Masayuki Kino studied the violin under Aiji Hibino, Isako Shinozaki, and Juzo Nishikawa. He won first place in the junior high school division of the 31st Student Music Competition of Japan in l977 and won a prize in the Japan Music Competition in 1980. In 1982, Kino graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music and entered Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London to study under violin master Yfrah Neaman. He was granted a scholarship from Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Damc Myra Hese Foundation. After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Kino studied under violin masters Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci, and Ivry Gitlis.

    Kino won first prize in Concours International de Violon "PriX Rodolfo Lipizer" in Italy in 1983, Carl Flesch International Competition for Violin in 1984, Ruggiero Ricci International Competition in 1988, and Palm Beach International Competition in 1990. In 1985, Kino won the special salon music award at Menuhin International Competition. In 1987, Kino won the Royal Orchestra Association Silver Medal that is given to promising musicians who performed with an orchestra in Britain during the previous year, and he gave a commemorative concert in London.

    Masayuki Kino started his active professional career as a violinist in 1984. His concerto repertoire extends to more than 40 works. He has performed with world-renowned orchestras, such as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphoniker, London Mozart Orchestra, Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio symphony Orchestra, Enescu Symphony Orchestra, and Greater Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra. Kino has a1so participated in San RemO, Atclforum. Greenbelt, ALdeburgh, Oulunsalo, Interlink, and other music festivals. Kino has appeared on television and radio including BBC (Britain), Radio France, RAI (Italy), RTSI (Switzerland), and others.

    After performing for Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Masayuki Kino became a concert master of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in 1993. He became a soloist/concert master for the Orchestra in July 2OO2. Kino is currently based in London and actively performing all over the world.

    Kino has held master classes in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, Japan since 1997. He also teaches at Toho Gakuen School of Music as a lecturer. In 2OO1, he gave a concert named "Paganini's Charm," which was televised on a broadband live site through TV Asahi. Kino performed with Ivry Gitlis, Ruggiero Ricci, and Martha Argerrich at Cassis Music Festival in France in July 2003.

    His CDs released by Octavia Records as well as others are highly rated. Masayuki Kino is one of the most promising violinists, drawing worldwide attention. Kino uses the 1776 Lorenzo Storioni that was given to him by his teacher Ricci.