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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 316,163 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hirokazu Tanaka is the 1,862nd most popular musician, the 1,438th most popular biography from Japan and the 25th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,862 out of 2,662. Before him are Graeme Revell, Giovanni D'Anzi, Roy Estrada, Kavinsky, Stefan Schwarzmann, and Cui Jian. After him are Olve Eikemo, Richard Barbieri, Graham Coxon, Kenny Garrett, Baby Dodds, and Rupert Holmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 397. Before him are Frank Schätzing, Richie Ramone, Luigi De Canio, Jayne Torvill, Jacek Kaczmarski, and Kausea Natano. After him are Richard Barbieri, Lindsay Hoyle, Masaru Uchiyama, Karen Pence, Ana Lilian de la Macorra, and Murat Zyazikov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 1,438 out of 6,048. Before him are Rica Matsumoto (1968), Naohiro Takahara (1979), Shun Oguri (1982), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Tomomi Inada (1959), and Atsushi Uchiyama (1959). After him are Seiji Ueda (1952), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903), Yuichi Nishimura (1972), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), and Koji Tanaka (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Hirokazu Tanaka ranks 25. Before him are Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Mana (1969), Yoko Shimomura (1967), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Mitski (1990), and Keiko Matsui (1961). After him are Ringo Sheena (1978), Midori (1971), Toshio Masuda (1959), Taiji (1966), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), and Cornelius (1969).

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