ボストンのBerklee College of Music を経てthe University of Minnesota-Duluthを卒業。30枚あまりのオリジナルCD及びサウンドトラックCDの他、多くのCF、テレビドラマ、ドキュメンタリー、ビデオ、DVDの音楽を作曲。

Toshifumi Hinata attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he studied under the tutelage of Patricia Laliberte. He lived in Surrey (England), Wisconsin, Minnesota and Massachusetts during the 70s and 80s. His career started upon graduation from university in 1982. He has composed music for numerous TV dramas, documentaries, commercials, CDs and DVDs. Dozens of original CDs and soundtrack CDs have been released under his name in the last two decades. Currently he resides in Tokyo.