Kenji Hino

Born in 1967 in Tokyo. At age seven, Kenji went to New York with his father, trumpeter Terumasa Hino. His father’s influence was a factor in his taking up the trumpet at nine. Later, he entered the High School of Music and Art and studied jazz fusion. At age 16, he took up the bass after meeting Marcus Miller and began playing jazz, soul and R&B music as a street musician in New York. Kenji’s bass playing is influenced by such giants as Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller and T.