[8] Nishimura began playing the piano at age 4[7][1] with Yamaha,[8] being inspired by her mother.
[8] At age 8, she began touring to Europe, the United States,[1] Taiwan and Thailand.
[1][6] In 1991, Nishimura composed six pieces for the drama series 101 Proposals,[1] including a piano solo of the theme song Say Yes, originally written and performed by Chage & Aska.
[5] One of her 1991 albums, Vi Ji N, is about the "myriad things in life which people find appealing".
[8] Later, she released her next album, Blue Virgin, inspired by her interest in Chinese pop since 1991, are rearrangements of songs by Asian artists such as Chan, Faye Wong and Jacky Cheung with the only original original piece in the album being the title track.