Akira Jimbo

Born on February 27th, 1959 in Tokyo, he is a Japanese drummer and percussionist known for being a former member of [a=Casiopea] from 1980 to 1989, later rejoining from 1997 to 2006, and lastly from 2012 to 2022 as a backing musician. In 1990, after departing from Casiopea a year prior, he formed [a=Jimsaku], a drum and bass duo with [a=Tetsuo Sakurai] (another former Casiopea member). Akira Jimbo was also named one of the top 100 Japanese people the world respects by Newsweek Japan in 2007.