Whilst working at various in places in Fukuoka such as offices, a clothes shop, and food stalls & coffee shops in Nagahama, he created a band dedicated to 60s music in which he took on vocals as well as playing keyboard.
On May 1, 2002 in Ni-Chome, Ebisu, Tokyo Ino founded Cafe Tenement and "innocent record", which he made his base from which to broadcast his music to the world.
The label name came from a pun created by Yasuharu Konishi, at that time a frequent customer of Tenement, who commented that in French "Ino-san" sounded like "innocent."
The same year Ino released a vinyl of music based on melodies made using a rhodes piano.
As part of his "INO Hidefumi LIVE SET" national tour, he performs at open-air festivals and other various events.