is a Japanese composer, arranger, conductor and singer-songwriter. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. He has created numerous musical scores for anime television series, OVAs, films, video games and tokusatsu series including Choushinsei Flashman, Gunbuster, Sakura Wars, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Betterman, and One Piece.
Biography
Tanaka was a student at Berklee College of Music. While employed playing the piano in a hotel lounge, he was requested to arrange a song in Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, a 1982 TV anime, and it became his first work as a composer. Afterwards, he produced some songs and arrangements for the Super Sentai series and his first work as a lead composer was for the television anime Konpora Kids in 1985.
Notably, the background music in Gunbuster made his name and talent very famous among anime fans and is recognized as one of his most important works. He also handled the composition of Diebuster, a sequel series of Gunbuster, and showed a peculiar arrangement to his own work 17 years ago.
He hosted the Dai Anime Hakurankai radio show on Tokai Radio together with the voice actress Konami Yoshida from April 1993 to September 1994. His discussions with Toshio Okada and Hiroshi Yamamoto about anime, originally published in the hm3 voice acting magazine, have been republished in book form.
On February 14, 2008, he opened an official website and announced his intention to work also as a singer in the future. On July 4, he released his first solo album called Kokorone song 1st.
Works Anime Year Title Crew role Notes Source –86 Button Nose Music Dragon Ball Theme song arrangement "Makafushigi Adventure!", "Romantic Ageru yo" Doteraman Music Choushinsei Flashman Music Esper Mami Music Maps Music OVA The Three Musketeers Music –89 Lady!! series Music Also Hello! Lady Lynn –89 Gunbuster Music Patlabor Music OVAs –92 The Laughing Salesman Music Wataru Majinzan Music OVA Chimpui Music –91 Brave Exkaiser Music Obatarian Music Madō King Granzort: The Final Magical Battle Music OVA –93 Matchless Raijin-Oh Music Also OVA in 1992 Honō no Tenkōsei Music OVA Otaku no Video Music Bastard!! Music Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring Music Dragon Half Music OVA Yaiba Music Mobile Fighter G Gundam Music Gulliver Boy Music Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Music OVA Brave Command Dagwon Music Violinist of Hameln Music, Composer The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Music, Composer Pokémon The Movie 2000 Composer Insert song 1 –present One Piece Music with Shiro Hamaguchi –2000 Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms Music OVA –2003 The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final Music Composer OVA Gate Keepers Music Sakura Taisen Music TV series Angelic Layer Music Gundam Evolve Music with others Tenchi Muyo! GXP Music Gate Keepers 21 Music OVA –03 Overman King Gainer Music Monkey Typhoon Music Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris Music Gad Guard series Music –07 Kaiketsu Zorori series Music Desert Punk Music Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris Music OVA Diebuster Music OVA Buso Renkin Music Sakura Taisen: New York, New York Music OVA –08 Let's Go! Tamagotchi Music Tamagotchi: The Movie Music Rosario + Vampire series Music 2 seasons, with Shiro Hamaguchi Hayate the Combat Butler Composer, Arranger –11 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series Music Demon Capital with Kazuhiko Sawaguchi and Keiji Iuchi Hyouka Music JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Theme song composition "JoJo (Sono Chi no Sadame)" Gaist Crusher Music with Takayuki Negishi Assassination Classroom Theme song arrangement The Laughing Salesman New Music Planet With Composer, Arranger Sakura Wars: The Animation Music Princess Connect Re:Dive Theme song arrangement Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori Music Back Arrow Music D_Cide Traumerei the Animation Music Grendizer U Music
Films Year Title Crew role Notes Source Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll Music Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! Music Doraemon short film Chinpui: Eri-sama Katsudō Daishashin Music Dorami-chan: Hello, Dynosis Kids!! Music Doraemon short film One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure Music Sakura Wars: The Movie Music Director One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals Music One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken Music with Shiro Hamaguchi One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword Music with Shiro Hamaguchi One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Music Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle Music with Fuminori Iwasaki One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta Music with Shiro Hamaguchi, Fuminori Iwasaki, Minoru Mauro, Kazuhiko Sawaguchi Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom Music with Shiro Hamaguchi Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! Music Film with Shiro Hamaguchi One Piece Film: Strong World Music with Shiro Hamaguchi One Piece Film: Z Music with Shiro Hamaguchi Kaiketsu Zorori Da-Da-Da-Daibouken! Music Kaiketsu Zorori: Mamoru ze! Kyouryuu no Tamago Music Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi Music 2019One Piece: StampedeMusic
Video games Year Title Crew role Notes Source1990Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom MusicFM Towns version1992XardionMusicPaladin's QuestMusicJust BreedMusic1993Tengai Makyo: Fuun KabukidenMusic1995Tengai Makyō ZeroMusic1996 Lennus II Music Sakura Wars Music Alundra Music 1998 Dragon Force II: Kamisarishi Daichi ni Music Main song Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die Music 1999Alundra 2MusicGate KeepersMusic2001Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?Music2002Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, MaidensMusic2005Sakura Wars: So Long, My LoveMusic2010Resonance of FateMusicwith Motoi Sakuraba Gravity Rush Music Gravity Rush 2 Music Princess Connect! Re:Dive Music with others One Piece: World Seeker Music Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sakura Wars Music
See also List of video game musicians
References
External links http://ameblo.jp/kenokun/