Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi

Place of birth: Okaya, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1960-03-05 (age 62)
Employment history: Sega of Japan (1984-03 – ) Divisions: Sega AM3 Sega Software R&D Dept. 3 Hitmaker
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

Games

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^[1]
Gunblade NY (Model 2; 1995) — General Manager
Decathlete (Saturn; 1996) — General Manager^[2]
Last Bronx (Model 2; 1996) — General Manager
Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — ゼネラルマネージャー^[3] (as 小口久雄)
Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — Executive Producer^[4]
Last Bronx (Windows PC; 1998) — Executive Producer
NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Executive Producers
Top Skater (Model 2; 1997) — 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^[5]
L.A. Machineguns (Model 3; 1998) — general manager
Toy Fighter (NAOMI; 1999) — Executive 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?) — 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
Segagaga (Dreamcast; 2001) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 小口久雄)
Crazy Taxi 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
Shenmue II (Xbox; 2002) — Executive Producer
The Maze of the Kings (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2002) — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube; 2002) — Executive Management
Sonic Mega Collection (GameCube; 2002) — Executive Management
Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Executive Management
Guilty Gear XX Reload (PlayStation Portable; 2005) — Executive Producer^[6]
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Xbox; 2002) — Executive Producer
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Windows PC; 2004) — Executive Producer
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Executive Producer
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Executive Management
SonicN (N-Gage; 2003) — Executive Producer
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 (NAOMI; 2003) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Executive Producer
Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Executive Producer
Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Executive Producer
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Executive Producer
Sonic Heroes () — President
Sonic Heroes () — 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
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Executive Producer^[7]
Virtua Quest (GameCube; 2004) — Executive Producer
Shining Tears (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Producer
Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Producer
Ghost Squad (Wii; 2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic Mega Collection Plus () — Executive Producer
OutRun 2 (Xbox; 2004) — Executive Producer
Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
Shining Force Neo (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (Wii; 2010) — Executive Producer (as Oguchi Hisao)
Sonic Gems Collection () — Executive Producer
The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Executive Producer
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami (GameCube; 2005) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 小口久雄)
Yakuza (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
Shadow the Hedgehog () — President
Shadow the Hedgehog () — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Producer
Sonic Riders () — President
Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (Nintendo DS; 2006) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as おぐちひさお)
Let's Make a Soccer Team! (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Producer
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 27: Panzer Dragoon (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (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
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 28: Tetris Collection (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Producer
Yakuza 2 (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Producer
Puyo Puyo! () — Executive Producer
Puyo Puyo! (Wii; 2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog () — Executive Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Executive Producer
Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — President
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition (PlayStation 2; 2007) — 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
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii; 2007) — Executive Producer
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS; 2008) — Executive Producers
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Executive Supervisor
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity () — Executive Supervisors
Sega Bass Fishing (Wii; 2008) — Executive Producers
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Executive Supervisors
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Special Thanks

Videos

Night of the Werehog (??; No results?) — Executive Producers

Super Monaco GP (1990)
Rail Chase (1991) — Producer
Jurassic Park (1994) — Producer
Star Wars Arcade (1994) — 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
Touch De Uno! 2 (1999) — Executive Producer
World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002 (2002) — Executive Producer

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:Cyber_Troopers_Virtual_On_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-1] File:Cyber Troopers Virtual On Saturn credits.pdf

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

[:File:LastBronx_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:LastBronx Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Last_Bronx_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Last Bronx Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-5] File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:GGXXReload_PSP_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-6] File:GGXXReload_PSP_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:Shining_Force_GBA_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Shining Force GBA credits.pdf

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