Masaaki Kishibe

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masaaki Kishibe
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1964(1964-01-13)
Age	60
Birthplace	Osaka
Country	Japan
Birth City	Osaka Prefecture
Horoscope	Capricorn

Masaaki Kishibe Biography

Masaaki Kishibe is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on January 13, 1964 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Masaaki Kishibe (An Bu Zhen Ming ) (born 13 January 1964) 13th 1964) is an acoustic guitar player from Japan.

While Kishibe is well-known in Japan as well as other Asian countries but he was not well-known to America. US until he appeared during the 32nd Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS in 2003 winning 2nd place all-around in Fingerstyle Guitar and then performing with another guitarist, a who was a former Walnut Valley contestant, Andy McKee, throughout Taiwan. Then, McKee continued to gain prominence in the US and helped draw attention to the art of fingerstyle guitar with the release of his videos on Rylynn as well as Drifting on YouTube which received millions of hits and overnight fandom, those who were attracted by his style of playing would search for additional information about guitarists like Andy and Andy, including his list of guitarists he advised his fans to investigate and his website that he kept for a considerable length of time. When the attention paid to McKee’s suggestions was growing and so did the popularity of the music they could discover from Kishibe. However, Kishibe’s music isn’t available to purchase outside of than Japan and is only available through purchasing via email with Kishibe’s Japanese distribution partner, Pooh Yokocho Inc, the best way for interested listeners to experience Kishibe’s music for first time is by using the few low-bit rates MP3s that are free through his site. One particular track, “Hana,” has been performed and covered by numerous guitar players from all over the globe on YouTube. McKee himself performed an original version of the song for his album Common Ground. Although Kishibe is still without American distribution but his fan base continues to increase through the underground web music community.

In the following 4 years Kishibe was able to enhance his playing abilities and his writing skills and the results led in the 1999 album “Growing Up”.

Masaaki Kishibe Net Worth

Masaaki Kishibe is one of the richest Guitarist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masaaki Kishibe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the year 1990, Masaaki Kishibe became a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and relocated into America. United States to pursue his studies. However, with no final goal of which direction to focus his focus, he did not finish his degree, returning to Japan but still feeling humbled from his time during his time in the US. He continued to teach his own fingerstyle guitar and then began writing songs of his own.

The year 1995 was the time that Kishibe created and released his first album, “Truth,” to which he tried to show his unique style of his guitar playing and guitar writing. The album was filled with tracks that were memorable and have become beloved fan favorites the album was seen as an album that was been maturing and was able to express his style of writing.

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Facts & Trivia

Masaaki Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Masaaki Kishibe celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.