Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi

Place of birth: Okaya, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1960-03-05 (age 62)
Role(s): Producer, Executive
Education: Engineering, Chuo University

Hisao Oguchi (小口久雄) joined Sega in March 1984. Like Yu Suzuki and Yuji Naka, he started his career conceiving a small SG-1000 title called Doki Doki Penguin Land. However unlike Suzuki and Naka his endavours afterwards were not on the creative side, but rather the management side of things.

In 1993, he became the Assistant President of Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 3 (AM3). In 2000, "AM3" became Hitmaker. Oguchi became the President of Hitmaker. Oguchi became President of Sega. He left Hitmaker as a result and Mie Kumagai took his place. He has not involved been with Sega since May of 2008. He has since been involved in business ventures like CGI movie company Marza Animation Planet or casino company Sega Sammy Creation.

Production history

Feel the Magic: XY (Nintendo DS;
No results
9999) — Executive Producer
Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000;
1985)
Rail Chase 2 (Model 2;
1994) — Produced by
Manx TT Super Bike (Model 2;
1995) — General Manager
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Model 2;
1996) — Producer
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn;
1996) — Special Thanks
Gunblade NY (Model 2;
1995) — General Manager
Decathlete (Saturn;
1996) — General Manager^[1]
Last Bronx (Model 2;
1996) — General Manager
Last Bronx (Saturn;
1997) — ゼネラルマネージャー^[2] (as 小口久雄)
Last Bronx (Saturn;
1997) — Executive Producer
Last Bronx (Windows PC;
1998) — Executive Producer
NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2;
2008) — Executive Producers
Top Skater (Model 3;
No results
9999) — producer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Model 3;
1997) — general manager
Le Mans 24 (Model 3;
1997) — Executive Producer
Winter Heat (Saturn;
1998) — General Manager^[3]
L.A. Machineguns (Model 3;
1998) — general manager
Crazy Taxi (NAOMI;
1999) — Producer
Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast;
2000) — Producer
Crazy Taxi () — Producer
Crazy Taxi (Windows PC;
2002) — Producer
Jambo! Safari (NAOMI;
1999) — producer
Virtua Tennis (Dreamcast;
2000) — Executive Producer
Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast;
2000) — Special Thanks
Virtua Athlete 2K (Dreamcast;
2000) — Executive Producer
Confidential Mission (NAOMI;
No results
9999) — Executive Producer
Confidential Mission (Dreamcast;
2001) — Executive Producer
De La Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast;
2001) — Special Thanks
Virtua Tennis 2 (Dreamcast;
2001) — Executive Producer
Air Trix (Hikaru;
2001) — Producer
Illbleed (Dreamcast;
2001) — Special Thanks
Crazy Taxi 2 (Dreamcast;
2001) — Executive Producer
Segagaga (Dreamcast;
2001) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 小口久雄)
Shenmue II (Xbox;
2002) — Executive Producer
The Maze of the Kings (NAOMI;
No results
9999) — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube;
2002) — Executive Management
Sonic Mega Collection () — Executive Management
Sonic Mega Collection (GameCube;
2002) — Executive Management
Sonic Advance 2 () — Executive Management
Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance;
2002) — Executive Management
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Xbox;
2002) — Executive Producer
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Windows PC;
2004) — Executive Producer
Guilty Gear XX Reload (PlayStation Portable;
2005) — Executive Producer^[4]
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2;
2003) — Executive Producer
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube;
No results
9999) — Executive Management
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube;
2003) — Executive Management
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (GameCube;
2003) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast;
2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS;
2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Battle () — Executive Producer
Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance;
2003) — Executive Producer
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance;
2003) — Executive Producer
Amazing Island (GameCube;
2004) — Executive Producer
Astro Boy (PlayStation 2;
2004) — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (Windows PC;
2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance;
2004) — Executive Producer
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (Game Boy Advance;
2004) — Executive Producer
Virtua Quest (GameCube;
2004) — Executive Producer
Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2;
2004) — Executive Producer
Ghost Squad (Wii;
2007) — Executive Producer
Feel the Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS;
2004) — Executive Producer
OutRun 2 (Xbox;
2004) — Executive Producer
Altered Beast (PlayStation 2;
2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Gems Collection () — Executive Producer
The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS;
2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS;
2005) — Executive Producer
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (PlayStation 2;
2006) — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 27: Panzer Dragoon (PlayStation 2;
2006) — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- (PlayStation 2;
2006) — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Universe () — Executive Producer
Puyo Puyo! () — Executive Producer
Puyo Puyo! (Wii;
2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog () — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus () — Executive Producer
Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS;
2007) — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (PlayStation 2;
2007) — Executive Producer
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii;
2007) — Executive Supervisor
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity () — Executive Supervisors
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii;
2008) — Executive Supervisors

Super Monaco GP (1990)
Rail Chase (1991) — Producer
Jurassic Park (1994) — Producer
Star Wars Arcade (1994) — Producer
Manx TT Superbike (1995) — Producer
Sega Rally Championship (1995) — General Manager
Baku Baku Animal (1997) — General Manager
Dirt Devils (1998) — General Manager
Magical Truck Adventure (1998) — General Manager
Derby Owners Club (1999) — Executive Producer
Kasei Channel Mars TV (1999) — Executive Producer
Toy Fighter (1999) — Executive Producer
Touch De Uno! 2 (1999) — Executive Producer
World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002 (2002) — Executive Producer
Sonic Mega Collection (2002) — Executive Management
Sonic Advance 2 (2003) — Executive Management
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Executive Management
Sonic Battle (2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Heroes (2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) — Executive Producer
Shining Tears (2004) — Executive Producer
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004) — Executive Producer
Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Executive Producer
Shining Force Neo (2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Rush (2005) — Executive Producer
Yakuza (2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Riders (2006) — Executive Producer
Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (2006) — Executive Management
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Executive Producer
SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.29: Monster World Complete Collection (2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — Executive Producer
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) — Executive Supervisor
Night of the Werehog (2008) — Executive Producer
Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Special Thanks

Magazine articles

Main article: Hisao Oguchi/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Hisao Oguchi

External links

References

SEGA of Japan Executives
Chairmen	Isao Okawa (1984-2001) \| Hajime Satomi (2004-current)
Presidents	Hayao Nakayama (1984-1998) \| Shoichiro Irimajiri (1998-2001) \| Hideki Sato (2001-2003) \| Hisao Oguchi (2003-2008) \| Okitane Usui (2008-2012) \| Naoya Tsurumi (2012-current) \| Hideki Okamura (2014-current) \| Haruki Satomi (2015-current)

[:File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-1] File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:LastBronx_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-2] File:LastBronx_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:GGXXReload_PSP_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-4] File:GGXXReload_PSP_JP_SSCredits.pdf

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