Hiroshi Hara graduated at the top of his class from SHOBI College of Music and Tokyo University of the Arts (Special Graduate Course). In 1996 he won first prize at the 13th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. In 2002 he was the first Japanese saxophone player to win the 3rd International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium.Currently he is teaching saxophone at Tokyo College of Music, Senzoku College of Music and SHOBI College of Music, he also performs in various European countries as well as in Taiwan, and regularly holds workshops for which he is highly praised.