- Atsushi Shindo
Atsushi Shindo (新堂 敦士 "Shindō Atsushi") is a singer/songwriter who is known for his creation of music for the
Pop'n Music line ofBemani games. He has also written songs for artists such asHello! Project 's Melon Kinenbi. Having signed a five-year contract withKonami (which has recently expired), his songs are mainlyfolk song s with thegenre "power folk".However, all the songs in the game were deleted due to the
plagiarism controversy.Controversy over plagiarism
A large amount of
plagiarism had come to light since about2002 . [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/3478/] The songwriter's activities were stopped as the music was examined in2004 .Because the incidences had been covered up, nothing was revealed until several songs were reported as being plagiarized.
The website was upped again in October,
2005 .The songwriter has not explained the situation and has not apologized at all for the plagiarism.
ongs produced
External links
* [http://www.a2c.bz/ SHINDO ATSUSHI OFFICIAL WEBSITE] (Japanese)
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