Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi
Place of birth: Okaya, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1960-03-05 (age 60)
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

• Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000;
  1985)
• Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2;
  2003) — Executive Producer
• Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance;
  2003) — 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
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (PlayStation 2;
  2007) — Executive Producer

• 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
• 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)