Hori Hiroshi was born on January 1, 1958 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

He began making dolls at an early age, and in 1978, while a student at Aoyama Gakuin University, his doll “Yang Kwei-Fei” was  awarded the Creative Dolls Competition.　The following year, his “Fukusuke Monkey” won the Grand Prize at the Japan Creative Dolls Association, and he began his professional career as a doll creator.　He is also the founder of “Ningyo-Mai,” a one-man Bunraku (puppet dance) performance in which he creates life-size dolls and performs the dance himself.

Hori is also an accredited master of the Azuma school of Classical Japanese dance.  In addition to being invited to the International Biennale of Sydney, he has performed puppet dances and exhibited puppets and designed costumes in 50 cities in 15 countries overseas.  In 1991, he was awarded the Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Honor Award for his unique approach to the art of incorporating modern creativity into the traditional beauty of Japan.

His life‘s work, “Tale of Genji” puppet works and puppet dances have been performed at the Konpon Chudo Hall of Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei, Kyoto and at the national treasure Hikone Castle.　Hori Hiroshi has created more than 200 life-size dolls for “Ningyo-Mai” (puppet dance performance).　He has also created a large number of various type of dolls for display.

In recent years, he has begun to create puppet dance performances using cutting-edge video technology and in the field of digital art.