Hiroji Kataoka

is a Japanese professor of Urdu at Daito Bunka University, where he also serves as dean of the Faculty of International Relations and director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies.

Early life and career Kataoka was born in Saitama Prefecture. He entered the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies' Urdu department in 1964.

Works Kataoka has published over 60 research papers on Urdu literature and language as well as the culture of Pakistan, in addition to his work in translating South Asian poetry and literature into Japanese.