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Kazumi Totaka

1967 - Today

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Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi; born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, most notably voicing Yoshi from the Mario series. He also directed the development of Wii Music. Totaka has worked for Nintendo since 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazumi Totaka is the 1,410th most popular composer (down from 1,397th in 2024), the 2,401st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,935th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Kazumi Totaka ranks 1,410 out of 1,451. Before him are Mamoru Samuragochi, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Malcolm Williamson, Lera Auerbach, Gus Kahn, and Walter Murphy. After him are Alla Zahaikevych, John Murphy, Edvin Marton, Steve Roach, Vivian Kubrick, and Meredith Willson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Kazumi Totaka ranks 566. Before him are Cedella Marley, Malalai Kakar, Amanda Lepore, Tetsuya Asano, Attila Horváth, and Jana Sorgers. After him are Cas Mudde, Chris Parnell, Jason Cooper, Estela Rodríguez, Philippe Poutou, and Li Donghua.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazumi Totaka ranks 2,401 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuto Sakata (1966), Shinta Fukushima (1989), Kae Araki (1966), Naoki Soma (1971), Nobuhiko Okamoto (1986), and Toshihiro Hattori (1973). After him are Takayuki Fujii (1993), Hiroshi Matsuda (1960), Yusuke Kishida (1999), Koji Murofushi (1974), Satoshi Ōtomo (1981), and Hiroko Sano (1983).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Kazumi Totaka ranks 24. Before him are Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), Kaoru Wada (1962), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), and Mamoru Samuragochi (1963). After him are Michiru Yamane (1963), Shoji Meguro (1971), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).

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