http://www.kimuradai.com/ Born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture in 1982. At the age of 5, he began studying guitar and music theory under his father, Yoshiteru. In his first year of elementary school, he won the elementary school division of the 13th GLC National Student Guitar Competition. In 1996, at the age of 14, he won the 39th Tokyo International Guitar Competition, considered to be the world's highest level guitar competition. In 1999, at the age of 17, he made his CD debut with "Cadenza 17" from Sony.