Takayoshi Ohmura

Takayoshi Ohmura (大村孝佳)
Takayoshi Ohmura performing on Babymetal - Rock am Ring 2018
Background information
Born	(1983-12-26) December 26, 1983 Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Instrumental rock, heavy metal, kawaii metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Pony Canyon
Associated acts	Babymetal, Cross Hard, Marty Friedman
Website	Official Website

Takayoshi Ohmura (大村孝佳, Ōmura Takayoshi) (born December 26, 1983)^[1] is a Japanese musician and songwriter. Born in Osaka, his first instrument was the piano, which he began playing when he was three years old. 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 had developed an interest in western hard rock and heavy metal music and devoted himself into it.^[2]

Ohmura 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]

Ohmura 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 either been a member of or performed with among others, Taiwanese pop singer A-Mei, Japanese singer Liv Moon (Akane Liv), Jazz big band Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden (DCPRG), Gloria, C4, Uroboros and Babymetal. He is also an instructor at Musicians Institute Japan (MI Japan).

Influences

Ohmura is a fan of the band Dokken, ^[6] and has also stated that "I love Laputa so much."^[6]

Bands

Guitars

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

• ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom "Twinkle Pink" Maple fretboard
• ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom "Twinkle Pink" Rosewood fretboard
• ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom "Royal Silver"
• ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom "Eclipse Gold"
• ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom "Brass Red"
• ESP SE Ohmura Custom "Red"
• ESP M-SEVEN Ohmura Custom "Golden Moon" (7 Strings)
• ESP Snapper-7 Ohmura Custom "Twinkle Pink" (7 Strings)
• ESP Snapper-7 Ohmura Custom "Honey Gold" (7 Strings)

(All his 6 string ESP Snappers have half scalloped fretboards)

Other Guitars:

• ESP Edwards E-SN-185T0 (Edwards version of the ESP Snapper Ohmura Custom)
• ESP Edwards E-SN7-210TO (Edwards version of the ESP Snapper-7 Ohmura Custom)
• ESP Snapper-7 Fujioka Custom "Vintage Burgundy Mist" (7 Strings)
• ESP E-II Arrow-7 Babymetal
• ESP MA-CTM/QM
• ESP Amorous NT-CTM

Equipment

• Amplifiers

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

• Guitar effects & Accessories

Kemper Profiler Remote
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

• Nowhere To Go (2004)
• Eclipse From East (with Cross Hard) (2005)
• Power Of Reality (2006)
• Emotions in Motion (2007)
• MOTIF (with Gloria) (2008)
• Acrobatic Road (with Gloria) (2009)
• V.A. - SOUND HOLIC - Metallical Astronomy (2010)
• Blazblue Song Accord 1 with Continuum Shift (with A.S.H) (2010)
• Blazblue Song Accord 2 with Continuum Shift (with A.S.H) (2011)
• Hard Corps : Uprising (2011) (Video Game)
• Alter War in Tokyo (with Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden) (2011)
• Devils In The Dark (2012)
• Devils In The Dark: Final Edition (2014)
• Cerberus (2017)

Notes

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