Kazumi Totaka | |
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Genres | Video game music, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer, sound director, voice actor |
Instruments | Piano, guitar, bass, vibraphone |
Years active | 1990–present |
Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967)[1] 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.
Works[]
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 Tanaka 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)
- Super Smash Bros. (1999)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
- Pikmin 2 (2004)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
- Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
- Wii Sports (2006)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
- 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)
- Mario Tennis Aces (2018)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
- Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
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.[citation needed]
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.[2]
Totaka's Song[]
"Totaka's Song" is a short, 19-note tune hidden in almost every game Totaka 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,[3] which predated Mario Paint by two months.
Appearances[]
Totaka's song has made the following appearances:[3]
- 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, DX version[b] and the 2019 remake for the Nintendo Switch[4]
- Luigi's Mansion and its 3DS remake
- Mario Artist: Talent Studio
- Mario Kart 8 and the Deluxe version[5]
- 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 (First appearance in Yoshi's Story)
- Shy Guy
- Professor E. Gadd
- Captain Olimar[6]
- Birdo
- K.K. Slider
Notes[]
- a. ^ K.K. Song
- b. ^ In most versions of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening the song can only be found in Richard's house.[citation needed]
- c. ^ The song is only present in the GameCube release of Pikmin 2. It was removed in the Wii version.
References[]
- ↑ "「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」開発スタッフ名鑑" (in Japanese). Nintendo Official Guide Book – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Shogakukan Inc. July 1993. p. 120. ISBN 4-09-102448-3.
- ↑ 1Button (2010-03-12), p-nintendo.com — Totaka, Mario & Zelda Big Band Live, 2003, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCMlqslPHw, retrieved 2018-03-25
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "'Kazumi Totaka's Song'". NinDB. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226195812/http://www.nindb.net/feature/totakas-song.html.
- ↑ "Is Totaka's Song Still in Zelda: Link's Awakening? + Other Musical Easter Eggs (Game Boy vs Switch)". GameXplain. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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: - ↑ Sofka, Samantha (2015-01-12). "Gaming Daily: Kim Jong Un Game Pulled From Kickstarter, Secret Nintendo Song Discovered in MARIO KART 8". Retrieved 2015-01-12.
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External links[]
Animal Crossing series | ||
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Media | Main series | Animal Crossing • Wild World • City Folk • New Leaf • New Horizons |
Spin-off titles | Happy Home Designer • Amiibo Festival • Pocket Camp | |
Characters | Isabelle • Mr. Resetti • Tom Nook • Villager | |
People | Katsuya Eguchi • Hisashi Nogami • Takashi Tezuka • Kazumi Totaka | |
Other media | 2006 Film • 2014 Short Film | |
Related | Amiibo • Nintendo Land • Mario Kart 8 • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |