Hiro Muramoto (村本 博之, Muramoto Hiroyuki, c.1966 – April 10, 2010) was a Japanese TV cameraman and journalist, who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Tokyo in the 1990s,[1] and who reported for Reuters television for more than 15 years.[2] Muramoto was based in Reuters' Tokyo bureau.[2]
Muramoto was the first reporter killed during the 2010 Thai street protests. Photojournalist Fabio Polenghi died in another demonstration on May 19, 2010.