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Kazumi Totaka

Kazumi Totaka

Japanese composer and voice actor

"Totaka" redirects here. For the acharya named Totaka, see Totakacharya.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Totaka.

Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967)[1] 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.

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Characters portrayed

Totaka has portrayed several characters for Nintendo games. He mostly voices Yoshi (first appearing in Super Mario World), but he also voices, Professor E. Gadd, Captain Olimar,[2] Birdo, and K.K. Slider, as well as portraying Shy Guy from 1997 to 2002.

K.K. Slider

The character K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing is named Totakeke (とたけけ) in the Japanese version. This name could be derived from how Totaka's name is said in Japanese (Totaka K.) as last names usually come before personal names in the language. Totakeke is said to be an animal version caricature of Totaka.[3]

At the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live concert, some fans shouted "Totakeke" while the host grabbed a guitar and gave it to Totaka. Totaka then sat down on a chair like K.K. Slider while Shigeru Miyamoto held a picture of K.K. Slider next to Totaka.[4]

Totaka's Song

"Totaka's Song" is a short, 19-note tune hidden in almost every game Totaka has written music for as an easter egg.[5] It was first discovered on the title screen of Mario Paint and was later discovered as having originated in the Game Boy game X,[6] which predated Mario Paint by two months.

Notes

  1. "Title (Animal Crossing)", "The Roost"
  2. "Wii Sports Resort", "Wii Sports Resort Ver. 2"
  3. "Title (Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer)"

References

  1. [1]
    「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」開発スタッフ名鑑. Nintendo Official Guide Book – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. July 1993. p. 120. ISBN 4-09-102448-3.
  2. [2]
    "1-2 開発スタッフインタビュー" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Jackson, Kai (May 8, 2013). "Profile: Kazumi Totaka - The Man Behind Animal Crossing's K.K. Slider". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  4. [4]
    1Button (2010-03-12), p-nintendo.com — Totaka, Mario & Zelda Big Band Live, 2003, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2018-03-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. [5]
    Kubba, Sinan (January 13, 2015). "Nintendo's famous easter egg song discovered in Mario Kart 8". Engadget. Verizon Media. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "'Kazumi Totaka's Song'". NinDB. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015.
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