The music of one of Japan's most popular video game titles was used during the entrance of athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, known as Tokyo2020.
Originally, Keigo Oyamada of Cornelius was scheduled to be in charge of the music for the opening ceremony, but he resigned just before the ceremony, and there was a lot of attention on which music would be used.
No way they were going to use a game song! A pleasant surprise!
The Olympic opening ceremony was held amidst such attention.
The music of the games was used, and the Internet was full of praise and excitement for the games.
The music used was as follows
- Dragon Quest "Overture: Theme of Lot" (Square Enix )
- Final Fantasy "Victory Fanfare" ( SQUARE ENIX )
- Tales of series "Suray's Theme -Guru-" ( Namco Bandai Entertainment Inc.)
- Monster Hunter "Hero's Proof" ( Capcom )
- Kingdom Hearts "Olympus Coliseum" ( SQUARE ENIX )
- Chrono Trigger "Frog Theme" ( SQUARE ENIX )
- Ace Combat "First Flight" ( Namco Bandai Entertainment )
- Tales of series "King's Land" (Bandai Nam co Entertainment)
- Monster Hunter "Tabidachi no Kaze" ( Capcom)
- Chrono Trigger "Robo Theme" ( Square Enix )
- Sonic the Hedgehog "Star Light Zone" ( Sega )
- Winning Eleven "eFootball walk-on theme" ( Konami )
- Final Fantasy "MAIN THEME" ( Square Enix )
- Phantasy Star Universe "Guardians" ( SEGA )
- Kingdom Hearts "Hero's Fanfare" ( SQUARE ENIX )
- Gradius (Nemesis) "01 ACT I-1" ( Konami)
- Nia "Initiate no Uta" ( SQUARE ENIX )
- Saga series "Makai Ginyuushi Saga series Medley 2016" (SQUARE ENIX )
- Soul Calibur "The Brave New Stage of History" ( Namco Bandai Entertainment )
As you can see, many Square Enix game songs are used, not only FF and Dracula, but also two songs from "Chrono Trigger," which was released in 1995.
The game is still popular all over the world and can be purchased and played on AppStore, Google Play, Steam, etc., so those who feel nostalgia for the game should definitely give it a try again.
The only fighting game to make the list is Soul Calibur!
The Olympics, a sports festival, is often referred to as "e-sports," but "Winning Eleven" was the only e-sports title to be used from the Japan e-Sports Union (JeSU)-certified titles.
Incidentally, Dentsu is the dedicated marketing agency for JeSU.
Soul Calibur" by Namco Bandai Entertainment Inc. was the only fighting game from the e-sports genre, which is very popular in Japan.
Among the fighting games recognized by JeSU were "Tekken 7" by Namco Bandai Entertainment, "Street Fighter V" by Capcom, "Granblue Fantasy Versus" by Cygames, "Guilty Gear" and "BlazBlue" by Arc System Works, and Soul Calibur" is not a JeSU-certified title.
However, "Soul Calibur 6" has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and is Japan's most popular fighting game, so it is understandable that it was used in an international competition such as the Olympics.
Junichi Nakatsuru, who created "The Brave New Stage of History," said he was "honored" to have his work used.