BeForU

BeForU was an all girl J-pop band created in 2000 for the Konami music simulation games (Dance, dance, revolution, Pop'n Music, Drumania/Guitar freaks, beatmania).

BeForU 1st generation

 * Komatsu Yoma
 * Maehara Shiyuna
 * Shiraishi Noria
 * Kosaka Riyu

BeForU 2nd Generation

 * Minami Sayaka
 * Sotohana Risa
 * Arisawa Miharu

BeForU 3rd Generation

 * Fukushita Megumi
 * Tachibana Ayano
 * Nishiuchi Hiromi

2000
Konami had an audition for form an all girl pop group to produce soundtracks for their games. Four girls won the audition and became the 1st generation of the group. A contest was later held to determine the name of the group. The winner was BeForU which was a play on words of the popular D.D.R. song B4U.

2001
There song Dive was heavily promoted prior to the release of D.D.R. 5th mix. It had previously appeared on D.D.R. Extra Mix. Dive was later deemed a success and the group continued to produce work.

2003
BeForU released their first studio album title "BeForU" It was the first and only album to feature Shiyuna

2004
Shiyuna left the group to pursue her studies. Her departure caused the 2nd generation auditions to happen.

Albums

 * [2004.11.28] BeForU I
 * [2006.02.14] BeForU II
 * [2007.03.14] BeForU III ~Breaking into the Probability Changes~
 * [2008.10.08] Shangrila

Singles

 * [2004.11.18] KI・SE・KI
 * [2006.11.01] Red Rocket Rising
 * [2006.12.22] Get set GO!! ~BeForU astronauts set~
 * [2007.01.17] Strike Party!!!
 * [2007.07.11] Yohanabi
 * [2008.09.10] SHANGRI-LA

DVDs

 * [2006.05.26] BeForU First Live at Zepp Tokyo 2006
 * [2007.07.23] Going Happy! ~BeForU Major Debut Kinen~
 * [2007.08.06] BeForU LIVE 2007 ZEPP TOKYO
 * [2008.10.05] Four Piece / Live 2008 (BeForU / Riyu Kosaka)

EPs

 * [2007.03.04] 6NOTES

Songs

 * [2001] DIVE
 * [2002] Firefly
 * [2003] DIVE ~more deeper and deep mix~
 * [2003] Break Down!

Trivia

 * Was originally created to produce soundtracks for video games.
 * There was no real leader of BeForU but the leader was often assumed to be Riyu or Yoma.
 * Maehara Shiyuna was the only member not to get a solo song.
 * Kosaka Riyu wrote some of the BeForU songs.