Originally from Akita, Japan, Hiro Kobayashi graduated from the City College of New York, where he encountered the art of photography. After college, Hiro became an assistant for New York still life photographer Sylvere Azoulai. He learned an exceptional lighting skill to draw elegant lines in a photographic image by strobe lights.

In 2010, Hiro returned to Tokyo and became an assistant for Takahito Sato, a leading advertisement photographer. In 2011, Hiro created his own studio in Tokyo. He spends most of his time in the studios around Tokyo and Asia, delivering stunning photographic visuals on a daily basis.

Hiro is represented by Red Cactus.