Hirokazu Tanaka

Who is this?

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

1. 1957
   Born

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Kyoto Prefecture
• •Citizenship: Japan
• •Known as: composer, engineer, musician
• •Genre: chiptune
• •Plays: keyboard instrument