Kumi Tanioka

Kumi Tanioka is a Japanese 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.

29 August 1974

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Byron G. Harlan • Carlos Loyzaga • Charlotte Ritchie • Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938) • Demetris Christofias • Devean George • Hajime Isayama • Isabel Sanford • James Hunt • Jean-Baptiste Colbert • Jennifer Landon • John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke • John of Artois, Count of Eu • Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek • Juan Bautista Alberdi • Lenny Henry • Leonardo De Lorenzo • Meshell Ndegeocello • Nagarjuna (actor) • Noah Syndergaard • Olivier Jacque • Robin Leach • Zisis Tsekos

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