Kiyoshi Sugimoto has been played on NTS in shows including Japanese Jazz Week, featured first on 6 May 2021. Songs played include Quiet Pulse, Moving and Yeh! Boogie.

One of the most finest Japanese jazz guitarist, Sugimoto who was sideman for Yuji Ohno, played also with trumpeter Terumasa Hino, worked for arranger Norio Maeda, but best known as a member in group, the Count Buffalos of drummer Akira Ishikawa.