When he wants to, he can include a lot of detail, and there's nothing quite as creepy as a bloated corpse, guts hanging out, drawn in a style meant for children. Because he honed his skills on stories for children, his stories have a cartoony quality, a lot of round characters with bulging eyes and simplified details, and this tends to make the (sometimes very disturbing) subject matter even more so, since it looks like it was drawn for children. While it may sound a bit off-putting to hear that most of his work is for children, Hino has a particularly unsettling style when it comes to drawing horror manga. Most of what's been translated into English (the Hino Horror series from DH Publishing) is from the 80s and 90s, and some of the books are a bit hit-and-miss, but when they're good they're very good.
He did draw a couple more mature volumes, but most of his work has been one-volume stories aimed at a younger audience. Unlike Umezu, he didn't get super-famous for it, and to my knowledge, never drew any multi-volume works. Much like Umezu, Hino rose to fame by drawing horror manga for children, mostly one-shots and short stories.
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