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'''Hisao Oguchi''' joined [[Sega]] in 1984. In 1993, he became the Assistant President of Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 3 (AM3).
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| company=[[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Sega Enterprises]]
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| divisions=[[Sega R&D]], [[Sega R&D 1]], [[Sega AM3]]{{magref|segamagjp|4|17}},[[Sega Software R&D Dept. 3]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (小口 久雄) joined [[Sega]] in March 1984. Like [[Yu Suzuki]] and [[Yuji Naka]], he started his career conceiving a small [[SG-1000]] title called ''[[Doki Doki Penguin Land]]''. However unlike Suzuki and Naka his endavours afterwards were not on the creative side, but rather the management side of things.
  
In 2000, "AM3" became [[Hitmaker]], and the President of [[Hitmaker]] at the time, [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]], was promoted to Sega "AM9" (which became [[SEGA United Game Artists|United Game Artists]]). This Oguchi became the President of [[Hitmaker]].
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In 1993, he became the Assistant President of Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 3 (AM3), and started being affectionately named '''Boss'''{{ref|http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/colmun49.html}}{{ref|https://twitter.com/Hiro_H10th/status/1724045748076167495}}. In 2000, "AM3" became [[Hitmaker]]. Oguchi became the President of [[Hitmaker]]. Oguchi became President of [[Sega]]. He left [[Hitmaker]] as a result and [[Mie Kumagai]] took his place. He has not involved been with Sega since May of 2008. He has since been involved in business ventures like CGI movie company [[Marza Animation Planet]] or casino company [[Sega Sammy Creation]].
  
A year later, [[Isao Okawa]] died, and Oguchi became President of [[Sega]]. But in 2004 [[Sammy]] bought a controlling share in Sega Corporation at a cost of $1.1 billion, after which Sammy chairman [[Hajime Satomi]] became President of [[Sega]] and Oguchi was shunted down into the position of Assistant President. He left [[Hitmaker]] as a result and Mie Kumagai took his place.
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==Production history==
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{{ProductionHistory|Hisao Oguchi|Bravo Ogu|おぐち ひさお|オグチ ヒサオ|小口 久雄|Oguchi Hisao}}
  
==Production History==
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[[Category:Uncredited role]]
* ''Winter Heat'' (1997) — General Manager
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[[Category:Use ProductionHistory template]]
* ''Last Bronx'' (1998) —  Executive Producer
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* ''[[Super Derby]]''{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=108}} (198X)
* ''Virtua Tennis'' (2000) —  Executive Producer
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* ''[[Rail Chase]]'' (1991) — Producer
* ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'' (2000) — Producer
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* ''[[Jurassic Park (arcade)|Jurassic Park]]'' (1994) — Producer
* ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' (2000) — Special Thanks
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* ''[[Star Wars Arcade]]'' (1994) — Producer
* ''Crazy Taxi 2'' (2001) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Sega Rally Championship]]'' (1995) — General Manager
* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (2002) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Baku Baku Animal]]'' (1997) — General Manager
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Dirt Devils]]'' (1998) — General Manager
* ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Magical Truck Adventure]]'' (1998) — General Manager
* ''Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Kasei Channel Mars TV]]'' (1999) — Executive Producer
* ''Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' (2003) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Touch De Uno! 2]]'' (1999) — Executive Producer
* ''[[Sonic Battle]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002]]'' (2002) — Executive Producer
* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Shining Tears'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Puyo Pop Fever'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Out Run 2'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Feel the Magic XY/XX]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Astro Boy'' (2004) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Shining Force: Neo'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Guilty Gear XX #Reload'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''Altered Beast PS2 Version'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Rush]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe]]'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
* ''OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
* ''SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.29: Monster World Complete Collection'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer  
 
* ''[[NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]'' (2007) — Executive Supervisor
 
* ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' (2008) — Executive Supervisor
 
* ''[[NiGHTS into Dreams]] (PS2 Version)'' (2008) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Night of the Werehog]] (PS2 Version)'' (2008) — Executive Producer
 
  
[[Category:Developers]]
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==Magazine articles==
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==Interviews==
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* [https://sega.jp/fb/album/02_dp/02.html ''Meisaku Album'' interview (Japanese)]
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==Photographs==
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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==External links==
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030202233628fw_/http://www.hitmaker.co.jp/top/lounge/corumun/site/corumun_txt16.html Hito Maker entry]
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* [https://www.facebook.com/hisao.oguchi.7 {{PAGENAME}} on Facebook]
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* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%B9%85%E9%9B%84-%E5%B0%8F%E5%8F%A3-47b710153/?originalSubdomain=jp {{PAGENAME}} on LinkedIn]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 17 April 2024

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Hisao Oguchi
Place of birth: Okaya, Nagano prefecture, Japan[1]
Date of birth: 1960-03-05[1] (age 64)
Employment history:
Sega Enterprises (1984-03 – )
Divisions:
Role(s): Producer, Executive
Education: Engineering, Chuo University

Hisao Oguchi (小口 久雄) joined Sega in March 1984. Like Yu Suzuki and Yuji Naka, he started his career conceiving a small SG-1000 title called Doki Doki Penguin Land. However unlike Suzuki and Naka his endavours afterwards were not on the creative side, but rather the management side of things.

In 1993, he became the Assistant President of Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 3 (AM3), and started being affectionately named Boss[3][4]. In 2000, "AM3" became Hitmaker. Oguchi became the President of Hitmaker. Oguchi became President of Sega. He left Hitmaker as a result and Mie Kumagai took his place. He has not involved been with Sega since May of 2008. He has since been involved in business ventures like CGI movie company Marza Animation Planet or casino company Sega Sammy Creation.

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Magazine articles

Main article: Hisao Oguchi/Magazine articles.

Interviews

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

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Hisao Oguchi

External links

References

SEGA of Japan Executives
Chairmen Isao Okawa (1984-2001) | Hajime Satomi (2004-current)
Presidents Hayao Nakayama (1984-1998) | Shoichiro Irimajiri (1998-2001) | Hideki Sato (2001-2003) | Hisao Oguchi (2003-2008) | Okitane Usui (2008-2012) | Naoya Tsurumi (2012-current) | Hideki Okamura (2014-current) | Haruki Satomi (2015-current)