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'''Kazumi Totaka''' (戸高 一生, ''Totaka Kazumi''), born August 23, 1967, is a video game composer. He composed various songs from [[Nintendo]] games, including "[[Totaka's Song]]". He is also the voice of K.K. Slider. In fact, K.K.'s Japanese name is based off Totaka's name. In Japan, last names are pronounced first, so it would sound like Totaka Kazumi. If his name is abbreviated in Japanese, it is Totaka K., similar to Totakeke, K.K.'s Japanese name.
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'''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 {{SER}}, 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]]".
  
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Kazumi Totaka is also known for voicing [[mariowiki:Yoshi|Yoshi]] in the ''Mario'' series, which he has done since the game ''[[mariowiki:Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]'' in 1997. When he is a composer for Nintendo games, he often secretes "Totaka's Song" within them. He put "Totaka's Song" in all of the {{SER}} games under the song title "[[K.K. Song]]," which is a secret song that can be obtained only by asking K.K. Slider.
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The character [[K.K. Slider]] is a caricature of Totaka, and his Japanese name ''Totakeke'' is an abbreviation of "Totaka K.", since family names are written first in Japan. While most of [[List of K.K. Slider songs|K.K.'s songs]] in the original games were composed by [[Toru Minegishi]], Totaka rearranged them for the live performances.<ref>http://shmuplations.com/animalcrossing</ref>
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Totaka is also known for voicing [[mariowiki:Yoshi|Yoshi]] in the ''Mario'' series, which he has done since the game ''[[mariowiki:Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]'' in 1997.
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== Song credits ==
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Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in the future.
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=== {{PG}} ===
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*[[New Year's]] Wish<ref name=peach>https://vgmdb.net/album/2043</ref>
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*[[Meteor Shower]]<ref name=peach></ref>
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*[[Kapp'n]]'s Song {{Note|Totaka was credited with composition of Kapp'n's theme from {{WW|short}}, which uses Marine Song 2001 and Kapp'n's normal song in its melody.|name=Kapp'n}}
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*[[K.K. Song]]
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=== {{DnMe+}} ===
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*[[Marine Song 2001]]{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
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*[[K.K. Birthday]]<ref name=NHsheet>https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01097949&dm=d#song</ref>
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=== {{WW}} ===
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*Title <ref name=CD>https://vgmdb.net/album/3990</ref><ref name=Brawl>''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''</ref>
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*"Heavy Rotation" (Kapp'n's [[taxi]] theme)<ref name=CD></ref>
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*All hourly music (with [[Asuka Ohta]])<ref name=CD></ref><ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp//nom/0511/12/index.html</ref>
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*[[The Roost]]<ref name=Brawl></ref>
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=== {{CF}} ===
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*Kapp'n's [[Bus]]{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
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*[[City]] Plaza<ref>https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01089680&dm=d#song</ref>
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=== {{NL}} ===
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*[[K.K. Disco]] <ref name=NHsheet></ref>
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*[[Animal City]]{{Note|"Animal City" is a rearrangement of the City Plaza theme from {{CF|short}}, which Totaka was credited for.}}
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=== {{HHD}} ===
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*Entire soundtrack
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=== {{NH}} ===
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*9 A.M.<ref name=NHsheet></ref>
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== Notes ==
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{{Note list}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
{{Personnel}}
 
{{Personnel}}

Revision as of 20:26, April 13, 2021

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Born August 23, 1967
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Composer, voice actor

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 Animal Crossing series, 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 Japanese name Totakeke is an abbreviation of "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.[1]

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

Song credits

Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in the future.

Animal Crossing

Doubutsu no Mori e+

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

  • Entire soundtrack

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Totaka was credited with composition of Kapp'n's theme from Wild World, which uses Marine Song 2001 and Kapp'n's normal song in its melody.
  2. ↑ "Animal City" is a rearrangement of the City Plaza theme from City Folk, which Totaka was credited for.

References

  1. ↑ http://shmuplations.com/animalcrossing
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/2043
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01097949&dm=d#song
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://vgmdb.net/album/3990
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  6. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp//nom/0511/12/index.html
  7. ↑ https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01089680&dm=d#song
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