Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer)

Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 博史, Kawaguchi Hiroshi, born April 12, 1965 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a 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 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.^[1]

He worked closely with game designer, Yu Suzuki, and as a result, served as the main composer for the Space Harrier, Out Run, and After Burner series, some of the company's most recognized brands, and has contributed music to many others.^[2]

Works

• Hang-On (1985)
• Space Harrier (1985)
• Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (1986)
• Out Run (1986)
• Enduro Racer (1986)
• Fantasy Zone (1986)
• After Burner (1987)
• After Burner II (1987)
• Dynamite Dux (1988)
• Power Drift (1988)
• Turbo Outrun (1989) - with Yasuhiro Takagi
• Sword of Vermilion (1989) - with Yasuhiro Takagi
• G-LOC: Air Battle (1990) - with Yasuhiro Takagi
• GP Rider (1990) - with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
• Rent-A-Hero (1991)
• Ninja Burai Densetsu (1991)
• OutRunners (1993) - "South America" (with Takayuki Nakamura) and "Spain"
• SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993) - with Keitaro Hanada and Naoki Tokiwa
• Metal Fangs (1993)
• Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S. (1994)
• Rail Chase The Ride: Eiyuu Fukkatsu Hen (1994)
• Cool Riders (1995)
• Sega Ages: OutRun (1996)
• WaveRunner (1996)
• Sega Touring Car Championship (1996) - with various others
• Sega Ages: Fantasy Zone (1997)
• Le Mans 24 (1997) - sound support
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (1997) - sound programming
• Sega Ages: Power Drift (1998)
• Rent A Hero No.1 (2000) - with Kojiro Mikusa and Kayoko Matsushima
• Crackin' DJ (2000) - with various others
• Crackin' DJ Part 2 (2001) - with various others
• Derby Owners Club Online (2004)
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 21: SDI & Quartet ~Sega System 16 Collection~ (2005) - keyboards
• Sega Rally 2006 (2006) - with various others
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) - with Fumio Ito
• After Burner Climax (2006)
• OutRun 2 SP (PS2 version) (2007) - piano
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II Special Extended Edition (2007) - sound producer, keyboards
• Derby Owners Club 2008 (2008)
• Yakuza 3 (2009) - sound producer
• Tetris Giant (2009)
• Yakuza 4 (2010) - sound support
• maimai (2012) - with various others
• Protect Me Knight 2 (2014) - with various others

References