Jun Senoue

is a Japanese video game composer and musician. He works for Sega. He is known for his music in the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series. He is also the songwriter and lead guitarist for the band Crush 40. Crush 40 has also created songs to many _Sonic_ games.

## Biography

Senoue was born on August 2, 1970 in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan. He started playing piano at the age of three. He moved to Panama when he was 12 years old. In Panama, he became dedicated to rock music after being watching MTV. He started to teach himself to play the electric guitar when he was 15 years old. He created his first original band recording when he was 17 years old.

He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with a degree in economics in 1993. After that, Senoue sent demo tapes to Namco and Sega. Sega hired him. His first project with Sega was on _Dark Wizard_. He arranged a medley of the game's music for its staff roll.

## Works

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Game|scope="col"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1993|_Dark Wizard_|ending theme arrangement||||
|1994|_Sonic the Hedgehog 3_|with various others||||
|_Game no Kanzume_|arrangements|||||
|_Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit_|with various others|||||
|_Sonic & Knuckles_||||||
|1995|_J. League Victory Goal_|||||
|_Metal Head_|with Teruhiko Nakagawa|||||
|_Sega International Victory Goal_||||||
|_F1 Challenge_|sound effects|||||
|_In the Hunt_|with Masahiro Ito (Sega Saturn version)|||||
|1996|_J. League Victory Goal '96_|||||
|_Sega Worldwide Soccer 97_|with Seirou Okamoto|||||
|_Sonic 3D Blast_|with Tatsuyuki Maeda (Sega Genesis version)|||||
|_Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition_|with Richard Jacques, Kenichi Tokoi, and Tomonori Sawada|||||
|1997|_J. League Victory Goal '97_|||||
|_Sega Worldwide Soccer 98_||||||
|1998|_Sega Rally 2_|composed "Soul on Desert"||||
|_Sonic Adventure_|with Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi, and Masaru Setsumaru|||||
|2000|_NASCAR Arcade_|||||
|2001|_Sonic Adventure 2_|with Tomoya Ohtani, Fumie Kumatani, and Kenichi Tokoi||||
|_Sonic Adventure 2 Battle_||||||
|2003|_Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukuro! 2_|||||
|_Sonic Heroes_|with various others|||||
|2005|_Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukuro! 3_|||||
|_Shadow the Hedgehog_|with Yutaka Minobe, Mariko Nanba, and Tomoya Ohtani|||||
|2006|_Sega Rally 2006_|with various others||||
|_Sonic Rivals_|sound supervisor|||||
|2007|_J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 5_|||||
|_OutRun 2 SP_|with Mitsuharu Fukuyama|||||
|_Burnout Running_|played guitars|||||
|_Sonic Rivals 2_|sound supervisor|||||
|_Nights: Journey of Dreams_|sound effects|||||
|2008|_Super Smash Bros. Brawl_|"Angel Island Zone" arrangement||||
|_Sonic Unleashed_|vocal track coordinator|||||
|2009|_Sonic and the Black Knight_|various others||||
|_Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games_ (Wii)|arrangements with Teruhiko Nakagawa|||||
|2010|_Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll_|vocal track coordinator||||
|_Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I_||||||
|_Sonic Free Riders_|Composed "Free"|||||
|2011|_Sonic Generations_|with various others||||
|_Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games_||||||
|2012|_Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II_|||||
|2013|_Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!_|||||
|_Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games_|arrangements with various others|||||
|2014|_Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax_|with various others||||
|_Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U_|supervisor|||||
|2015|_Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition_|with various others||||
|2016|_Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games_|||||
|_Yakyuu Tsuku!!_|guitars|||||
|2017|_Sonic Mania_|audio engineer||||
|_Sonic Forces_|recording coordinator and guitars|||||
|2018|_Puyo Puyo Champions_|arrangements||||
|_Super Smash Bros. Ultimate_|"Mega Man 4 Medley" arrangement|||||
|2019|_Team Sonic Racing_|with Tomoya Ohtani, Tee Lopes, and Hidekuni Horita||||
|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Album|scope="col"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_Thrill of the Feel_|as Sons of Angels||||
|2003|_Crush 40_|as Crush 40||||
|2005|_Ready!_|with Junko Noda||||
|2009|_Ted Poley's Greatestits Vol. 1_|provided "Takoyaki Rock"||||
|_The Works_||||||
|_The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs_|as Crush 40|||||
|2012|_Rise Again_|||||
|_Live!_||||||
|2015|_2 Nights 2 Remember_|||||
|2016|_The Works II_|||||
|2019|_The Works III_|||||
|_Crush 40: Driving Through Forever_|as Crush 40|||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Jun Senoue
- **native name**: 瀬上 純
- **native name lang**: ja
- **image**: Crush 40 (cropped).JPG
- **caption**: Senoue performing in London in 2010
- **background**: non_vocal_instrumentalist
- **birth place**: Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan
- **years active**: 1993–present
- **label**: Wave Master