Hidekazu Tanaka

Hidekazu Tanaka
田中秀和
Hidekazu Tanaka 田中秀和
	Tanaka at Aikatsu! ANION DJ Live Picture Record "Calendar Girl" Launch Event, March 8, 2019.
Background information
Born	June 4, 1987 (age 37); Osaka, Japan
Origin	Japan
Genres	J-pop; background music;
Occupations	Composer; arranger; producer;
Instruments	Keyboard; Acoustic guitar;
Years active	2010–2022
Labels	MONACA (2010–2021)

Hidekazu Tanaka (田中秀和, Tanaka Hidekazu, born June 4, 1987) is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work for anime and video games. He was affiliated with the music production company MONACA, but left in 2021 to be freelance.

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.^[1] His first experience was using Yamaha's Easy Composition Master software to convert melodies he hummed into MIDI.^[2]

Tanaka graduated from Kobe University in the Department of Human Development,^[3] where he studied musical composition under the guidance of Professor Yu Wakao.^[4] Shortly after graduating, Tanaka was recruited on Mixi^[2] by composer Satoru Kōsaki as an assistant at his production company MONACA.^[5] Tanaka officially joined the company in 2010.^[6] At first, he would often accompany Kōsaki to recording sessions and assist with music preparation and Pro Tools operation.^[2] Soon after, he would begin writing and producing his own music. As an employee of MONACA, he wrote theme songs and background music for many anime series including The Idolmaster, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Aikatsu! and Wake Up, Girls!. He has also written music for video games and for recording artists. On July 31, 2021, after 10 years with the company, he left MONACA and to work as a freelancer.^[7]^[8]

Tanaka is noted for frequently using a specific augmented sixth chord in his works.^[9]

On October 24, 2022, he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a teenage girl in Meguro, Tokyo in August of that year. ^[10] His name has been removed from various anime series, the sales for the 2nd opening theme to Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! were halted, and the sales of the 4th version of the 1st opening theme to Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series were halted as well.^[11] On March 15, 2023, Tanaka admitted to obscenity charges which included saying obscene language to a 15-year-old girl.^[12] In May, he was convicted by the Tokyo District Court of violating Tokyo's Trouble Prevention Ordinance and committing indecent acts and received a 18-month suspended sentence.^[13]

Discography

Anime soundtracks

Title	Year	Role(s)
Working!!	2010	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama and Keigo Hoashi)
Nyaruko: Crawling with Love	2012	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi and Ryuichi Takada)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative One: Opera Kobayashi and the Five Paintings	2012	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi and Satoru Inohara)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative Two: Opera Kobayashi and the Raven of the Empty Sky	2012	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi and Satoru Inohara)
Aikatsu!	2012	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Ryuichi Takada and Kuniyuki Takahashi)
Nyaruko: Another Crawling Chaos W	2013	Composer
Servant × Service	2013	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Keiichi Hirokawa, Kuniyuki Takahashi and Ryuichi Takada)
Wake Up, Girls! The Movie	2014	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Hirokawa and Kuniyuki Takahashi)
Wake Up, Girls!	2014	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Hirokawa and Kuniyuki Takahashi)
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls	2015	Composer
Working!!!	2015	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Keiichi Hirokawa and Kuniyuki Takahashi)
Anne Happy	2016	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Okabe, Satoru Kōsaki, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Keiichi Hirokawa, Kuniyuki Takahashi and Shotaro Seo)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls	2016	Composer (other tracks by Kuniyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Hirokawa and Shotaro Seo)
Love Tyrant	2017	Composer (other tracks by Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa and Shotaro Seo)
Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter	2017	Composer (other tracks by Kuniyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Hirokawa and Shotaro Seo)
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody	2018	Composer (other tracks by Kuniyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Okabe and Shotaro Seo)
Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu	2019	Composer (other tracks by Ryuichi Takada)

Video game soundtracks

Title	Year	Role(s)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes	2010	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama and Keigo Hoashi)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2	2012	Composer (other tracks by Kakeru Ishihama and Keigo Hoashi)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2	2012	Composer (other tracks by Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Kakeru Ishihama, Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, Takao Nagatani, Akitaka Tohyama, Taku Inoue, Nobuyoshi Sano, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso and Ryo Watanabe)

Television drama soundtracks

Title	Year	Role(s)
Money no Tenshi: Anata no Okane Torimodoshimasu!	2016	Composer (other tracks by Kuniyuki Takahashi, Keiichi Hirokawa and Shotaro Seo)

Anime theme songs

Anime	Song title	Year	Type	Role(s)
Highschool of the Dead	"Memories of days gone by"	2010	Ending theme (episode 5)	Composer, arranger and guitar
Ad Lib Anime Kenkyuujo	"Appare! Shunkan Sekkyokuzai" (あっぱれ! 瞬間積極剤)	2011	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Nyaruko: Crawling with Love	"Taiyou Iwaku Moeyo Chaos" (太陽曰く燃えよカオス)	2012	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Aikatsu!	"Calendar Girl" (カレンダーガール)	2012	Ending theme (episodes 1–25)	Composer and arranger
Vividred Operation	"Arifureta Shiawase" (ありふれたしあわせ)	2013	Ending theme (episode 5)	Composer and arranger (strings arranged by Keigo Hoashi)
Aikatsu!	"Original Star" (オリジナルスター☆彡)	2013	Ending theme (episodes 51–75)	Composer and arranger
Servant × Service	"May I Help You?" (めいあいへるぷゆー?)	2013	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Oreimo 2	"Kanjousen Loop" (感情線loop)	2013	Ending theme (episode 13)	Composer and arranger
Nyaruko: Another Crawling Chaos W	"Koi wa Chaos no Shimobenari" (恋は渾沌の隷也)	2013	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Koimonogatari	"snowdrop"	2013	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
Aikatsu!	"Good morning my dream"	2014	Ending theme (episodes 102–124)	Composer and arranger
Wake Up, Girls!	"7 Girls War"	2014	Opening theme	Composer and arranger (co-composed by Satoru Kōsaki)
Hanayamata	"Hana wa Odore ya Irohaniho" (花ハ踊レヤいろはにほ)	2014	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom	"Beyond the Bottom"	2015	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls	"Star!!"	2015	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Nyaruko: Another Crawling Chaos F	"Haiyore Once Nyagain!" (這いよれOnce Nyagain!)	2015	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Scorching Ping Pong Girls	"Shakunetsu Switch" (灼熱スイッチ)	2016	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Anne Happy	"PUNCH☆MIND☆HAPPINESS"	2016	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria	"day by day"	2017	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
MSonic! D'Artagnyan's Rise to Fame	"Zenryoku Idol Sengen♡" (全力アイドル宣言♡)	2017	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
Love Tyrant	"Koi? De Ai? De Boukun Desu!" (恋?で愛?で暴君です!)	2017	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Anime-Gataris	"Good Luck Lilac" (グッドラックライラック)	2017	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter	"7 Senses"	2017	Opening theme	Composer and arranger
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody	"Suki no Skill" (スキノスキル)	2018	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater	"Itoshiisaa♥" (いとしーさー♥)	2018	Ending theme (episodes 2–5)	Composer and arranger
Aikatsu on Parade!	"Idol Katsudou! On Parade! ver." (アイドル活動! オンパレード! ver.)	2019	Ending theme	Composer
High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World	"Hajimete no Kakumei!" (はじめてのかくめい！)	2019	Opening theme	Arranger, sound director and programmer
Assassins Pride	"Share the Light"	2019	Opening theme	Composer, arranger and programmer
Pokémon Journeys	"1, 2, 3"	2020	Opening theme (episodes 32-49)	Arranger (co-arranged by mafumafu)
Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki	"Jinsei Easy?" (人生イージー?)	2020	Opening theme	Arranger
LBX Girls	"Compass Song" (コンパスソング)	2020	Ending theme	Composer and arranger
Pokémon Ultimate Journeys	"1, 2, 3"	2022	Opening theme (episodes 100-129)	Arranger (co-arranged by mafumafu)^[14]

Video game songs

Game	Song title	Year	Type	Role(s)
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls	"Susume☆Otome ~jewel parade~" (ススメ☆オトメ～jewel parade～)	2013	Character song	Composer and arranger
Maimai	"Itazura" (悪戯)	2015	Insert song	Composer and arranger
Aikatsu! Photo on Stage!!	"Dramatic Girl" (ドラマチックガール)	2016	Insert song	Composer and arranger
Ensemble Stars!	"Hoppin' Season♪"	2016	Character song	Composer and arranger
Uma Musume Pretty Derby	"Silent Star"	2016	Character song	Composer and arranger
Aikatsu! Photo on Stage!!	"Aikatsu Melody!" (アイカツメロディ!)	2017	Insert song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage	"Slow Life Fantasy" (スローライフ・ファンタジー)	2017	Character song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls	"EVERMORE"	2017	5th anniversary song	Composer and arranger (co-composed and co-arranged by Shunsuke Takizawa)
Girl Friend Beta	"Precious Memories"	2018	5th anniversary song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage	"Illusionista!" (イリュージョニスタ!)	2018	2nd anniversary song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls	"Sakura no Kaze" (桜の風)	2018	Character song	Composer and arranger
Re:Stage! Prism Step	"Heart Confusion"	2018	Character song	Composer and arranger
Tenkahyakken: Zan	"Toushin wo Yasashiku Tap♡ (刀身をやさしくタップ♡)"	2019	Character song	Composer and arranger
Ninja Box	"HimitsuKiTuber (ヒミツキチューバー)"	2019	Theme song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage	"Blessing"	2019	Character song	Composer and arranger
Tenkahyakken: Zan	"GO-MA-N-E-TSU"	2019	Character song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage	"Joker"	2020	Insert song	Composer and arranger
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage	"Go Just Go!"	2020	5th anniversary song	Composer

Other songs

Artist	Song title	Year	Role(s)
Marina Kawano	"FOCUS! FOCUS!"	2011	Composer and arranger (co-arranged by Satoru Kōsaki)
Marina Kawano	"a long long letter"	2011	Composer, arranger and whistle (co-arranged by Satoru Kōsaki)
Marina Kawano	"Do!! Do!! Let me Fun♪"	2011	Composer and arranger
Kato*Fuku	"WORLD IS CALLING"	2012	Composer and arranger
Sumire Uesaka	"Warera to Warera no Michi wo" (我らと我らの道を)	2013	Composer and arranger
YuiKaori	"LUCKY DUCKY!!"	2014	Composer and arranger
Mia Regina	"THAT'S A FACT!" ~Senri no Michi mo Ippo kara~" (THAT'S A FACT! ～千里の道も一歩から～)	2016	Composer and arranger
Reina Ueda	"WatashiDori" (ワタシドリ)	2016	Composer and arranger
Mia Regina	"Ms.R kara no Shinchaku Mail" (Ms.Rからの新着メール)	2017	Composer and arranger
Kano	"Linaria Girl"	2017	Composer and arranger
Marina Kawano	"Toumawari Highway" (遠回りハイウェイ)	2017	Composer and arranger
Nanami Yamashita	"Nanatsu no Umi no Concert" (七つの海のコンサート)	2018	Composer and arranger
Azuma Lim	"Jinrui Mina Senpai!" (人類みなセンパイ!)	2018	Composer and arranger (co-composed and co-arranged by mafumafu)
Wake Up, Girls!	"Doyoubi no Flight" (土曜日のフライト)	2019	Composer and arranger
GEMS COMPANY	"JAM GEM JUMP!!!"	2019	Composer and arranger
May'n	"Summer Slider" (サマー・スライダー)	2019	Composer and arranger
Urashimasakatasen	"Mikansei Utopia" (未完成ユートピア)	2019	Composer and arranger
mafumafu	"Onnanoko ni Naritai" (女の子になりたい)	2018	Composer and arranger (co-composed by mafumafu)
Marina Kawano	"Suiren" (水恋)	2019	Composer and arranger
Kano	"CAFUNÉ"	2019	Composer
Reina Ueda	"Walk on your side"	2020	Composer and arranger
Http: from GEMS COMPANY	"Net no Kamisama" (ネットのかみさま)	2020	Composer and arranger
Band Ja Naimon! MAXX NAKAYOSHI	"GODSONG" (ゴッドソング)	2020	Composer and arranger
SoundOrion	"Familiar base"	2020	Arranger
Mia Regina	"Cidre"	2020	Composer and arranger
Omaru Polka	"Saikyouticpolka" (サイキョウチックポルカ)	2022	Composer and arranger
The World Standard	"Mash'd Art" (マッシュ・ド・アート)	2022	Composer

Albums

Artist	Album title	Year	Role(s)
Kano	yuanfen	2020	Producer, composer and arranger

References

^ "【インタビュー】MONACA・田中秀和さんが聴く『CHORD Hugo2』". e-earphone. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "『太陽曰く燃えよカオス』の作曲で知られ、ヒャダインが"ポップ神"と称賛するMONACA田中秀和のDTMに迫る！". MouseComputer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "MONACA 有限会社モナカ". MONACA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "田中秀和". Facebook. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "MONACAの田中秀和と広川恵一が青空の下で裏話トーク【マチ★アソビ Vol.16】". Newtype. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "今の音楽界に必要なのは、友情か、ライバルか". Real Sound. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ @MONACA_jp (August 2, 2021). "【お知らせ】田中秀和有限会社モナカ退所のお知らせ今後とも、有限会社モナカ共々、新しい道を歩み始める田中秀和への応援のほど、何卒よろしくお願い申し上げます。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @HdkzTanaka (August 2, 2021). "【ご報告】この度、2021年7月31日をもちまして、専属作曲家として約10年間所属したMONACAを離れ、独立いたしましたことをご報告いたします。よりいっそう精進してまいりますので、今後ともどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "最近アニメソング界隈で話題の分数aug". Sound House. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "人気ゲームなどに楽曲提供作曲家強制わいせつ未遂容疑で逮捕". NHK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! 2nd Opening Song's Sales Halted". 10 July 2023.
^ "Anime/Game Music Composer Hidekazu Tanaka Admits to Obscenity Charges in Court". 10 July 2023.
^ Loo, Egan (May 12, 2023). "Anime/Game Music Composer Hidekazu Tanaka Handed Suspended Sentence for Public Nuisance, Indecent Acts". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
^ The Arrangement of the 4th version of the 1st opening theme has been removed from the opening credits starting episode 130

External links

Hidekazu Tanaka on Twitter
Discography at VGMdb
Hidekazu Tanaka profile at Oricon (in Japanese)
Hidekazu Tanaka at IMDb
Hidekazu Tanaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "【インタビュー】MONACA・田中秀和さんが聴く『CHORD Hugo2』". e-earphone. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[mouse-2] "『太陽曰く燃えよカオス』の作曲で知られ、ヒャダインが"ポップ神"と称賛するMONACA田中秀和のDTMに迫る！". MouseComputer. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[3] "MONACA 有限会社モナカ". MONACA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[4] "田中秀和". Facebook. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[5] "MONACAの田中秀和と広川恵一が青空の下で裏話トーク【マチ★アソビ Vol.16】". Newtype. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[6] "今の音楽界に必要なのは、友情か、ライバルか". Real Sound. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[7] @MONACA_jp (August 2, 2021). "【お知らせ】田中秀和有限会社モナカ退所のお知らせ今後とも、有限会社モナカ共々、新しい道を歩み始める田中秀和への応援のほど、何卒よろしくお願い申し上げます。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[8] @HdkzTanaka (August 2, 2021). "【ご報告】この度、2021年7月31日をもちまして、専属作曲家として約10年間所属したMONACAを離れ、独立いたしましたことをご報告いたします。よりいっそう精進してまいりますので、今後ともどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] "最近アニメソング界隈で話題の分数aug". Sound House. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[10] "人気ゲームなどに楽曲提供作曲家強制わいせつ未遂容疑で逮捕". NHK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[11] "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! 2nd Opening Song's Sales Halted". 10 July 2023.

[12] "Anime/Game Music Composer Hidekazu Tanaka Admits to Obscenity Charges in Court". 10 July 2023.

[13] Loo, Egan (May 12, 2023). "Anime/Game Music Composer Hidekazu Tanaka Handed Suspended Sentence for Public Nuisance, Indecent Acts". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.

[14] The Arrangement of the 4th version of the 1st opening theme has been removed from the opening credits starting episode 130

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