Tomoyuki Hamada

, known professionally as , is a Japanese electronic musician that frequently contributes music to rhythm games.

Biography Hamada started writing music since third grade, having been a fan of rhythm game music from a young age. He had a period where he did not work on music for some time due to harsh criticism on samples he posted to bulletin board systems. After graduating from university, he worked as an IT engineer and only produced music as a side job. He quit his job as an engineer to focus on music production around 2014. He has stated that his music takes inspiration from Japanese folk music, Shibuya-kei, guitar pop and bossa nova.

Musical career Hamada began publishing music in 2004. He composed and self-published music through his own label, CHS (an acronym for Cutie and Headshaking Sounds). He later started publishing under the label Hardcore Tano*C and participated in several of their compilation albums, having applied to the circle early on in his career. At the end of the year, he contributed to the compilation album Gothic wa Mahouotome Super Compilation CD -LOVE MIX, an album themed around the mobile game , part of which was included in the subsequent release of the game Groove Coaster 2 Heavenly Festival. His work has appeared in several games published by Konami since then. He is credited in episode 14 of . In 2017, he contributed to the soundtrack of the game War of Brains Re:Boot, as well as the live show of that year's Japan Amusement Expo. He contributed an original remix to the release of the mobile game D4DJ Groovy Mix in 2021, which was included in a 2023 compilation album.

Hamada released the album Without Permission in early 2020, following social media posts indicating that an upcoming release would contain music that could be used freely in any rhythm game "without permission" and free of charge. As of 2024, he produces music using Cubase.

Discography Studio albums Source: Unlimited Spark! (CHS, 2006) GottaMaze ～ゴタマゼ～ (CHS, 2007) UltraCute!? (CHS, 2008) Unconnected (CHS, 2009) GottaMaze2 (CHS, 2009) RESetup (CHS, 2010) Honey I Scream! (CHS, 2010) Samplejunk (CHS, 2011) Songs for X Girlz (Hardcore Tano*C, 2011) Answer from X Girlz (CHS, 2012) So Many Materials (CHS, 2012) Ultra Cutie Breakin'!!!! (CHS, 2012) 絢爛喧騒オリエント (CHS, 2013) 異聞伝承アラカルト (CHS, 2014) Ponko2 Girlish (CHS, 2015) Good Evening, HOLLOWood (CHS, 2018) Without Permission (CHS, 2020) ハートエイク・デバッグ -Heartache Debug- (CHS, 2021) TPZREMAKE 01 (CHS, 2021) Screamin' Showcase (CHS, 2021, with Nanahira) Fake Circus (CHS, 2023) TPZREMAKE 02 (CHS, 2025) OMOIDE Patchwork (CHS, 2026)

EPs Source: tpz Gomen Nasai EP (2011) Hommaging Greats (2011) Cutie Breaks E.P. (2011) I Wanna Wanna Wanna Remix!!! (2018) Crossing Delta (2019) Nghtshft (2020) Nghtshft 2 (2025)

Singles "HYPER4ID" (CHS, 2018) "DREADED NOTE" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2021) "T+ VS SHARK" (CHS, 2021) "Vacationista" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2022) "Haunted Device" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2022) "Toxic" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2023) "56 Seconds Later" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2023) "Perfect Profanation" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2025) "Paranoid Arc" (CHS, 2025) "Golden Age" (Hardcore Tano*C, 2026)

Collaborations t+pazolite / 篠螺悠那 - Neetmania (CHS, 2007) t+pazolite / RoughSketch - 108 Sketches (CHSHC, 2008) t+pazolite / RoughSketch - 108 Sketches 2 (CHSHC, 2011) t+pazolite / RoughSketch - 108 Sketches 3 (CHSHC, 2013) t+pazolite / RoughSketch - 108 Sketches 4 (CHSHC, 2015) Aran, Massive New Krew & t+pazolite - Tri▼Force (CHS, 2016) Roughsketch & t+pazolite - Blossom CENSORED!! E.P. (2016) t+pazolite / RoughSketch - 108 Sketches 5 (CHSHC, 2017) t+pazolite / Laur - Pandemonium (CHS, 2023)