Editing Kazumi Totaka

{{Infobox Personnel
 | name       = Kazumi Totaka
 | image      = [[File:Kazumi-totaka.jpg|200px]]
 | born       = August 23, 1967<br>{{wp|Tokyo}}, {{wp|Japan}}
 | occupation = Composer, sound director, voice actor
 | works      = ''[[mariowiki:Mario Paint|Mario Paint]]''<br>''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''<br>{{SER}}<br>[[mariowiki:Luigi's Mansion (series)|''Luigi's Mansion'' series]]<br>[[niwa:wiki/Wii|Wii system]] and [[niwa:wiki/Wii series|''Wii'' series]]
 | title      = 
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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]]".

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>http://shmuplations.com/animalcrossing</ref>

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.

==Works==
*{{PG}} – Sound Director
*{{WW}} – Sound Director
*{{CF}} – Sound Director
*{{NL}} – Sound Director
*{{HHD}} – Sound Director
*{{NH}} – Sound Director

===Song credits===
''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 {{DnM|nolink}}====
* "[[K.K. Song]]" 

====In {{PG|nolink}}====
*"[[New Year's]] Wish"<ref name=peach>https://vgmdb.net/album/2043</ref> ({{PG|nolink}} and {{DnMe+|nolink}} version)
*"[[Meteor Shower]]"<ref name=peach/>
*"[[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}}

====In {{DnMe+|nolink}}====
*"[[Marine Song 2001]]"{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
*"[[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>
*"[[Spring Blossoms]]" (arrangement)<ref name=ost2>[[Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2]] [https://vgmdb.net/album/119941 credits]</ref>
*"[[Wandering]]" <ref name=ost2></ref>
*"[[K.K. Birthday]]"<ref name=NHsheet>https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01097949&dm=d#song</ref>

====In {{WW|short|nolink}}====
[[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.]]
*"Title"<ref name=CD>https://vgmdb.net/album/3990</ref><ref name=Brawl>{{SSBB}} website and sound test</ref>
*"Heavy Rotation" (Kapp'n's [[taxi]] theme)<ref name=CD/>
*All hourly music<ref name=CD/><ref name=nom>https://www.nintendo.co.jp//nom/0511/12/index.html</ref>
*"[[The Roost]]"<ref name=Brawl/>
*Most other music with the assistance of [[Asuka Hayazaki]]<ref name=nom/>

====In {{CF|short|nolink}}====
*"In Kapp'n's [[Bus]]"{{Note|name=Kapp'n}}
*"First Time in the [[City]]"<ref name=CFinterview/>
*"City Plaza" (Day)<ref name=CFinterview/><ref>https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01089680&dm=d#song</ref>

====In {{NL|short|nolink}}====
[[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.]]
*"[[K.K. Disco]]" <ref name=NHsheet/>
*"[[Animal City]]"<ref name=CFinterview/>

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.

====In {{HHD|short|nolink}}====
*Entire soundtrack

====In {{NH|short|nolink}}====
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>
*"2 AM"
*"5 AM"
*"7 AM"
*"8 AM"
*"9 AM"<ref name=NHsheet/>
*"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 [[Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Original Soundtrack 2|the second soundtrack release]]:<ref name=ost2></ref>
*[[Kapp'n's Song]] (Outbound 1-5)
*Kapp'n's Song (Returning 1-5)
*"[[Harv's Island]] (Day)"
*"Harv's Island (Night)"
*"[[Hazure01]]"
*"[[Hazure02]]"
*"[[Hazure03]]"

====In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ====
These new rearrangements debuted in {{SSBB}} and later reappeared in {{SSBU}}:
*"Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Wild World <small>(Brawl)</small>"{{Note|Called "Title Theme (Animal Crossing)" in {{SSBB}}}}<ref name=Brawl/>
*"The Roost"<ref name=Brawl/>

This arrangement debuted in {{SSBU|nolink}}:
*"Title Theme - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer"<ref>{{SSBU}} sound test</ref>

==Trivia==
*Totaka is seen playing "[[K.K. Bossa]]" alongside (someone dressed as) K.K. in the Animal Crossing Direct for {{NLWa}}.
*Aside from their name, Totaka and K.K. also share their birthday, [[August]] 23.

==Notes==
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==References==
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