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Birthdate:: August 29, 1974
Birthplace:: Hiroshima, Japan

Kumi Tanioka (谷岡久美)

Music Composer

Kumi Tanioka is a game soundtrack composer for Square Enix. Born in Hiroshima, she studied formally at the University of Kobe and joined Square in 1998. She has performed live piano and synthesizer arrangements for the softrock videogame band The Star Onions and allegedly dresses up as Santa Claus at Square Enix holiday parties. She is currently composing music for both Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate and The Crystal Bearers.

Source: Square Enix Music Online

Companies: Square Enix

Other Associations: The Star Onions

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Creditscredited in 15 publications

Games ⇑⇓	platform	release ⇑⇓	role
Blue Wing Blitz (credits)	ws	05 July 2001	Composer
Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (credits)	ps	30 Nov 1999	Composer
Code Age Commanders (credits)	ps2	13 Oct 2005	Composer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (credits)	gcn	09 Feb 2004	Composer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (credits)	nds	31 Dec 2008	Composer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (credits)	wii	31 Dec 2008	Composer
Final Fantasy XI (credits)	ps2	23 Mar 2004	Composer

Albums ⇑⇓		release ⇑⇓	role
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 2 Original Soundtrack (credits)		21 Jan 1999	Composer
Code Age Commanders Original Soundtrack (credits)		19 Oct 2005	Composer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Original Soundtrack (credits)		01 Jan 2003	Composer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Original Soundtrack (credits)		19 Sep 2007	Composer
Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack (credits)		05 June 2002	Composer
Front Mission Online Original Soundtrack (credits)		20 Sep 2006	Performer, Piano
Performs piano on track 21, "Fear"
Mario Basket 3on3 Original Soundtrack (credits)		18 Oct 2006	Vocalist
Square Vocal Collection (credits)		20 June 2001	Composer
Track 12, "Tiny Wings" from Dice de Chocobo

News

Project Sylpheed blasts off
The expanded trailer of Project Sylpheed has appeared on the net this week. In it, protagonist Katana Faraway struggles with protecting the earth against a rebellious uprising that counts his closest friend among its forces. The video features English-language voice acting, techno by Einhander's Kenichiro Fukui, and snippets from the XBox 360 title's 3D dogfights. The game is scheduled to be released on July 10 in North America. Trailer
26 June 2007 by Kanji ↑ 10 ↓ discuss permalink
MMO-OST: Final Fantasy XI gets soundtrack box
Available for import at the price of $99, the newly announced Final Fantasy XI Soundtrack Premium Box Set will include seven discs and a piano score sheet. The limited edition item marks the fifth anniversary of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game in Japan, available for the PC, Playstation 2, and XBox 360 console. The CD collection composed and arranged by Naoshi Mizuta, Kumi Tanioka, and Nobuo Uematsu goes on sale in Japan on March 28th for 10,476 yen. Details and order info
04 Mar 2007 by Jeriaska ↑ 28 ↓ discuss permalink

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