Hirokazu Tanaka
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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和, Tanaka Hirokazu, born December 13, 1957),[1] also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music.[2] He is best known as one of Nintendo's in-house composers during the 8- and 16-bit era of video games.[2] 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.[3][4]
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Born | (1957-12-13) December 13, 1957 (age 66) Kyoto, Japan |
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Years active | 1980–present |
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Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
Website | hirokazutanaka |
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Tanaka's soundtrack credits include Metroid (1986), Kid Icarus (1986), Super Mario Land (1989), Tetris (1989), Mother (1989), Dr. Mario (1990), and EarthBound (1994).[2] He was the president and executive director of Creatures from 2001 to 2023, before resigning and becoming creative fellow in the company.