Born on February 27th, 1959 in Tokyo, he is a Japanese drummer and percussionist known for being a former member of 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 Jimsaku, a drum and bass duo with 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.