Kohei Tanaka (composer)
{{Short description|Japanese composer, arranger and singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}
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| name = Kohei Tanaka
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|02|14}}
| birth_place = Osaka Prefecture, Japan
| occupation = {{flat list|
- composer
- arranger
- singer-songwriter
- conductor
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| alma_mater = Tokyo University of the Arts
Berklee College of Music
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| background = solo_singer
| instrument = {{flat list|
- vocals
- piano
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| years_active = 1982–present
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{{nihongo|Kohei Tanaka|田中 公平|Tanaka Kōhei|born February 14, 1954|lead=yes}} is a Japanese composer, arranger, conductor and singer-songwriter. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. He has created numerous musical scores for anime television series, OVAs, films, video games and tokusatsu series including Gunbuster, Sakura Wars, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Betterman, and One Piece.
Biography
Tanaka was a student at Berklee College of Music. While employed playing the piano in a hotel lounge, he was requested to arrange a song in Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, a 1982 TV anime, and it became his first work as a composer. Afterwards, he produced some songs and arrangements for the Super Sentai series and his first work as a lead composer was for the television anime Konpora Kids in 1985.
Notably, the background music in Gunbuster made his name and talent very famous among anime fans and is recognized as one of his most important works.{{cite web | url=http://tanakakouhei.com/profile.html| title=Profile of Tanaka Kohei | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205101935/http://tanakakouhei.com/profile.html | archive-date=December 5, 2006 | url-status=dead | work=TanakaKouhei.com}} He also handled the composition of Diebuster, a sequel series of Gunbuster, and showed a peculiar arrangement to his own work 17 years ago.
He hosted the Dai Anime Hakurankai radio show on Tokai Radio together with the voice actress Konami Yoshida from April 1993 to September 1994. His discussions with Toshio Okada and Hiroshi Yamamoto about anime, originally published in the hm3 voice acting magazine, have been republished in book form.
On February 14, 2008, he opened an official website and announced his intention to work also as a singer in the future. On July 4, he released his first solo album called Kokorone song 1st.
Works
=Anime=
= <!-- NEED NOTABILITY | {{dts|1985|06|03|format=y}} || ''Konpora Kid''<br>[[:ja:コンポラキッド]] || Music || || madb | {{dts|1990|10|09|format=y}} || ''[[:ja:八百八町表裏 化粧師]] || Music || || madb | {{dts|1992|04|07|format=y}} || ''[[ja:藤子不二雄Ⓐのさすらいくん]]'' || Music || || madb | {{dts|1992|08|05|format=y}} || 絶対無敵ライジンオー 5年3組めもりある || Music || || madb | {{dts|1993|12|28|format=y}} || 藤子不二雄〔○A）劇場 笑ゥせぇるすまん 年忘れ特大号 || Music || || madb ---> <!-- NEED SOURCE | Anime || ''[[Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX]]'' || 1982 || [[Arrangement|Arranger]] of background music | Anime || ''[[Ai Shite Knight]]'' || 1983 || [[Image song]] | Anime || ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' || 1983 || Arranger of ending song, background music | Anime || ''[[Little Memole|Tongari Bōshi no Memoru]]'' || 1984 || Arranger of image song | Anime || ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' || 1989 || Image song | Anime || ''[[Chimpui]]'' || 1989 || | Anime || [[Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi]] || 1989 || Arranger of image song | Anime || [[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]] || 1990 || Image song | Anime || [[Fujiko Fujio A no Mumako]] || 1990 || | Anime || [[Happyaku Yachō Hyōri no Kewaishi]] || 1990 || | Anime || [[21emon]] || 1991 || | Anime || [[Himitsu no Hanazono]] || 1991 || | Anime || [[Ashita e Free Kick]] || 1992 || image song | Anime || [[Fujiko Fujio A no Sasurai Kun]] || 1992 || | Anime || [[Brave Command Dagwon]] || 1996 || background music | Anime || [[Baby and Me]] || 1996 || singer | Anime || [[The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]] || 1997 || | Anime || [[Dai-Guard]] || 1999 || with [[Kenji Kawai]] | Anime || [[Super B-Daman]] || 1999 || | Anime || [[Betterman (TV series)|Betterman]] || 1999 || | Anime || [[Banner of the Stars|Banner of the Stars II]] || 2001 || ending song | Anime || [[Gad Guard]] || 2003 || with [[Kazuhiko Sawaguchi]] | Anime || [[Animal Yokochō]] || 2005 || | Anime || [[Oh My Goddess!]] || 2005 || opening song | Anime || [[The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final|The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final -Grand Glorious Gathering-]] || 2005 || | Anime || [[Oh My Goddess!]] || 2006 || opening song | Anime || [[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]] || 2012 || opening song || <ref name="ann 20140412"/> | OVA || [[Dead Heat (1987 anime)|Dead Heat]] || 1987 || | OVA || [[Elf 17]] || 1987 || | OVA || [[Dirty Pair]] || 1987 || | OVA || [[Namakemono ga Miteta]] || 1998 || arranger | OVA || [[Gunbuster]] || 1988 || | OVA || [[Assemble Insert]] || 1989 || | OVA || [[Project A-ko: Grey Side/Blue Side]] || 1989 || arranger of ending song, background music | OVA || [[Shin Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Mashinzanhen]] || 1990 || | OVA || [[Tengai Makyō Ziria Oborohen]] || 1990 || | OVA || [[Sengoku Bushō Retsuden Bakufū Dōji Hissatsuman]] || 1990 || arranger of opening and ending songs | OVA || [[Majū Senshi Luna Varugā]] || 1991 || singer | OVA || [[Ariel (anime)|Ariel]] || 1991 || | OVA || [[Blazing Transfer Student]] || 1991 || | OVA || [[Bakumatsu Shōnen Seiki Takamaru]] || 1991 || | OVA || [[Kyūkyoku Chōjin R]] || 1991 || | OVA || [[Shin Chō Bakumatsu Shōnen Seiki Takamaru]] || 1992 || | OVA || [[Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh]] || 1992 || | OVA || [[Kōryū Densetsu Villgust]] || 1992 || | OVA || [[Licca-chan no Nichiyōbi]] || 1992 || | OVA || [[Licca-chan to Yamaneko Hoshi no Tabi]] || 1994 || | OVA || [[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]] || 1996 || | OVA || [[Sakura Wars: The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms]] || 1997 || | OVA || [[The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final]] || 2000 || | OVA || [[Sakura Taisen: Kanzaki Sumire Intai Kinen Sumire]] || 2002 || | OVA || [[Ranma ½: Akumu! Shunminkō]] || 2008 || |- ---> Films =
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! Year ! Title ! Crew role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
| {{dts|1988|03|12|format=y}} | Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll | Music | ||
| {{dts|1993|03|06|format=y}} | Hello! Dynosis Kids | Music | Doraemon short film | |
| {{dts|2001|03|03|format=y}} | One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure | Music | ||
| {{dts|2001|12|22|format=y}} | Sakura Wars: The Movie | Music Director | ||
| {{dts|2002|03|02|format=y}} | One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals | Music | ||
| {{dts|2003|03|01|format=y}} | One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2004|03|06|format=y}} | One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2005|03|05|format=y}} | One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | Music | ||
| {{dts|2006|03|04|format=y}} | Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle | Music | with Fuminori Iwasaki | |
| {{dts|2007|03|03|format=y}} | One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi, Fuminori Iwasaki, Minoru Mauro, Kazuhiko Sawaguchi | |
| {{dts|2008|03|01|format=y}} | Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2008|12|20|format=y}} | Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe! | Music | Film with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2009|12|12|format=y}} | One Piece Film: Strong World | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2012|12|15|format=y}} | One Piece Film: Z | Music | with Shiro Hamaguchi | |
| {{dts|2012|12|22|format=y}} | Kaiketsu Zorori Da-Da-Da-Daibouken! | Music | ||
| {{dts|2013|12|14|format=y}} | Kaiketsu Zorori: Mamoru ze! Kyouryuu no Tamago | Music | ||
| {{dts|2015|09|12|format=y}} | Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi | Music | ||
| 2019
|Music | |{{Cite web|url=https://avex.jp/onepiece/news/detail.php?id=1074851&artist_cd=OPLCX|title=「ONE PIECE ワンピース」DVD公式サイト|website=Log Collection|language=ja|access-date=2019-07-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://vgmdb.net/album/88830|title=EYCA-12666~7 {{!}} ONE PIECE STAMPEDE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - VGMdb|website=vgmdb.net|access-date=2019-07-28}} |
=Video games=
See also
References
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| script-title=ja:アニメ / メディア芸術データベース – 田中公平
|trans-title=Anime / Media Arts Database (search results) – Kohei Tanaka
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| access-date=September 29, 2016
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External links
- http://ameblo.jp/kenokun/ {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Twitter|id=kenokun}}
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