Hiroki Ohsawa

Hiroki Ohsawa was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He studied filmmaking and media literacy at Waseda University. While still at school, he directed award-winning documentary My Name Is (2012) and the university's promotion film Myth of Jinka (2013) as well as a number of narrative films. After a few years of working as a Consumer Toy Sales Operations in Bandai Namco Group, Hiroki moved to Los Angeles. He directed award-winning films such as Pandora's Box (2017), Princess Beard (2017), and The Alc-Man (2019) which was also screened at TCL Chinese Theater, the most iconic landmark in Hollywood. The Ohio State University and its East Asian Studies Center announced Hiroki as their choice for director of their new attempt for the first time anywhere in the world, a cinematic Japanese language educational web series, NihonGO NOW! (2020).