Kazumi Totaka

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, including Yoshi from the Mario series. He also directed the development of Wii Music.

Works

Composer
X (1992)
Mario Paint (1992) - with Hirokazu Tanaka and Ryoji Yoshitomi
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992)
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (1992)
Tetris & Dr. Mario (1994) - with Hirokazu Tanaka and Yumiko Kameya
Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995)
Wave Race 64 (1996)
Yoshi's Story (1997)
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (1999)
Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999) - with Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall, and Suddi Raval
Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000) - with Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi
Machop at Work (2001) - with Takuto Kitsuta and Yasushi Ida
Luigi's Mansion (2001) -6 Golden Coins
Virtual Boy Wario Land
X
X-Scape
Yoshi Touch & Go
Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's Story

Characters that he portrays
Yoshi (First appearance in Yoshi's Story)
Shy Guy (1998-2002)
Professor E. Gadd
Captain Olimar
Birdo
K.K. Slider

Notes

a. K.K. Song
b. The song is only present in the GameCube release of Pikmin 2. It was removed in the Wii version.

References

External links
Kazumi Totaka's Song at NinDB

Category:1967 births
Category:Japanese composers
Category:Japanese male composers
Category:Japanese male voice actors
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Tokyo
Category:Nintendo people
Category:Video game composers