[1] He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the California Institute of the Arts.
[1] He has been part of the jazz scene in New York since 2003,[3] after moving there from the San Francisco Bay Area.
[4] In 2011 Posi-Tone Records released Hirahara's Noble Path, a trio album with Yoshi Waki (bass), and Dan Aran (drums).
[4] His next Posi-Tone album, Libations & Meditations from 2015, was a trio recording with bassist Linda Oh (bass) and drummer John Davis.
[6] According to Nate Chinen at The New York Times, Hirahara "brings a broad base of knowledge to his enterprise: electronic composition, West African music, Balinese gamelan, [and] multiple strains of the avant-garde".