Kenta Nagata

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Kenta Nagata in the Iwata Asks interview for Mario Kart 7 Kenta Nagata (Nicknamed "gon" in 1080° Snowboarding) is a Japanese composer employed by 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 Snow Overworld BGM — Arrangement World 6 Map — Composition & Arrangement Volcano Overworld BGM — Composition & Arrangement World 9 Map — Composition & Arrangement P-Switch — Arrangement Castle Boss BGM — Composition & Arrangement Peach's Castle — 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 Gallery Kenta Nagata in Nintendo Big Band Live 2003 References External links Kenta Nagata on Wikipedia IMBd profile [Edit] People Game designers Goro Abe • Stephen Dupree • Koichi Hayashida • Shigefumi Hino • Takehiko Hosokawa • Ryota Kawade • Hiroyuki Kimura • Hiroji Kiyotake • Yoshiaki Koizumi • Hideki Konno • Don Lloyd • Hirofumi Matsuoka • Gregg Mayles • Kenji Miki • Shigeru Miyamoto • Naoko Mori • Stephen Mortimer • Kenta Motokura • Ryuichi Nakada • Satoru Okada • Yoshio Sakamoto • Masahiro Sakurai • Hiroshi Sato • Taku Sugioka • Risa Tabata • Shugo Takahashi • Ko Takeuchi • Kensuke Tanabe • Takashi Tezuka • Kosuke Yabuki • Hitoshi Yamagami • Yasuhisa Yamamura • Katsuya Yamano • Gunpei Yokoi Voice actors and actresses Video games Toru Asakawa • Julien Bardakoff • Jocelyn Benford • Nate Bihldorff • Scott Burns • Jessica Chisum • David Cooke • Dan Falcone • Ashley Flannegan • Kate Fleming • Nami Funashima • David J. 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