Born in 1982 in Yamagata, Japan, Ryohei Shimoyama began playing
the guitar when he was 13 years old. At first, he was interested
in James Taylor, Neil Young, CS&N. And he was impressed by the
jazz feeling from Bill Evans. Since he was 18 years old, he began
making fingerstyle guitar tunes.
In 2002, Ryohei’s put out his first solo guitar album “Invite”.
And began playing concert in many places in Japan. This was followed
by his tunes on Japan’s top guitarist’s, Isato Nakagawa,
fingerstyle CD titled “Daybreak.” He also played in
concert with Isato Nakagawa, Masa Sumide, Masaaki Kishibe and
Momotaro Maruyama.
Ryohei Shimoyama was the guitarist for the song “My Way” when
it was
used in a TV commercial and on a CD that sold more than 2,800,000
copies in Japan. This was followed by his second solo guitar
album “Ordinary
Life” and
in 2006, his album “Ordinary Life” was released in
Taiwan along with his concert tour in Taiwan.
Ryohei’s guitar tune “Water Dance” was sung by
Japanese popular singer Yuna Ito as her new single “Mahaloha” from
Sony Music. Now this song is in the charts and introduced on
TV and radio programs, music magazines, and so on.
Ryohei uses Dean Markley’s Alchemy
GoldPhos CL.
Be sure to visit the Ryohei Shimoyama website at:
r-shimoyama.guitarfreak.net or
on YouTube at
www.YouTube.com/user/waguuma.
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