Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi
Place of birth: Okaya, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1960-03-05 (age 58)
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) —
• Rail Chase 2 (Model 2;
  1994) — Produced by
• Manx TT Super Bike (Model 2;
  1995) — General Manager
• Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Model 2;
  1995) — Producer
• Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn;
  1996) — Special Thanks
• Gunblade NY (Model 2;
  1995) — General Manager
• Decathlete (Saturn;
  1996) — General ManagerMedia:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
• NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2;
  2008) — Executive Producers
• Le Mans 24 (Model 3;
  1997) — Executive Producer
• L.A. Machineguns (Model 3;
  1998) — general manager
• Crazy Taxi (Windows PC;
  2002) — Producer
• Jambo! Safari (NAOMI;
  1999) — producer
• Confidential Mission (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Executive Producer
• Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Special Thanks
• Illbleed (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Special Thanks
• Crazy Taxi 2 (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Executive Producer
• Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube;
  2002) — Executive Management
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube;
  2003) — Executive Management
• Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast;
  2004) — Executive Producer
• Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS;
  2004) — Executive Producer
• Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance;
  2003) — Executive Producer
• Feel the Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS;
  2004) — Executive Producer
• OutRun 2 (Xbox) (Xbox;
  2004) — Executive Producer
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Executive Producer
• Phantasy Star Universe () — Executive Producer
• Puyo Puyo! () — Executive Producer
• Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus () — Executive Producer
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii;
  2007) — Executive Supervisor

• Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000 version) (1985) — Planner
• 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
• Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2002) — Executive Producer
• Segagaga (2001) — 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
• Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2004) — Executive Producer
• Astro Boy (2004) — Executive Producer
• Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Executive Producer
• Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Executive Producer
• Shining Force Neo (2005) — Executive Producer
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (2005) — Executive Producer
• Altered Beast (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.

External links

• Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)