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.
Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive) (1991) - arrangements
Steel Empire (1992) - sound effects
Human Sports Festival (1992) - with Hiroshi Fujioka, Yoshiaki Kubotera, and Isao Mizoguchi
Gley Lancer (1992) - with Yoshiaki Kubodera, Isao Mizoguchi, and Noriyuki Iwadare
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (1993) - with Yoshiaki Kubodera, Miyoko Takaoka, Naoyuki Ito, Tomohiro Endo, and Hiroo Tengenji
Warsong (PC Engine) (1993) - with Hiroshi Fujioka, Miyoko Takaoka, and Naoyuki Ito
Battle Master (Super Famicom version) (1993) - with Hiroshi Fujioka
Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei (1993) - with Noriyuki Iwadare, Miyoko Takaoka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Naoyuki Ito, and Isao Mizoguchi
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) - with Masayuki Nagao and David Javelosa
Power of the Hired (1994) - with Hiroo Tengenji, Hiroshi Fujioka, Yoshiaki Kubotera, and Tomohiro Endo
Terranigma (1995) - with Miyoko Takaoka
The Granstream Saga (1997) - with Miyoko Takaoka and Takako Ochiai
Solo Crisis (1998) - with Naoki Kaneda and Takako Ochiai
Code R (1998) - with Naoki Kaneda and Takako Ochiai
Chou Hatsumei Boy Kanipan: Hirameki Wonderland (1999)
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (2000) - sound effects
To LoveRu: Doki Doki! Rinkaigakkou-Hen (2008) - sound support
Bullet Girls (2014)
Bullet Girls 2 (2016)
