Masanori Hikichi

Masanori Hikichi (曳地 正則, Hikichi Masanori^?, born October 30, 1969), is a Japanese video game music composer and sound designer. Hikichi was first an employee of Cube, working on games for various systems. He later joined both Quintet (1995-1998) and then Shade to create music and sound effects for Sega Saturn and PlayStation titles.

Hikichi was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. At the age of 14, he watched the performance of a band on television, and that led him to become a musician. When he was in high school, he started to compose music for his band to perform. After high school, he attended music school.

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