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Hiroshi Yoshimura (吉村弘), born on October 22, 1940, in Yokohama, was a Japanese musician and composer recognized as a pioneer of Japanese ambient music (環境音楽, Kankyō ongaku). He began his music career in 1972 by forming the computer music group 'Anonyme' and released his first album, 'Music For Nine Post Cards,' in 1982. In addition to solo performances and improvisational music, Yoshimura was involved in sound design for various art venues, corporations, and public services, including notable projects for the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History, Shiseido, and NHK. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Waseda University and served as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Music Design at Kunitachi College of Music and in the Department of Industrial Design at Chiba University. Yoshimura was also active in workshops at museums, particularly the Meguro Museum of Art. He passed away on October 23, 2003, in Tokyo.

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