forgot this blog post again :3
After the August update only implementing the font change, Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. is back with actual new playable content with the September update (2026/09/09 in Japan, 2026/09/10 worldwide except mainland China).
Also revealed is the date of introduction of the Ranking Dojo 2026 finale being 2026/09/12. We will let your speculative mind run wild on that front before the 2026/09/11 official livestream.
Official Links
Taiko no Tatsujin official blog (2026/09/03)
Taiko no Tatsujin Asia ver. official Facebook Fan Page (2026/09/03)
Taiko no Tatsujin Asia ver. official Facebook Fan Page (2026/09/03)
Nijiiro ver. Track Updates
Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut
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| 2026/09/09 (Japan), 2026/09/10 (worldwide except mainland China) | ||||||
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Yoru no Odoriko 夜の踊り子 |
★3 | ★4 | ★5 | ★7 ▼ | |
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Ebi Chili, Hajimemashita Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku えびチリ、はじめました／私立恵比寿中学 |
★3 | ★4 | ★5 | ★6 | |
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ルミナス-Luminous One Piece 「ワンピース」より |
★2 | ★4 | ★4 | ★6 | |
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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR PLUS Medley Vol.2 湾岸ミッドナイト マキシマムチューン6RR PLUSメドレー Vol.2 |
★3 | ★5 | ★5 | ★8 | |
Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival September 2026 Updates
| ◀ August 2026 | This post will be periodically updated across the month as announcements are revealed. |
October 2026 ▶ |
Taiko Music Pass Track Additions
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| 2026/09/03 (source) | ||||||
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Fuwa Ride-on hiyama & Yasunori Matsuya feat. Rika Morinaga 付和ライドオン／hiyama ＆ 松谷康德 feat. 森永理科 |
★3 | ★5 | ★7 | ★9 | |
| 2026/09/10 (source) | ||||||
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Kyou'iku Bangumi no Theme きょういくばんぐみのテーマ |
★2 | ★4 | ★5 | ★7 | ★9 |
| 2026/09/17 (source) | ||||||
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Don-chan Shitai! Takenoko Shounen feat. Hatsune Miku どんちゃんしたい！／タケノコ少年 feat. 初音ミク |
★4 | ★6 | ★8 | ★8 | |
| Next reveal: ??? | ||||||
| ?? | ??? | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut
DLC Additions
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| 2026/09/03: 1990s Pops Pack (source) | ||||||
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Timing ～タイミング～ | ★2 | ★4 | ★6 | ★8 | |
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Apollo アポロ |
★2 | ★4 | ★4 | ★2 | ★8 |
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Robinson ロビンソン |
★3 | ★3 | ★4 | ★7 | |
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Sore ga Daiji それが大事 |
★3 | ★4 | ★6 | ★7 | |
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HOT LIMIT | ★3 | ★4 | ★6 | ★7 | ★8 |
Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut
Taiko Music Pass Featured Playlist
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| 2026/09/03: 2020s Hit Pops (source) | ||||||
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Honmayade☆Nandeyanen☆Shirankedo ほんまやで☆なんでやねん☆しらんけど |
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Blue Jeans | |||
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Kawaii Dake Ja Dame Desuka? かわいいだけじゃだめですか？ |
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Usseewa うっせぇわ |
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Hai Yorokonde はいよろこんで |
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Bibbidiba ビビデバ |
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Bansanka 晩餐歌 |
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Dance Hall ダンスホール |
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Kawaikute Gomen 可愛くてごめん |
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S'il Vous President シル・ヴ・プレジデント |
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Otonablue オトナブルー |
...and more! | ||||
Farewell Tracks
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| 2026/09/23 (source) | ||||||
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Kagerou Gintama. カゲロウ／「銀魂.」より |
★2 | ★4 | ★4 | ★7 | |
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Countdown Detective Conan カウントダウン／「名探偵コナン」より Other availabilityNijiiro, NS1 (DLC) |
★2 | ★4 | ★5 | ★8 | |
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Ashita no Hikari World Trigger アシタノヒカリ／「ワールドトリガー」より Other availabilityWii U3, 3DS3 (DLC EOS) |
★2 | ★3 | ★6 | ★8 | |
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Touch off The Promised Neverland 「約束のネバーランド」より Other availabilityPS4 (DLC), NS1 (DLC) |
★4 | ★6 | ★7 | ★9 | |
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.
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