Takayoshi Ohmura

Takayoshi Ohmura (大村孝佳)
Born (1983-12-26) December 26, 1983
Osaka, Japan
Genres Instrumental rock, heavy metal, kawaii metal
Occupation(s) Guitarist, Musician, Songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2005–Present
Labels Pony Canyon Records
Associated acts Babymetal, Cross Hard, Marty Friedman
Website Official Website
Notable instruments
ESP SNAPPER Ohmura Custom

Takayoshi Ohmura (大村孝佳 Ōmura Takayoshi) is a Japanese musician popular as a rock guitarist. He was born on December 26, 1983 in Osaka.[1] He started learning piano at the age of three. By the age of 11 he had started to play acoustic guitar moving to electric guitar at the age of 14. By the age of 17 he was heavily into hard rock/heavy rock of the western-style music and devoted himself into it.[2]

He attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in 2002 at the MI Japan Osaka school for two years. He also met and played with Vitalij Kuprij, and recorded the CD "Nowhere To Go" with Richie Kotzen, Mark Boals and Doogie White.[3]

He formed the band Cross Hard in 2005 and released "Eclipse From East" on May 25, 2005.[4] In 2006, along with Cross Hard's bassist, Kaoru, he formed another band named Gloria and released its first mini-album (MOTIF)on March 26, 2008. A second mini-album (Acrobatic road) was released on January 21, 2009.[5] He has played guitar on tour for Marty Friedman and has performed with various artist including Taiwanese pop singer A-Mei, Japanese singer Liv Moon (Akane Liv) and Jazz big band Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden (DCPRG) and Babymetal. He is also a member of the band C4 and an instructor at Musicians Institute Japan (MI Japan).

Influence

Ohmura was into Dokken.[6] He also stated that "I love Laputa so much."[6]

Bands

Takayoshi Ohmura's Band

Although a solo artist, Ohmura has his band members to accompany him live.[7]

Support members  :

Marty Friedman

Support members are :

Liv Moon

Cross Hard

Cross Hard is rock band that features Takayoshi Ohmura.[4]

Gloria

UROBOROS

Guitars

Takayoshi Ohmura uses his ESP Artist Custom Guitars Series.[9]

Other Guitars:

Equipment

Marshall JCM800 2203 + JVM410H + JCM800 2203KK + JCM900 SL-X + Marshall Vintage Modern 2246
Kemper Profiler Rack

Sobbat DB-1 Drive Breaker
Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9
BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor
BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay
BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus
BOSS PH-3 Phase Shifter
BOSS PS-5 Super Shifter
BOSS GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor
Bootleg Dr. Mid Rich
Providence Anadime Chorus
Budda Wah Pedal
TC Electronic G-Major
EX-PRO Wireless System
Custom Audio Japan Mixer
Custom Audio Japan Power Supply

Discography

Notes

  1. ↑ Official Site, "Profile"
  2. ↑ Ohmura MySpace, "About Takayoshi Ohmura"
  3. ↑ Truth in Shredding, "Takayoshi Ohmura Background"
  4. 1 2 Ohmura MySpace,"Cross Hard"
  5. ↑ Ohmura MySpace,"Gloria"
  6. 1 2 「エクストリーム・テクニック・マイスター 第二回 大村孝佳」. 『ヘドバン』, No. 5, 10 2014.
  7. ↑ Ohmura MySpace,"Takayoshi Ohmura's Band Members"
  8. ↑ Gloria,"Members"
  9. ↑ ESP Guitars, "Artist Custom Guitars"

References

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