Hiroshi Kurao is a Japanese manga creator best known for writing and illustrating the spinoff series Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh's Army Grunts. This work, which ran from November 2017 to February 2020, centers on an original protagonist named Nobu, a man who joins the army of the series' iconic antagonist, Raoh, the self-proclaimed Ken-Oh (Fist King). The manga is a derivative work based on the original Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara and was published in three compiled book volumes by Tokuma Shoten. Kurao's narrative focus in this series is distinctive for shifting attention away from the main hero, Kenshiro, to explore the perspective of ordinary soldiers serving within the villainous faction.

In addition to his work on that manga, Kurao is credited as the original creator for a short anime adaptation of the series, which was announced to premiere in January 2026. The production staff for this anime includes Takuma Hase and Yūma Saitō as technical directors, Daisuke Miura as animation director, and Mirai Iwai as art director and lead color artist, with music composed by Seiji Miura. The cast features Hiro Shimono as the voice of Nobu, Shinnosuke Ogami as Zaku, Masaaki Yano as Buzz, and Shinya Takahashi as the narrator. This adaptation marks the transition of Kurao's original manga story into the animated medium. Beyond this specific project, there is no widely documented information regarding a broader body of original works, a detailed personal background, or a long-term career history in the anime industry as a director or animator that can be directly attributed to the individual named Hiroshi Kurao.