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December 11th, 2009 | Audio Stuff, Videos
Hirokazu Tanaka, one of the main composers for the EarthBound/MOTHER series recently released a single called the “Hirokazu Tanaka Song”. Basically, he gathered ten other people named Hirokazu Tanaka and had them all sing a song about how they’re named Hirokazu Tanaka and how they didn’t pick the name themselves. You can check it out here:
The official description also included this bit:
The music is reminiscent of Hirokazu’s work on the Mother series, providing an upbeat, chiptune-esque backdrop for the surreal sound of an 11-Tanaka chorus singing about being named Hirokazu Tanaka
For more info (in English even!) see here. News via GameSetWatch.
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27 Comments to The Hirokazu Tanaka Song
 | amorerana said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Awesome…I love people who do this kind of stuff!
 | Linkzcap said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Ahaha I love Japanese randomness. Just another great example.
 | ZombiePaul said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
That was bloody fantastic!
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| Slackerwriter said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Kind of reminds me of the “these are the daves I know” song from Kids in the Hall
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| sg_06 said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
lol. Brilliant.
Even more impressive is that he managed to find 10 Hirokazu Tanakas that could SING.
 | Jeagle101 said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Linkzcap said it. I love Japan 🙂
I wish I could visit Japan one day…. *sigh*
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| Miles Vialpando said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Haha, nice!
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| darkgreen_orange said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Only in Japan. :-p
But seriously, at least as far as composer names go I think the most common family name I have come upon is “Tanaka”
 | Ninji said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
Cool, did anyone see the face close-up of that guy at 1:04, weird…
 | LakituAl said on Dec. 11, 2009 |
I would really like to be able to do that, but my last name is so going to make it impossible!
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| Assorted Astrology-Related Names said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
This is the most absurdly pointless thing I’ve ever seen.
I love it.
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| TypeZer0h said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
It’s awesome how they can just create something, so vivid and beautiful from just a simple idea!
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| Millhouse said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
This is so random. I love it.
 | resetsurvivor said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
I know Hirokazu Tanaka has done a lot of music for a lot of games but two of the titles mentioned didn’t seem to fit right. Pac Man & Tetris? Could they mean the Tetris songs on the Gameboy? ..or maybe song 3 (C?) of Tetris for NES? ..and what’s up with Pac Man? I mean the Sound FX on Pac Man ARE very similar to Donkey Kong but wasn’t that NAMCO? Did he do freelance or something?
..anyone have any info on this.
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| TellyPhone said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
Well, Tetris and Pac Man are on his Wikipedia page.
Awesome song, but for some reason I found it weird that his YouTube page says he’s 15 years old…
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| Ninji said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
@TellyPhone- there’s a big chance that whoever did that is probably just a n00bish poser trying to act like Hirokazu Tanaka, or he just lied about his age for fun.
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| hylatio said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
@resetsurvivor: The wiki page is talking about the “Pac-Man Fever” album, and Tanaka is credited because he did the sound effects for the original Donkey Kong. I assume that the “Do the Donkey Kong” song is the one that has the sound effects.
Also, I know he did the music for the Game Boy Tetris, not sure about the NES version.
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| curiouspasserby said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
This made my day 🙂
 | rawpower7 said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
Genius.
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| Seifer said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
Tanaka Hirokazu’s age on his YouTube profile: 15
 | santiagoff said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
I knew Tanaka was an overused surname… but Hirokazu too? xD
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| Jeff said on Dec. 12, 2009 |
That was beautiful.
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| PSI Wolf said on Dec. 13, 2009 |
Pretty cool!
 | NT-Yoyo said on Jul. 6, 2010 |
Words cannot explain the epicness I just stumbled upon.
 | Lumakiri said on Feb. 17, 2011 |
I love the Japanese, seriously. Hirokazu Tanaka is amazing.
I want the Koji Kondo song now.
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| player said on May. 24, 2011 |
Wow!
Strange language or song…but look nice :))
keep going!
Recent Comments
- Karmageddon: @Esper Heh, my bad. But remember though. We had to lower the quality of the recording to make it work on hardware.
- Esper: Dammit I’d prefer the new one if the “set” didn’t such blow into the mic. Love the official Lucas voice though!
- Earthbounder: Wonder if their is a way to use the alt english translation with this voice patch
- game4brains: @Franklin Badger I would’ve guessed chocolate labradoodle.
- Matt: Lucas has an english voice actor in Smash Bros.? Why, when they still use the original JP voice clips for Ness?
lol.
This is great.