# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hirokazu-tanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:07.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hirokazu-tanaka"
name: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
slug: "hirokazu-tanaka"
description: "Hirokazu \"Hip\" Tanaka , also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music. He is best known as one of Nintendo's in-house composers during the 8- and 16-bit era of video games. Tanaka also had a role in designing and programming the Famicom and Game Boy audio hardware, along with the NES Zapper, Game Boy Camera, and Game Boy Printer."
tagline: "Japanese composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.87
  momentum:             0.1535312180143296
  historical:           17.61790266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4170
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tanac2e"
    handle:    "tanac2e"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/hirokazu.tanaka.560"
    handle:    "hirokazu.tanaka.560"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848990/"
    handle:    "nm0848990"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eo01auTn1nLlMBq53hbR6"
    handle:    "0eo01auTn1nLlMBq53hbR6"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hirokazutanaka.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDBK1BTOf7GXl0KJ1uePnzQ"
    handle:    "@chiptanaka9346"
    followers: 4170
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "هيروكازو تاناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيروكازو تاناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هیروکازو تاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "田中宏和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EB%82%98%EC%B9%B4_%ED%9E%88%EB%A1%9C%EC%B9%B4%EC%A6%88"
    title: "다나카 히로카즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Танака, Хирокадзу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%8F%E5%92%8C"
    title: "田中宏和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62bc7b78-0b20-4055-9791-9f051006b364"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2521353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1490808"
    title: "Hirokazu Tanaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump