Akito Nakatsuka

Akito Nakatsuka
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Composer, sound director and supervisor
Years active 1984-present
Employer Nintendo

Akito Nakatsuka (中塚 章人 Nakatsuka Akito) is a Japanese composer of video game music employed by Nintendo. He has also worked as a sound director and supervisor. In early Nintendo games, Nakatsuka was credited as "Tsukasan."

Discography

Video games
Year Title Role Collaborator(s)
1984 Devil World[1] Composer Koji Kondo[2]
Clu Clu Land[3] Composer
Excitebike Composer
1985 Ice Climber Composer
1987 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Composer
Family Computer Golf: Japan Course Composer Yumiko Kanki
Family Computer Golf: USA Course Composer Yumiko Kanki
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! Composer Kenji Yamamoto and Yukio Kaneoka
Famicom Disk Writer Composer
1988 Kaette Kita Mario Bros. Composer
1991 NES Open Tournament Golf Composer Shinobu Amayake
1996 Pilotwings 64 Sound arrangement
Heisei Shin Onigashima Composer Yuichi Ozaki
1998 Sutte Hakkun Composer
1999 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Coordinator
2004 Daigasso! Band Brothers Composer[4] Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima
2005 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! Composer Minako Hamano
2008 Mario Super Sluggers Sound support
Jam With the Band Sound advisor Kenji Yamamoto and Masami Yone
Wario Land: Shake It! Sound supervisor
Style Savvy Sound supervisor
2012 Kiki Trick Sound support
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Supervisor Various others

References

  1. ↑ Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 (Media notes). Scitron Digital Contents Inc. 2004.
  2. ↑ Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 (Media notes). Scitron Digital Contents Inc. 2004.
  3. ↑ Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 (Media notes). Scitron Digital Contents Inc. 2004.
  4. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0106/asobu/interv/index.html