Shinobu Tanaka
Born	Japan
Occupations	Composer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	2001–present

Shinobu Tanaka (田中 しのぶ, Tanaka Shinobu^?) is a Japanese video game composer. She has been employed at Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development since 2001, and is best known for scoring several games in the Mario series.

[edit] Biography

Shinobu Tanaka joined Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development in 2001.^[1] Tanaka made her debut the same year composing the score for Animal Crossing, initially released in April for the Nintendo 64; her fellow composers were Kazumi Totaka, Tōru Minegishi, and Kenta Nagata.^[2] Her subsequent role as a composer came with the Nintendo GameCube launch title Luigi's Mansion with Totaka.^[3]

In 2002, Tanaka assisted Koji Kondo in creating the music for Super Mario Sunshine.^[4] Some pieces from the game were included in the compilation Happy! Mario 20th ~ Super Mario Sound Collection.^[5] Compositions from several of her video game works were featured in the albums Nintendo Sound Selection Vol. 1: Peach Healing Music (2003)^[6] and Nintendo Sound Selection Vol. 3: Luigi B-Side Music (2005).^[7] She scored Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ in 2003 with Nagata.^[8] Her first solo project came in 2005 with the sequel to Double Dash‼, Mario Kart DS.^[9] She also composed the Namco-produced titles Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005) and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2007).^[1] In 2006, Tanaka scored Wii Play with Ryo Nagamatsu.^[10] Some of her video game compositions were included in the 2008 game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.^[11]

[edit] Discography

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Co-worker
2001	Animal Crossing	Composition	Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, and Tōru Minegishi
	Luigi's Mansion	Composition	Kazumi Totaka
2002	Super Mario Sunshine	Composition	Koji Kondo
2003	Mario Kart: Double Dash‼	Composition	Kenta Nagata
2005	Mario Kart Arcade GP	Composition
	Mario Kart DS	Composition
2006	Wii Play	Composition	Ryo Nagamatsu
2007	Mario Kart Arcade GP 2	Composition

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