Born in 1993 in Hyogo, Japan, Kujiraoka Hironori is a filmmaker and television director. His short films Kay (2020) and The End Point Is the Sea (2021) won over 30 awards at international film festivals. In 2025, he made his feature-film debut with Youth Gestalt Collapse.That same year, he served as chief director of Nippon Television's drama series "Bokutachin-chi."
