Sachio Ogawa

Sachio Ogawa (小河 幸男) is a little-known sound designer and music composer and a member of the Sega Sound Team. Following his work on console titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and The Hybrid Front, Ogawa was later reassigned to the AM2 department and now works alongside the likes of Fumio Ito and Megumi Takano.

He is best known for being the main composer of Virtua Fighter 4.

Production History

• Space Harrier 3D (1988) — Music Arranger (as Sting S)
• SpellCaster (1988) — Sound Composer (as Sting Ogawa)
• Super Thunder Blade (1988) — Sound Composer (as Sting Saito)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Assistant (as S.O)
• Dark Wizard (1993) — Music Composer (Game Part) (as S.O), Sound Programmer (Game Part) (as S.O), Special Effects (Game Part) (as S.O)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (1994) — Composer (as So)
• The Hybrid Front (1994) — Composer
• Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Sega Bass Fishing (Arcade Version) (1997) — Sound Director
• Virtua Fighter 4 (2001/2002) — Sound Team
• Beach Spikers (2001/2002) — Sound
• Shenmue II (2001) — "Joy" (Bass) (Sound & Music)
• The King of Route 66 (2002/2003) — Music Composer
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2002/2003) — Special Thanks
• OutRun 2 (Arcade Version) (2003)
• Quest of D (2004)
• Yakuza (2005)
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PC Version) (2006) — Sound
• Virtua Fighter 5 (2006/2007)

Song Credits

Space Harrier 3D

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Main BGM — Arrangement
• Danger Area — Music & Arrangement
• Bright Rays — Music & Arrangement
• Ida — Arrangement
• Mysterious Sky — Music & Arrangement
• Squilla — Arrangement
• Stanray — Arrangement
• Volcano — Music & Arrangement
• Godarni — Arrangement
• Syura — Arrangement
• Wiwi Jumbo — Arrangement
• Valda — Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Battle Field — Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• White Summer — Arrangement
• Lake Side Memory — Arrangement
• Lovers — Arrangement

Super Thunder Blade

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Burning Point (Stage 1) — Arrangement
• Thunder Blade (Stage 2) — Arrangement
• Type II (Stage 3) — Arrangement
• Type III (Stage 4) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Big Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement

The Hybrid Front

• Other Forces Turn (Part 2 - Normal) — Music & Arrangement
• Other Forces Turn (Part 2 - Variation 1) — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4

• Ignite Your Heart — Music & Arrangement
• Stand — Music & Arrangement
• Watch Out — Music & Arrangement
• The Fort — Music & Arrangement
• Defile a Sanctity — Music & Arrangement
• Terminus — Music & Arrangement
• A Star of Sand — Music & Arrangement
• Behind the Mind — Music & Arrangement
• A Turning of Leaf — Music & Arrangement
• Cutting Edge — Music & Arrangement
• Nightmare — Music & Arrangement
• The Last Survivor — Music & Arrangement
• Metal Dream — Music & Arrangement
• Melting Pot — Music & Arrangement
• Nite Crawler — Music & Arrangement
• Ray of Light — Music & Arrangement
• Buzz — Music & Arrangement

Shenmue II

• Joy — Bass

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

• hate a person like poison — Music & Arrangement
• New Challenger ~ etc. — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2 (Arcade Version)

• Opening Jingle — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza

• For Whose Sake — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 5

• Beginning Eileen — Music & Arrangement
• Deep Mountain (Lei-Fei VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement