Kent Nishimura，2003年3月1日出生于日本大阪。五岁时，他提到自己想要一把吉他，父母便在圣诞节送给他一把木吉他。拿到吉他后，他开始弹奏并跟着日本的摇滚和流行歌曲唱歌。大约在这个时候，他偶然听到了日本指弹吉他音乐界的超级明星大石公三的作品，这让他对家人说：“从现在开始，我要作为一名原声吉他手演出！！”——尽管Kent自己完全不记得这件事。
Kent开始在YouTube上学习大石公三的视频，他模仿得非常完美，甚至令大石本人都感到惊讶。随后，Kent还开始学习许多外国独奏指弹吉他手的曲目——例如Michael Hedges、Don Ross、Andy McKee、Antoine Dufour和Tommy Emmanuel等著名吉他手的作品。当Kent大约十岁时，人们开始听说在大阪有一个年轻的孩子（名叫Kent Nishimura），他弹吉他非常好，开始接到许多大阪地区音乐活动的演出邀请。
12岁时，Kent发布了他的首张专辑《First Step》，由京都的独立唱片公司Slice of Life Records发行，该公司曾发行过日本和外国指弹吉他手的专辑（包括Erik Mongrain和Laurence Juber）。专辑发布后不久，大石公三邀请Kent作为特别嘉宾出演他的热门广播节目《OSHI-TEMO, HEE-TEMO》。传奇吉他制作师George Lowden被Kent在专辑中的演奏打动，提出为他定制一把吉他，并确保使用Kent最喜欢的木材。经过六个月的制作，Lowden先生送给Kent一把全新的Lowden F-35吉他，12品位上镶嵌了Kent的名字。
2017年4月，14岁的Kent参加了日本顶级指弹吉他比赛——第17届指弹日比赛，并成为比赛历史上最年轻的总冠军！随后，Kent于2017年5月发布了他的第二张个人专辑《2》，其中包含13首原创编曲（大多为1970年代的热门歌曲）和一首原创作品《Desert Island》。
许多专业音乐人、音乐媒体成员以及（当然）音乐爱好者都惊讶地发现，这张专辑中的曲目没有任何录音叠加——所有的演奏都在一把吉他上一气呵成。
2017年8月，Kent参加了Tommy Emmanuel的演出，并受邀在两场演出间与这位传奇吉他手见面。在化妆间，Kent演奏了他自己编排的《Drive My Car》（来自The Beatles的《Rubber Soul》专辑）。演奏结束后，Tommy问Kent是否愿意在第二场演出中现场演奏这一编曲。Kent答应了，Tommy当晚便在满座的观众面前将他介绍为特别嘉宾！同月，传奇日本摇滚/流行乐队Stardust Revue的领队根本和也邀请Kent在一个室外场馆为乐队暖场，现场观众达到2600人。2017年9月，传奇的Earth, Wind & Fire吉他手Al McKay邀请Kent在Al McKay Allstars乐队的安可演出中演奏他的编排版本《September》。
2018年10月，Kent发布了专辑《My Favorite Songs》，这是一张包含11首原创编排的独奏指弹专辑，包括《Hotel California》（The Eagles）、《Thriller》（Michael Jackson）、《Jojo》（Boz Scaggs）、《I Wish》（Stevie Wonder）、《I.G.Y.》（Donald Fagen）、《September》（Earth, Wind & Fire）以及一首原创作品《Midnight in Bogota》。
自2019年以来，Kent收到来自日本、中国、香港和加拿大等地的多家预定代理的演出邀请，进行个人演出或作为特别嘉宾演出。他曾接受《Acoustic Guitar Magazine》（Rittor Music）、《Acoustic Guitar Book》（Shinko Music）和《AKUSTIK GITARRE》（德国一家重要的吉他杂志）等媒体的采访。Kent最近发布的专辑是《Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs》。
2021年10月，他发布了第四张专辑《Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs》，由Slice of Life Records发行，并同时发布了他的第一本乐谱/吉他谱书《Kent Nishimura’s Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs》，该书包含与第四张专辑相同的15首曲目，由美国大型音乐出版公司Hal Leonard Corp.出版。
Kent Nishimura was born in Osaka, Japan on March 1, 2003. When he was five years old, after mentioning that he wanted a guitar of his own, his parents gave him an acoustic guitar for Christmas. With guitar in hand, he began to play and sing along to Japanese rock and pop hits. It was around this time that he happened to hear a tune by Kotaro Oshio (a superstar in the Japanese fingerstyle guitar music scene), which prompted him to declare to his family, “I will perform as an acoustic guitarist from now on!!”—although Kent doesn’t remember this at all.
Kent began studying Kotaro’s videos on YouTube, copying them so perfectly that it surprised even Kotaro himself. Kent went on to study the repertoire of many foreign solo fingerstyle guitarists as well—accomplished musicians like Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and Tommy Emmanuel to name a few. When Kent was about ten years old, people began to hear that there was this young kid living in Osaka (named Kent Nishimura) who was able to play the guitar very well, and he began to get offers to perform at numerous music events in the Osaka area.
At age twelve, Kent released his debut album First Step on Slice of Life Records, an independent label in Kyoto responsible for releasing albums by Japanese and foreign fingerstyle guitarists (including Erik Mongrain and Laurence Juber). Immediately following the release of this album, Kotaro Oshio invited Kent to appear as a special guest on his popular radio music program, OSHI-TEMO, HEE-TEMO. George Lowden, the legendary luthier of Lowden Guitars, was so moved by Kent’s playing on the album that he offered to build him a customized guitar…making sure to use Kent’s favorite types of woods. After six months of work on the guitar, Mr. Lowden gifted Kent a brand-new Lowden F-35 with an inlay of Kent’s name on the 12th fret.
In April 2017, at age fourteen, Kent entered Japan’s premiere fingerstyle guitar competition, the 17th Annual Fingerpicking Day 2017, and finished as the youngest grand champion in the history of the competition! Following this up, Kent released his second solo album entitled 2 in May of 2017, which included thirteen original arrangements (mostly of hit songs from the 1970s) and one original composition, “Desert Island.”
Many professional musicians, members of the music media, and (of course) music fans were surprised to learn that the tunes on this album included no overdubs—everything was played at once on a single guitar.
In August 2017, Kent attended a Tommy Emmanuel show and was invited to meet the legendary guitarist between sets. In the dressing room, Kent played his original arrangement of “Drive My Car” from the Beatles’ Rubber Soul album. After he finished playing, Tommy asked Kent if he’d be willing to play the arrangement live during his second set. Kent agreed, and Tommy introduced him to the capacity audience as a special guest that very night! In the same month, Kaname Nemoto, the leader of the legendary Japanese rock/pop band Stardust Revue, invited Kent to open for the band at an open-air venue in front of an audience of 2,600. In September 2017, Al McKay, the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist, invited Kent to play his arrangement of “September” during an encore performance by the Al McKay Allstars.
In October 2018, Kent released My Favorite Songs, a solo fingerstyle album of eleven original arrangements including “Hotel California” (The Eagles), “Thriller” (Michael Jackson), “Jojo” (Boz Scaggs), “I Wish” (Stevie Wonder), “I.G.Y.” (Donald Fagen), “September” (Earth, Wind & Fire), and one original composition, “Midnight in Bogota.”
Since 2019, receiving various offers from several booking agencies in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Canada to perform solo or as a special guest. He’s been interviewed by Acoustic Guitar Magazine (Rittor Music), Acoustic Guitar Book (Shinko Music), and AKUSTIK GITARRE (a major guitar publication in Germany). Kent’s most recent album is entitled Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs.
In October 2021, his 4th album “Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs” on Slice of Life Records and his first music/tab book “Kent Nishimura’s Fingerstyle Solo Guitar Songs” which has the same 15 songs as the 4th album on Hal Leonard Corp., a US major music publication company at the same time.