Masanori Hikichi

Masanori Hikichi
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Date of birth: 1969-10-30 (age 54)
Role(s): Musician

Masanori "Hiki" Hikichi (曳地 正則) is a former employee of Cube that worked on Sega titles during the Mega Drive era. He later joined both Quintet Co., Ltd. (1995-1998) and Shade, Inc. to create music and sound effects for Saturn and PSX titles. More recently, he composed the music for Bullet Girls in 2014, and later its sequel in 2016.

Production history

• Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive; 1991) — S.E. Music (as M.Hikichi)
• The Steel Empire (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Sound Effectes (as M.Hikichi)
• Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer (Mega Drive; 1992) — Music / Sound Effects
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Mega Drive; 1993) — Music and FX
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Game Gear; 1993) — Sound Programmers (as Hiki)
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Master System; 1994) — Sound Programmers (as Hiki)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Sound Special Thanks
• Solo Crisis (Saturn; 1998) — Sound Composer
• Code R (Saturn; 1998) — サウンド (as 曳地正則)

Song credits

Main article: Masanori Hikichi/Song credits.

Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive Version)

• Start — Arrangement
• Scene Select — Arrangement
• Beyond the Galaxy [Scene A] — Arrangement
• Defeat [Scene B] — Arrangement
• Take Back [Scene C] — Arrangement
• Alone Fighter [Scene D] — Arrangement
• TRY-Z [Scene E] — Arrangement
• Stage Clear — Arrangement
• Name Entry — Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement