Hirokazu Tanaka
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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (Japanese: 田中宏和 but usually credited in hiragana only) is a Japanese composer and musician, born on December 13, 1957, best known for creating or co-creating various video games by Nintendo. He was the composer of much the opening theme and ending theme songs used in Pokémon animation from 1997 to 2019, and he was also the president of Creatures, Inc. until April 2023.
Among the many game soundtracks he composed, the most well known include the music of the Metroid series, the EarthBound series, Mario Bros., Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Animal Crossing, the Kirby series, Super Mario Land, Famicom Wars, Dr. Mario, Donkey Kong, Balloon Fight, Kid Icarus, Wrecking Crew, and Gyromite. In addition, he also was instrumental in developing the Game Boy Camera and the Game Boy Printer.
Bibliography of Pokémon songs
Original series
- Aim to Be a Pokémon Master
- One Hundred Fifty-One
- Can You Name All the Pokémon?
- Goodnight, My Pikachu
- Can You Draw All the Pokémon?
- Yes, It Is Morning!
- Flexible Gas Gas
- Oh Electrode
- Crayon de Pokémon
- Team Rocket Forever
- Lucky Lucky
- Meowth's Song
- Let's Trade Please
- Fantasy in My Pocket
- Pokémon Ondo
- Summer Vacation Fan Club
- Pika Pika Massaichu
- Pool (Summer of an 11-Year-Old)
- A New Friend
- Together With the Wind
- Wonderful Collection
- Can You Name All the Pokémon, Baby?
- The Rivals
- Type: Wild
- Hey! Pikachu
- Pokémon Sandwich
- Let's Make an Exploration Party!
- Soaring Pokémon Kids
- Big Tree and Friends
- Mama's Dear Pokémon
- Riding on Lapras
- Everyone Walk Together
- Meowth's Party
- Meowth's Song 2000
- So They Say, Meow
- Meowth's Monologue
- OK!
- Exciting Pokémon Relay
- Exciting² Pokémon Relay (Hard Version)
- Takeshi's Paradise
- Can You Name All the Pokémon Neo?
- Ne-o-e-oh!
- Fanfare
- Pichu Pika♪Swing
- Secret Base Theme
- Friends' Anniversary
- The Day a Rainbow Was Born
- White Dance
- Santa is Coming Soon!
- Playism Declaration
- Christmas Eve
- Winter Vacation Fan Club
- Colorful Winter Vacation
- To My Best Friend
- Hide and Seek
- Please Let There Be Good Weather Tomorrow
- Face Forward Team Rocket!
- Ready Go!
- Pocket-ering Monster-ing
- A New Oath
- Aim for that Hill
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
- Advance Adventure
- Polka O Dolka
- It's the Start of an Adventure!!
- Challenger!!
- Can You Name All the Pokémon? 2004
- Full of Summer!!
- Hello! Thank You!
- Pokémon Counting Song
- Spurt!
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Pokémon the Series: XY
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Works
Pokémon & GAME FREAK releases
| Title | Platform | Release date | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon Pinball | Game Boy | 1999-04-14 | Music |
| Pokémon Channel | Nintendo GameCube | 1999-04-14 | Supervisor |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Nintendo Wii | 2008-01-31 | Music arrangements |
| PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure | Wii | 2009-12-05 | Producer |
| Pokédex 3D | Nintendo 3DS | 2011-06-17 | Producer |
| PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond | Wii | 2011-11-12 | Producer |
| Pokémon Dream Radar | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-06-23 | Producer |
| Pokédex 3D Pro | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-07-14 | Producer |
| Pokémon Art Academy | Nintendo 3DS | 2014-06-19 | Pokémon Trading Card Development |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U | Nintendo 3DS Wii U |
2014-09-13 | Music arrangements |
| Detective Pikachu | Nintendo 3DS | 2016-02-03 | Producer |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo Switch | 2018-12-07 | Music arrangements |
Animation
| Title | Date | Position |
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| Pokémon | 1997-04-01 - 2002-11-14 | Various Music |
| Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire | 2002-11-21 - 2006-09-14 | Various Music |
| Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl | 2006-09-28 - 2010-09-09 | Various Music |
| Pokémon the Series: Black & White | 2010-09-23 - 2013-10-03 | Various Music |
| Pokémon the Series: XY | 2013-10-17 - 2016-11-10 | Various Music |
Albums
| Title | Catalogue | Release date | Publisher |
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| Can You Draw All the Pokémon? | TGCS-385 | 1997-11-21 | Pikachu Records (Media Factory) |
Other Albums
| Title | Catalogue | Release date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Tapes | FJSP-428 | 2021-03-21 | SUPER FUJI DISCS diskunion |
Lost Tapes Album
Lost Tapes is an album released by Hirokazu Tanaka in 2021. It features various demo tapes, recordings and unreleased prototype songs from various projects Tanaka was involved in, including Pokémon animation. Draft versions of various openings and endings appear on the album, showing how they sounded before they were finalized.
External links
- Article on Wikipedia
- Sporadic Vacuum, Tanaka's personal site (Japanese)
- Tanaka's Twitter page (Japanese)
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Hirokazu Tanaka @ HearJapan
- Hirokazu Tanaka at MobyGames
- Hirokazu_Tanaka at RAWG.io
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