Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
Date of birth: 1960-03-05 (age 64)
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 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). 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

• Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000 version) (1985) — Planner
• Super Monaco GP (1990)
• Gunblade NY (1996) — General Manager
• Decathlete (1996) — General Manager
• Winter Heat (1997) — General Manager
• Last Bronx (1998) — Executive Producer
• L.A. Machineguns (1998) — General Manager
• Virtua Tennis (2000) — Executive Producer
• Crazy Taxi (2000) — Producer
• Jet Set Radio (2000) — Special Thanks
• Crazy Taxi 2 (2001) — Executive Producer
• Shenmue II (Xbox Version) (2002) — Executive Producer
• Sonic Mega Collection (2002) — Executive Management
• Sonic Advance 2 (2003) — Executive Management
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Executive Management
• Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus (2003) — Executive Management
• Astro Boy: Omega Factor (2003) — Executive Producer
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003) — Executive Management
• Sonic Battle (2004) — 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
• OutRun 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 (2005) — Executive Producer
• Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Executive Producer
• Shining Force Neo (2005) — Executive Producer
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (2005) — Executive Producer
• Altered Beast (2005) — Executive Producer
• Sonic Rush (2005) — Executive Producer
• Yakuza (2005) — Executive Producer
• Sonic Riders (2006) — Executive Producer
• Phantasy Star Universe (2006) — Executive Producer
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Executive Producer
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) — Executive Producer
• Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary (2006/2007) — Executive Producer
• SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.29: Monster World Complete Collection (2007) — Executive Producer
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (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
• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2007) — Executive Supervisor
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) — Executive Supervisor
• NiGHTS into Dreams (PS2 Version) (2008) — Executive Producer
• Night of the Werehog (2008) — Executive Producer
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Special Thanks

Magazine articles

Main article: Hisao Oguchi/Magazine articles.