Hidekazu Tanaka


Hidekazu Tanaka is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work for anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company MONACA.

Biography

Tanaka was born in Osaka. He first became interested in music as a young child when he saw his older sisters playing piano. Soon after, he began taking piano lessons. He became dispassionate toward traditional lessons, however, and practiced with an electronic keyboard at home. While in junior high school, Tanaka learned to play acoustic guitar after being inspired by folk-rock duo Yuzu. As he learned how to play songs by Yuzu, he realized that he wanted to make his own music. Soon after, he began learning how to use MIDI software on his computer.
Tanaka graduated from Kobe University in the Department of Human Development, where he studied musical composition under the guidance of Professor Yu Wakao. Shortly after graduating, Tanaka was recruited by composer Satoru Kōsaki as an assistant at his production company MONACA. Tanaka officially joined the company in 2010 and has remained there since. As an employee of MONACA, he has written theme songs and background music for many anime series including The Idolmaster, , Aikatsu! and Wake Up, Girls!. He has also written music for video games and for recording artists.

Discography

Anime soundtracks

Video game soundtracks

Television drama soundtracks

Anime theme songs

Video game songs

Other songs

Albums