| Name Nonen: | 広江 礼威 |
| Birth Date: | 1972 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Area: | Manga artist |
| Notable Works: | Black Lagoon |
| Nonus: | ja |
| Subcat: | Japanese |
is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his manga Black Lagoon. When he is working on doujin comics he goes by the name Red Bear.[1] Hiroe's manga were originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in the 1990s but none were complete. As a response, Hiroe transferred to Shogakukan in the early 2000s, where all of his manga released before Black Lagoon were republished and re-released.