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Hirokazu Tanaka

1957 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Hirokazu Tanaka is the 1,899th most popular musician (down from 1,885th in 2024), the 1,706th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,542nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,900 out of 3,175. Before him are Phil Collen, Johnny Mandel, Dan Ar Braz, Augustus Pablo, Roy Bittan, Earl Wild, and Rolf Harris. After him are Henry Vestine, Malouma, Ringo Sheena, Chick Webb, and Dan Hartman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 423. Before him are Dido Havenaar, Anette Bøe, Phil Collen, Juan José Ibarretxe, Lisa Blount, and Beppe Gabbiani. After him are Slobodan Kačar, Kausea Natano, Paul Steiner, Sabit Hadžić, Hannelore Anke, and Murat Zyazikov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,709 out of 6,245. Before him are Kenichi Kawano (1982), Shuhei Shirai (1985), Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), Kenta Hasegawa (1965), Hiroyuki Tazawa (1978), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Akira Takabe (1982), Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965), and Yukito Kishiro (1967). After him are Ryuji Nagata (1972), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), and Kae Nishina (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 26. Before him are Nobuko Imai (1943), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Nigo (1970), Toshio Masuda (1959), LiSA (1987), and Takanori Nishikawa (1970). After him are Ringo Sheena (1978), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Keiko Matsui (1961), Naomi Munakata (1955), Hiromi Uehara (1979), and Tsunku (1968).

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