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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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'''{{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.
  
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In 2000, "AM3" became [[Hitmaker]], and the President of [[Hitmaker]] at the time, [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]], was promoted to Sega "AM9" (which became [[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]].
  
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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}}
  
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==Production History==
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* ''Winter Heat'' (1997) — General Manager
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* ''Last Bronx'' (1998) —  Executive Producer
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* ''[[Super Derby]]''{{fileref|Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book-1.pdf|page=108}} (198X)
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* ''Virtua Tennis'' (2000) —  Executive Producer
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* ''[[Rail Chase]]'' (1991) — Producer
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* ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'' (2000) — Producer
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* ''[[Jurassic Park (arcade)|Jurassic Park]]'' (1994) — Producer
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* ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' (2000) — Special Thanks
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* ''[[Star Wars Arcade]]'' (1994) — Producer
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* ''Crazy Taxi 2'' (2001) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Sega Rally Championship]]'' (1995) — General Manager
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* ''[[Shenmue II]] (Xbox Version)'' (2002) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Baku Baku Animal]]'' (1997) — General Manager
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* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (2002) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Dirt Devils]]'' (1998) — General Manager
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* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Magical Truck Adventure]]'' (1998) — General Manager
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Kasei Channel Mars TV]]'' (1999) — Executive Producer
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* ''Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Touch De Uno! 2]]'' (1999) — Executive Producer
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* ''Astro Boy: Omega Factor'' (2003) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[World Club Champion Football: Serie A 2001-2002]]'' (2002) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg]]'' (2003) — Executive Management
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* ''[[Sonic Battle]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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==Magazine articles==
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* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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==Interviews==
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* ''Shining Tears'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* [https://sega.jp/fb/album/02_dp/02.html ''Meisaku Album'' interview (Japanese)]
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* ''Puyo Pop Fever'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''Out Run 2'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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==Photographs==
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* ''[[Feel the Magic XY/XX]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
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* ''Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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* ''Astro Boy'' (2004) — Executive Producer
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==External links==
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* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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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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* ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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* [https://www.facebook.com/hisao.oguchi.7 {{PAGENAME}} on Facebook]
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* ''Shining Force: Neo'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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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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* ''Guilty Gear XX #Reload'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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* ''Altered Beast PS2 Version'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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==References==
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* ''[[Sonic Rush]]'' (2005) — Executive Producer
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* ''Yakuza'' (2005) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Sonic Riders]]'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe]]'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast'' (2006) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.29: Monster World Complete Collection'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]]'' (2007) — Executive Supervisor
 
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* ''[[The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return]]'' (2007) — Executive Supervisor
 
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* ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' (2008) — Executive Supervisor
 
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* ''[[NiGHTS into Dreams]] (PS2 Version)'' (2008) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Night of the Werehog]]'' (2008) — Executive Producer
 
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* ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' (2009) — Special Thanks
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/album/02_dp/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-06-20 12:47)
  2. ↑ Sega Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-02)" (JP; 1997-01-13), page 17
  3. ↑ http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/colmun49.html
  4. ↑ @Hiro_H10th on Twitter
  5. ↑ File:Decathlete_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Cyber Troopers Virtual On Saturn credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:LastBronx Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
  8. ↑ File:Last Bronx Saturn credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  10. ↑ File:SonicMegaCollection GC US Credits.pdf
  11. ↑ File:Sonic Advance 2 GBA credits.pdf
  12. ↑ File:Sonic Battle GBA credits.pdf
  13. ↑ File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf
  14. ↑ File:Puyo Puyo Fever GBA credits.pdf
  15. ↑ File:Shining Force GBA credits.pdf
  16. ↑ File:Bleach Advance GBA credits.pdf
  17. ↑ File:GGXXReload_PSP_JP_SSCredits.pdf
  18. ↑ File:LBTBvsCR CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 22
  19. ↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 108
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)
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