Mitsuhito Tanaka

Mitsuhito Tanaka

Local 田中 光人 (たなか みつひと) Born Birth Place Unknown Nationality Japanese   Aliases M. Tanaka, Jonpi, John Pee

Mitsuhito Tanaka (better known as John Pee) is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He joined Tecmo around 1989 during their NES development and worked on their games, usually alongside other composers. He later started working for Sting.

It appears he left the game industry in 1997.

Audio Development

NES

For his work with Tecmo, Mitsuhito used Super Sound Machine, programmed by Keiji Yamagishi. Music was entered the traditional way, in standard hexadecimal notation.

SNES

Tanaka used a variant of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1989-09-01	Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) (激闘プロレス!! 闘魂伝説)		With Keiji Yamagishi and Hiroshi Miyazaki.
1991-??-??	Strato Fighter (ARC) (雷牙)		With Mikio Saito.
1992-01-??	Kaminari Kishi Riot (ARC) (雷軋斗)		With Mikio Saito.
1992-04-28	TKO Super Championship Boxing (SNES) (拳闘王ワールドチャンピオン)
1992-12-18	Flying Hero (SFC) (フライングヒーロー ぶぎゅる～の大冒険)
1992-12-25	Daibakushou: Jinsei Gekijou (SFC) (大爆笑!!人生劇場)
1993-11-26	Onizuka Katsuya Super Virtual Boxing (SFC) (鬼塚勝也スーパーヴァーチャルボクシング 真拳闘王伝説)
1994-03-25	Melfand Stories (SFC) (メルファンドストーリーズ)
1994-06-??	The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates (SNES) (妖怪バスター ルカの大冒険)		Sound Driver/Effects
1994-08-05	Super Koukou Yakyuu: Ichikyuu Jikkon (SFC) (スーパー高校野球 一球入魂)
1994-12-16	Dossun! Ganseki Battle (SFC) (どっすん！岩石バトル)
1996-05-24	Treasure Hunter G (SFC) (トレジャーハンターＧ)		With Toshiaki Sakoda, Masaharu Iwata, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Akiko Goto, Yoko Takada, and Tomoko Matsui.
1997-03-28	Solid Runner (SFC) (ソリッドランナー)		With Toshiaki Sakoda and Pure Sound.
1998-05-21	Baroque (SAT) (バロック)		One song: Deep Interludium
1999-10-28	Baroque (PS1) (バロック)		One song: Deep Interludium
2020-11-12	Baroque: Original Version (SW) (バロック)		One song: Deep Interludium

Links

• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/5685.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).