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Revision as of 23:17, 5 January 2024

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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 the Pokémon anime 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

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

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
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



External links

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