Takaaki Ohnishi

Guitarist, Composer As a teenager, he participated in various musical groups, events, live music shows, with rock, pop, R&B, and Jazz artists. From 1997 to 2002, he participated as guitarist, composer, and arranger of the group “BAYAKA”, releasing cds for national and international labels. From 2003 to 2005, he participated in Yoshihiro Hanno’s project and recorded songs with artists UA and Haruomi Hosono. From 2005, focusing on Brazilian popular music, he developed several live music activities in hotels, restaurants, concert halls near the Tokyo metropolitan area, and at various Brazilian embassy events and festivals related to Brazil. In 2013, invited by Pierre Barouh, he played guitar at his event. And again in 2016, on the internet program ”DOMMUNE”, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the label ”SARAVAH”. The performance was broadcast live. Also, he started solo performance in the same period. In 2017, he played guitar in the play “Last Dance In Buenos Aires” In July 2018, he performed a total of 10 performances in 3 Brazilian cities (São Paulo / Brasília / Vitória), including live performances with great Brazilian musicians like André Mehmari, Alberto Salgado, Clara Gurjão, Danilo Andrade, etc… Back in Japan, he participated in the production of DJ/composer, LAVA’s album “Som Do Verde”, and also performed in his band at Billboard Live Tokyo in July 2019. In 2022, he released the album “Opsina” from his own label “Estudiótimo”.