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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 the {{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 full name ''Totakeke'' is derived from "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 name="shmup">{{Cite web|url=http://shmuplations.com/animalcrossing/|title=Animal Crossing – Developer Interviews|site=shmuplations.com}}</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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==Works==
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*{{PG}} – Sound Director
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*{{WW}} – Sound Director
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*{{CF}} – Sound Director
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*{{NL}} – Sound Director
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*{{HHD}} – Sound Director
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*{{NH}} – Sound Director
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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 future games. Credits are not necessarily exhaustive and reflect only what can be sourced.''
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====In {{DnM|nolink}}====
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*Live arrangements of all [[K.K. Slider]] songs<ref name="shmup"/>
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*"[[K.K. Song]]"
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====In {{PG|nolink}}====
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*"[[New Year's]] Wish"<ref name=peach>https://vgmdb.net/album/2043</ref> ({{PG|nolink}} and {{DnMe+|nolink}} version)
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*"[[Meteor Shower]]"<ref name=peach/>
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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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====In {{DnMe+|nolink}}====
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*"[[Marine Song 2001]]"{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
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*"[[Stale Cupcakes]]"<ref name=CFinterview>Interview in ''Nintendo DREAM'' Vol. 182; see https://dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/ブルーおにぎり</ref>
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*"[[Spring Blossoms]]" (arrangement)<ref name=ost2>[[Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2]] [https://vgmdb.net/album/119941 credits]</ref>
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*"[[Wandering]]" <ref name=ost2></ref>
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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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====In {{WW|short|nolink}}====
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[[File:Nintendo DREAM CF Soundtrack Interview.jpg|thumb|right|Totaka (left) presenting ''[[Machi e Ikou yo Doubutsu no Mori ~Mori no Ongakukai~]]'' with fellow composers [[Shiho Fujii]] and [[Manaka Tominaga]] and CD planner Saori Okamoto.]]
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*"Title"<ref name=CD>https://vgmdb.net/album/3990</ref><ref name=Brawl>{{SSBB}} website and sound test</ref>
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*"Heavy Rotation" (Kapp'n's [[taxi]] theme)<ref name=CD/>
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*All hourly music<ref name=CD/><ref name=nom>https://www.nintendo.co.jp//nom/0511/12/index.html</ref>
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*"[[The Roost]]"<ref name=Brawl/>
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*Most other music with the assistance of [[Asuka Hayazaki]]<ref name=nom/>
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====In {{CF|short|nolink}}====
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*"In Kapp'n's [[Bus]]"{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
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*"First Time in the [[City]]"<ref name=CFinterview/>
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*"City Plaza" (Day)<ref name=CFinterview/><ref>https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01089680&dm=d#song</ref>
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====In {{NL|short|nolink}}====
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[[File:NLWa Direct Totaka K.K. and Harvey.jpg|thumb|right|Totaka plays "[[K.K. Bossa]]" with [[K.K.]] and [[Harvey]] ([[Hisashi Nogami]]), from the {{NLWa}} Nintendo Direct.]]
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*"[[K.K. Disco]]" <ref name=NHsheet/>
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*"[[Animal City]]"<ref name=CFinterview/>
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Totaka was also credited for the arrangement of the live versions of other K.K. songs that debuted in {{NL|short}} 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.
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====In {{HHD|short|nolink}}====
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*Entire soundtrack
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====In {{NH|short|nolink}}====
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Totaka was credited for the following tracks on the [[Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack release]] for {{NH|short}}:<ref name=NHsoundtrack>https://vgmdb.net/album/109718</ref>
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*"2 AM"
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*"5 AM"
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*"7 AM"
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*"8 AM"
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*"9 AM"<ref name=NHsheet/>
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*"12 PM"
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*"2 PM"
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*"5 PM"
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*"7 PM"
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*Rain and snow versions of above hourly themes
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*"Island Life Orientation 4 (Campfire Evening)"
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*"amiibo Invitation"
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Totaka was also credited for the following tracks on [[Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2|the second soundtrack release]]:<ref name=ost2></ref>
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*[[Kapp'n's Song]] (Outbound 1-5)
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*Kapp'n's Song (Returning 1-5)
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*"[[Harv's Island]] (Day)"
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*"Harv's Island (Night)"
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*"[[Hazure01]]"
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*"[[Hazure02]]"
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*"[[Hazure03]]"
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====In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ====
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These new rearrangements debuted in {{SSBB}} and later reappeared in {{SSB4}} and {{SSBU}}:
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*"Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Wild World <small>(Brawl)</small>"{{Note|Called "Title Theme (Animal Crossing)" in {{SSBB}}}}<ref name=Brawl/>
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*"The Roost"<ref name=Brawl/>
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This arrangement debuted in {{SSBU|nolink}}:
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*"Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer"<ref>{{SSBU}} sound test</ref>
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==Trivia==
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*Totaka is seen playing "[[K.K. Bossa]]" alongside (someone dressed as) K.K. in the Animal Crossing Direct for {{NLWa}}.
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*Aside from their name, Totaka and K.K. also share their birthday, [[August]] 23.
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==Notes==
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{{Note list}}
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Navbox Companies and Personnel}}
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Latest revision as of 21:01, February 7, 2023

Kazumi Totaka
Kazumi-totaka.jpg
Born August 23, 1967
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Composer, sound director, voice actor
Notable work Mario Paint
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Animal Crossing series
Luigi's Mansion series
Wii system and Wii series

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 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 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.[1]

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

Works[edit]

Song credits[edit]

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 Doubutsu no Mori[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]

In Wild World[edit]

Totaka (left) presenting Machi e Ikou yo Doubutsu no Mori ~Mori no Ongakukai~ with fellow composers Shiho Fujii and Manaka Tominaga and CD planner Saori Okamoto.

In City Folk[edit]

In New Leaf[edit]

Totaka plays "K.K. Bossa" with K.K. and Harvey (Hisashi Nogami), from the Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo Nintendo Direct.

Totaka was also credited for the arrangement of the live versions of other K.K. songs that debuted in New Leaf 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 Happy Home Designer[edit]

  • Entire soundtrack

In New Horizons[edit]

Totaka was credited for the following tracks on the official soundtrack release for New Horizons:[10]

  • "2 AM"
  • "5 AM"
  • "7 AM"
  • "8 AM"
  • "9 AM"[5]
  • "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:[4]

In the Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

These new rearrangements debuted in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and later reappeared in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate:

  • "Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Wild World (Brawl)"[nb 2][7]
  • "The Roost"[7]

This arrangement debuted in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate:

  • "Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer"[11]

Trivia[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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. ↑ Called "Title Theme (Animal Crossing)" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Animal Crossing – Developer Interviews". shmuplations.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/2043
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Interview in Nintendo DREAM Vol. 182; see https://dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/ブルーおにぎり
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2 credits
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01097949&dm=d#song
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://vgmdb.net/album/3990
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl website and sound test
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp//nom/0511/12/index.html
  9. ↑ https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01089680&dm=d#song
  10. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/109718
  11. ↑ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test


Companies and personnel
Companies Nintendo • DeNA • iQue • NDcube • OLM, Inc. • Prima Games • Sanrio • Shogakukan Tom Nook NH.png
Developers Katsuya Eguchi • Aya Kyogoku • Isao Moro • Hisashi Nogami • Takashi Tezuka • Makoto Wada
Composers Atsuko Asahi • Sayako Doi • Shiho Fujii • Asuka Hayazaki • Yasuaki Iwata • Manaka Kataoka • Toru Minegishi • Kenta Nagata • Shinobu Nagata • Masato Ohashi • Yumi Takahashi • Kazumi Totaka
Voice actors Mari Adachi • Hisao Egawa • Takaya Hashi • Saori Hattori • Yurika Hino • Yui Horie • Mitsup Iwata • Takatoshi Kaneko • Mika Kanai • Yuichi Kimura • Yū Kobayashi • Takashi Miike • Fukuen Misato • Yuko Mizutani • Kenichi Ogata • Shun Oguri • Fumiko Orikasa • Otoha • Tetsuo Sakagachi • Akio Suyama • Wataru Takagi • Yasuhiro Takata • Kazuya Tatekabe • Junpei Takiguchi • Naoki Tatsuta • Masaki Terasoma • Yuji Ueda • Kappei Yamaguchi
Other personnel Reggie Fils-Aimé • Jōji Shimura
Category (companies) • Category (personnel)
Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori
Media Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori • Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori: OST Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori
Characters Ai • Alfonso • Apollo • Blathers • Brewster • Celeste • Cesar • Champ • Cyrano • Dr. Shrunk • Gulliver • Hopper • K.K. Slider • Kaitlin • Kapp'n • Katie • Lyle • Mabel • Margie • Mr. Resetti • Pascal • Pelly • Pete • Phyllis • Redd • Rosie • Sable • Saharah • Timmy and Tommy • Tom Nook • Tortimer • Wendell • Whitney • Yū
Locations Able Sisters • Animal Village • Museum • Nook 'n' Go • Nook's Cranny • Observatory • The Roost • Town Hall
Voice actors Mari Adachi • Hisao Egawa • Takaya Hashi • Saori Hattori • Yurika Hino • Yui Horie • Mitsup Iwata • Takatoshi Kaneko • Mika Kanai • Yuichi Kimura • Yū Kobayashi • Takashi Miike • Fukuen Misato • Yuko Mizutani • Kenichi Ogata • Shun Oguri • Fumiko Orikasa • Otoha • Tetsuo Sakagachi • Akio Suyama • Wataru Takagi • Yasuhiro Takata • Kazuya Tatekabe • Junpei Takiguchi • Naoki Tatsuta • Masaki Terasoma • Yuji Ueda • Kappei Yamaguchi
Personnel Jōji Shimura • Bunshō Kajiya • Aya Matsui • Kazumi Totaka • Kōji Yamakoshi • Toshio Henmi • OLM, Inc.
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