Minako Hamano

Minako Hamano (濱野 美奈子) is a Japanese video game composer who working for Nintendo. Hamano is the most veteran among female composers currently belongs to Nintendo. She often contributes music to several games of the Mario series and the Metroid series in collaboration with other composers, such as Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima.

Composed

 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit (with Kenichi Nishimaki and Masanobu Matsunaga)
 * Wario World (with Norio Hanzawa)
 * Wario Land: Shake It! (with Tomoya Tomita)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (with Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda and Daisuke Matsuoka)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (with Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda and Daisuke Matsuoka)
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (with David Wise, Daisuke Matsuoka, Shinji Ushiroda and Riyu Tamura)

Other

 * Mobile Golf - BGM Programming
 * Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash - Sound Supervisor
 * Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge - Music Supervisor
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) - Music Support