Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 博史, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, born April 12, 1965) is a Japanese video game music composer and keyboardist who works for Sega. He is among the oldest of the Sega sound team members, and one of the few from the 1980s still active today. He joined Sega in 1984 as a programmer before transferring to the sound department the following year.
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
- Name
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi
- Birth Name
- Hiroshi Miyauchi
- Born
- 12 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Choshi, Chiba, Japan
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Fields
- video game.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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He is also known as Hiro and Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 博史) (his pre-mukoyōshi name), and has been a part of both the S.S.T. Band and the sound unit [H.], the latter of which he leads. He has also been a member of Chain Band, a hybrid between the groups [H.] and Sonic Adventure Music Experience. He worked closely with game designer Yu Suzuki and served as composer for some of the company's most recognized series, such as Space Harrier, Out Run, and After Burner, and has contributed music to many others. He has often acted as a tutor to new Sega composers, such as Yasuhiro Takagi and Keitaro Hanada.
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• Name — Hiroshi Kawaguchi • Native Name — 川口 博史 • Birth Name — Hiroshi Miyauchi • Other Names — Hiro • Born — 12 April 1965 • Birthplace — Choshi, Chiba, Japan • Occupation — * Composer • keyboardist • Employer — Sega (1984–present)
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• Year — Title — Role(s) • 1984 — Lode Runner — Ending theme • 1985 — |Girl's Garden — Programmer • Dragon Wang — Sound • Hang-On — Main theme • Space Harrier — Music with Yu Suzuki • Pit Pot — Music • 1986 — Fantasy Zone — Music • Ghost House — Music • Enduro Racer — Main theme • Out Run — Music • Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars — Music • 1987 — After Burner — Music • After Burner II — Music • 1988 — Power Drift — Music • Dynamite Düx — Music • Hot Rod — Music with N.Y • 1989 — Super Monaco GP — "Theme From Super Monaco GP" • Turbo Outrun — Music with Yasuhiro Takagi • Sword of Vermilion — Music with Yasuhiro Takagi • 1990 — G-LOC: Air Battle — Music with Yasuhiro Takagi • GP Rider — Music with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Yasuhiro Takagi • 1991 — Rent a Hero — Music • Ninja Burai Densetsu — Music • 1992 — Speed Basketball — Music • Dream Palace — Music • Air Rescue — Sound effects • Stadium Cross — Sound driver • OutRunners — Music with Takayuki Nakamura and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi • 1993 — SegaSonic the Hedgehog — Music with Keitaro Hanada and Naoki Tokiwa • 1994 — Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S. — Music with David Leytze and Keitaro Hanada • Star Wars Arcade — Sound coordinator • Rail Chase The Ride: Eiyuu Fukkatsu Hen — Music • 1995 — Cool Riders — Arrangements • 1996 — Sega Touring Car Championship — Music, sound programming • Fighters Megamix — Music • WaveRunner — Sound with Makito Nomiya and Youichi Ueda • Virtua Fighter 3 — Sound programming • Sega Ages: OutRun — Arrangements • 1997 — Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone — Vocal song arrangement • Le Mans 24 — Sound support • 1998 — Sega Ages: Power Drift — Arrangements • 1999 — Toy Fighter — Technical advice • 2000 — Rent a Hero No.1 — Music with Kojiro Mikusa and Kayoko Matsushima • Crackin' DJ — Music with various others • 2001 — Crackin' DJ Part 2 — Music with various others • Air Trix — Sound design • 2004 — Derby Owners Club Online — Music • 2006 — Sega Rally 2006 — Music with various others • OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast • After Burner Climax — Arrangement • 2007 — OutRun 2 SP — Piano • Manic Panic Ghosts — Sound director • 2008 — Dinosaur King — Sound supervisor • 2009 — Tetris Giant — Music with Susumu Tsukagoshi and Yuichi Kanatani • Yakuza 3 — Sound production • Bayonetta — Arrangements • 2010 — Yakuza 4 — Sound support • 2011 — Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA — Support • 2012 — maimai — Music • 2014 — Gotta Protectors — Music • 2016 — Sangokushi Taisen 4 — Music with Susumu Tsukagoshi • 2018 — Border Break — Music with several others • Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise — Special cooperation with Hideaki Kobayashi • Sega World Drivers Championship — Music with Kazuhito Shimizu and Keitaro Hanada • House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn — Sound with Keitaro Hanada and Ryohei Kohno • 2021 — Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown — Music with several others • 2022 — Sonic Frontiers — "Hacking Mission", "Pinball" • 2023 — 404 GAME RE:SET — Music with several others • Sonic Superstars — Music with several others • Like a Dragon Gaiden — "Her Melancholy", "Hell’s Gate" • 2024 — Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble — "Ba-BOOM", "Robot Smash" • Shadow Generations — "White Space (Underground)" • 2026 — Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties — Music with several others
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1965
Hiroshi Kawaguchi was born on 12 April 1965.
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