Hirokazu Tanaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hirokazu Tanaka

Japanese composer

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1957

Place of Birth: Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Profession: composer, engineer, musician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (?? ??, 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).
As the president of Creatures, he continues to be involved with Nintendo, more specifically the Pokémon franchise.