Ryoichi Hasegawa
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Ryoichi Hasegawa |
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Employment history:
Sony Computer Entertainment (1998 – 2007)
DeNA (2012 – )
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Role(s): Localiser |
Education: West Virginia University[1] |
Ryoichi Hasegawa (長谷川 亮一) is an overseas coordinator and domestic localizer that worked with various Sega titles from late 1992 to early 1998. He was also a lyricist for Daytona USA 2 alongside Fumio Ito as well as the Sega Saturn classic Burning Rangers for its menu theme, "We are Burning Rangers." For the latter game's overseas release he is credited as Talking Moon - an alias previously used by vocalists Curtis King, Jr. & Dana Calitri for the single release of NiGHTS' main theme, "Dreams Dreams" - despite being credited regularly in the original version. As such, Hasegawa is also credited for translating Tomoko Sasaki's lyrics for "Angels with Burning Hearts" and "I Just Smile."
Hasegawa then took a similar job at Sony Computer Entertainment and remained there until mid 2007, but later returned to Sega. He would remain with the company until early 2012, this time engaging in more executive roles such as a producer for the PSN & XBLA version of Crazy Taxi.
He is now a Localization Producer for DeNA Co., Ltd..
Contents
Production history
Games
- Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive; 1992) — Additional Features
- Virtua Fighter (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks[2]
- J.League Pro Striker 2 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Special Thanks
- Jurassic Park (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sega Of Japan Representative
- Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X; 1994) — Special Thanks[3] (as R.Hasegawa)
- Cosmic Carnage (32X; 1994)[4]
- Sega Rally Championship (Saturn; 1995) — Overseas Coordination
- Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks to
- Metal Head (32X; 1995) — Text Coordinator[5]
- Tempo (32X; 1995) — Supervisors[6]
- Baku Baku Animal (Saturn; 1995) — Corpsified Overseas Coordinator (as Ryoichi "Trueno" Hasegawa)
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Text Coordinator
- Stellar Assault (32X; 1995) — Text coordinator[7]
- Tempo Jr. (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks to...[8]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks
- Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks[9]
- Mystaria: The Realms of Lore (Saturn; 1995) — SOJ Coordinator[10]
- Tails Adventures (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks to (as R.Hasegawa)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn; 1996) — SOJ Liaison[11]
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[12]
- Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — SOJ Text Coordination[13]
- Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks To[14]
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Overseas Coordination[15]
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Sonic Team Liaison[16]
- NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Special Thanks
- World Series Baseball II (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[17]
- Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[18]
- Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Overseas Coordination
- Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[19]
- Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive; 1996) — Special Thanks[20]
- Fighters Megamix (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks To[21]
- The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Special Thanks
- The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Special Thanks[22]
- The House of the Dead (Windows PC; 1998) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear; 1997) — Special Thanks[23]
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive; 1997) — Sega Special Thanks to
- Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Overseas Coordinator
- Stellar Assault SS (Saturn; 1998) — Special Thanks (as 長谷川 亮一)
- Burning Rangers (Saturn; 1998) — English words by
- Burning Rangers (Saturn; 1998) — Words by
- Burning Rangers (Saturn; 1998) — Overseas Coordination
- Crazy Taxi () — Producer
- K-On! Houkago Live!! (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — 開発サポート (as 長谷川 亮一)
Music
- NiGHTS Original Soundtrack (CD; 1996) — Thanks to
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — SPECIAL THANKS to[24]
- Robo Aleste (1992)
- Shining Force II (1993)
- Night Trap (1993)
- Yumemi Mystery Mansion (1993)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Mega Drive Version) (1994)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Game Gear Version) (1994)
- Ecco: The Tides of Time (Mega Drive Version) (1994)
- Shinobi Legions (1995)
- Iron Storm (1995) — Special Thanks
- The Story of Thor 2 (1996)
- Enemy Zero (Saturn Version) (1996) — Sega Enterprises Ltd. (For US version)
- Sonic Blast (1996)
- Resident Evil (Saturn Version) (1997) — Special Thanks (Saturn Version Staff) (as Ryouichi Hasegawa)
- Daytona USA 2 (1998)
- The House of the Dead: Overkill (2009) — Sega Corporation
- Phantasy Star Portable 2 (2009) — Special Thanks (Sega of Japan)
- Rise of Nightmares (2011) — Special Thanks
- Renegade Ops (2011) — Sega Corporate
- CRUSH3D (2012) — Producer (Sega Corporate)
Song credits
Burning Rangers (Japanese edition)
- We are Burning Rangers — Words
Burning Rangers (Overseas edition)
- Angels with Burning Hearts — Words
- We are Burning Rangers — Words
- I Just Smile — Words
Daytona USA 2
- Battle on the Edge — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- Sling Shot — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- I Can Do It — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- Skyscraper Sequence — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- Battle on the Edge - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- Sling Shot - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- I Can Do It - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
- Skyscraper Sequence - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Fumio Ito)
Interviews
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Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Ryoichi Hasegawa
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryoichihasegawa1
- ↑ File:Virtua Fighter 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtua Racing 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Cosmic Carnage 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Metal Head 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Tempo 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Stellar Assault 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Tempo Jr GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Zaxxon's Motherbase 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Mystaria sat us manual.pdf, page 28
- ↑ File:Cyber Troopers Virtual On Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtualonnetlink sat us manual.pdf, page 24
- ↑ File:Last Bronx Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Lastbronx sat us manual.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Nightsintodreams sat us manual.pdf, page 30
- ↑ File:Wsbii sat us manual.pdf, page 44
- ↑ File:Daytonausacce sat us manual.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:Sws97 sat us manual.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:Virtua Fighter 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Fightersmegamix sat us manual.pdf, page 42
- ↑ File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Lost World GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:MDLAH Music JP inlay front.png