Ryôhei Hirose was born on July 17, 1930 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a composer, known for
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo (1978),
It Was a Faint Dream (1974) and
Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977). He died on November 24, 2008 in Kyoto, Japan.