MUSICIAN

Hirokazu Tanaka

1957 - Today

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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和, Tanaka Hirokazu, born December 13, 1957), also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music. He is best known as one of Nintendo's in-house composers during the 8- and 16-bit era of video games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hirokazu Tanaka has received more than 336,646 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hirokazu Tanaka is the 1,883rd most popular musician (down from 1,855th in 2019), the 1,541st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,435th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,883 out of 3,175. Before him are Jerry Wexler, Sheila Jordan, Kevin Moore, George Russell, Randy Weston, and Fenriz. After him are Ed O'Brien, Blue Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, D. H. Peligro, Suzanne Ciani, and Graham Coxon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 427. Before him are Joel Goldsmith, Harald Schmidt, Daína Chaviano, Vladimir Kiselyov, Mira Nair, and Jean-François Domergue. After him are Aleksandr Tkachyov, Robert Lepage, Lília Cabral, Juan José Ibarretxe, Joachim Król, and Shari Arison.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,541 out of 6,245. Before him are Toshihiko Okimune (1959), Shunpei Uto (1918), Ryohei Suzuki (1949), Chiaki Kuriyama (1984), Naoki Sakai (1975), and Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975). After him are Yoshiharu Horii (1953), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Tomoji Abe (1903), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), Kenjiro Shinozuka (1948), and Norihiro Yagi (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 28. Before him are Heath (1968), Nigo (1970), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), and Ringo Sheena (1978). After him are Keiko Matsui (1961), Midori (1971), Toshio Masuda (1959), Taiji (1966), Hiromi Uehara (1979), and Sugizo (1969).

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