Hirokazu Tanaka
Chip Tanaka
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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和, Tanaka Hirokazu; born December 13, 1957), also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music. He is best known as one of Nintendo's in-house composers during the 8- and 16-bit era of video games. Tanaka also had a role in designing and programming the Famicom and Game Boy audio hardware, along with the NES Zapper, Game Boy Camera, and Game Boy Printer. Tanaka's soundtrack credits include Metroid (1986), Kid Icarus (1986), Super Mario Land (1989), Tetris (1989), Mother (1989), Dr. Mario (1990), and EarthBound (1994). He was the president and executive director of Creatures Inc. from 2001 to 2023, before resigning and taking on the role of Creative Fellow in the company.
Career
- 1957Born
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Kyoto Prefecture
- •Citizenship: Japan
- •Known as: composer, engineer, musician
- •Genre: chiptune
- •Plays: keyboard instrument
What happened recently
‘The original Game Boy sounds the best’: A very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka
Pokémon's Creatures, Inc. Founder Tsunekazu Ishihara, Hirokazu Tanaka Step Down as Executive Directors
Tsunekazu Ishihara And Hirokazu Tanaka Step Down As CEO And President Of Creatures Inc.
Japan loses 'Hirokazu Tanaka' same name meet-up record to Serbian 'Milica Jovanovic' team - 毎日新聞
178 People named Hirokazu Tanaka break record for largest gathering of people with same name
Calling all Hirokazu Tanakas: Tokyo event tries anew to break same-name world record - 毎日新聞
Creatures president Hirokazu Tanaka shares a message for Pokemon’s 20th anniversary
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