Useful Websites & Tools

The Taiko no Tatsujin community has created a wide range of websites and tools to help players improve, analyse their gameplay, stay up to date, and connect with the wider community. This page highlights some of the most useful resources available.

Official Resources

The following websites and social media accounts are officially maintained by Bandai Namco. They’re the best place to stay up to date with game announcements, new song releases, events, and other official news.

🌐 Donder Hiroba

The official companion website for the arcade version of Taiko no Tatsujin. View your scores, customise your profile, manage your cosmetics, and access a variety of online features available to Banapass users.

📘 Taiko no Tatsujin Arcade Asia (Facebook)

The official Facebook page for the Asia/Oceania arcade version of Taiko no Tatsujin. Posts news, version updates, maintenance notices, events, and newly added songs.

🐦 Taiko Team (Arcade)

The official X (Twitter) account for the arcade version of Taiko no Tatsujin, featuring announcements, updates, events, and promotional content.

🐦 Taiko Team (Console)

The official X account for console releases of Taiko no Tatsujin, including updates for current home versions.

🐦 Taiko Team (Console - English)

The official English-language X account covering console releases, announcements, and news for Western audiences.

🐦 Taiko SP (Mobile)

The official X account for the iOS/mobile version of Taiko no Tatsujin, Pop Tap Beat.

Chart Databases & Analysis

These resources provide detailed information about charts, including fumen, song data, statistics, and community analysis. They’re invaluable for players looking to study charts or improve their understanding of the game.

📝 taiko.wiki

One of the most comprehensive Taiko resources available. Provides searchable song information, detailed fumen (notecharts), chart statistics, branching information, and much more.

📖 WikiWiki Fumen Database

A community-maintained Japanese database containing chart information, fumen, and strategy or advice for many songs.

📊 Taiko Rating

An unofficial skill rating system that analyses your Donder Hiroba play data and estimates your overall skill level using a community-developed rating algorithm.

Practice & Utilities

Community-created tools designed to help you practise, analyse your gameplay, and troubleshoot your equipment. Whether you’re testing a controller or refining difficult patterns, these utilities can be incredibly useful.

🥁 TKTest

Visualises every drum input in real time, making it useful for testing controllers, checking input consistency, practising patterns, and diagnosing hardware issues.

🎯 Rhythra

A browser-based rhythm game practice tool that lets you create and customise note patterns for focused technique practice.

Community Projects

The Taiko community has created a number of excellent websites and long-term projects dedicated to preserving information, sharing news, and making the game more accessible. These projects are maintained by passionate fans and have become invaluable resources for players around the world.

🌍 Taiko Time

The largest English-language Taiko fansite, featuring news, translations, release information, monthly song additions, event coverage, and in-depth articles about the series.

📚 Taiko no Tatsujin Wiki (Fandom)

A community-maintained encyclopedia covering the Taiko no Tatsujin series, including games, characters, mechanics, song categories, and franchise history.