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

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, 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

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

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and

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and devoted himself to it. Ohmura MySpace, ''"About Takayoshi Ohmura"'' Ohmura attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) from 2002 at the

Musicians Institute Japan Musicians Institute (MI) is a private for-profit music school in Los Angeles, California. MI students can earn Certificates and – with transfer of coursework taken at Los Angeles City College – Associate of Arts Degrees, as well as Bachelor ...

in Osaka. He met and played with

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and recorded the CD ''Nowhere to Go'' with Richie Kotzen, Mark Boals, and

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, ''"Takayoshi Ohmura Background"'' Ohmura formed the band

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

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and released the mini-album ''MOTIF'' on 26 March 2008. A second mini-album, ''Acrobatic Road'', was released on 21 January 2009. Ohmura MySpace, Gloria Ohmura has played guitar on tour for Marty Friedman and has either been a member of or performed with various other bands and artists, such as Taiwanese pop singer A-Mei, Japanese singer Liv Moon (Akane Liv), jazz big band Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden (DCPRG), C4, Uroboros, and Babymetal. He is also an instructor at Musicians Institute Japan (MI Japan).

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

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Takayoshi Ohmura's Twitter page

Takayoshi Ohmura's Facebook page

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