| Kazumi Totaka | | Born | August 23, 1967 | | Occupation at Nintendo | Current voice actor for Yoshi, Professor Elvin Gadd, and Birdo
Music Composer (Yoshi's Story) |
Kazumi Totaka (Japanese: 戸高 一生) is a Japanese music composer for Nintendo, and mainly works with Nintendo EAD. He has done the musical score to many games, including Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Mario Paint, Yoshi's Story, and many more. He is also very popular for doing the music to the Animal Crossing series. He also does the voice of Yoshi since Yoshi's Story, Professor Elvin Gadd since Luigi's Mansion and Birdo since Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. He also did Shy Guy and Fly Guy until Nate Bihldorff took over in Mario Power Tennis. In addition, he provides the voice of Captain Olimar starting in Pikmin 2; his voice clips are reused for Olimar's Mystery Mushroom costume in Super Mario Maker. Totaka's Song[edit]In most games that Totaka has composed for, he has inserted a short, nineteen-note song commonly referred to as Totaka's Song into games. This song is usually hidden, only able to be heard after meeting certain conditions. The Mario games it has been spotted in are: - Mario Paint - The player can touch the O in the word MARIO, when on the main screen. After that, the O will explode like a bomb, and Totaka's song will play.
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - On the 'Game Over' screen, after 2 minutes and 30 seconds Totaka's song will play.
- Virtual Boy Wario Land - On the end screen that appears after the credits, the track plays after a minute and 15 seconds.
- Yoshi's Story - On the Trial Mode and Select Yoshi screens, Totaka's song will take over after 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
- Luigi's Mansion - On the screen showing the controls of the Poltergust 3000 (this appears before training mode), the song plays after 3.5 minutes of idleness. Additionally, Melody Pianissima was originally going to play the song on her piano. In the Nintendo 3DS remake, the song plays on the movement style selection screen before visiting the Training Room for the first time, and cannot be played again afterwards.[1]
- Yoshi Touch & Go - In Marathon Mode, once the player reaches a mountainous area where clouds are being blown away, a 3 minute and 45 second pause leads to the song.
- Yoshi's New Island - On the world map, the player should go to the part of World 6 with the volcano on it, and wait for about 5 minutes to hear the song.
- Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - There is a chance that one of the Yoshis that appear in the audience of certain courses will be humming Totaka's Song; although it is near impossible to hear during a race and cannot be heard in MKTV replays, a clear version has been found in the game's files.[2]
Mario-related works[edit]As composer[edit]- Mario Paint (1992) (with Hirokazu Tanaka and Ryoji Yoshitomi)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
- Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995)
- Yoshi's Story (1997)
- Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999) (with Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall and Suddi Raval)
- Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000) (with Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi)
- Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000)
- Luigi's Mansion (2001) (with Shinobu Tanaka)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (with various others) – 'Title (Animal Crossing)' and 'The Roost'
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) (with various others) – 'Wii Sports Resort' and 'Wii Sports Resort Ver. 2'
- Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) (with Tomoya Tomita and Misaki Asada) – 'Yarn Yoshi Takes Shape!', 'The Desert Pyramid Beckons!' and 'Fluffy Snow, Here We Go! (Overground)'
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) (with Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata, Asuka Hayazaki, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (with various others) – 'Title Theme' from Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer[3]
As sound supervisor or sound director[edit]- Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013)
- Yoshi's New Island (2014)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014)
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016)
- Mario Tennis Aces (2018)
- Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS) (2018)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
- Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019)
As voice actor[edit]- Yoshi's Story – Yoshi / Shy Guys / Black Shy Guys / Goonies / Bamboo Dancers / Chorus
- Super Smash Bros. – Yoshi
- Mario Tennis – Yoshi / Shy Guy
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit – Yoshi
- Luigi's Mansion – Professor Elvin Gadd
- Super Smash Bros. Melee – Yoshi
- Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island – Yoshi / Shy Guy
- Super Mario Sunshine – Yoshi
- Mario Party 4 – Yoshi
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Party 5 – Yoshi
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga – Yoshi / Professor Elvin Gadd
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Yoshi
- Mario Power Tennis – Yoshi / Birdo
- Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy – Yoshi
- Mario Party 6 – Yoshi / Professor Elvin Gadd
- Super Mario 64 DS – Yoshi
- Yoshi Touch & Go – Yoshi
- Mario Superstar Baseball – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour – Yoshi
- Mario Kart Arcade GP – Yoshi
- Mario Party 7 – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Kart DS – Yoshi
- Super Mario Strikers – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time – Yoshi / Professor Elvin Gadd
- New Super Mario Bros. – Yoshi
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 – Yoshi / Birdo
- Yoshi's Island DS – Yoshi
- Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 – Yoshi
- Mario Strikers Charged – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Party 8 – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Yoshi
- Mario Party DS – Yoshi
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Yoshi
- Mario Kart Wii – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Super Sluggers – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – Yoshi
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Yoshi
- Mario Sports Mix – Yoshi
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Kart 7 – Yoshi
- Mario Party 9 – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Tennis Open – Yoshi
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star – Yoshi Sphinx
- New Super Mario Bros. U – Yoshi
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon – Professor Elvin Gadd
- New Super Luigi U – Yoshi
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – Yoshi
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX – Yoshi
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – Yoshi
- Mario Party: Island Tour – Yoshi / Birdo
- Yoshi's New Island – Yoshi
- Mario Golf: World Tour – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Yoshi
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Yoshi
- Mario Party 10 – Yoshi
- Yoshi's Woolly World – Yoshi
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Yoshi
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – Yoshi
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge – Mini Yoshi
- Paper Mario: Color Splash – Yoshi
- Mario Party: Star Rush – Yoshi
- Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World – Yoshi
- Mario Sports Superstars – Yoshi / Birdo
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Yoshi
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions – Yoshi / Professor Elvin Gadd
- Super Mario Odyssey – Yoshi
- Mario Party: The Top 100 – Yoshi
- Mario Tennis Aces – Yoshi
- Super Mario Party – Yoshi / Birdo
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Yoshi
- Yoshi's Crafted World – Yoshi
- Mario Kart Tour – Yoshi / Birdo
- Luigi's Mansion 3 – Professor Elvin Gadd
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – Yoshi
Media[edit]| Luigi's Mansion - Totaka's Song | 1:29
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| Luigi's Mansion - Totaka's Song (piano) | 0:59
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| Mario Kart 8 - Totaka's Song | 0:53
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| Yoshi's New Island - Totaka's Song | 1:15
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Gallery[edit]Totaka does Yoshi's voice
External links[edit]References[edit]- ^GameXplain. (October 11, 2018). Totaka's Song in Luigi's Mansion 3DS (Secret). YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^http://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart_8#Totaka.27s_Song
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