Hisao Oguchi
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Hisao Oguchi |
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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.
Contents
Production history
- Feel the Magic: XY (Nintendo DS; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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
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Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Hisao Oguchi
External links
References
SEGA of Japan Executives | |
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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) |