Shinobu Nagata

Shinobu Nagata
Occupation		Composer, musician
Notable work		Animal Crossing series Luigi's Mansion Super Mario Sunshine Mario Kart DS

Shinobu Nagata, née Tanaka, (永田しのぶ, Nagata Shinobu) is a composer at Nintendo. Aside from the Animal Crossing series, she has worked on Super Mario Sunshine and the Mario Kart series.

Nagata composed the event music for Doubutsu no Mori and Animal Crossing, and returned to the series for the Welcome amiibo update to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, as well as Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Works

• Doubutsu no Mori – Event BGM (credited as Shinobu Tanaka)
• Doubutsu no Mori+/Animal Crossing – Event BGM (credited as Shinobu Tanaka)
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo – Welcome amiibo staff
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Music

Song credits

Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in future games. Credits are not necessarily exhaustive and reflect only what can be sourced.

In Doubutsu no Mori

Nagata worked on the following background music tracks for Doubutsu no Mori:

• "Cherry Blossom Festival" (changed in Animal Crossing)
• "Radio Exercises"
• "Ball Toss" (Sports Fair)
• "Footrace"
• "Tug-o-War"
• "Moon Viewing" (changed in Animal Crossing)
• "Halloween"
• "Toy Day"
• "1 Hour Until the New Year"
• "30 Minutes Until the New Year"
• "10 Minutes Until the New Year"
• "5 Minutes Until the New Year"
• "Happy New Year!"
• "New Year's Party"
• "New Year's Morning"
• "New Year's Day"
• "New Year's Wish" (changed in Animal Crossing)
• "Mr. Resetti"
• "Get Fanfare"
• "Chased by Bees"
• "Stung by Bees"
• "Debt Complete!"
• "Every Fish!"
• "Every Insect!"

In Doubutsu no Mori+ and Animal Crossing

The following tracks were added in Doubutsu no Mori+:

• "Don Resetti"
• "Bit by Mosquito"

Although Shinobu Nagata was still credited for "Event BGM" in Animal Crossing, given that Kazumi Totaka is known to have composed some of the new event themes for the localization it remains unclear if Nagata was responsible for the other new themes.

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

Despite her work reappearing in Doubutsu no Mori e+, Nagata did not appear in the credits.

• "Reset Surveillance Center" (composition)
• "Spring Blossoms" (composition, arranged by Kazumi Totaka)

In Welcome amiibo

Nagata is listed in the credits for Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo but not the original New Leaf, meaning she composed new music for either the campground, Animal Crossing Puzzle League, or both.

In New Horizons

Nagata was credited for the following tracks on the official soundtrack release for New Horizons:

• "Tournament (Joining)"
• "Rescue Service"

Nagata was also credited for the following tracks on the second soundtrack:

• "The Roost" (arrangement)
• "Have Some Coffee" (arrangement)
• "Have Some Water" (arrangement)
• "Group Stretching"
  • Seasonal versions on DVD
• Katrina's Fortune Telling
• Cyrus's Remake
• "K.K. Chorinho" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Slack-Key" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Dub" (aircheck)"
• "K.K. Bashment" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Fugue" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Hop" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Polka" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Lovers" (aircheck)
• "Chillwave" (aircheck)

References

Companies and personnel

Companies Nintendo DeNA iQue NDcube OLM, Inc. Prima Games Sanrio Shogakukan Developers Katsuya Eguchi Aya Kyogoku Isao Moro Hisashi Nogami Takashi Tezuka Makoto Wada Composers Atsuko Asahi Sayako Doi Shiho Fujii Asuka Hayazaki Yasuaki Iwata Manaka Kataoka Toru Minegishi Kenta Nagata Shinobu Nagata Masato Ohashi Yumi Takahashi Kazumi Totaka Voice actors Mari Adachi Hisao Egawa Takaya Hashi Saori Hattori Yurika Hino Yui Horie Mitsup Iwata Takatoshi Kaneko Mika Kanai Yuichi Kimura Yū Kobayashi Takashi Miike Fukuen Misato Yuko Mizutani Kenichi Ogata Shun Oguri Fumiko Orikasa Otoha Tetsuo Sakagachi Akio Suyama Wataru Takagi Yasuhiro Takata Kazuya Tatekabe Junpei Takiguchi Naoki Tatsuta Masaki Terasoma Yuji Ueda Kappei Yamaguchi Other personnel Reggie Fils-Aimé Jōji Shimura Staff lists Doubutsu no Mori Doubutsu no Mori+ Animal Crossing Doubutsu no Mori e+ Wild World City Folk New Leaf Happy Home Designer New Horizons Category (companies) • Category (personnel)