Sachio Ogawa

Sachio Ogawa
Company(ies): Sega of Japan

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 Keisuke Tsukahara, 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)
• Kujakuou (1988) — Sound Composer (as Sting Ogawa)
• Super Thunder Blade (1988) — Sound Composer (as Sting Saito)
• SpellCaster (1988) — Sound Composer (as Sting Ogawa) [NOTE: Overseas edition of Kujakuou]
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Assistant (as S.O)
• J. League Pro Striker (1993) — Sound Effect (as S.O) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
• Dark Wizard (1993) — Music Composer (Game Part) (as S.O), Sound Programmer (Game Part) (as S.O), Special Effects (Game Part) (as S.O)
• J. League Pro Striker Perfect (1993) — Sound Effect (as S.O) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (1994) — Composer (as So)
• The Hybrid Front (1994)
• Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994) — Sega Sound Team
• Sega Bass Fishing (Arcade version) (1997) — Sound Director
• Sega Bass Fishing (Dreamcast version) (1999) — Sound Director (Arcade Staff)
• F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa (Arcade and Dreamcast versions) (1999/2000) [NOTE: Uncredited]
• Virtua Fighter 4 (Arcade version) (2001) — Sound Creator (Sound)
• Beach Spikers (2001) — Sound
• Shenmue II (2001) — Bass ("Joy") (Sound & Music)
• Virtua Fighter 4 (PS2 Version) (2002) — Sound Team
• The King of Route 66 (2002) — Music Composer
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2002) — Special Thanks
• OutRun 2 (Arcade version) (2003)
• Quest of D (2004)
• OutRun 2 SP (2004) — Sound
• Oshare Majo Love and Berry (2004)
• Yakuza (2005) — Special Thanks (as Yukio Ogawa)
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) — Sound
• Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
• OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006) — Sound (Original Staff)
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3DS version) (2012) — Composer (Sound)
• Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! (2014)
• Yakuza Zero (2015)
• Yakuza Kiwami (2016)

~Other works~

• Mega CD Start Up Music (1991)

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

Kujakuou

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
• Temple — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Forest — Music & Arrangement
• Lute Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Underwater — Music & Arrangement
• Kakogen — Music & Arrangement
• Mt. Hinokami — Music & Arrangement
• Pyramid — Music & Arrangement
• Yomotsu — Music & Arrangement
• Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Death — Music & 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 [NOTE: Ending]
• Ending — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Name Entry]
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

SpellCaster

• Ending — Music & Arrangement

The Hybrid Front

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

F355 Challenge

• Resurrection — Music

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

Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!

• For My Sake — Music (with Keitaro Hanada)