Hirokazu Ando

Ando started learning to play the Electone aged 3–4 up to his second year in high school. It was this experience that also taught him how to read chords and sheet music.^[3] He listened to a wide variety of music as a child, including works by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Claude Debussy. Being immersed in music had allowed to think about sound a considerable amount and helped form his own sensibilities. Despite his musical background, Ando initially did not have interest in being a composer.

He attended Hirosaki University in order to major in physics in the science department. While he was in college, he had purchased an MSX computer that sparked an initial interest in video games. Ando became inspired to be a video game composer after playing Dragon Quest II for the first time and being impressed by its music.^[4] He then created his own music playing program and sent it to HAL. Soon after, he was hired to work on sound.

Year	Title	Notes
1991	HyperZone	Music with Jun Ishikawa
1992	Arcana	Music with Jun Ishikawa
1993	Kirby's Adventure	Music
1994	Kirby's Dream Course	Music
1995	Kirby's Dream Land 2	Music with Tadashi Ikegami
1997	Kirby's Star Stacker	Music
1998	Kirby's Super Star Stacker	Music with Jun Ishikawa
1999	Super Smash Bros.	Music
2000	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2001	Super Smash Bros. Melee	Music with Shogo Sakai, Tadashi Ikegami, and Takuto Kitsuta
2002	Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land	Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai
2003	Kirby Air Ride	Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai
2006	Common Sense Training	Music with Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami
	Kirby: Squeak Squad	Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai
2008	Kirby Super Star Ultra	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2009	Picross 3D	Music with Yasumasa Yamada and Jun Ishikawa
2010	Kirby's Epic Yarn	Music with Tomoya Tomita, Jun Ishikawa, and Tadashi Ikegami
2011	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2012	Kirby's Dream Collection	Music with Jun Ishikawa and Shogo Sakai
2014	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2015	BoxBoy!	Music with Jun Ishikawa
	Picross 3D: Round 2	Music with Megumi Ohara and Shogo Sakai
2016	BoxBoxBoy!	Music with Jun Ishikawa
	Kirby: Planet Robobot	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2017	Bye-Bye BoxBoy!	Music with Jun Ishikawa
	Team Kirby Clash Deluxe	Music with Jun Ishikawa
	Kirby's Blowout Blast	Music with Jun Ishikawa
2018	Kirby Star Allies	Music with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara
2019	BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!	Music with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara
	Super Kirby Clash	Music with Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami
2020	Kirby Fighters 2	Music with Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Jun Ishikawa and Yuki Shimooka
2022	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Music with various others[a]
	Kirby's Dream Buffet	Music with various others[b]
2023	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe	Music with various others[c]