Hiro Ebata was born and raised in Japan. He started making guitars in 1996 while working as an electrical engineer. In 2004, he quit his day job to start an 18 month apprenticeship with master luthier Ervin Somogyi. He returned to Japan after his apprenticeship to open his own shop in the Tokyo area. He makes his own style classical guitars based on Somogyi's voicing theory.

Source: Hiro Ebata website (5 April 2017)