Kenta Nagata

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Kenta Nagata Kenta Nagata (Nicknamed "gon" in 1080° Snowboarding) is a Japanese composer that works for Nintendo. He is proficient with the piano and bass but also plays guitar. Nagata joined Nintendo in 1996. In the Mario franchise, he is most notable for his works in Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Kart 7, as well as serving as Sound Director for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario Kart 8. It is speculated he married fellow Nintendo composer Shinobu Tanaka over the course of his employment. Other works include some tracks for Pokémon Stadium, Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the entirety of Big Brain Academy. Song Credits Mario Kart 64 Title — Composition & Arrangement Circuit — Composition & Arrangement Farm — Composition & Arrangement Beach — Composition & Arrangement Desert — Composition & Arrangement Highway — Composition & Arrangement Snow — Composition & Arrangement Mountain — Composition & Arrangement Castle — Composition & Arrangement Jungle — Composition & Arrangement Obake — Composition & Arrangement Rainbow — Composition & Arrangement Battle — Composition & Arrangement Select — Composition & Arrangement Result #1 (Win) — Composition & Arrangement Result #2 (Lose) — Composition & Arrangement Result #3 (VS & Battle) — Composition & Arrangement Star — Arrangement Prize #1 (1st~3rd) — Composition & Arrangement Prize #2 (4th~8th) — Composition & Arrangement Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement Start Grid #1 (GP & VS) — Composition & Arrangement Start Grid #2 (Time Attack & Battle) — Composition & Arrangement Final Lap — Composition & Arrangement Goal in #1 (1st) — Composition & Arrangement Goal in #2 (2nd~4th) — Composition & Arrangement Goal in #3 (5th~8th) — Composition & Arrangement Game Over — Composition & Arrangement Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.1: Healing Music Aryll's Theme — Composition, Guitar Title — Composition, Bass Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Title — Composition & Arrangement Baby Park — Composition & Arrangement Waluigi Stadium — Composition & Arrangement Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle] Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement Battle — Composition & Arrangement Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Loud Music Fortress Boss — Bass Among the Demons — Bass Super Mario 64 DS Waking Up -- Arrangement Big Mario -- Arrangement Balloon Mario -- Arrangement Fire Yoshi -- Arrangement Owl Fly -- Arrangement Rabbit -- Composition & Arrangement Boss Intro -- Composition & Arrangement Sunshine Isles -- Arrangement Rec Room -- Arrangement Hide and Boo Seek -- Arrangement Loves Me -- Arrangement Luigi's Casino -- Arrangement Puzzle Panel -- Composition & Arrangement Slots Shot -- Arrangement Wanted! -- Arrangement Sort Or' Splode -- Composition & Arrangement Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music Epona's Song — Arrangement K.K. Soul — Bass Touch! Generations Sound Track Nintendogs Theme - Live Ver. — Bass New Super Mario Bros. Wii World 1 Map — Composition & Arrangement Overworld BGM — Arrangement Underground BGM — Arrangement World 2 Map — Composition & Arrangement World 3 Map — Composition & Arrangement Snow Overworld BGM — Arrangement World 5 Map — Composition & Arrangement World 6 Map — Composition & Arrangement World 7 Map — Composition & Arrangement World 8 Map — Composition & Arrangement Volcano Overworld BGM — Composition & Arrangement Volcano Underground BGM — Arrangement World 9 Map — Composition & Arrangement Castle Boss BGM — Composition & Arrangement Game Over — Arrangement Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart 7 ~Main Titles~ — Composition & Arrangement Main Menu — Composition & Arrangement Course Start Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement Race Start Fanfare [Grand Prix & VS] — Composition & Arrangement Race Start Fanfare [Time Attack] — Composition & Arrangement Toad Circuit & Mario Circuit — Composition & Arrangement Cheep Cheep Lagoon — Composition & Arrangement Wuhu Loop & Maka Wuhu — Arrangement Rock Rock Mountain — Composition & Arrangement Neo Koopa City — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Neo Bowser City] Rosalina's Ice World — Composition & Arrangement Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle] Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement Race Start Fanfare [Battle] — Composition & Arrangement Final Lap Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement Result #1 (Win) — Composition & Arrangement Result #2 (Lose) — Composition & Arrangement Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement Spectating Race — Composition & Arrangement Star Power — Arrangement New Super Mario Bros. 2 Channel Menu — Arrangement Title BGM — Arrangement Overworld BGM — Arrangement Opening — Arrangement Athletic BGM — Arrangement Undergound BGM — Arrangement Tower Boss BGM — Arrangement Rainbow Overworld BGM — Arrangement Rainbow Bonus Screen BGM — Arrangement World Mushroom Map — Composition & Arrangement World Flower Map — Composition & Arrangement World Star Map — Composition & Arrangement All Moon Coins Collected — Composition & Arrangement The Princess..? — Arrangement Ending — Arrangement Staff Roll — Arrangement eShop Menu — Arrangement Gold Rush Stages BGM — Arrangement Mario Kart 8 Wii Wario's Gold Mine — Arrangement GCN Baby Park — Composition & Arrangement 3DS Neo Bowser City — Composition & Arrangement GBA Ribbon Road — Arrangement Big Blue — Arrangement References External Links Kenta Nagata on Wikipedia IMBd profile [Edit] People Game designers Goro Abe • Stephen Dupree • Koichi Hayashida • Takehiko Hosokawa • Hiroyuki Kimura • Hiroji Kiyotake • Yoshiaki Koizumi • Ryota Kawade • Hideki Konno • Hirofumi Matsuoka • Gregg Mayles • Kenji Miki • Naoko Mori • Ryuichi Nakada • Satoru Okada • Shigeru Miyamoto • Yoshio Sakamoto • Masahiro Sakurai • Taku Sugioka • Risa Tabata • Shugo Takahashi • Ko Takeuchi • Kensuke Tanabe • Takashi Tezuka • Kosuke Yabuki • Hitoshi Yamagami • Katsuya Yamano • Yasuhisa Yamamura • Gunpei Yokoi Voice actors and actresses Video games Toru Asakawa • Julien Bardakoff • Jocelyn Benford • Nate Bihldorff • Scott Burns • Pat Cashman • Jessica Chisum • David Cooke • Dan Falcone • Ashley Flannegan • Kate Fleming • Nami Funashima • David J. Goldfarb • Marc Graue • Dean Harrington • Kit Harris • Michelle Hippe • Kelsey Hutchinson • Eriko Ibe • Kenneth W. James • Kerri Kane • Samantha Kelly • Grant Kirkhope • Asako Kozuki • Dex Manley • Jeff Manning • Isaac Marshall • Charles Martinet • Tomoko Maruno • Atsushi Masaki • Nicole Mills • Lani Minella • Xander Mobus • Tadd Morgan • Deanna Mustard • Takashi Nagasako • Zoe Nelson • Eric Newsome • Christina Peyser • Dolores Rogers • Mercedes Rose • Ronald B. Ruben • Caety Sagoian • Masahiro Sakurai • Kahoru Sasajima • Laura Faye Smith • Thomas Spindler • Chris Sutherland • Sanae Suzaki • Katsumi Suzuki • Leslie Swan • Motoki Takagi • Jen Taylor • Kazumi Totaka • Toshihide Tsuchiya • Satsuki Tsuzumi • Mike Vaughn Cartoons Lou Albano • Walker Boone • Ben Campbell • Damon D'Oliveira • Jeannie Elias • Greg Morton • Andrew Sabiston • John Stocker • Tara Strong • Aron Tager • Joy Tanner • Louise Vallance • Milli Vanilli • Danny Wells • Richard Yearwood Actors and actresses Lou Albano • Brian Bonsall • Christopher Collins • Shabba-Doo • Nicole Eggert • Elvira • Dennis Hopper • David Horowitz • Bob Hoskins • Ernie Hudson • Magic Johnson • Jim Lange • Cyndi Lauper • John Leguizamo • Mojo Nixon • Patrick Pinney • Sgt. Slaughter • Rob Stone • Joe Bellan Composers Asuka Hayazaki • Grant Kirkhope • Koji Kondo • Masanobu Matsunaga • Toru Minegishi • Yasunori Mitsuda • Ryo Nagamatsu • Kenta Nagata • Eveline Novakovic • Soyo Oka • Motoi Sakuraba • Ichiro Shimakura • Yoko Shimomura • Shinobu Tanaka • Kazumi Totaka • David Wise • Hironobu Yahata • Mahito Yokota • Ryoji Yoshitomi Artists Kevin Bayliss • Shigefumi Hino • Vince Joly • Yoichi Kotabe • Steve Mayles • Leif Peng • Mark Stevenson‎ • Ko Takeuchi Writers Doug Booth • Ian James Corlett • Phil Harnage • Leigh Loveday • Peter Sauder • Erika Strobel • Michael Teitelbaum‎ • Tracey West • Ted Woolsey • Véronique Chantel Other Andy Heyward • Dayvv Brooks • Reggie Fils-Aime • John Grusd • Satoru Iwata • Michael Kelbaugh • Tatsumi Kimishima • Michelle Powers • Hiroshi Yamauchi