Hirokazu Tanaka

Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (Japanese: 田中宏和 but usually credited in hiragana only) is a Japanese composer and musician, born on December 13, 1957, best known for creating or co-creating various video games by Nintendo. He was the composer of much the opening theme and ending theme songs used in Pokémon animation from 1997 to 2019, and he was also the president of Creatures, Inc. until April 2023.
Among the many game soundtracks he composed, the most well known include the music of the series, the series, , , , the series, , , , , , , , and . In addition, he also was instrumental in developing the Game Boy Camera and the Game Boy Printer.
==Bibliography of Pokémon songs==
===Original series===
* Aim to Be a Pokémon Master
* One Hundred Fifty-One
* Can You Name All the Pokémon?
* Goodnight, My Pikachu
* Can You Draw All the Pokémon?
* Yes, It Is Morning!
* Flexible Gas Gas
* Oh Electrode
* Crayon de Pokémon
* Team Rocket Forever
* Lucky Lucky
* Meowth's Song
* Let's Trade Please
* Fantasy in My Pocket
* Pokémon Ondo
* Summer Vacation Fan Club
* Pika Pika Massaichu
* Pool (Summer of an 11-Year-Old)
* A New Friend
* Together With the Wind
* Wonderful Collection
* Can You Name All the Pokémon, Baby?
* The Rivals
* Type: Wild
* Hey! Pikachu
* Pokémon Sandwich
* Let's Make an Exploration Party!
* Soaring Pokémon Kids
* Big Tree and Friends
* Mama's Dear Pokémon
* Riding on Lapras
* Everyone Walk Together
* Meowth's Party
* Meowth's Song 2000
* So They Say, Meow
* Meowth's Monologue
* OK!
* Exciting Pokémon Relay
* Exciting² Pokémon Relay (Hard Version)
* Takeshi's Paradise
* Can You Name All the Pokémon Neo?
* Ne-o-e-oh!
* Fanfare
* Pichu Pika♪Swing
* Secret Base Theme
* Friends' Anniversary
* The Day a Rainbow Was Born
* White Dance
* Santa is Coming Soon!
* Playism Declaration
* Christmas Eve
* Winter Vacation Fan Club
* Colorful Winter Vacation
* To My Best Friend
* Hide and Seek
* Please Let There Be Good Weather Tomorrow
* Face Forward Team Rocket!
* Ready Go!
* Pocket-ering Monster-ing
* A New Oath
* Aim for that Hill
===Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire===
* Advance Adventure
* Polka O Dolka
* It's the Start of an Adventure!!
* Challenger!!
* Can You Name All the Pokémon? 2004
* Full of Summer!!
* Hello! Thank You!
* Pokémon Counting Song
* Spurt!
===Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl===
* Pokémon Role-Playing Sunday
* Is It Summer?
* High Touch!
* Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!
===Pokémon the Series: Black & White===
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* Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW
* Look Look☆Here
* Be an Arrow!
* Sakura Go-Round
===Pokémon the Series: XY===
* V (Volt)
* X Strait Y Scenery
* Peace Smile!
* Mega V (Mega Volt)
* Team Rocket's Team Song
* Meowth's Ballad
===Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon===
* Poké-Friends' Song
==Works==
===Pokémon & GAME FREAK releases===
Title 	Platform 	Release date	Position
Pokémon Pinball 	Game Boy 	1999-04-14 	Music
Pokémon Channel 	Nintendo GameCube	1999-04-14 	Supervisor
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 	Nintendo Wii 	2008-01-31 	Music arrangements
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure 	Wii 	2009-12-05 	Producer
Pokédex 3D 	Nintendo 3DS 	2011-06-17 	Producer
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond 	Wii 	2011-11-12 	Producer
Pokémon Dream Radar 	Nintendo 3DS 	2012-06-23 	Producer
Pokédex 3D Pro 	Nintendo 3DS 	2012-07-14 	Producer
Pokémon Art Academy 	Nintendo 3DS 	2014-06-19 	Pokémon Trading Card Development
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U	Nintendo 3DSWii U	2014-09-13 	Music arrangements
Detective Pikachu 	Nintendo 3DS 	2016-02-03 	Producer
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 	Nintendo Switch 	2018-12-07 	Music arrangements
===Animation===
Title 	Date 	Position
Pokémon 	1997-04-01 - 2002-11-14	Various Music
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire	2002-11-21 - 2006-09-14	Various Music
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl	2006-09-28 - 2010-09-09	Various Music
Pokémon the Series: Black & White 	2010-09-23 - 2013-10-03	Various Music
Pokémon the Series: XY 	2013-10-17 - 2016-11-10	Various Music
===Albums===
Title 	Catalogue	Release date	Publisher
Can You Draw All the Pokémon?	TGCS-385 	1997-11-21 	Pikachu Records ()
===Other Albums===
Title 	Catalogue	Release date	Publisher
Lost Tapes	FJSP-428 	2021-03-21 	SUPER FUJI DISCSdiskunion
===Lost Tapes Album===
Lost Tapes is an album released by Hirokazu Tanaka in 2021. It features various demo tapes, recordings and unreleased prototype songs from various projects Tanaka was involved in, including Pokémon animation. Draft versions of various openings and endings appear on the album, showing how they sounded before they were finalized.
==External links==
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* Sporadic Vacuum, Tanaka's personal site (Japanese)
* Tanaka's Twitter page (Japanese)
* Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
* Hirokazu Tanaka @ HearJapan
* Hirokazu Tanaka at MobyGames
* Hirokazu_Tanaka at RAWG.io
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