Takayoshi Ohmura

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Takayoshi Ohmura
Ohmura performing with Babymetal at Rock am Ring 2018
Background information
Born	(1983-12-26) 26 December 1983 (age 40) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Instrumental rock heavy metal neoclassical metal
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Piano guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Pony Canyon
Member of	Uroboros
Formerly of	Cross Hard Gloria
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Ohmura formed the band Cross Hard and released the album Eclipse from East on 25 May.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, along with Cross Hard's bassist, Kaoru, he formed another band named Gloria and released the mini-album MOTIF on 26 March 2008. A second mini-album, Acrobatic Road, was issued on 21 January 2009.^{[citation needed]}