Kinoshita was born in Kobe in 1970 and started learning the violin in 1974. At university and graduate school, he studied music education, aesthetics, and fine arts. In '95 he began participating in Uchihashi Kazuhisa's improvisation workshop, New Music Action. Kinoshita subsequently began his performing career in earnest, working with many musicians. Last year he released his first solo album, Segments (on Slub Music).