Teruhiko Nakagawa

Teruhiko Nakagawa

Place of birth: Mie Prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1971-06-13 (age 49)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Musician

Teruhiko Nakagawa (中川輝彦) is a composer for SEGA. He graduated from Nagoya University with a major in mathematics. He began working for Sega in 1994 with his contributions to Metal Head.

Nakagawa's hobbies are listening to music, reading, Japanese Chess, and watching live baseball games; favorite foods include sushi, Chinese noodles and green tea. He enjoys R&B and classical music, citing famous conductor Sergiu Celibidache as an influence.

He uses Studio Vision Pro for sequencing, and some of his instruments include S6000/S3200XL (Akai), TR-Rack/TRITON-Rack /WAVESTATION /01w (KORG), and SC-88 pro (Roland).

Production history

Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X;
1994) — Special Thanks (as T.Nakagawa)
Metal Head (32X;
1995) — Sound Designer
Stellar Assault (32X;
1995) — Music
Stellar Assault (32X;
1995) — Sound effects
Sega International Victory Goal (Japan) (Saturn;
1995) — Sound
Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn;
1996) — 音楽 (as 中川輝彦)
Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn;
1996) — Music Composers
World Series Baseball II (Saturn;
1996) — Sound Creators
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 97 Make Miracle (Saturn;
1997) — Sound
Pro Yakyuu Team mo Tsukurou! (Saturn;
1998) — サウンド (as 中川輝彦)
Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 98 (Saturn;
1998) — Sound Creator
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast;
1999) — サウンドスタッフ (as 中川輝彦)
Hundred Swords (Dreamcast;
2001) — Sound Director/Creator (as 中川輝彦)
Hundred Swords (Dreamcast;
2001) — Music & Orchestration (as 中川輝彦)
Guru Guru Onsen 2 (Dreamcast;
2001) — サウンドクリエイター (as 中川輝彦)
Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Dreamcast;
2002) — Wave Master's Special Thanks To
Space Channel 5: Part 2 (PlayStation 2;
2002) — Wave Master's Special Thanks To
Gunvalkyrie (Xbox;
2002) — Sound Producer
Shinobi (2002) (PlayStation 2;
2002) — Sound Creator
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube;
2003) — Special Thanks
Space Channel 5: Special Edition (PlayStation 2;
2003) — Waver Master's Special Thanks to
Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast;
2004) — Voice Data Operation
Astro Boy (PlayStation 2;
2004) — Sound Director

Drive Pico 2 (199x) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
Pooh's Picnic (199x) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
Do-Re-Mi-Fa Donuts (199x) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Saturn version) (1996) [NOTE: Uncredited; music porting]
Greatest Nine '96 (1996) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
Flash Sega Saturn: Ochikazuki-hen (1996) [NOTE: Music]
Radio DC (CD) (1999) [NOTE: Configuration Writer]
Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou! (1999) [NOTE: Music, Sound Effects and One-Part Direction]
Roommania #203 (2000) [NOTE: Sound Design, Data Creation (meaning unknown)]
Hundred Swords (PC version) (2001) [NOTE: Music Porting, Music and Direction]
Baseball Advance (2002) — Audio [NOTE: All Sound]
Sonic Advance 2 (2002) — Sound Creator
Dragon Treasure (2003)
Sonic Pinball Party (2003) — Sound Creator
Nightshade (2003)
Sonic Heroes (2003) — Music Composer
Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Sound Effects
Sonic Rush (2005) — Sound Director
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Sound Section Special Thanks
Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — Sound Director, Recording Coordinator (Title Theme "A New Venture")
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii version) (2007) — Sound Producer, Music & Orchestra Arrange ("Opening & Ending Theme")
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS version) (2008) — Sound Producer
Valkyria Chronicles (2008) — Sound Director (Sega Corporation), Sound (Original Development Staff)
Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Special Thanks
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii version) (2009) — Composer
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS version) (2009) — Sound Director
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (DS version) (2010) — CS1 R&D Sound (Sega Japan)
Sonic Colors (DS version) (2010) — Sound Producer (Game Sound Department), Music Composer (Game Sound Department), Sound Effects (Game Sound Department)
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii version) (2011) — Composer (Sound Section)
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3DS version) (2012) — Sound Producer, Composer & Lead Sound Editor (Sound)
Phantasy Star Online 2 (2012/2013) — Sound Effects (Sound)
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) — Sound Editor (Game Sound Department)
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (3DS version) (2016) — Sound Producer & Sound Editor (Sound Section)
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U version) (2016) — Co-Sound Producer & Composer (Sound Section)
Puyo Puyo Chronicle (2016) — Composer

Song credits

Metal Head

Emergency — Music & Arrangement
Briefing — Music & Arrangement
Rd1 Stg1 2 — Music & Arrangement
No Sweat — Music & Arrangement
Ammo Select — Music & Arrangement
Rd2 Stg3 — Music & Arrangement
Rd4 Stg1 2 — Music & Arrangement
Rd5 Stg1 — Music & Arrangement
Rd5 Stg2 — Music & Arrangement
Too Bad — Music & Arrangement
You Lost — Music & Arrangement

Shadow Squadron

Mission 1 — Music & Arrangement
Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
Mission 2 — Music & Arrangement
Mission 3 — Music & Arrangement
Mission 4 — Music & Arrangement
Mission 5 — Music & Arrangement
Last Boss — Music & Arrangement
All Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
Staff roll — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Not Use (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
Mission 4 Original — Music & Arrangement (with Masaru Setsumaru)

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

Hanuman — Music & Arrangement

Hundred Swords

無垢の歌~流転~ — Music & Arrangement
王者の誇り、力の法則 — Music & Arrangement
So Pathetic — Music & Arrangement
高貴な悪童たち -Feofan & Eulie's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
ラバー・リング -Boris Veullow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
冬の嵐 — Music & Arrangement
サンクチュアリ -Vali Winogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
悲愴 -Assuly Winogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
黒い黙示録 -Zarn Kaliosthea's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
響きと怒り -Igole Windogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
悪童たちの逆襲 — Music & Arrangement
経験の歌~賛歌~ ~Admiration~ — Music & Arrangement
揺らぎと甦り — Music & Arrangement
Flame in your eyes -Epilogue- — Music & Orchestration

Gunvalkyrie

Cosmic blast rising — Music & Arrangement
In the flat field — Music & Arrangement
Search and destroy — Music & Arrangement
Meat biscuits — Music & Arrangement
Sleep well, tonight — Music & Arrangement
Killing bedroom — Music & Arrangement
Plug in monster — Music & Arrangement
Megalomania — Music & Arrangement
Valkyrie's Barefoot - Ending - — Music & Arrangement
Killing bedroom (Expanded Guitar Version) — Music & Arrangement
Bridge (Intermission) — Music & Arrangement

Shinobi

涼社 — Music & Arrangement
遭遇 — Music & Arrangement
化神 — Music & Arrangement
濁渦 — Music & Arrangement
寛栄寺 — Music & Arrangement
黄金城 — Music & Arrangement
卑瑠呼 — Music & Arrangement

Sonic Advance 2

Leaf Forest - Act 1 — Music & Arrangement
Leaf Forest - Act 2 — Music & Arrangement
Hot Crater - Act 1 — Music & Arrangement
Hot Crater - Act 2 — Music & Arrangement
7-Boss — Music & Arrangement
7-Boss - Pinch — Music & Arrangement
Staff Roll — Music & Arrangement
Extra Demo 1 — Music & Arrangement
Extra Demo 2 — Music & Arrangement
True Area 53 — Music & Arrangement
Extra Ending — Music & Arrangement

Dragon Treasure

Dungeon -Forest- — Music & Arrangement
Battle — Music & Arrangement
Pinch! — Music & Arrangement
Theme of DT Chance — Music & Arrangement
Gold Eater Chance — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Village — Music & Arrangement
Dungeon -Mountain- — Music & Arrangement
Dungeon -Castle- — Music & Arrangement
Angel Challenge — Music & Arrangement
Super Gold Eater Chance — Music & Arrangement
Dragon Zone — Music & Arrangement

Nightshade

Mechanised Specter — Music & Arrangement
Kan-Ei-Ji — Music & Arrangement
Kan-Ei-Ji Neo — Music & Arrangement

Sonic Heroes

Battle : City Area — Music
Event : All Heroes Gather — Music & Arrangement, Programming

Astro Boy

就寝 — Music & Arrangement
覚醒 — Music & Arrangement
青騎士 Extra — Arrangement
ゲームオーバー — Music & Arrangement

Sonic Rush

Right There, Right On (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
Ska Cha Cha (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
Theme of Strained Event — Music & Arrangement
Enemy or Friend? — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Also known as "Blaze Appears"]
Theme of Comical Event — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Sonic's Event — Music & Arrangement
The Ordinary Zone — Music & Arrangement
Ethno Circus (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
After the Fight — Music & Arrangement
Kick the Eggman — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Warm Event — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Blaze's Event — Music & Arrangement
Back 2 Back (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
I Wanna Breathe — Arrangement
Just a Breath! (SE) — Arrangement
1-Up — Music & Arrangement
Jeh Jeh Rocket (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
Get Edgy (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
What U Need (Blazy Mix) — Re-Arrangement
Theme of After the Fight — Music & Arrangement
The Last Zone — Music & Arrangement
The Secret — Music & Arrangement
Anxiety — Music & Arrangement
A Flicker of Hope — Music & Arrangement
The Metamorphosis — Music & Arrangement
Blaze Pinch! — Music & Arrangement
Title (E3 Demo Version) — Music & Arrangement
Leaf Storm Zone (E3 Demo Version) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: First section remade into "Enemy or Friend?"/"Blaze Appears" for final version]
Act Clear (E3 Demo Version) — Music & Arrangement
Boss (E3 Demo Version) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: An arrangement of "True Area 53" (first section) and "7-Boss" (second section) from Sonic Advance 2]
Boss - Pinch (E3 Demo Version) — Music & Arrangement

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

Giant Girania — Music & Arrangement
Giant Girania : Hard Ver. — Music & Arrangement

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii version)

Opening & Ending Theme — Music & Arrangement
Main Menu — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Field - Hammer and Javelin Throw — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Field - High Jump and Pole Vault — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Field - Long and Triple Jump — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Track - 4x100m Relay — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Track - 100m — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Track - 110m and 400m Hurdles — Music & Arrangement
Athletics - Track - 400m — Music & Arrangement
Aquatics - 4x100m Freestyle — Music & Arrangement
Aquatics - 100m Freestyle — Music & Arrangement
Archery - Archery — Music & Arrangement
Fencing - Individual Epe — Music & Arrangement
Gymnastics - Trampoline — Music & Arrangement
Gymnastics - Vault — Music & Arrangement
Rowing - Single Sculls — Music & Arrangement
Shooting - Skeet — Music & Arrangement
Table Tennis - Singles — Music & Arrangement
Dream Fencing — Music & Arrangement
Dream Platform — Music & Arrangement
Dream Race — Music & Arrangement
Dream Table Tennis — Music & Arrangement
Gallery — Music & Arrangement

Sonic Colors (DS version)

Stage Clear — Arrangement
Jingle - Stage Appears — Music & Arrangement
Stage Clear - S Rank — Arrangement
Boss Stage Clear — Arrangement
Jingle - Area Clear — Music & Arrangement
Jingle - Area Appears — Arrangement
World Map — Arrangement
Theme of Sonic Colors — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement
Special Stage — Music & Arrangement
Jingle - Special Stage Clear — Arrangement
Special Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
Emerald — Music & Arrangement

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax

Fighting Climax -opening version- — Lyrics (with Takaharu Terada)
荒廃と済世i — Music & Arrangement, Programming
深淵 — Music & Arrangement, Programming
碧の幻影 — Music & Arrangement, Programming
Fighting Climax -ending version- — Lyrics (with Takaharu Terada)

Puyo Puyo Chronicle

みんなみんなだいすき — Music (with Hideki Abe), Arrangement

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Be careful of scams — Music & Arrangement

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Teruhiko Nakagawa interview by Sonic Channel (December 3, 2007)

External links

References