Biography
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 from 2001 to 2023, before resigning and becoming creative fellow in the company.
Filmography
all 8
Movies 6
TV Shows 2
self 2
Producer 2
Director 1
High Score (2020)
Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
Diggin' in the Carts (2014)
Camp Pikachu (2002)
Pikachu's PikaBoo (2001)
Pikachu & Pichu (2000)
Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2 (1999)
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
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GenderMale
Birthday1957-12-13 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceKyoto Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
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