Kumi Tanioka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kumi Tanioka
Occupation	Musical Composer
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1974(1974-08-29)
Age	50
Birthplace	Hiroshima
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hiroshima Prefecture
Horoscope	Virgo

Kumi Tanioka Biography

Kumi Tanioka is one of the most popular and richest Musical Composer who was born on August 29, 1974 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Her first score was the soundtrack to 1998’s The Fallen Angels, by developer Steel Hearts, which she composed with Masaki Izutani. That same year, she joined Square and composed her first soundtrack for them to a game in the Chocobo series, Chocobo’s Dungeon 2, with Yasuhiro Kawakami, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Kenji Ito. Her second work in the series was also her first solo soundtrack, that of Dice de Chocobo, a video game adaption of a board game. She composed for two other projects over the next two years, All Star Pro- Wrestling with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Kenichiro Fukui and Blue Wing Blitz by herself. Her first major composing role was in 2002, when she was one of three composers chosen to write the soundtrack to Final Fantasy XI. Although she did not contribute more than one song to the multiple expansions to the game, during this period she joined The Star Onions, a band made of Square Enix composers that arranges and performs Final Fantasy XI music. The group has released two albums to date.

Tanioka was born in Hiroshima, Japan, where she studied music and composition while in school and enjoyed listening to video game music as her younger brother was a gamer. Among the composers she grew familiar with were Square employees Hitoshi Sakimoto, Nobuo Uematsu and Kenji Ito. Her favorite classical composers at the time were Piotr Paleczny and Hiromi Uehara. Tanioka attended Kobe University, where she studied music and joined a choir. She graduated with a degree in musical performance. Although she had planned on performing music as a career, during college she became more interested in composing than performance, and in video game composition because of her childhood experiences. After graduating, she joined Square (now Square Enix) as a composer in 1998.

Kumi Tanioka Net Worth

Kumi Tanioka is one of the richest Musical Composer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kumi Tanioka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kumi Tanioka (谷岡 久美 , Tanioka Kumi, born August 29, 1974) is a Japanese video game music composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she graduated from Kobe University with a degree in musical performance, and began working as a video game composer in 1998. She joined video game developer and publisher Square that same year, and worked on over 15 games for them before leaving to work as an independent composer in 2010. She is most known for composing for the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, which she composed for Square Enix. Tanioka has a style of “world music”, whereby she combines instruments from different parts of the world into one cohesive sound. She also likes to incorporate piano music into her soundtracks, which she typically performs herself, as she has done as a part of The Star Onions, a musical group focusing on arrangements of Final Fantasy XI music made up of Square Enix composers, as well as on her own at various concerts, such as 2011’s Final Fantasy XI-themed VanaCon.

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Lanette Ranked on the list of most popular Musical Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kumi Tanioka celebrates birthday on August 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Kumi Tanioka

1. Kumi Tanioka is a Japanese composer and pianist.
2. She was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1974.
3. Tanioka composed music for the video game series Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
4. She also worked on the soundtrack for the Nintendo DS game Children of Mana.
5. In addition to composing, Tanioka has performed live piano concerts.
6. Her music combines traditional Japanese instruments with modern sounds.
7. Tanioka studied at Osaka College of Music and Berklee College of Music.
8. She won a Square Enix music competition in 1998, leading to her career with the company.
9. Tanioka has collaborated with other composers such as Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda.
10. Her work has been praised for its emotional depth and unique style.