Sugiyama Hiroki (杉山弘樹) is a Japanese movie director. He began directing music videos for Up Up Girls (Kari) in 2015 and Hello! Project in 2017.
Biography[]
Sugiyama Hiroki was born in 1986 and was raised in Saitama, Japan.[1]
Sugiyama moved to the United States in 2000 and lived there for 10 years. When he returned to Japan in 2010, he began working in TV and commercial production. A year later, he joined biogon pictures.[1] As of 2017, he is currently a member of HA8CA, a creative team managed by the design consulting firm THINKR.[2]
Before he began working with Hello! Project, Sugiyama was the "BLUE" finalist in Fuji TV's THE Big Chance contest to win a chance to direct a music video for Morning Musume in late 2014. However, he lost to "RED" director Shibue Shuhei who went on to direct "Seishun Kozou ga Naiteiru (Another Ver.)".[3][4]