• Koji is most known for his compositions for Video Games

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• He started taking lessons on Electronic Organ when he was 5

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• He grew up loving Arcade games

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• He had NO training in Classical Music

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• When he was young, he was in a band that played Jazz and Rock music

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• He composes music using the computer and the piano

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• Nintendo recruited him right out of college

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• The first Video Game music he composed was for a game called "Punch-Out"

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• He was the first person hired at Nintendo to specialize in Music

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• His favorite Video Games are "Space Invaders" and "Donkey Kong"

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• Koji is also a "Sound Designer" as well as a Composer

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