Official Site, ''"Profile"'' is a Japanese musician and songwriter. Born in

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

, 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 An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, moving to

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

at the age of 14. By the age of 17, he had developed an interest in western

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

and

heavy metal music Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a Music genre, genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal band ...

and devoted himself to it. Ohmura attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) from 2002 at the Musicians Institute Japan in Osaka. He met and played with

Vitalij Kuprij Vitalij Kuprij (July 7, 1974 – February 20, 2024) was a Ukrainian-American pianist, composer and music teacher. He was a keyboardist for Ring of Fire and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He resided in Reading, Pennsylvania. Early life Vitalij began p ...

and recorded the CD ''Nowhere to Go'' with

Richie Kotzen Richard Dale Kotzen Jr. (born February 3, 1970) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. As a solo artist, Kotzen has a back catalogue of more than 20 album releases. He was signed to California-based Shrapnel Records from 1988 to ...

Mark Boals Mark Robert Boals is an American heavy metal singer and occasional bassist, renowned for his powerful vocals with Yngwie Malmsteen. Boals is also an occasional singer-songwriter and bassist for the band Foundry, who is produced by Linkin Park ...

, and

Doogie White Douglas "Doogie" White (born 7 March 1960) is a Scottish rock vocalist who currently sings for La Paz. He has also notably sung for Rainbow (rock band), Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Praying Ma ...

. In 2005, Ohmura formed the band Cross Hard and released the album ''Eclipse from East'' on 25 May. In 2006, along with Cross Hard's bassist, Kaoru, he formed another band named

Gloria Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins ...

and released the mini-album ''MOTIF'' on 26 March 2008. A second mini-album, ''Acrobatic Road'', was issued on 21 January 2009.

Discography

Solo

* ''Nowhere to Go'' (2004) * ''Power of Reality'' (2006) * ''Emotions in Motion'' (2007) * ''Devils in the Dark'' (2012) * ''Devils in the Dark: Final Edition'' (2014) * ''Cerberus'' (2017) * ''I.RI.S'' (2019) * ''Angels in the Dark'' (2020)

With other artists

* ''Eclipse from East'' (with Cross Hard) (2005) * ''MOTIF'' (with Gloria) (2008) * ''Acrobatic Road'' (with Gloria) (2009) * ''V.A. – SOUND HOLIC – Metallical Astronomy'' (2010) * '' BlazBlue Song Accord 1 with Continuum Shift'' (video game, with A.S.H) (2010) * ''BlazBlue Song Accord 2 with Continuum Shift'' (video game, with A.S.H) (2011) * '' Hard Corps: Uprising'' (video game) (2011) * ''Alter War in Tokyo'' (with Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden) (2011)

References

External links

*
Takayoshi Ohmura's YouTube account

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohmura, Takayoshi Living people 1983 births 21st-century Japanese guitarists Musicians from Osaka Prefecture Japanese rock guitarists Japanese heavy metal guitarists Musicians Institute alumni Babymetal members Kawaii metal musicians