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  link: artist/363
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: 田中宏和
birthdate: '1957-12-13'
birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
discography:
- catalog: SHVC-001
  date: '2017-11-15'
  link: album/72871
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  titles:
    en: Django / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Django / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Django / Chip Tanaka
  type: works
- catalog: NOT-0025
  date: '2019-06-07'
  link: album/122392
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Songwriter
  - Artist
  titles:
    en: Pot of Peas / Chip Tanaka & DÉ DÉ MOUSE
    ja: Pot of Peas / Chip Tanaka & DÉ DÉ MOUSE
    ja-latn: Pot of Peas / Chip Tanaka & DÉ DÉ MOUSE
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2020-07-01'
  link: album/100972
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  titles:
    en: Calm Sea / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Calm Sea / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Calm Sea / Chip Tanaka
  type: works
- catalog: SHVC-002
  date: '2020-07-15'
  link: album/100973
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  titles:
    en: Domingo / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Domingo / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Domingo / Chip Tanaka
  type: works
- catalog: TFCC-86715
  date: '2020-07-29'
  link: album/100760
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: anima / DAOKO [Limited Edition]
    ja: anima / DAOKO [Limited Edition]
    ja-latn: anima / DAOKO [Limited Edition]
  type: game
- catalog: TFCC-86716
  date: '2020-07-29'
  link: album/100761
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: anima / DAOKO
    ja: anima / DAOKO
    ja-latn: anima / DAOKO
  type: game
- catalog: FG27-5
  date: '2020-09-09'
  link: album/107147
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: Night Flight/U And Me (Short Ver.) / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Night Flight/U And Me (Short Ver.) / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Night Flight/U And Me (Short Ver.) / Chip Tanaka
  type: bonus
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2020-10-30'
  link: album/105085
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Studio Staff
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Recording Arranger
  - Synthesizer
  - Programmer
  - Producer
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Works Gaiden 4
    ja: Works Gaiden 4
    ja-latn: Works Gaiden 4
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2020-11-27'
  link: album/106993
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Studio Staff
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Recording Arranger
  - Synthesizer
  - Programmer
  - Producer
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Works Gaiden 3
    ja: Works Gaiden 3
    ja-latn: Works Gaiden 3
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2021-05-28'
  link: album/115552
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Studio Staff
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Recording Arranger
  - Synthesizer
  - Programmer
  - Producer
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Works Gaiden 2
    ja: Works Gaiden 2
    ja-latn: Works Gaiden 2
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2021-05-28'
  link: album/115553
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Studio Staff
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Recording Arranger
  - Synthesizer
  - Programmer
  - Producer
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Works Gaiden 1
    ja: Works Gaiden 1
    ja-latn: Works Gaiden 1
  type: works
- catalog: POCS-23018
  date: '2021-11-17'
  link: album/115657
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  titles:
    en: Domani / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Domani / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Domani / Chip Tanaka
  type: works
- catalog: NOT-0054
  date: '2023-10-21'
  link: album/132722
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Remixer
  titles:
    en: TEN + TEN / YMCK
    ja: TEN + TEN / YMCK
    ja-latn: TEN + TEN / YMCK
  type: demo
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2024-10-25'
  link: album/144471
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Desatar / Chip Tanaka
    ja: Desatar / Chip Tanaka
    ja-latn: Desatar / Chip Tanaka
  type: works
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Dec 13, 1957
  Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
  Credited works: 14 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 7 composer
  - 7 performer
  - 6 artist
  - 4 studio staff
  - 4 recording engineer
  - 4 recording arranger
  - 4 synthesizer
  - 4 programmer
  - 4 producer
  - 2 arranger
  - 1 songwriter
  - 1 remixer
link: artist/42493
meta:
  added_date: 2021-05-04T13:54
  edited_date: 2021-05-04T13:54
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T08:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 992
name: Chip Tanaka
notes: Representative director at Creatures. Formerly a composer at Nintendo.
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/36/363/363-1470490545.png
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/36/363/363-1470490545.png
sex: male
twitter_names:
- tanac2e
type: Alias
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/42493?perpage=99999
websites: {}
