Kenji Omura (1949-1998) was a guitarist with an overwhelming presence in the Japanese music world. In the 1980s, he toured the world as a support guitarist for YMO, captivating many listeners with his genre-defying expressiveness and delicate technique. His solo albums and works with artists such as Chisato Oe, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Akiko Yano are the core of his work.

Kenji Omura (1949-1998) was a guitarist with an overwhelming presence in the Japanese music world. In the 1980s, he toured the world as a support guitarist for YMO, captivating many listeners with his genre-defying expressiveness and delicate technique. His solo albums and works with artists such as Chisato Oe, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Akiko Yano are the core of his work.

His collaborations with drummer Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, in particular, have gone down in Japanese music history as a pair of greats, and the two breathed in unison on 1981's "Spring is Full" and 1983's "Gaijin Tengoku," as well as on 1982's "KENJI OOMURA" and "KENJI OOMURA. The "KENJI OOMURA BAND" tour in 1982 featured one of the best sessions in Japan. One anecdote about the depth of their musical rapport is that when Omura would improvise and change the tempo, Murakami would immediately respond, supporting the rhythm and overwhelming the audience. Murakami later said that he was the only person with whom he could have a visual conversation during a performance, and he continued to mourn Omura even after his death.

Even after his death, Kenji Omura's music has been reevaluated through live recordings and unreleased works, and continues to live on in people's hearts.