Individual
Individual is a RadioSEGA podcast that explores the work of SEGA musicians and composers. Each two-hour episode presents an audio retrospective of a featured person's musical history, from their early beginnings to more recent or current work. The show covers both well-known and lesser-known SEGA music creators.
Episodes
E01 - Hiro: Part 1 (26 May 2021)
New RadioSEGA show Individual starts off in a big way going over Hiro a.k.a. Hiroshi Kawaguchi a.k.a. Hiroshi Miyauchi's early years at SEGA (1984~1994). From a humble programmer to a musical force to be reckoned with, we'll be covering Out Run, POWER DRIFT, RENT A HERO and more on this episode!
E02 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi: Part 1 (02 June 2021)
Individual covers perhaps the most famous of SEGA sound designers, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi a.k.a. R Saburomaru. This legendary vocal creator of SEGA is so busy 2 hours was only enough to cover 1990~1996, going over STRIKE FIGHTER, DAYTONA USA, Fighters MegaMix and more!
E03 - Fumio Ito: Part 1 (09 June 2021)
Individual covers the long-running leader of the AM R&D 2 Sound Section, Fumio Ito. Though there's less personal details to discuss, we still went only from 1995~2008, going over DAYTONA USA 2, OUTTRIGGER, Virtua Quest and more!
E04 - Tim Follin [RadioSEGA's Summer Shakeup Special] (16 June 2021)
Skyblaze takes the reins on Indivdual as they look into the career of the chiptune legend known as Tim Follin! Although his most famous work comes from Nintendo's sprite based consoles, hear his takes on tunes on the SID chip as well as his earlier works and even some tie-ins with our beloved SEGA!
E05 - Koichi Namiki: Part 1 (30 June 2021)
Individual covers its first former SEGA composer and leader of the S.S.T.BAND, Koichi Namiki. Specifically his years as a SEGA employee are covered, from 1987~1995, going over Thunder Blade, Super Monaco GP, LASER GHOST and more!
E06 - Chihiro Aoki (07 July 2021)
Individual covers its first female SEGA composer, a former arcade powerhouse turned Yakuza matriarch. From 2007, Chihiro Aoki's entire history up to now is covered, going over Initial D ARCADE STAGE 5, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD and more!
E07 - Jeroen Tel (21 July 2021)
Individual breaks ground again with Jeroen Tel, a Dutch composer of Commodore 64 legend who had some notable SEGA-related works. Most of his 20th century works are covered (the ones Nicolaas Hamman didn't miss), going over AFTER BURNER, OutRun Europa, NBA HANG TIME and more!
E08 - Yasuyuki Nagata (28 July 2021)
Individual retraces its steps to talk about another SEGA composer, Yasuyuki Nagata from AM2. Just about all the info about him is covered, going over Shining Force CROSS, Virtua Fighter5 FINAL SHOWDOWN, BORDER BREAK UNION and more!
E09 - Daisuke Nagata (04 August 2021)
Individual delves into the history of COMPILE with Daisuke Nagata, composer and designer. The final lighting round helped cover his whole history, with depth given to Madou Monogatari, ILLMATIC ENVELOPE, RADIRGY NOAH, and more!
E10 - Hidenori Shoji: Part 1 (11 August 2021)
Individual takes a look at Yakuza legend Hidenori Shoji, but mostly on pre-Yakuza works. Covering 1996 through 2007, major and minor works galore with FIGHTING VIPERS2, SLASHOUT, SUPER MONKEY BALL and more!
E11 - SST BAND (18 August 2021)
Individual's 10th episode shakes it up by looking at a group, the S.S.T.BAND! Spanning their 5 years of existence, their short-lived predecessor and the years after, up to the formation of Blind Spot in 2011.
E12 - Jun Senoue: Part 1 (01 September 2021)
Individual begins SONIC 10 with a look at the great Jun Senoue's early works. Accidentally going from 1993 through 2001, rock hard to Formula One World Championship, Beyond the Limit, VICTORY GOAL, Sonic Adventure and more!
E13 - Fumie Kumatani: Part 1 (08 September 2021)
Individual's second SONIC 10 episode continues with another Sonic Adventure composer, Fumie Kumatani. A shorter episode but not without content, it covers 1996 to 2005, with Burning Rangers, Sonic Adventure 2, Nightshade and more!
E14 - Kenichi Tokoi: Part 1 (15 September 2021)
SONIC 10 episode 3 rounds out the Sonic Adventure 3 trio with brutal jazzmaster Kenichi Tokoi. Be sure to tune in for talks and music of PRO YAKYU TEAM MO TSUKUROU!, Space Channel 5, Sonic Battle, and more!
E15 - Hideki Naganuma: Part 1 (22 September 2021)
Last week was Kenichi Tokoi, now it's his pupil Hideki Naganuma getting the spotlight including talks and music from JET SET RADIO, Ollie King, Sonic Rush, and more!
E16 - Sachio Ogawa: Part 1 (29 September 2021)
The first half of SONIC 10 ends with a less personal episode on Sachio Ogawa, so it's mostly all about the games as Nicolaas Hamman features a couple of Sonic contributions from his earlier days, along with music from Super Thunder Blade, SEGA Bass Fishing, Virtua Fighter 4, and more!
E17 - Richard Jacques: Part 1 (06 October 2021)
SONIC 10's second half kicks off with a UK composer that used to work for SEGA Europe, the controversial Richard Jacques with talks and music of Sonic R, Metropolis Street Racer, Headhunter, and more!
E18 - Mariko Nanba: Part 1 (13 October 2021)
Individual returns to a mainstay Sonic composer for the latest SONIC 10 episode, even if we're focusing on more on her pre-Sonic work including tracks from NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, SPACE CHANNEL 5 Part2, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, and more!
E19 - Yuzo Koshiro: Part 1 (20 October 2021)
For the 8th SONIC 10 episode Individual covers one of the most famous Japanese composers who just can't stay away from SEGA - the legendary Yuzo Koshiro. Be sure to tune in for talks and music of The Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage, The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light, and more!
E20 - Tomoya Ohtani: Part 1 (27 October 2021)
The Halloween episode ended up working out perfectly, with SONIC 10's penultimate episode delving into Tomoya Ohtani, the current Sonic series lead sound director. Tune in for talks and music of ChuChu Rocket!, SPACE CHANNEL 5 Part2, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more!
E21 - Crush 40: Part 1 (03 November 2021)
Nicolaas Hamman wraps up SONIC 10 with another "Twindividual" episode, going over Sonic the Hedgehog's most popular group artist Crush 40. Tune in for talks and music of EA SPORTS NASCAR ARCADE, Sonic Heroes, Sonic and the Black Knight, and more!
E22 - Yuichi Kanatani (10 November 2021)
Nicolaas Hamman brings you the first show without Sonic in many moons as this episode of Individual focuses on Yuichi Kanatani who is more of a Yakuza and arcade guy, with a distinct Euro-inspired style. Check out the show for talks and music of RAMBO, SANGOKUSHI TAISEN 3, Yakuza 4, and more!
E23 - Brian Coburn (17 November 2021)
The first American with an episode of Individual will be Brian Coburn, a sound effects designer with both a surprising and perfectly sensible style of music. Check out the show for talks and music of Cyborg Justice, DOOM, Ghen War, and more!
E24 - Keisuke Tsukahara: Part 1 (24 November 2021)
We go more retro than we have in a long time with Keisuke Tsukahara, the all-round sound guy who worked with quite a few different departments in the early days featuring talks and music of SHADOW DANCER, ALIEN STORM, 18 Wheeler: American More Trucker and more!
E25 - Takeshi Isozaki (01 December 2021)
The series finale of Individual takes a look at another of Nicolaas Hamman's favourite creators Takeshi Isozaki and It might be one of the rare times you'll hear music from classic CRAZY TAXI games on RadioSEGA, with talks and music of CRAZY TAXI 2, Yakuza: Dead Souls, Initial D ARCADE STAGE 8 Infinity and more!
SP01 - Naofumi Hataya: Part 1 [WinterFest 2021 Special] (17 Dec 2021)
Part of the first day of WinterFest 2021, Nicolaas Hamman has a somewhat episode on SEGA console legend Naofumi Hataya. From an early sound effects gig to a role as sound director, there's coverage for GOLDEN AXE II, Virtua Racing Deluxe, Burning Rangers and more!
S2E01 - Hiro: Part 2 (01 June 2022)
Individual is back! To kick it off, we're going back to the beginning with Hiroshi "Hiro" Kawaguchi, doing the first Part 2 of the series. Maybe things will feel different as we go over his history from 1995 to 2001, with talks and music of the first SEGA AGES series, RENT A HERO No.1, CRACKIN'DJ and more!
S2E02 - Keitarou Hanada (08 June 2022)
Keitaro Hanada, also called Keitarou Hanada, is both very prevalent and a major mystery. Hopefully Individual can shed some light on both sides of the devil guitarist through 1992-2009, with talks and music of the SEGASONIC THE HEDGEHOG, SOUL SURFER, HUMMER and more!
S2E03 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi: Part 2 (15 June 2022)
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi gets a second episode, finishing up his AM2 legacy and introducing a new legacy with Hitmaker. His status as the voice of SEGA starts to cement as we discuss 1997-2002, with talks and music of Virtua Striker 2, Shenmue, World Club Champion Football SERIE A 2001-2002 and more!
S2E04 - Megumi Takano (22 June 2022)
Megumi Takano's been one of the backbones of AM2 since 1999, but not too many specific are known. Nicolaas Hamman uncovers some fun trivia on her earliest works with talks and music of Choujikuu Yousai Macross, Quest of D, BORDER BERAK and more!
S2E05 - Yasuhiro Kawakami (29 June 2022)
Yasuhiro Kawakami only worked at SEGA for 3 years, but they were influential years and his time at SQUARE is even more famous. Listen to a shorter episode covering 1987-1998 with talks and music of SHINOBI, TETRIS, CRACK DOWN, and more!
S2E06 - Yuzo Koshiro: Part 2 (06 July 2022)
Another Part 2, this time on Yuzo Koshiro, bringing him into his hardcore phase and ushering him into CD audio. With possibly the oddest pacing chronicling 1994-2000, check out the talks and music of Streets of Rage 3, The Story of Thor, Shenmue, and more!
S2E07 - Teruhiko Nakagawa (13 July 2022)
Nicolaas Hamman tries to explain baseball in this episode on Teruhiko Nakagawa, spanning 1994~2000 (the same years as the last Yuzo Koshiro episode, oddly enough). Represented games include STELLAR ASSAULT, GREATEST NINE '96, PRO YAKYU TEAM DE ASOBOU! and more!
S2E08 - Rexy (20 July 2022)
A deviation from the norm, this episode of Individual covers someone from the community, Rexy of RadioSEGA and OverClocked ReMix! A show that overran by a mile, check it out for her musical history from 2003 to 2012.
S2E09 - Spencer Nilsen (27 July 2022)
Another overrun, with this episode on Spencer Nilsen covering just about his entire history. The sound of the Sega CD sings with talk and music of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic The Hedgehog CD and more!
S2E10 - Tomoya Koga (10 August 2022)
This awkward episode on Tomoya Koga maybe has an accompanying interview on radiosega.net. Regardless, enjoy the talks, music and especially the guitars of F355 Challenge, The King of Route 66, Virtua Fighter 5 R and more!
S2E11 - Daisuke Ishiwatari (17 August 2022)
An episode requested by spotman, Nicolaas Hamman tried to fit in as much as possible for the 1995~2007 history for Daisuke Ishiwatari. While you won't see any of his art, you still get talks and music of Virtual Open Tennis, GUILTY GEAR, SANGOKUSHI TAISEN DS and more!
S2E12 - Kenichi Tokoi & Fumie Kumatani: Parts 2 (24 August 2022)
A Twindividual that's actually about 2 people, Fumie Kumatani and Kenichi Tokoi. Games they worked on together get double the usual coverage with talks and music of Sonic Riders, Phantasy Star Universe, Sonic and the Secret Rings and more!
S2E13 - Tomonori Sawada (31 August 2022)
An episode with too many sound clips, this Tomonori Sawada balances games with techno albums. The game side has talks and music of Land of Illusion Starring of Illusion, Panzer Dragoon, Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition and more!
S2E14 - Hideaki Kobayashi (07 September 2022)
This episode on Hideaki Kobayashi contains a 24-minute segment dedicated to Phantasy Star Online. Other than that and some doujin releases, it covers his history up to 2002 with talks and music of Atsumare! Guruguru Onsen, INITIAL D, SONIC MEGA COLLECTION and more!
S2E15 - Kentaro Koyama (28 September 2022)
This episode about Kentaro Koyama (a.k.a. Kentaro Kobayashi) was delayed by several weeks. Shots fired at high-speed with talks and music of Virtua Cop, Virtual-On, Gun Blade NY and more!
S2E16 - Tetsuya Kawauchi (05 October 2022)
We're kicking off a month of scares with The House of the Dead sound designers, first being the OG: Tetsuya Kawauchi! But there's some cuteness to offset the horror, with talks and music of Baku Baku Animal, MANX TT SuperBike, SEGA Water Ski and more!
S2E17 - Haruyoshi Tomita (12 October 2022)
The second The House of the Dead month episode, this is about HOTD2's Haruyoshi Tomita. He's worked on more games than he has songs (and definitely more than he has confirmed songs), this episode has talks and music of Emergency Call Ambulance, Super Monkey Ball, Virtua Striker 4 and more!
S2E18 - Eriko Sakurai (19 October 2022)
The third October episode focuses on The House of the Dead III's Eriko Sakurai. Before BANDAI NAMCO, she was with SEGA/WOW ENTERTAINMENT from 1999 to 2006. Witness her discover the theremin with talks and music of World Series Baseball 2K1, SEGA Bass Fishing 2, Altered Beast and more!
SP02 - Kazuhiko Nagai [Mega Drive Mini Marathon 2 Special] (22 October 2022)
A special episode of Individual for the Mega Drive Mini 2 Marathon, it focuses on Kazuhiko Nagai, who programmed the first version of the original Mega Drive sound driver. From 1986 (or 1985?) to 1992, his complete Master System and Mega Drive works are covered with talks and music of Maze Hunter 3-D, Rambo III, Rad Mobile and more!
S2E19 - Makito Nomiya (26 October 2022)
The final episode of a special October ends on The House of the Dead 4's Makito Nomiya. Though there's many dead years, there's still a lot to dig up between 1993 and 2005, with talks and music of Puzzle & Action: Tant-R, MOTOR RAID, Brave Firefighters and more!
S2E20 - Arnaud Roy (09 November 2022)
2 and a half hours showcase a pre-SEGA Arnaud Roy a.k.a. FlybyNo, composer and sound designer for AMPLITUDE's ENDLESS universe. Several blocks are dedicated to TV sound editing and further back, but ends with talks and music of ENDLESS Space, ENDLESS Legend and DUNGEON of the ENDLESS.
S2E21 - Chikako Kamatani (16 November 2022)
It's not LiVE like planned, but maybe that's a good thing, because this complete look at Chikako Kamatani's history is very tight. With a heap of Master System PSG and a couple post-SEGA works like Pinobee and Love and Berry, this episode has talks and music of AZTEC ADVENTURE, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, PYRAMID MAGIC and more!
S2E22 - RoBKTA (23 November 2022)
An experimental episode of Individual, we're going truly LiVE with RoBKTA! No amount of trimming could prepare Nicolaas Hamman for the shenanigans he'd incite, but this 3-hour show still goes Club Needlemouse, OutRax, The Invincible EP and more!
S2E23 - Tadashi Kinukawa (30 November 2022)
Another LiVE show, already trying to one-up the previous one in complexity. Some of goes as planned, some of it doesn't, but throughout there's charming talks and music of Phantasy Star 0, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax and more!
S2E24 - Tomoya Ohtani: Part 2 (07 December 2022)
The final episode of Individual S2, coming right after the release of Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack: Stillness & Motion, celebrates sound director Tomoya Ohtani a decade ago, with talks and music of Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, Sonic Colors, Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure and more!
SP03 - Tomoko Sasaki (18 December 2022)
The WinterFest 2022 episode turns its festive eye on Tomoko Sasaki, her December works including World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck, Virtua Racing DELUXE and Christmas NiGHTS. Even outside that, there's obscure albums, games like Panic! and Ristar, and a prize giveaway with fun facts for an upcoming Individual special!
SP04 - Tetsuya Shibata (25 January 2023)
The special episode that kicks off RadioCAPCOM (already defunct) was won by Tetsuya Shibata with Ravsieg's many facts! It overran by an hour as it contains technical explanations and pronunciation discussion, in addition to talks and music of Power Stone, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Heavy Metal: Geomatrix and more!
Chapters:
(00:00:00) - Devil May Cry 4 - Out of Darkness (Prologue)
(00:03:07) - Power S
S3E01 - Tohru Nakabayashi (07 June 2023)
The 3rd year of Individual introduces themed months, starting with the sound designers who dominated the 80's. And who better to bring it in than the Master himself, Tohru Nakabayashi, with tons of games crammed into the 1984~1988 period, including Doki Doki Penguin Land, Alien Syndrome, Altered Beast and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Altered Beast - RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE
00:04:14 - BULLET - Stage 1
S3E02 - Katsuhiro Hayashi (14 June 2023)
Our themed month on 80's SEGA superstars continues with Katsuhiro Hayashi. This episode was recorded over 2 days, but lock-on technology makes it possible to experience the funk and style as was intended, with talks and music of SDI, QUARTET, SUPER HANG-ON and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - SDI & QUARTET ~SEGA SYSTEM 16 COLLECTION~ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - SDI REMIX 2005
00:05:05 - Super Hang-On - Spri
S3E03 - Tokuhiko Uwabo (21 June 2023)
Individual now firmly upholds the Master System and its heavy number of soundtracks by Tokuhiko Uwabo, continuing the 80's month of pre-fame SEGA musicians. The development secrets (and tracking of developer high scores) are fascinating, with talks and music of FANTASY ZONE, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Phantasy Star and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Alex Kidd (Main Them
S3E04 - Hiro: Part 3 (28 June 2023)
There's a lot of talk in this episode, some still about the 80's through retro rereleases like SPACE HARRIER, FANTASY ZONE and AFTER BURNER, but with no games between 2001 and 2004, this episode's unique focus is on the public image Hiro put on Hitmaker Sound Page, including the personal lives of SEGA staff and fan interactions.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - SEGA AGES Out Run - SPLASH WAVE 1996 Arrange V
S3E05 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi: Part 3 (05 July 2023)
Surprisingly similar to the Hiro episode from last week, covering much the same time period (2002-2004) with many personal anecdotes courtesy of the Sanpe website. This episode has no 80's in sight though, and only some 90's thanks to From Loud 2 Low. It's about all early 2000's games like Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz, WORLD CLUB Champion Football SERIA A 2002-2003 and, um, Street Fighter II? L
S3E06 - Naoshi Kunisawa (12 July 2023)
CRI? It sees you too! This episode of Individual covers the entire known history of CRI's Naoshi Kunisawa, with smooth tuens and erased tech issuens. Let the the talks and music of Zaxxon's Motherbase 200, SAND-R, Aero Dancing i and more wash over you.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - WaveRunner GP - EXPERT COURSE
00:03:50 - Aerodancing i - In the Blue Universe
00:08:15 - Talk 1
00:31:46 - Tant-R [Game Gear
S3E07 - Seiichiro Matsumura (19 July 2023)
While Professor Sei Matsumura couldn't make it to the discussion, we still got a lot out of his 7 years at SEGA. With some of AM3's most high-tech racing games, railroad games and gun shooters, please enjoy talks and music of SEGA TouringCar Championship, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Confidential Mission and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - SEGA TouringCar Championship [Saturn] - Higher Streamer
00:
S3E08 - Tatsuyuki Maeda (26 July 2023)
An episode that's had ideas stewing around for months to a year, the dragon of the 90's Tatsuyuki Maeda is finally getting some love. From unreleased games to uncredited games, to the almost biggest hits of the Mega Drive and Saturn, there's talks and music of Golden Axe III, NINKU, Dragon Force and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - J.LEAGUE PRO STRIKER 2 - Main Theme ~ Team Select ~ Match Setup
00:02:
S3E09 - Kojiro Mikusa (02 August 2023)
Kojiro Mikusa has so much Game Gear to cover, we couldn't even get through all of it in this Game Gear Month kick-off! Beginning in 1991 with Ax Battler and ending 1995 with Tails Adventure, some of the Game Gear's most most famous appear among games for Game Boy and Super Famicom, with talks and music of FATAL FURY, Sonic Chaos, Coca-Cola Kid and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Sonic the Hedgehog: T
S3E10 - Yayoi Wachi (12 August 2023)
NOTE: This episode has been heavily edited from its original LiVE broadcast. Anyways, the cute Yayoi Wachi is the second Game Gear Month owner, with prominent anime tie-ins like Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA and Magic Knight Rayearth, as well as RPGs like Royal Stone and, er, Magic Knight Rayearth. Despite this, she may be most famous for her Sega Saturn works Panzer Dragoon Zwei, ADVANCED WORLD WAR -LAS
S3E11 - Masafumi Ogata (16 August 2023)
In the middle of Game Gear month, the batteries start to run low, and while we can still make some progress in Defenders of Oasis, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Drift, we'll have to check out other consoles. Luckily, Masafumi Ogata offers us talks and music of Hyper Marbles, Sonic the Hedgehog CD, m ~kimi wo tsutaete~ and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Individual
00:00:08 - Super Mega Drive Fan: Me
S3E12 - Saori Kobayashi (26 August 2023)
The second Saturday show. It will not become the standard. Panzer Dragoon Saga also fiddled with conventions, specifically for RPGs, but lead composer Saori Kobayashi has roots in that convention, namely Sylvan Tale for the Game Gear. While that's her most famous, her Game Gear history crams 9 games into 3 years, including Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck, Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
S3E13 - Masayuki Nagao (03 September 2023)
Hmm, why does this episode look so much shorter than the ones before it? Because it's pre-recorded again! Internet issues and all that. Anyways, Game Gear Month's most-hyped individual Masayuki Nagao had some involvement with this episode, answering questions and checking out radiose.ga/discord, so in addition to the GG goodness from Doraemon: Noranosuke no Yabou, Aa Harimanada and Sonic Drift, w
S3E14 - Jun Senoue: Part 2 (06 September 2023)
A "1-hour show" became a very average-length LiVE show. A lot of Jun Senoue's personal insights are covered, whereas, in terms of actual games, there's only deep dives, both in terms of talks and music, for Sonic Adventure and Sonic Heroes!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Individual
00:00:18 - Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 3 - Mr. Baseball feat. Eric Martin
00:01:08 - Sonic Heroes - FOLLOW ME
00:04:37 - Talk
S3E15 - Izuho Numata: Part 1 (13 September 2023)
For the first time since Individual began, we have a multi-parter where part 2 will be coming only a week later! Also returning to pre-recorded content, this first Izuho Numata episode cover 1988 to 1991, so that includes her Falcom and CAPCOM ports, Master System games developed by Sanritsu, and her rare arcades games. Hope you enjoy these talks and music of Ys, Forgotten Worlds, Phantasy Star I
S3E16 - Izuho Numata: Part 2 (20 September 2023)
Easier to remember everything when it's only a week apart! It's the second episode covering the individual Izuho Numata, picking up in 1992 with the SEGA games Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei, Dark Wizard and Phantasy Star IV The end of the millenium. That's only 3/5 of the episode, though, because there's also plenty of talk, plus a bit of music, for her later Open Sesase works, including Metal
S3E17 - Koichi Namiki: Part 2 (27 September 2023)
When the music you can play is mostly from albums, 4 to 6 minutes each, it becomes a very musical episode. Arguably, Koichi Namiki in a post-SEGA world is more of a multimedia composer than a video game composer, but he's still getting there. From PC-to-console ports to Aki Hata and Katsuhiro Hayashi collaborations, there's a lot of patterns to spot in Koichi Namiki's second episode, with talks a
S3E18 - David Leytze (04 October 2023)
From one rocker to another, the American-themed month of Individual begins with David Leytze (who was in Japan when he was working for SEGA, oops). Some technically impressive games with less impressive working conditions are on blast with talks and music of Desert Tank, INDY 500, Fighting Vipers and more!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Individual
00:00:00 - Talk 1 - According to davidleyt
S3E19 - Andy Armer: Part 1 (11 October 2023)
Explicit warning! Your problem, not mine. The second individual of Americans Month is Andy Armer, who more people should talk about. This episode is stacked with canceled Sega Genesis games, plus a peek at Herb Alpert's work in the jazz/funk scene of the 80s. But when it comes to the actual released games, we're stepping on the Singing Mountain podcast's toes with Eternal Champions and Ecco: The
S3E20 - Howard Drossin - The Rock & SEGA Years (19 October 2023)
The third episode in Individual's Americans Month covers Howard Drossin's history, some of which you can hear from the Howard's month on a pair of The SEGA Lounge episodes from 2020. This episode should give the third-person view of his years as a touring guitarist, how he entered SEGA Technical Institute and where the department, and his career as a SEGA of America employee, ended in 1996. Sonic
S3E21 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (27 October 2023)
A special request from listener Jamie caps off Americans month. We're talking about one little game, but it was written like 1 really big game, but RadioSEGA imitates SEGA, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles has been split into the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 episode and the Sonic & Knuckles episode. This first episode covers every American musician involved with the game, from the figurehead Michael J
S3E22 - Sonic & Knuckles (08 November 2023)
Suddenly, the finale of Individual crept up on us! And it's technically a two-parter, with the American-focused Sonic the Hedgehog being made complete by locking on Sonic & Knuckles: a dive into pretty much every developer of the game. There are designers like Hirokazu Yasuhara and Takashi Iizuka, there are programmers like Yuji Naka and Masanobu Yamatomo, and there are artists like Kunitake Aoki
SP05 - Masanori Takeuchi (15 December 2023)
WinterFest is here! This individual was kept a secret, making himself known the moment WinterFest began. This episode covering the history and music of Masanori Takeuchi is extra hot and heavy metal, and even sneaks in some recommendations for getting into early 2000's metal. There's a focus on the indivuals of SEGA's AM R&D Dept. #1 (AM1), including GOLDEN AXE -The Revenge of Death Adder-, SKY T
SP06 - Hidenori Shoji: Part 2 (14 December 2024)
The WinterFest 2024 special episode of Individual calls back to S1 E10, and to Last Call, with another episode on Hidenori Shoji. Celebrating the first Yakuza's 19th anniversary in December, hear how those songs get remixed throughout games like Yakuza 3, Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin and Yakuza Kiwami, while also learning about Shoji's original music for Yakuza 2, BINARY DOMAIN, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
SP07 - Mitsuharu Fukuyama: Part 1 (14 March 2025)
A special episode of Individual covers Mitsuharu Fukuyama's first 10 years at SEGA. Bringing us jazz, fusion and plenty more, his love of Out Run holds this all together as we race through CRACKIN'DJ, DERBY OWNERS CLUB ONLINE, TOUCH de ZUNO and more!
CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Crackin' DJ Part 2 Original Sound Track - Time Will Tell
00:03:05 Derby Owners Club Online - Ease
00:05:21 Talk 1 - Big Picture
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SP08 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi: Part 4 (19 December 2025)
The fourth episode on Takenobu Mitsuyoshi follows a similar structure to the last: we're on our way up to From Loud 2 Low Too. Across his 2000's, we jump from console 2 arcade, from bass 2 vocal, from solo to [H.], and check off SEGA RALLY 2006, Let's Go Jungle, HUMMER, etc.
CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 [Music] Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen - Rising Phoenix ~Eternal Love~
00:03:01 SGGG5 Original Soundtrack -
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