Kazumi Totaka
Born	August 23, 1967 (1967-08-23) (age 42) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Composer, voice actor
Instruments	Piano, guitar
Years active	1991–present

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.^[1]

Contents 1 K.K. Slider 2 Totaka's Song 2.1 Confirmed appearances 2.2 Unconfirmed appearances 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 first instance of the song. It has since been discovered in the Japan-only Game Boy game X,^[2] which predates Mario Paint by months. It was later found in many other games including Animal Crossing, Link's Awakening, Yoshi Touch & Go, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, and several others. As of now, people are still actively seeking the song in the few games Totaka has worked on where it has yet to be discovered.

As for Brawl, Totaka has been the Composition Supervisor of X's "Tunnel Scene" and Yoshi's Story's "Ending", as well as the Arrangement Supervisor for Animal Crossing's "The Roost", and various K.K. Slider songs, which play on the Animal Crossing stage, dubbed "Smashville". A Luigi's Mansion stage is also present, which features a remixed version of the Luigi's Mansion theme. There is a "PictoChat" stage, which has optional Wii Sports music as well.

[edit] Confirmed appearances

The song has been found in the following games:^[3]

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

[edit] Unconfirmed appearances

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Totaka's Song is still being looked for in these games and applications:

• Wave Race 64
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Wii Sports
• Wii Channels
• Wii Music

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kazumi Totaka's Song at NinDB