Hiroshi Koshiba(小柴博Koshiba Hiroshi) (November 9, 1884 - June 19, 1925), was one of the founders of the Japanese Scouting movement. He was born in Tsuwano-chō in Shimane Prefecture. He graduated from Tsuwano Elementary School. He entered Himeji Junior High School, a state school run by Hyogo Prefecture, but dropped out due to family reasons. In 1903, he became a student at Shimane Normal School. In 1905, he received a full Elementary School Teacher's licence, and became a teacher at Tsuwano Elementary School. On June 19, 1925, he died in his Tokyo home of heart failure, aged 42.