Naoki (character)

For the BEMANI artist, see NAOKI.

NAOKI
Debut	DDR 5thMIX
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Additional Infos
Like	Freedom Spicy Food
Dislike	Jealousy Silence Restriction
Hobbies	Dancing Maneuvering Robots Playing Heroic

Naoki (stylized in all caps) is a character in the Dance Dance Revolution series.

Introduction

NAOKI is a new character who was first introduced in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX alongside with NMR.

  "NAOKI and N.M.R, who are already well-known in the Dance Dance Revolution series, are going to join the Dance Dance Revolution series. What a suprise! Did you know that NAOKI and N.M.R. will appear as characters? This model was based on the actual NAOKI, of course."

―From the official DDR 5thMIX website

Games in order of appearance:

• Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX (2001)
• DDRMAX2 -Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX- (2002)
• Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (2003)✽
• Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection (2003)
• Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME 2 (2005)
• Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE (2006)
• Dance Dance Revolution HOTTEST PARTY 2 (2008)
• Dance Dance Revolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 (2009)
• Dance Dance Revolution (2010)
• Dance Dance Revolution II (2011)

A "✽" indicates that they only appear in the JP version.

Character Appearance

Naoki has medium length red hair, with a similar hairstyle of NMR and has brown eyes.

Naoki/Outfits

Trivia

• Naoki in his character appearance under his main alias NAOKI throughout the game as the secret playable character are different than in his real life appearance of himself as the music producer. His 5thMIX appearance is based off his real life appearance of himself which his hair color is auburn until he dyed his hair to blonde which he based off his character appearance in HOTTEST PARTY 2.
• Naoki and NMR are secret characters in DDR 5thMIX. To unlock both of them, you need to clear at least 70 songs in the CS version. In the AC version, you need to enter a hidden password.
• Naoki's new model in the HOTTEST PARTY series was designed by jun.
• If you preordered DDR 5thMIX before it's initial release date on KONAMI STYLE, you would receive a mouse pad with Naoki and N.M.R on it and there would be a 1 in 6 chance that Naoki Maeda would have signed the mouse pad.
• In an interview with RICE.C, he said that he liked NAOKI's hat and shoes for his 5thMIX outfit.

Gallery

To view Naoki's image gallery, click here.

Sources

• DDR 5thMIX
• DDR Furu Furu Party