Japanese guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and noisemaker, born in Kyoto on September 9, 1959. Founded the seminal noise group
Hijokaidan in 1979, and the independent record label
Alchemy Records (2) in 1984 (with the late
Naoto Hayashi).
Hiroshige has also run several businesses such as Jo's Sports Cards (Tokyo and Osaka), Alchemy Book Store (Kyoto 2000-2003), and the Alchemy Music Store (Osaka 1999-2008). In early 2009, he opened a fortune telling parlor in Osaka: Future Days.