Kazumi Totaka

Kazumi Totaka

Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and voice actor who composed many major Nintendo games, including Mario Paint and Animal Crossing. He occasionally also does voice acting for Nintendo games, including Yoshi from the Mario and Yoshi series. He is also one of the various composers who worked on the title Super Smash Bros. Brawl and directed the development of Wii Music.

K.K. Slider

The character K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing is named Totakeke (とたけけ) in the Japanese version. This name could be derived from how Totaka's name is said in Japanese (the last name coming first), Totaka K. Totakeke is said to be an animal version caricature of Totaka.

At the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live concert, some fans shouted "Totakeke" while the host grabbed a guitar and gave it to Totaka. Totaka then sat down on a chair like K.K. Slider while Shigeru Miyamoto held a picture of K.K. Slider next to Totaka.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features K.K. Slider singing at the Smashville stage on Saturdays after 8:00 PM, just as he does in the Animal Crossing games.

Totaka's Song

"Kazumi Totaka's Song" is a short, 19 note tune hidden in almost every game he has worked on as a composer. It was first discovered on the title screen Mario Paint, which led many people to refer to it as the "Mario Paint song", and was thought to be the earliest instance of the song. It was later discovered in the Game Boy game X (released only in Japan), which predates Mario Paint by months. It has also since been discovered in many other games including Animal Crossing, Link's Awakening, Yoshi Touch & Go, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, and several others. People are still actively seeking the song in the few games Totaka has worked on where it has yet to be discovered.

Confirmed appearances

The song has been found in the following games:

• Animal Forest
• Animal Crossing^[a]
• Animal Crossing: City Folk^[a]
• Animal Crossing e-Reader cards (#P15, "Boy," "Who's Dunnit?")
• Animal Crossing: Wild World^[a]
• Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and the DX version^[b]
• Luigi's Mansion
• Mario Artist: Talent Studio
• Mario Paint
• Pikmin 2
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• Virtual Boy Wario Land
• X
• X-Scape
• Yoshi's Story
• Yoshi Touch & Go

Other games

Kazumi Totaka has worked on several other games and applications in which the song has not been found yet, including Wave Race 64, Wii Sports, Wii Channels, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Wii Music.

Notes

a. ^ K.K. Song

b. ^ In most versions, the song can only be found in Richard's house, but in the Japanese version of the game, the song can be found at the title screen by typing the name とたけけ (Totakeke) in when starting a new game. A third version has also been found in the game's code, but it is currently unknown if it can actually be accessed.

External links

• Kazumi Totaka's Song at NinDB