Hajime Wakai

is a Japanese composer who is best known for his work on various successful Nintendo games, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Star Fox Zero (2016).

Biography Wakai was born on July 5, 1973, in Kyoto. After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in the spring of 1996, he joined Nintendo EAD. He initially worked alongside Koji Kondo on Star Fox 64, where he composed all the planetary and battle themes; he then went on to work on other N64 titles, such as the Pokémon Stadium series.

After working on titles such as Nintendogs and Star Fox: Command, Wakai served as sound director for several Wii titles until he was appointed lead composer for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, where he also coordinated the entire sound team;

After working on several other titles, Wakai became the sound director for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and also contributed to the soundtrack; After working on this title, Wakai was appointed sound engineer for the entire Zelda series and later resumed the role of sound director for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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