Born and raised in Japan at the age of 18 after graduation from high school, Hiroko made her decision to continue her education in the US. She studied Interior Design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, where she pursued her artistic talent & passion in Art. Years after relocating to Los Angeles, she chose to start a career as a makeup artist and hairstylist. Her artistic background and experience give her all the ideas and techniques for applying makeup and styling hair.
Her 'wabi-sabi' philosophy in makeup artistry makes clients appreciate her less-in-more approach. With over 15 years in the industry professionally, she keeps working toward her best work. Her work can be seen in major publications and media.
Hiroko is currently based in the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, and is available to travel nation/worldwide upon request. She is licensed in Barbering in CA.
Selective Clients
Corporates Personnel
- OpenAI (CEO & Executives)
- NVIDIA (VP & Executives)
- Youtube (CEO)
- Paypal (CEO & Executives)
- Fitbit (CEO & CFO & Executives)
- Stitch Fix (CEO)
- HITACHI (Vice President)
- Sales Force (CFO)
- Webflow (CEO & Executives)
- Amazon (Executives)
- Golden State Warriors (Executives)
- Apple (Executives)
- Meta (Executives)
- Google (Executives)
- Microsoft (Executives)
- Samsung (Executives)
- Intel (Executives)
- Hewlett-Packerd (Executives)
- Bill.com (Executives)
- TikTok (Executives)
- Zoom (Executives)
- ROSS Dress For Less (Executives)
- Sam's Club (Executives)
- City of Danville (Mayor)
- City of Dublin (Mayor)
- City of Livermore (Mayor)
- City of Pleasanton (Mayor)
Athletes
- Stephen Curry (Warriors)
- All 2024 players of Golden State Warriors
- Isaac Alarcón (49ers)
- Eli Manning
- Jerry Rice
- Vince Carter
- Gary Payton
- Trey Lance (49ers)
- Amber Leibrock (MMA)
- Layshia Clarendon (WNBA)
- Primoz Roglic
- Jai Hindley
Actors
- Alexandra Daddario
- Idina Menzel
- Adriana Paz
- Ella Rosenblatt
- Yeo Yann Yann
- Nina Dobrev
- Julianne Hough
- Daniel Wu
- Raul Castillo
- Joel Kim Booster
- Sandra Vergara
- Amelie Zilber
- Ronan Farrow
- Mark Rober
- Assad Zaman
Musicians
- YOSHIKI (X Japan)
- Emmylou Harris
- Alt-J
- Rich Brian (88rising)
Directors/Producers
- Janet Yang (President of the Academy of Motion Pictire Arts and Sciences, Emmy Award Winning Producer)
- John Waters (Nomineee of Grammy)
- Sean Baker (OSCAR-Nominee Director, "ANORA")
- Sean Wang (OSCAR-Nominee Director, "Didi")
- Nicholas Britell (Emmy Award Winning Music Composer)
- Blitz Bazawule (Director, Film "The Color Purple")
- Boots Riley (Film maker)
- Domee Shi (OSCAR-Winning Director, Pixar "Bao")
- Peter Sohn (OSCAR-Nominee Director, Pixar "Elemental")
- Ronnie del Carmen (Co-director, Pixar "Inside Out")
- Chris Buck (Director, Disney "Wish" )
- Yvett Merino (OSCAR-WINNING Producer, Disney "Encanto")
- Juan Pablo (Producer, Disney "Wish")
Commercial/Advertising/Marketing
- GUCCI®
- Louis Vuitton®
- Banana Republic®
- The North Face®
- Levi's®
- GAP®
- Old Navy®
- Stitch & Fix®
- ACURA
- BMW Mini Cooper
- TOYOTA
- Nissan
- Lucid
- SONY
- Samsung
- Wells Fargo
- Chandon®
- DELTA Airline
- Samsung
- Fitbit
- Instacart
- Uber Eats
- TARGET
- Vitamin Water
- Fitbit
- Williams-Sonoma
- Four Seasons
- Radisson Hotel Group
- Apple
- Amazon
- Arlo by Amazon
- Facebook/META
- Microsoft
- Intel
- Salesforce
- Splunk
- Zoom
- Paypal
- Hewlett-Packerd
- Instacart
- LENOVO
- AutoDesk
- Bill.com
- Huawei
- Slack
- Twitch
- Webflow
- ZenDesk
- ZenDrive
- Six Flags
- American Express
- Anthem Blue Cross
- OLLY®
- ROSS Dress For Less®
- Charlotte Russe®
- Osmo
- The Wine Group
- ZOJIRUSHI USA
- Lagree Fitness
- City of San Francisco
TV
- CBS
- CNBC
- Disney Channel
- Disney+
- Discovery Channel
- ESPN
- HBO
- KTLA
- NFL Films
- Pixar
- UNIVISION
Editorial
- VOGUE Italia
- GQ
- Variety
- WIRED
- Men's Health Latam
- Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times
- TIMES
- The Wall Street Journal
- The New Yorker
- TIMID
- VICE
- INSIDE weddings
- ADON
- AFROSTYLE
- HUF Magazine
- Safali (Japan)