In 1993, he wrote a few jingles and music tracks for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, his first involvement in the Sonic series. His first project with the company was on Dark Wizard, where he arranged a medley of the game's music for its staff roll. Īfter graduating from college with a degree in economics from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1993, Senoue sent demo tapes to Namco and Sega, later hiring him. He began to teach himself to play the electric guitar at the age of 15, and made his first original band recording by the age of 17.
After moving to Panama at the age of 12, he became dedicated to rock music after being exposed to MTV. Senoue was born on August 2, 1970, in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, and started playing the piano at the age of three.
He is also the songwriter for the band Crush 40, which has also contributed to many Sonic games. Jun Senoue ( 瀬上 純, Senoue Jun, born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and guitarist who works for Sega, known for his various contributions in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.
