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

Song of the Week! 13 December 2025

Today, we've got a fresh music gaming collaboration look-back on our shores. So much time has passed since the target series has landed into the Taikoverse, to the point that it had all the time to go through a full-on cabinet overhaul, Taiko-arcade-generation-leap style!

Namco Taiko Blog (December 11th, 2025) - Pre-Xmas Nijiiro Licenses Drop

One really quick update before livestream day, starring seven new licensed tunes (6 of which being series-first) landing on Nijiiro cabs next Wednesday:
 

Nijiiro ver. Track Updates

	Title
2025/12/08 (Japan only)
	Daddy's Style -Konya wa Daddy Daddy- Nishiyama Daddy Daddy Daddy's Style -今夜はダディダディ-／西山ダディダディ	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Kegarenaki Kusoyarou-domo Kishidan 汚れなきクソ野郎ども／氣志團	★?	★?	★?	★?
	VISIONS Kamen Rider ZEZTZ 　　「仮面ライダーゼッツ」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	GET BACK Pokémon Horizons: The Series 　　アニメ「ポケットモンスター（2023）」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	IRIS OUT Kenshi Yonezu/Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc Theme Song 　　米津玄師 / 劇場版『チェンソーマン レゼ篇』主題歌	★2	★5	★5	★8
	Zankoku na Yoru ni Kagayake 　　Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Part 1 Akaza Returns 残酷な夜に輝け 　　「劇場版 「鬼滅の刃」無限城編 第一章 猗窩座再来」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Carmine One Piece カーマイン／「ワンピース」より	★?	★?	★?	★?

Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

Don't forget about the upcoming livestream- its Youtube link is now active!

Official Links

Taiko no Tatsujin official blog (12/11/25)

[NS2] - TMP Updates for December 2026 (Part 2)

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— 【公式】太鼓の達人 家庭用シリーズ (@taiko_kateiyou) December 11, 2025

It's update reveal day, for the last time in 2025! The year for the Taiko Music Pass ends with a trio of never-playable-before tunes between old/new licenses and the yet-to-be-revealed new WADIVERSE song. Of course, I'm sure most of you are ogling the bottom of that grid down there, for obvious reasons...

Once the mystery song's name is revealed (and in case we're getting anopther brand-new Ura Oni post-TMP song deletion rounds), this post will be updated and this line will be removed.

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks/Notecharts

	Title
2025/12/04
	IRIS OUT Kenshi Yonezu / Theme Song for the Movie "Chainsaw Man: Reze-hen"        米津玄師 / 劇場版『チェンソーマン レゼ篇』主題歌	★2	★5	★5	★8
	Priyo City Critical Velocity        「クリティカルベロシティ」より	★3	★5	★7	★9
	Hakujitsumu, Kirisami ni Tokete Goto feat. zeryo-one 白日夢、霧雨に溶けて／後藤 feat. ぜりょわん	★4	★6	★7	★9
	Yuugen no Ran Xeami 幽玄ノ乱／世阿弥	★5	★7	★8	★10
2025/12/18
	Blue Jeans	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Ojamajo Carnival!! Ojamajo Doremi おジャ魔女カーニバル!!／「おジャ魔女どれみ」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	(New WADIVE Record song)	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Ka.Ma.Se        RIZARDI	★4	★6	★7	★8
	Toroika 2000 トロいか2000	★5	★7	★8	★10

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