1980年、カシオペアでプロデビューして以来、40年以上の長きにわたって常に音楽シーンの最先端を走り続けるトップドラマー。2007年、ニューズウィーク誌の特集「世界が尊敬する日本人100人」に選出される。メロディーやアンサンブルを１人でたたき出すワンマンオーケストラというスタイルは唯一無二。世界のトップドラマーを紹介するサイトDRUMMERWORLDに初めて載った日本人であり、米ドラム誌Modern Drummer Magazineの表紙を飾った唯一のアジア人でもある。2011年より12年間、国立音楽大学ジャズ専修客員教授を勤め、後進の指導にも尽力。
86年から始まったソロアルバム制作は2024年現在で33作品をリリース。
近年は初期カシオペアメンバーと組んだ「かつしかトリオ」や鳥山雄司とのユニット「ピラミッド」での活動も活発に行っている。

“The most well-known and respected Japanese drummer/musician in the world.” His prodigious technique and brotherly nature makes him a player whose renown is truly international.

Since his professional debut as a member of the group CASIOPEA in 1980, he has been leading the music scene as a top drummer for over a quarter of a century. Making full use of his MIDI Drum Trigger System, his unique playing style is what can be called a one-man orchestra. He continues to overwhelm his listeners with his performance, which covers a field never trodden by man, combining his astonishing playing technique with modern technology. This has earned him great respect both domestically and internationally. He received the #2 award in the UK drum magazine “RHYTHM”’s Reader’s Poll for Most Popular Drummer. In 2000, America’s “MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE” - the most influential drum magazine in the world, chose Jimbo to be on the cover, and they dedicated a feature article of over ten pages to him. He was not only the first Japanese drummer, but also the first Asian drummer to receive this honor. In 2003, the “RHYTHM & DRUM MAGAZINE”celebrated its 20th anniversary by conducting a first reader’s poll, where Jimbo won first place. In 2007, he was featured in Newsweek Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most respected Japanese.

Presently, he finds himself involved in a number of various projects and also keeps himself busy touring around the world, giving seminars and performances of his one-man orchestra style show.