Hirokazu Tanaka

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Hirokazu Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 宏和), nicknames "Hip Tanaka" and "Chip Tanaka", born December 13, 1957 is the president of Creatures, Inc. and a Nintendo music veteran; chip-sound/BGM composer, anime/general composer, engineer.

He has also worked for non-Nintendo products including those on Nintendo platforms, as well as his own commercial albums not restricted to Nintendo.

Works

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• Space Firebird (1980) - Sound engineer
• Radar Scope (1980)
• HeliFire (1980)
• Space X (cancelled)
• Donkey Kong (1981)
• Mickey and Donald (1982)
• Donkey Kong II (1982)
• Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
• Mario Bros. (1983)
• Pinball (1983)
• Mario's Cement Factory (1983)
• Donkey Kong Jr. (1983)
• Snoopy (1983)
• Popeye (1983)
• Mario's Bombs Away (1983)
• Spitball Sparky (1984)
• Wild Gunman (1984)
• Duck Hunt (1984)
• Hogan's Alley (1984)
• Urban Champion (1984)
• Balloon Fight (1985) - Composer
• Wrecking Crew (1985)
• Stack-Up (1985)
• Gyromite (1985) - Composer
• Gumshoe (1986) - Composer
• Metroid (1986) - Composer
• Kid Icarus (1986) - Composer
• Famicom Wars (1988) - Composer
• Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Koukeisha (1988) - Sound director
• Mother (1989)
• Super Mario Land (1989)
• Yakuman (1989)
• Tetris (1989)
• Golf (Game Boy) (1989)
• Knight Move (1990)
• Dr. Mario (1990)
• Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (1990)
• Balloon Kid (1990)
• Nintendo World Championships 1990 Game Pak
• Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 Game Pak
• Hello Kitty World (1992)
• Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992) (Supervisor)
• Mario Paint (1992) (With Kazumi Totaka and Ryoji Yoshitomi)
• X (1992) (sound effects)
• Mario & Wario (1993) (Special thanks)
• EarthBound (1994) (With Keiichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno)
• Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994)
• Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994) (Special thanks)
• Mario's Tennis (1995) (Special thanks)
• Snoopy Concert (1995) (With Minako Hamano)
• Teleroboxer (1995)
• Game & Watch Gallery (1997) (Adviser)
• Game Boy Camera (1998) (As well as director and graphics designer)
• Super Smash Bros. (1999) (Original game staff)
• Balloon Fight GB (2000)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original game staff)
• Chee-Chai Alien (2001) (Original plan and direction, sound with Noriyuki Kitsuta)
• Machop At Work (2001) (Director)
• Kingler's Day (2001) (Director)
• Pokémon Channel (2003) (Music producer)
• Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) (Special thanks)
• Mother 3 (2006) (Special thanks)
• Pokémon Ranger (2006) (Special thanks)
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008) (Special thanks)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (Special thanks)
• PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (2009) (Producer)
• Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (2010) (Special thanks)
• Pokédex 3D (2011) (Producer)
• PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond (2012) (Producer)
• Pokémon Dream Radar (2012) (Producer)
• Pokédex 3D Pro (2012) (Producer)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012) (Special thanks)
• Pokémon X and Y (2013) (Special thanks)
• Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014)
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) (Music arrangements with others, Senior Supervisor)
• Pokémon Art Academy (2014) (Pokémon Trading Card Development)
• Great Detective Pikachu (2016) (Producer)
• Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) (Special thanks)
• Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) (Special thanks)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (Music arrangements with others)

Animation

• Pokémon series

Albums

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• Lost Tapes

External links

Hirokazu Tanaka on other NIWA Wikis:
Bulbapedia Icaruspedia

• Wikipedia
• "Sporadic Vacuum" (official website)
• Official YouTube channel
• Kyoto Report Wiki

References

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