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Hirokazu Tanaka

Hirokazu Tanaka

Composer, also actor · Born December 13, 1957 (68) · Kyoto, Japan

Hirokazu Tanaka was born on 13 December 1957 in Kyoto, Japan. He is a composer, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 13, 1957 (68)
From
Kyoto, Japan
Works as
Composer, also actor
Titles
3 on MovieCove

What are Hirokazu Tanaka's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Ideas
30%
Society
13%
Self
9%
Survival
8%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
3
Tense
2
Warm
2
Melancholic
2
Thrilling
1
Other
3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hirokazu Tanaka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Hirokazu Tanaka's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles, 3 of them dated from 1998 to 2001.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music3 of 3: 3 only music, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s2 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Hirokazu Tanaka's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Reviewers score the sound and music 55/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Hirokazu Tanaka work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hirokazu Tanaka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kunihiko Yuyama shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers