Hideki Naganuma

Hideki Naganuma, born May 16, 1972 in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, is a musician for SEGA best known for his work in the Jet Set Radio series and Sonic Rush series. His music is broadly defined as J-Pop, but can be quite hard to categorize. He is skilled at mixing Japanese techno, funk, soul, and hip-hop elements to create a unique and vivid sound.

When he was five years old, he started to play the electronic organ under the influence of an older sister. At fourteen years old, he became interested in western music and started to compose original songs. It was then Naganuma decided that he must have a job in the music business. He graduated from Kiyota High school in Sapporo.

His influences include Prince, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Donald Fagen, Norman Cook, Ennio Morricone, Chick Corea, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hitoshi Matsumoto and Satoru Sayama. Naganuma's favorite video games are Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Virtua Fighter, and The Legend of Zelda; his hobbies are music, movies, collecting CDs and DVDs, fighting sports, tennis and traveling.

Some of the equipment he uses includes Digital Performer, MOTU2408, Sound Designer II, Peak, Roland JV-1080, KORG Trinity, AKAI S3200XL, CLAVIA Nord Rack2 and YAMAHA O3D.

Production History

• Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast Version) (1999) — Music
• Jet Set Radio (2000) — Music Composer & Sound Effects
• Jet Set Radio Future (2002) — Music Producer & Creator
• Ollie King (2004) — Music Creator & Sound Effects
• Sonic Rush (2005) — Sound Creator
• Yakuza (2005) — Speical Thanks
• Sega Rally 2006 (2006)
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) — Sound Creator
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Sound Special Thanks (Sound)

Song Credits

Jet Set Radio

• Let Mom Sleep — Music
• Humming the Bassline — Music
• That's Enough — Music
• Sneakman — Music
• Sweet Soul Brother — Music
• Rock It On — Music
• Moody's Shuffle — Music
• Grace & Glory — Music
• Jet Set Medley — Music
• Jet Set Groove #1 — Music
• Jet Set Groove #2 — Music

Jet Set Radio Future

• The Concept of Love — Music
• Fly Like a Butterfly — Music
• Funky Dealer — Music
• Shape Da Future — Music
• Teknopathetic — Music
• Oldies But Happies — Music
• Like It Like This Like That — Music
• I Love Love You JSRF version — Remixed by
• Jet Set Medley Future — Music
• Jet Set Station #2 — Music
• Jet Set Groove #3 — Music
• Jet Set Groove #4 — Music

Ollie King

• Boarder 70 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Let It Go — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Too Fast — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Funk to the Top — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Brother Goes Away — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Teknopethetic [e-Pop 'n' Disco 80's Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
• The Concept of Love [The Concept of Passion Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
• Boarder 70 [Somethin' Jazzy for Your Mind Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
• Ollie Groove #1 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
• Ollie Groove #2 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced

Sonic Rush

• A New Day (Title Edit) — Music & Arrangement
• What U Need is Remix — Music & Arrangement
• Right There, Right On — Music & Arrangement
• Right There, Right On (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #1 — Music & Arrangement
• Ska Cha Cha — Music & Arrangement
• Ska Cha Cha (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Ethno Circus — Music & Arrangement
• Ethno Circus (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Metal Scratchin' — Music & Arrangement
• Metal Scratchin' (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #3 — Music & Arrangement
• Back 2 Back — Music & Arrangement
• Back 2 Back (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Jeh Jeh Rocket — Music & Arrangement
• Jeh Jeh Rocket (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #6 — Music & Arrangement (NOTE: Also known as "It's a New Record!")
• Groove Rush #7 — Music & Arrangement (NOTE: Also known as "It's a New Record! (Blazy Mix)")
• Get Edgy — Music & Arrangement
• Get Edgy (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• A New Day (Intermission) — Music & Arrangement
• A New Day — Music & Arrangement
• Invincibility — Music & Arrangement
• Invincibility (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• What U Need — Music & Arrangement
• What U Need (Blazy Mix) — Music & Arrangement
• Vela-Nova — Music & Arrangement
• Vela-Nova (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #2 — Music & Arrangement
• Bomber Barbara — Music & Arrangement
• Bomber Barbara (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #4 — Music & Arrangement
• Raisin' Me Up (Prologue) — Music & Arrangement
• Medley Rush #1 — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #8 — Music & Arrangement
• Wrapped in Black — Music & Arrangement
• Wrapped in Black (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Groove Rush #5 — Music & Arrangement
• Raisin' Me Up — Music & Arrangement
• Medley Rush #2 — Music & Arrangement
• A New Day (PSG Title Edit) — Music
• What You Need is PSG — Music
• Groove Rush #1 PSG — Music
• Groove Rush #2 PSG — Music

Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush.

~Digital Remakin' Trax~

• Right There, Ride On — Music & Arrangement
• Back 2 Back — Music & Arrangement
• What U Need — Music & Arrangement
• Jeh Jeh Rocket — Music & Arrangement
• Ska Cha Cha — Music & Arrangement
• Vela-Nova — Music & Arrangement
• Wrapped in Black — Music & Arrangement

Sega Rally 2006

• Boosted — Music