Takayoshi Ohmura

Takayoshi Ohmura
Takayoshi Ohmura
	Rock am Ring 2018
Background information
Born	26 December 1983 (age 40); Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Instrumental rock; heavy metal; neoclassical metal;
Occupation(s)	Musician; songwriter;
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Pony Canyon
Member of	Uroboros
Website	takayoshi-ohmura.jp

Takayoshi Ohmura (Japanese: 大村孝佳, Hepburn: Ōmura Takayoshi, born 26 December 1983)^[1] is a Japanese musician and songwriter. Born in Osaka Prefecture, 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 to it.^[2]

Ohmura attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) from 2002 at the

Musicians Institute Japan in Osaka. He 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

C4, Uroboros, and Babymetal

. He is also an instructor at Musicians Institute Japan (MI Japan).