Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 博史) is among the oldest of the Sega sound team members. He serves as the main composer for the Space Harrier and After Burner series - two of the company's most recognized brands - and has contributed music to many others, especially when it comes to racing games. His most lasting contribution to the video game industry, though, is the soundtrack to the original OutRun, whose four melodic tracks have been remade by both himself and others time and time again.
He is also known as Hiro (his alias) and Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 博史) (his pre-mukoyōshi name) and has been a part of both the S.S.T. Band and the sound unit [H.], the latter of which he leads.
Production History
Discography
Song Credits
Hang-On (Arcade Version)
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Main Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Squilla — Music & Arrangement
- Ida — Music & Arrangement
- Godarni — Music & Arrangement
- Wiwi Jumbo — Music & Arrangement
- Battle Field — Music & Arrangement
- Syura — Music & Arrangement
- Valda — Music & Arrangement
- Stanray — Music & Arrangement
- Lake Side Memory — Music & Arrangement
- Winner's Song — Music & Arrangement
- Coin — Music & Arrangement
- Start — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Clear — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 4 — Music & Arrangement
- Ziggurat Start — Music & Arrangement
- Ending — Music & Arrangement
- Miss — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
OutRun (Arcade Version)
- Magical Sound Shower — Music & Arrangement
- Passing Breeze — Music & Arrangement
- Splash Wave — Music & Arrangement
- Last Wave — Music & Arrangement
- Coin — Music & Arrangement
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- Main Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry 2 — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Start — Music & Arrangement
- Opa-Opa! [Rd. 1] — Music & Arrangement
- Shop [Shop A] — Music & Arrangement
- Boss [Rd. 1~7 Boss] — Music & Arrangement
- Defeat — Music & Arrangement
- Round Up [Round Clear] — Music & Arrangement
- Keep on the Beat [Rd. 2] — Music & Arrangement
- Saari [Rd. 3] — Music & Arrangement
- Prome [Rd. 4] — Music & Arrangement
- Hot Snow [Rd. 5] — Music & Arrangement
- Hot Snow [Rd. 5] (Oversea) — Music & Arrangement
- Round Up [Round Clear] (Oversea) — Music & Arrangement
- Don't Stop [Rd. 6] — Music & Arrangement
- Dreaming Tomorrow [Rd. 7] — Music & Arrangement
- Shop [Shop B] — Music & Arrangement
- Ya-Da-Yo [Rd. 8 Boss] — Music & Arrangement
- Victory Way [Ending] — Music & Arrangement
- Miss — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Maximum Power — Music & Arrangement
- Final Take Off — Music & Arrangement
- Red Out — Music & Arrangement
- Super Stripe — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner — Music & Arrangement
- Maximum Power — Music & Arrangement
- Final Take Off — Music & Arrangement
- Red Out — Music & Arrangement
- Super Stripe — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner — Music & Arrangement
- City 202 — Music & Arrangement
~With Melody Ver.~
- Maximum Power — Music & Arrangement
- Final Take Off — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner — Music & Arrangement
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Don't Want Duck (Round 1) — Music & Arrangement
- Ganseki Rock (Boss 1) — Music & Arrangement
- Duck Around the Clock (Boss 2) — Music & Arrangement
- Goose (Round Clear) — Music & Arrangement
- Japan Achacha (Round 2) — Music & Arrangement
- Duck of Dux (Boxing) — Music & Arrangement
- Luck Ducky Baby (Boxing Victory) — Music & Arrangement
- No Dux No Cry (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
- Darkness Dux (Round 4) — Music & Arrangement
- But Duck What Gate (Round 5) — Music & Arrangement
- Achacha the Castle (Round 6) — Music & Arrangement
- Southern Lucy — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Poker Face (Opening) — Music & Arrangement
- Side Street (A Course) — Music & Arrangement
- Like the Wind (B Course) — Music & Arrangement
- Silent Language (C Course) — Music & Arrangement
- Adjustment Mind (D Course) — Music & Arrangement
- Artistic Traps (E Course) — Music & Arrangement
- Diversity (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement
- Not Use — Music & Arrangement
- Power Drift (Like the Wind Arrange Version) — Music, Keyboard (w/Katsuhiro Hayashi)
- Space Harrier II (A Legend of Harrier Arrange Version) — Keyboard (w/Katsuhiro Hayashi)
- Who are You — Music & Arrangement
- Keep Your Heart — Music & Arrangement
- Checker Flag — Music & Arrangement
- Easy going — Music & Arrangement
- Final Take Off (After Burner Arrange Version) — Music, Keyboard (w/Kimitaka Matsumae)
- Splash Wave (OutRun Arrange Version) — Music, Keyboard (w/Kimitaka Matsumae)
- Theme from Super Monaco GP (Arrange Version) — Music
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- Statts — Music & Arrangement
- Shop (Village) — Music & Arrangement
- 3D Mode — Music & Arrangement
- Jiji Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Erias — Music & Arrangement
- Shop (City) — Music & Arrangement
- Castle — Music & Arrangement
- Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
- Boss A — Music & Arrangement
- Village A — Music & Arrangement
- Light Song — Music & Arrangement
- Dungeon 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Player Dead — Music & Arrangement
- Last City — Music & Arrangement
- Ending 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- BGM A — Music & Arrangement
- Continue — Music & Arrangement
- BGM B — Music & Arrangement
- Ravine Dogfight BGM — Music & Arrangement
- BGM C — Music & Arrangement
- BGM D — Music & Arrangement
- Ground Attack BGM — Music & Arrangement
- Last Mission — Music & Arrangement
- Landing — Music & Arrangement
- Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Fanfare "Hiro" — Music & Arrangement
- Fanfare (Unused Music) — Music & Arrangement
- Phrase (Unused Music) — Music & Arrangement
~Arrange Version~
~Arrange Version~
GP Rider (Arcade Version)
- Advertise — Music & Arrangement
- Start BGM — Music & Arrangement
- Primary BGM — Music & Arrangement
- Melody of Delight — Music & Arrangement
- Theme of the Old Man — Music & Arrangement
- Pleasurable Melody — Music & Arrangement
- Mortifying Melody — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Only a Drama..... — Music & Arrangement
- Fight Rent-a-Hero!! — Music & Arrangement
- Red Light Dinner Party — Music & Arrangement
- The End of Winter, The Vernal Equinox, The Good Feeling — Music & Arrangement
- Town Music 2 — Music & Arrangement
- GO GO Train — Music & Arrangement
- Town Music 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Surprise, Shock Cave Exploration — Music & Arrangement
- It's Just That Oira Is Zakokyara! — Music & Arrangement
- I Wonder If We'll Go to the Hospital? — Music & Arrangement
- Town Music 3 — Music & Arrangement
- Tonight I Feel Like Dancing — Music & Arrangement
- Good Night & It's Morning Rent-a-Hero — Music & Arrangement
- Doctor Hentai's Sorrow — Music & Arrangement
- Incident! Rent-a-Hero — Music & Arrangement
- Everyone, Thank You! — Music & Arrangement
- Descendant of Rent-a-Hero — Music & Arrangement
- Magical Sound Shower (from OutRun) — Music & Arrangement
- BGM A (from G-LOC) — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner (from After Burner) — Music & Arrangement
- Main Theme (from Space Harrier) — Music & Arrangement
- Like the Wind (from Power Drift) — Music & Arrangement
- Rush a Difficulty (from Turbo OutRun) — Arrangement
- Time Attack (from GP Rider) — Arrangement
- Magical Sound Shower (1993) — Music
- Passing Breeze (1993) — Music
- Splash Wave (1993) — Music
- South America — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
- Spain — Music & Arrangement
- Last Wave (1993) — Music
- Captive Princess Luna ~ Rescue Operation Start — Music & Arrangement
- Rail Chase The Ride - Setting Off — Music & Arrangement
- Rail Chase The Ride - Suite — Music & Arrangement
- Luna Rescue Failure — Music & Arrangement
- Luna Rescue Success — Music & Arrangement
- Select — Music & Arrangement
- Start Line — Music & Arrangement
- Daioh ~The fat is in the fire~ — Music & Arrangement
- Discovery ~Grandpa is still alive~ — Music & Arrangement
- Grasshopper ~Into the mountains~ — Music & Arrangement
- I.C.B.M. ~Condition red~ — Music & Arrangement
- Lightning ~A little good~ — Music & Arrangement
- LoveMachine ~Blue Island~ — Music & Arrangement
- Revolution ~Sightseeing at mach 1~ — Music & Arrangement
- Wild cat ~Here comes queen of hurricanes~ — Music & Arrangement
- Hang on ~Theme of Love~ — Music & Arrangement
- Goal — Music & Arrangement
- Map — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Not Use — Music & Arrangement
- Not Use [2] — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry (Last Wave) — Music & Arrangement
- Ranking (City 202) — Music & Arrangement
- Can You Become Rent-a-Hero for Mankind's Sake? — Music & Arrangement, Programming
- Magical Sound Shower - 1996 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement, Additional Keyboard Solo (w/Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Passing Breeze - 1996 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement
- Splash Wave - 1996 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement
- Last Wave - 1996 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement
- Loose Control — Music & Arrangement
- Target — Music & Arrangement
- Poker Face (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Side Street (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Like the Wind (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Silent Language (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Adjustment Mind (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Artistic Traps (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Diversity (Super Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Side Street (Slow Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Like the Wind (Slow Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- Can You Become Rent-a-Hero for Mankind's Sake? — Music & Arrangement, Programming
- Red Light Dinner Party — Music & Arrangement
- The End of Winter, The Vernal Equinox, The Good Feeling — Music & Arrangement
- Give a cure — Music & Arrangement
- GO GO Train — Music & Arrangement
- Tonight I Feel Like Dancing — Music & Arrangement
- The Doctor 53M Underground — Music & Arrangement
- First Day at the Part-time Job — Music & Arrangement
- When in Trouble, Cream Cast — Music & Arrangement
- Far from Sleeping... — Music & Arrangement
- Sofia — Music & Arrangement
- The Bell Rings for You — Music & Arrangement
- It's Just That Oira Is Zakokyara! — Music
- Magical Sound Shower (Inside Game Center BGM from "OutRun") — Music
- Opa-Opa! (Inside Game Center BGM from "Fantasy Zone") — Music
- After Burner (Inside Game Center BGM from "After Burner") — Music
- Descendant of Rent-a-Hero — Music & Arrangement, Performer (w/Instant Band)
- Voice ReMIX Everyone is Still Alive — Music & Arrangement
- code number 003 — Music & Arrangement
- Chocolate — Music & Arrangement
- hangover — Music & Arrangement
- nightmare — Music & Arrangement
- Hot It Up — Music & Arrangement
- In Chaos — Music & Arrangement
- Rumble Storm — Music & Arrangement
- OutRun (Bonus Tune ~ Ending) — Music
- code number 003 (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- chocolate (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- hangover (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- nightmare (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- hot it up (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- in chaos (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- rumble storm (scratching) — Music & Arrangement
- OutRun (scratching) — Music
- Thanks for Nothing — Music & Arrangement
- Nightmare (dub) — Music & Arrangement
- Sun Dance — Music & Arrangement
- Sleeper — Music & Arrangement
- Strained Relations — Music & Arrangement
- Beat of Mind — Music & Arrangement
- Seven O'clock — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner (H. Live Version) — Music, Keyboard & Computer Manipulated [NOTE: Performance from 42nd Amusement Machine Show on 9 Sep. 2004]
- happy market — Music & Arrangement
- Jingle Bells — Arrangement
- Last Wave - Vocal Version — Music & Arrangement
- Quartet Medley 2005 — Keyboard
- Verges on the edge — Music & Arrangement
- Upside Down — Music & Arrangement
- Flying Man — Music & Arrangement
- Rumble along — Music & Arrangement
- Radiation — Music & Arrangement, Additional Keyboard Solo (w/Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Who are You 2006 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement
- Keep Your Heart 2006 Arrange Ver. — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner - Climax Remix - — Music & Arrangement
- After Burner - Climax Remix Full - — Music & Arrangement
- Passing Breeze [H.] Arrange Ver. — Music, Piano Solo
- Hang-On ~Theme of Love~ -[H.] Arrange Ver.- — Music, Arrangement and Sound Produce, Keyboard, Programming
- Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.- — Sound Producer, Keyboard Solo
- After Burner 20th Anniversary Medley [H.] Arrange Version — Music & Arrangement, Keyboard & Computer Manipulated
- Fantasy Zone Medley 2008 Version — Music, Keyboard
- Magnificent 7 (∞ Climax Mix) — Music & Arrangement
- Space Harrier (∞ Climax Mix) — Music & Arrangement
- Wiwi Jumbo (Heaven Sent Mix) — Music & Arrangement
- Love's Invincible Command — Music & Arrangement
- Fate is "I" Love You — Music & Arrangement
- Friendship Try again! — Music & Arrangement
- It's Difficult, But I Love You ~Dekaris~ — Music & Arrangement
- Thanks for Nothing (Prototype) — Music & Arrangement
- hangover (Prototype) — Music & Arrangement
- Sleeper (Prototype) — Music & Arrangement
- Rumble Storm (Prototype) — Music & Arrangement
- Side Street (Prototype) — Music & Arrangement
- Silent Language 2011 (Special Arrange) — Music & Arrangement
- [H.] Band Introduction Kensaku Mad Version — Music & Arrangement
- Moba Tte Ma Suka~ (^o^)丿 - Hiro Remix Ver. - — Remixed by
- Answer Answer — Arrangement
- Baban! Sweet Trap — Music & Arrangement
- Baban! Sweet Trap (long Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
- Orange Summer — Music & Arrangement
- Orange Summer (long Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
- Like the Wind [Reborn] — Music
- Space Harrier Main Theme [Reborn] — Music
- Urban Crusher [Remix] — Arrangement
- Nakimushi O'clock — Music & Arrangement
- Nakimushi O'clock (Full Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
- Pipi papu! — Music & Arrangement
- Pipi papu! (Full Ver.) — Music & Arrangement