Japanese composer and pianist (born 1961)
Koji Kondo (Japanese: è¿è€ 浩治, Hepburn: KondÅ KÅji, August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and sound director for the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his many contributions to the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series of video games, among others produced by the company. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984,...
He did the Mario theme I'm pretty sure. Sounds like a cool guy to me