With a love of arcade video games such as Space Invaders and the early Donkey Kong series, he said video games were the only place where he could find the kind of sound creation that he was looking for. Kondo studied at the Art Planning Department of Osaka University of Arts, but was never classically trained or academically dedicated to music. He later improved his skills with the electronic organ in a cover band that played jazz and rock music. Kondo also played the marimbas in his elementary school band. Kondo began taking Yamaha Music classes from kindergarten, where he learned to play the electronic organ from the age of five. Kondo was born in Nagoya, Japan, on August 13, 1961. His work in the Mario and Zelda series have been cited as among the most memorable in video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984, becoming the first person hired by them to specialize in video game music. He is best known for his numerous contributions to the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series of video games, among others produced by the company. Koji Kondo ( Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music composer, pianist, sound designer, sound director and music director who works for the video game company Nintendo.
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