Hirokazu Kosaka was born in Japan and graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1970. He is a Buddhist priest of the Shingon sect and a master Zen Archer.

His 1994 installation entitled "In the Mood", at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles explored notions of memory, identity, and living in the present. "Amerika Maru", his piece about the problems of assimilation in 1950s and 60s Los Angeles, incorporated chanting monks, Flamenco dancers, archery, and big band music. Amerika Maru premiered at The Japan American Theater and toured to Jacob's Pillow, and the Colorado Dance Festival. Over the past few years, Kosaka has been planting a rice field in the Isamu Noguchi Plaza and using it as an installation for the Butoh dancers/choreographers Min Tanaka and Oguri. The Ruin Map project funded by the Creative Capital in which three hundred woodblock prints will be exhibited at the JACCC in May 2003. Flagship Powhatan is a performance work and collaboration with Butoh dancer, Oguri in a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Commodore Perry is opening Japan to the West. A collaborative work by Kosaka, architect Michael Rotondi and visual artist Wolfgang Laib entitled, "Verandah" is part of a nation-wide exploration of the influence of Buddhism called The Awake Project, exhibited at the Fowler Museum. Kosaka has won grants and awards from such organizations as the Creative Capital, Durfee Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, NEA, Brody Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, California Arts Council, PEW Foundation, COLA, among others.