Hirokazu Tanaka

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.

Hirokazu Tanaka
田中 宏和
Born (1957-12-13) December 13, 1957
Kyoto, Japan
Other names
  • Hip Tanaka
  • Chip Tanaka
Occupations
  • Composer
  • sound designer
  • producer
  • executive
Years active1980–present
Employers
  • Nintendo (1980–1999)
  • Creatures (1999–present)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Keyboards
Websitehirokazutanaka.com
Signature

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 from 2001 to 2023, before resigning and becoming creative fellow in the company.

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