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Kazumi Totaka

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Years active
  
1990–present

Genres
  
Video game music, Jazz

Record label
  
Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Role
  
Composer

Name
  
Kazumi Totaka


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Born
  
August 23, 1967 (age 56) Tokyo, Japan (
1967-08-23
)

Occupation(s)
  
Composer, sound director, voice actor

Instruments
  
Piano, guitar, bass, vibraphone

Albums
  
Mario & Zelda Big Band Live, Love, Peace & Happiness

Music director
  
Dobutsu no Mori, James Balboa: A Wii Sports Tale

Similar People
  
Shinobu Tanaka, Nagata - Kenta, Toru Minegishi, Minako Hamano, Koji Kondo

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Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the Mario series. He also directed the development of Wii Music.

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Composer

  • X (1992)
  • Mario Paint (1992) - with Hirokazu Tanaka and Ryoji Yoshitomi
  • Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992)
  • Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (1992)
  • Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994) - with Hirokazu Tananka and Yumiko Kameya
  • Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995)
  • Wave Race 64 (1996)
  • Yoshi's Story (1997)
  • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (1999)
  • Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999) - with Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall, and Suddi Raval
  • Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000) - with Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi
  • Machop at Work (2001) - with Takuto Kitsuta and Yasushi Ida
  • Luigi's Mansion (2001) - with Shinobu Tanaka
  • Kingler's Day (2001) - with Takuto Kitsuta and Yasushi Ida
  • Animal Crossing (2001) - with Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi, and Shinobu Tanaka
  • Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) - with Asuka Ohta and Toru Minegishi
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005) - with Asuka Ohta
  • Default Wii Channels (2006)
  • Wii Sports (2006)
  • Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000: DS Kondate Zenshuu (2006)
  • X-Scape (2010)
  • Wii Sports Club (2014)
  • Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) - Main Theme only
  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (2015)
  • Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) - Main Theme only
  • Sound director/producer/supervisor

  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
  • Pikmin 2 (2004)
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
  • Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
  • Wii Sports (2006)
  • Wii Music (2008)
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008)
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
  • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) - with Koji Kondo and Yoji Inagaki
  • Yoshi's New Island (2014)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014)
  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (2015)
  • Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge (2016)
  • K.K. Slider

    The character K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing is named Totakeke (とたけけ) in the Japanese version. This name could be derived from how Totaka's name is said in Japanese (the last name coming first), Totaka K. Totakeke is said to be an animal version caricature of Totaka.

    At the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live concert, some fans shouted "Totakeke" while the host grabbed a guitar and gave it to Totaka. Totaka then sat down on a chair like K.K. Slider while Shigeru Miyamoto held a picture of K.K. Slider next to Totaka.

    Totaka's Song

    "Totaka's Song" is a short, 19-note tune hidden in almost every game he has written music for. It was first discovered on the title screen of Mario Paint. It was later discovered as having originated in the Game Boy game X, which predated Mario Paint by two months.

    Appearances

    Totaka's song has made the following appearances:

  • Animal Forest (Japan) and Animal Crossing (World)[a]
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk[a]
  • Animal Crossing e-Reader cards (#P15, "Boy", "Who's Dunnit?")
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World[a]
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
  • Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and the DX version[b]
  • Luigi's Mansion
  • Mario Artist: Talent Studio
  • Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Mario Paint
  • Pikmin 2[c]
  • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
  • Virtual Boy Wario Land
  • X
  • X-Scape
  • Yoshi Touch & Go
  • Yoshi's New Island
  • Yoshi's Story
  • Characters that he portrays

  • Yoshi
  • Shy Guy
  • Professor E. Gadd
  • Captain Olimar
  • Birdo
  • K.K. Slider
  • References

    Kazumi Totaka Wikipedia