Ryoichi Hasegawa
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| Ryoichi Hasegawa |
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| Place of birth: Japan |
| Employment history:
Sony Computer Entertainment (1998 – 2007)
DeNA (2012 – )
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| Role(s): Localiser |
| Education: West Virginia University[1] |
| Twitter: @rio_hasegawa |
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Ryoichi Hasegawa (長谷川 亮一) is a Japanese video game developer and former Sega of Japan overseas coordinator and domestic localizer.
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Career
Ryoichi Hasegawa has 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..
Production history
Games
- Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive; 1992) — Additional Features[2]
- Night Trap (Mega-CD; 1992) — Localization
- J.League Pro Striker 2 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Special Thanks
- Ecco: The Tides of Time (Mega Drive; 1994)
- 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]
- Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks to
- Metal Head (32X; 1995) — Text Coordinator[5]
- Tempo (32X; 1995) — Supervisors[6]
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Text Coordinator[7]
- Stellar Assault (32X; 1995) — Text coordinator[8]
- Tempo Jr. (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks to...[9]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks
- Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks[10]
- Mystaria: The Realms of Lore (Saturn; 1995) — SOJ Coordinator[11]
- Tails Adventures (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks to[12] (as R.Hasegawa)
- Virtua Fighter (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks[13]
- Baku Baku Animal (Saturn; 1995) — Corpsified Overseas Coordinator[14] (as Ryoichi "Trueno" Hasegawa)
- Sega Rally Championship (Saturn; 1995) — Overseas Coordination
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Overseas Coordination[15]
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Sonic Team Liaison[16]
- World Series Baseball II (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[17]
- Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[18]
- Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive; 1996) — Special Thanks[19]
- Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Overseas Coordination
- Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[20]
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn; 1996) — SOJ Liaison[21]
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[22]
- Fighters Megamix (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks To[23]
- The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Special Thanks
- Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks (as 長谷川 亮一)
- Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks
- Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — SOJ Text Coordination[24]
- Last Bronx (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks To[25]
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear; 1997) — Special Thanks[26]
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive; 1997) — Sega Special Thanks to
- Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Overseas Coordinator[27]
- 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
- The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Special Thanks[28]
- The House of the Dead (Windows PC; ?) — Special Thanks
- NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Special Thanks
- Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
- Valkyria Chronicles II (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
- K-On! Houkago Live!! (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — 開発サポート (as 長谷川 亮一)
- Rise of Nightmares (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
- Renegade Ops (Steam; 2011)
- 7th Dragon 2020 (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — Special Thanks (as 長谷川 亮一)
Music
- NiGHTS Original Soundtrack (CD; 1996) — Thanks to
- NiGHTS into Dreams: Perfect Album (CD; 2008) — Naming Overtures[29]
- Mega Drive Last Action Heroes (CD; 2010) — SPECIAL THANKS to[30]
- Robo Aleste (1992)
- Shining Force II (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
- CRUSH3D (2012) — Producer (Sega Corporate)
Song credits
- Main article: Ryoichi Hasegawa/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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- Ecco the Dolphin interview (2004)
- Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)
- Excavation! Sega's DNA: Masanobu Tsukamoto and Ryoichi Hasegawa interview "The Dawn of Sega Localization": Roppyaku Tsurumi with Naoki Horii / Yosuke Okunari (October 21, 2022)
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:Ecco the Dolphin MD JP 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:Chaotix 32X good ending 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:Tails Adventures GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtua Fighter 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Baku Baku Animal Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ 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:Virtua Fighter 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sws97 sat us manual.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:Cyber Troopers Virtual On Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Virtualonnetlink sat us manual.pdf, page 24
- ↑ File:Fightersmegamix sat us manual.pdf, page 42
- ↑ File:Last Bronx Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Lastbronx sat us manual.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:Lost World GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:NiGHTSPerfectAlbum CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11
- ↑ File:MDLAH Music JP inlay front.png
