Teruhiko Nakagawa

Teruhiko Nakagawa (中川 輝彦), born June 13, 1971 in Mie Prefecture, Japan, is a composer for SEGA and Wave Master. 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 Credits

• Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994) — Special Thanks (as T.Nakagawa)
• Metal Head (1995) — Sound Designer [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
• Shadow Squadron (1995) — Music, Sound Effects
• 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]
• Sega International Victory Goal (1995) — Sound (Sound Staff) [NOTE: Music]
• Guardian Heroes (1996) — Sega Staff (Special Thanks)
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Saturn Version) (1996) [NOTE: Uncredited; music porting]
• Panzer Dragoon Zwei (1996) — Music
• Greatest Nine '96 (1996) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
• Flash Sega Saturn: Ochikazuki-hen (1996) [NOTE: Music]
• Pro Yakyuu Team mo Tsukurou! (1998) [NOTE: Music, Sound Effects and One-Part Direction]
• Radio DC (CD) (1999) [NOTE: Configuration Writer]
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast Version) (1999) [NOTE: Music, Sound Effects and One-Part Direction]
• Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (1999) [NOTE: Music]
• 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 (Dreamcast Version) (2001) [NOTE: Music, Sound Effects and One-Part Direction]
• Hundred Swords (PC Version) (2001) [NOTE: Music Porting, Music and Direction]
• Guru Guru Onsen 2 (Dreamcast Version) (2001) [Music and Sound Effects]
• Space Channel 5 Part 2 (2002) — Wave Master's Special Thanks to
• Gunvalkyrie (2002) — Sound Programmer [NOTE: Music, Sound Effects and Direction]
• Baseball Advance (2002) — Audio [NOTE: All Sound]
• Shinobi (2002) — Sound Creator
• Sonic Advance 2 (2002) — Sound Creator
• Dragon Treasure (2003)
• Sonic Pinball Party (2003) — Sound Creator
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003) — Special Thanks
• Space Channel 5 Part 2: Special Edition (2003) — Wave Master's Special Thanks to
• Nightshade (2003)
• Sonic Heroes (2003) — Music Composer
• Puyo Pop Fever (2004) — Voice Data Operation
• Astro Boy (2004) — Sound Director
• 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
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007) — Music Composer & Arranger
• 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)
• Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014)
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) — Sound Producer & Sound Editor (Sound Section)

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

• Song of Purity ~Ruten~ — Music & Arrangement
• Pride of the King, Law of the Strong — Music & Arrangement
• So Pathetic — Music & Arrangement
• Aristocratic Children of Evil -Feofan & Eulie's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Lover Ring -Boris Veullow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Winter Storm — Music & Arrangement
• Sanctuary -Vali Winogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Pathos -Assuly Winogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Black Apocalypse -Zarn Kaliosthea's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Echoes and Fury -Igole Windogradow's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
• Counterattack of the Children of Evil — Music & Arrangement
• Song of Past Experience ~Admiration~ — Music & Arrangement
• Flicker and Resurrection — 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

• Cool Shrine — Music & Arrangement
• Encounter — Music & Arrangement
• Avatar — Music & Arrangement
• Impure Current — Music & Arrangement
• Kan'ei Shrine — Music & Arrangement
• Golden Palace — Music & Arrangement
• Hiruko — 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

• Heading to Sleep — Music & Arrangement
• Awakening — Music & Arrangement
• Blue Knight Extra — Arrangement
• Game Over — 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 (w/Takaharu Terada)
• Kouhai to Saisei — Music & Arrangement, Programming
• Abyss — Music & Arrangement, Programming
• Ao no Genei — Music & Arrangement, Programming
• Fighting Climax -ending version- — Lyrics (w/Takaharu Terada)

External Links

• Teruhiko Nakagawa's 1st Wave Master profile (2001-2004) on archive.org
• Teruhiko Nakagawa's 2nd Wave Master profile (2003-2004) on archive.org
• Sonic Channel Creators Interview 020: Teruhiko Nakagawa