Kohei Tanaka (composer)
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Born | Osaka Prefecture, Japan | February 14, 1954
Alma mater | Tokyo University of the Arts Berklee College of Music |
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Years active | 1982–present |
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Kohei Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 公平, Hepburn: Tanaka Kōhei, born February 14, 1954) 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 Gunbuster, Sakura Wars and One Piece.
Biography
Tanaka was a student at Berklee College of Music.[1] 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 Kid 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.[2] 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[3] |
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1985–86 | Button Nose | Music | ||
1986 | Dragon Ball | Music | Arrangement for opening and ending songs | [1][4] |
1986 | Doteraman | Music | ||
1987 | Esper Mami | Music | ||
1987 | Maps | Music | OVA | |
1987 | The Three Musketeers | Music | ||
1987–89 | Lady!! series | Music | Also Hello! Lady Lynn | |
1988–89 | Gunbuster | Music | [1][5] | |
1988 | Patlabor | Music | OAVs | [1] |
1989 | Wataru Majinzan | Music | OVA | |
1990–91 | Brave Exkaiser | Music | ||
1990 | Obatarian | Music | ||
1990 | Madō King Granzort: The Final Magical Battle | Music | OVA | |
1991–93 | Matchless Raijin-Oh | Music | Also OVA in 1992 | |
1991 | Honō no Tenkōsei | Music | OVA | |
1991 | Otaku no Video | Music | [1] | |
1992 | Bastard!! | Music | [1] | |
1992 | Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring | Music | [1] | |
1993 | Dragon Half | Music | OVA | [1] |
1993 | Yaiba | Music | ||
1994 | Mobile Fighter G Gundam | Music | ||
1995 | Gulliver Boy | Music | ||
1996 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team | Music | OVA | [1] |
1996 | Violinist of Hameln | Music, Composer | [1] | |
1999 | Pokémon The Movie 2000 | Composer | Insert song 1 | |
1999–present | One Piece | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | [1][5][6] |
1999–2000 | Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms | Music | OVA | |
2000 | Gate Keepers | Music | [1] | |
2000 | Sakura Taisen | Music | TV series | [1] |
2001 | Angelic Layer | Music | ||
2001 | Gundam Evolve | Music | with others | |
2002 | Tenchi Muyo! GXP | Music | [1] | |
2002 | Gate Keepers 21 | Music | OVA | |
2002–03 | Overman King Gainer | Music | ||
2002 | Monkey Typhoon | Music | ||
2003 | Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris | Music | ||
2003 | Gad Guard series | Music | ||
2004–07 | Kaiketsu Zorori series | Music | [7] | |
2004 | Desert Punk | Music | ||
2004 | Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris | Music | OVA | |
2004 | Diebuster | Music | OVA | |
2006 | Buso Renkin | Music | ||
2007 | Sakura Taisen: New York, New York | Music | OVA | |
2007–08 | Let's Go! Tamagotchi | Music | ||
2007 | Tamagotchi: The Movie | Music | ||
2008 | Rosario + Vampire series | Music | 2 seasons, with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
2009 | Hayate the Combat Butler | Composer, Arranger | ||
2010–11 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series | Music | Demon Capital with Kazuhiko Sawaguchi and Keiji Iuchi | |
2012 | Hyouka | Music | [8] | |
2013 | Gaist Crusher | Music | with Takayuki Negishi | |
2015 | Assassination Classroom | Theme song arrangement | [9] | |
2018 | Planet With | Composer, Arranger | ||
2020 | Sakura Wars: The Animation | Music | [10] | |
2020 | Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori | Music | [11] |
Films
Video games
Year | Title | Crew role | Notes | Source |
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1992 | Xardion | Music | [14] | |
1992 | Paladin's Quest | Music | ||
1996 | Sakura Wars | Music | [15] | |
1997 | Alundra | Music | [16][17] | |
2010 | Resonance of Fate | Music | with Motoi Sakuraba | [18] |
2012 | Gravity Rush | Music | [19][20] | |
2016 | Gravity Rush 2 | Music | [21][22] | |
2018 | Princess Connect! Re:Dive | Music | with others | [23] |
2019 | One Piece: World Seeker | Music | [24] | |
2019 | Sakura Wars | Music | [25] |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "More Acen Guests". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Profile of Tanaka Kohei". TanakaKouhei.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006.
- ^ a b アニメ / メディア芸術データベース – 田中公平 [Anime / Media Arts Database (search results) – Kohei Tanaka]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "ドラゴンボール -東映アニメーション-" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "One Piece's Tanaka & Romancing SaGa's Itō Hold Joint Concert". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ Inc, Natasha. "「ONE PIECE」ワノ国編のBGM演奏は和楽器演奏集団・桜menが担当(コメントあり)". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved August 12, 2019.
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- ^ "Full Metal Panic's Gatoh Writes Kyoto Animation's Hyoka". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Assassination Classroom Anime Cast Sings Opening Theme". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "New Sakura Wars Game Gets TV Anime in 2020". Anime News Network. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (February 13, 2020). "New Kaiketsu Zorori Anime Reveals Cast, Theme Songs, April 5 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "「ONE PIECE ワンピース」DVD公式サイト". Log Collection (in Japanese). Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ "EYCA-12666~7 | ONE PIECE STAMPEDE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ "Xardion for SNES (1992)". MobyGames. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Hardcore Gaming 101: Sakura Taisen". hardcoregaming101.net. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Blues Brothers 2000 - Retro Gamer". retrogamer.net. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "RPGamer > Staff Retroview > Alundra". rpgamer.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "桜庭統さんと田中公平さんが『エンド オブ エタニティ』の音楽について語る [Dengeki: Interview with Motoi Sakuraba and Kouhei Tanaka]". Dengeki Online. March 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Hamilton, Kirk. "The Dizzy, Delightfully Grand Music of Gravity Rush". kotaku.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ Hamilton, Kirk. "The Best Video Game Music of 2012". kotaku.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Check Out Gravity Rush 2's Latest Footage And Mini-Concert By Composer Kohei Tanaka". siliconera.com. July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "11 minutes of Gravity Rush 2 gameplay, details". gematsu.com. December 9, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ "Notice on Release of Anime RPG "PRINCESS CONNECT! Re:Dive"". cyberagent.co.jp. February 15, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grnmlAwQCmg
- ^ https://gematsu.com/2019/03/project-sakura-wars-announced-for-ps4
External links
- http://ameblo.jp/kenokun/ (in Japanese)
- Gravity Rush (franchise)
- 1954 births
- Anime composers
- Berklee College of Music alumni
- Japanese composers
- Japanese conductors (music)
- Japanese film score composers
- Japanese male composers
- Japanese male conductors (music)
- Living people
- Male film score composers
- Musicians from Osaka
- People from Osaka
- Tokyo University of the Arts alumni
- Video game composers