'Dancers' or '踊り子' as they are referred to in Japanese, are five (three if you're playing the DS Taiko games) characters which take up the space on the bottom screen and just stand there dancing to the music currently playing, and go faster or slower according to the tempo of the song. They serve no functional purpose in the game except to provide an indicator for how well you are doing; the closer you are to Normal Clear, the more dancers there will be at the bottom, starting from one and going up to five.
The dancers are usually Taiko no Tatsujin side characters with generic Japanese-style or carnival backgrounds, but on certain songs the dancers will be characters from outside the series, usually in collab songs, anime songs and certain game songs. Arranged in no specific order are all the special dancers that have appeared in Taiko no Tatsujin so far. Click each image to view it full-size.
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| Rip Slyme songs (iOS only) | Family Dondon/ Danba Danba Din Dan | Oshiri Kajiri Mushi |
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| Gegege no Kitarou | Yume o Kanaete Doraemon/ Odore Dore Doraemon Ondo* (*except DS3) | Engine Sentai Go-Onger |
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| Chikyuu wa Tamagotchi?!/ Go-Go Tamagotchi!* (except Wii3) | Gundam songs (Taiko Mobile only) | Sakura (Haru) / Taiko Samurai (Taiko PSP2 only) |
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| Iimondana Furusato wa Meiji Karl no Uta | Pan Paka Pants | Papa Mama Mc |
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| Yawaraka Sensha (except Taiko 10,0,PS2 7) | Yappari Saru Getchu | Fukou no Kuni no Ohime-sama |
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| Okashi Deka no Uta | Pirameki Taisou (Wii3 only) | Miku songs* (except 12.5,Wii3,4) |
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| Mojipittan (old) + random GM/Namco Originals | Mojipittan (new) + random GM/Namco Originals | Spleunker |
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| IdolM@ster (except DS1) *Many different types | Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2 | Dragon Quest VIII theme song |
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| Stepping Wind- Kaze no Klonoa+random GM/Namco Originals (PS2 only) | Susume! Driller+random GM/ Namco Originals (PS2 only) | Namcot Medley+random GM |
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| Super Mario Bros. | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Overture IX |
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| Monster Hunter Medley | Monster Hunter Medley (Portable 3rd edition) | Monster Hunter 3G Medley |
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| Sonic 4 Episode 1 Medley | MachineGun Kiss | Shishihagemai (PSP2 only) |
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| Bouken Hiyori (PSP2 only) | Nagisa no Andromeda | Hyakka Ryouran (PSP DX only) |
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| All Megpoid GUMI songs | Overture X (0.5) | Overture X (Wii 5) |
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| Great Animal Kaiser | Memeshikute (PSP DX only) | All IA songs |
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