First Video Portal: August 2025

2025/08/01

	Title
	Ai Shite Ai Shite Ai Shite Kikuo feat. Hatsune Miku 愛して愛して愛して／きくお feat. 初音ミク	★3	★5	★6	★8 507
	Monitoring DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku モニタリング／DECO*27 feat. 初音ミク	★2	★4	★6	★8 422
	Rolling Girl wowaka feat. Hatsune Miku ローリンガール／wowaka feat. 初音ミク	★2	★3	★4	★8 665
	Mimukawa Nice Try  NuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNu みむかゥわナイストライ／ぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬぬ	★2	★4	★6	★7 516	★9 709
	Suna no Wakusei Hachi feat. Hatsune Miku 砂の惑星／ハチ feat. 初音ミク	★3	★5	★5	★9 741

[NS2] - Early-August's Vocaloid-Palooza Update!

The month of August couldn't have a better start for Taiko-attuned Vocaloid fans than this! After a shadowdrop reveal on Nicovideo (and the official announcement video up here), all versions of Donderful/Rhythm Festival have received some extra content for Taiko Music Pass subscribers, as part of the Hatsune Miku's Summer Song Festival! (夏の初音ミク曲祭り！) collaboration event.

Taiko Time 15th Anniversary Quiz!

It's been quite some time since we post right on time for the blog's anniversary, but...

Taiko Time turns 15 today! (2025/07/31)

Like many of our anniversaries in the past, we have prepared the Anniversary Quiz to test your knowledge on the Taiko no Tatsujin series, hosted exclusively on Google Forms this year:

https://forms.gle/t1LfdKgSfe35Dijz5

The quiz contains 15 four-option multiple-choice questions. After submitting your answers, Google Forms will calculate your total score (out of 15). You can also check our explanation on the questions you got right, but not the ones you got wrong. You can try as many times as you want.

Feel free to share your scores with others, but for the sake of other participants, please do not share the exact answers with anyone else until after we release our answer key in late-November 2025.

Gasshou Stivalfe! Lyrics

Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: Masako Oogami (おおがみまさこ)
Vocals:
　　Main: Danchinomiya Sisters (団地ノ宮姉妹) = Kotoko (琴子) and Yako (弥子)
　　Chorus: Tama☆tai (たま☆たい)

Japanese lyrics sourced from OST Ringo-ame.

Song of the Week! 26 July 2025

 

We can't have a Summer-y season around here without some traditional Japanese festival music to it, can we?

[NS2/PTB] - End-July's Digitally-Distributed Treats

Just as the month is coming to a close, the latest Donderful/Rhythm Festival TMP song removal round is followed with the rise of a brand-new Ura Oni setting, this time around for one of PinocchioP's songs from past years.

At the same time, the everlasting Pop Tap Beat receives yet another update, bringing back Jojo's Bizarre Adventures to the Taiko table after a couple of years since its last outing!

Taiko Music Pass - New Song

	Title
2025/07/24
	Kamippoi na PinocchioP feat. Hatsune Miku 神っぽいな／ピノキオピー feat. 初音ミク					★9

Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

Pop Tap Beat Ver.1.26.0 New Songs

	Title
2025/07/24
	il vento d'oro Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind 　　「ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー」より	★4	★5	★6	★8	★9
	Lilac From TV Anime 'Oblivion Battery' ライラック／TVアニメ「忘却バッテリー」より	★3	★4	★4	★8
	Kyoufuu All Back (feat. Kaai Yuki) Yukopi 強風オールバック(feat.歌愛ユキ)／ゆこぴ	★3	★4	★5	★7
	UNBIAS 　　Masayoshi Iimori feat. mezz, HAKU ／ WADIVE RECORD	★3	★4	★5	★8
	Asagao BTB アサガオ	★4	★5	★7	★10

Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

Official Links
TnT Pop Tap Beat App Store page

Namco Taiko Blog (2025/07/24): Nijiiro ver. July 2025 Update and the Stream of Additions and Collabs

Coming in near the end of the month of July are news about the upcoming 2025/07/30 update to Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver., filled with new tracks and collaboration efforts.

Official Links

Taiko no Tatsujin official blog

Song of the Week! 19 July 2025

 

This July's Ura Oni slot is owed to one of the most-represented franchises in Taiko among Bandai Namco's many IPs! Although, one might not look at it that way, as of late...

[DF] July '25 Taiko Music Pass songs (1/2 + 2/2) and Nursery Rhymes/Popular Songs Pack

／#太鼓の達人ドンダフルフェスティバル
楽曲追加のお知らせ📢​
＼​

7月3日(木)に #太鼓ミュージックパス へ楽曲を追加！​
ぜひプレイしてくださいね🎵

次回更新曲は7月10日(木)に告知予定！
各プラットフォームの #太鼓ミュージックパス の​
詳細＆ご購入はこちらから！​https://t.co/ES89oVarY2 pic.twitter.com/eJTISt8Ipm

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 家庭用シリーズ (@taiko_kateiyou) June 26, 2025

Just like this soon-ending June, eight songs are scheduled to come to the TMP service next month, with the first four-fold delivery happening next Thursday. From licensed debuts (with non-covers on toe!) to formerly-arcade-exclusive April Fools treats and one of the closest 10* Oni not to be rated as such, there's a little something for everyone... Not to mention the obligatory "reparations-for-Music-Pass-deletion " Ura Oni debut of yesterday!

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks/Notecharts

	Title
2025/06/26
	TT					★9
2025/07/03
	Bai Bai FIGHT! 倍倍FIGHT!／CANDY TUNE	★?	★?	★?	★?
	RuLe Ado / From Drama "Billion x School" ルル／Ado ドラマ「ビリオン×スクール」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Koritsu Aoharu Gakuen Kouka Blue-back Choir 鼓立あおはる学園校歌／ブルーバック合唱団	★5	★7	★7	★10
	punk bastards 　　sobrem	★5	★6	★7	★9

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

Icing on the cake is the reveal of a children-friendly song pack for all versions, the first one made of songs that are currently not available in the Taiko Music Pass! As the title suggests, it's made of nursery rhymes and other children-friendly tunes, some brand-new and something harking as back as the PS2 days with Furusato and Fuji no Yama (Fuji-san in the final PS2 game) from the physical-rehabilitation arcade machine Taiko RT Nippon no Kokoro.

Nursery Rhymes and Popular Songs Pack

	Title
2025/07/03
	Tsugaru Kaikyou Fuyugeshiki 津軽海峡・冬景色	★1	★2	★4	★6	★8
	365-po no March 三百六十五歩のマーチ	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Tokyo Ondo 東京音頭	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Furusato ふるさと	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Fuji no Yama ふじの山	★1	★1	★3	★3

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

[UPDATE (16/7/25)] - Page updated with July 2025's second song delivery, with another quartet of fresh ports between Pop Tap Beat and Nijiiro debuts, with a brand new Kasane Teto tune as its proverbial cherry-on-top!

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks/Notecharts

	Title
2025/07/17
	Ochame Kino GojimajiP feat. Kasane Teto おちゃめ機能／ゴジマジP feat. 重音テト	★?	★?	★?	★?
	GO! GO! MANIAC K-On!! 　　「けいおん!!」より	★2	★4	★6	★8	★10
	CUT! into the FUTURE Morimori Atsushi 　　モリモリあつし	★5	★6	★8	★10	★10
	Drawin'☆Dream! Versus feat. Ayame Shirakura (NoWorld) ドローイン☆ドリーム！／Versus feat.白黒黒白(NoWorld)「けいおん!!」より	★3	★3	★4	★8

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