Kazumi Totaka

Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967) is a video game composer. Totaka has been the sound director for all mainline games in the, as well as the composer for many of the tracks. He has composed various songs from other Nintendo games, and is known to hide a short melody known as "Totaka's Song" in games he has worked on. This is present in all Animal Crossing games as "K.K. Song".

The character K.K. Slider is a caricature of Totaka, and his full name Totakeke is derived from "Totaka K.", since family names are written first in Japan. While most of K.K.'s songs in the original games were composed by Toru Minegishi, Totaka rearranged them for the live performances.

Totaka is also known for voicing Yoshi in the Mario series, which he has done since the game Yoshi's Story in 1997.

Works

 * – Sound Director
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Song credits
''Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in future games. Credits are not necessarily exhaustive and reflect only what can be sourced.''

In

 * Live arrangements of all K.K. Slider songs
 * "K.K. Song"

In

 * "New Year's Wish" ( and version)
 * "Meteor Shower"
 * "Kapp'n's Song"

In

 * "Marine Song 2001"
 * "Stale Cupcakes"
 * "Spring Blossoms" (arrangement)
 * "Wandering"
 * "K.K. Birthday"

In

 * "Title"
 * "Heavy Rotation" (Kapp'n's taxi theme)
 * All hourly music
 * "The Roost"
 * Most other music with the assistance of Asuka Hayazaki

In

 * "In Kapp'n's Bus"
 * "First Time in the City"
 * "City Plaza" (Day)

In

 * "K.K. Disco"
 * "Animal City"

Totaka was also credited for the arrangement of the live versions of other K.K. songs that debuted in on Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2, though it is unknown if he or the other composers, Manaka Kataoka and Atsuko Asahi, actually composed them. The exception is "Bubblegum K.K.", which was composed by Asahi.

In

 * Entire soundtrack

In
Totaka was credited for the following tracks on the official soundtrack release for :
 * "2 AM"
 * "5 AM"
 * "7 AM"
 * "8 AM"
 * "9 AM"
 * "12 PM"
 * "2 PM"
 * "5 PM"
 * "7 PM"
 * Rain and snow versions of above hourly themes
 * "Island Life Orientation 4 (Campfire Evening)"
 * "amiibo Invitation"

Totaka was also credited for the following tracks on the second soundtrack release:
 * Kapp'n's Song (Outbound 1-5)
 * Kapp'n's Song (Returning 1-5)
 * "Harv's Island (Day)"
 * "Harv's Island (Night)"
 * "Hazure01"
 * "Hazure02"
 * "Hazure03"

In the Super Smash Bros. series
These new rearrangements debuted in and later reappeared in  and :
 * "Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Wild World (Brawl) "
 * "The Roost"

This arrangement debuted in :
 * "Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer"

Trivia

 * Totaka is seen playing "K.K. Bossa" alongside (someone dressed as) K.K. in the Animal Crossing Direct for.
 * Aside from their name, Totaka and K.K. also share their birthday, August 23.