Kotaro Oshio's bio

He is popular guitarist play mainly steelstrings acoustic guitars in Japan. He order around fingerpicking,Tap harmonics, nail attck and so on. Nail attack is the unique technique to slap strings with the nails of mainly middle and ring fingers. Therefore he always protects his nails by sculptures except little finger.

Discography
Oshio Kotaro(1999)
Love Strings(2001)
Starting Point(July 10th,2002)
Dramatic(June 18th,2003)
Dramatic Tour(December 10th,2003 Live DVD)
Be Happy(June 23th,2004)
So Happy'June 23th,2004 DVD)
Bolero! Be Happy Live(December 15th,2004 Live DVD)
Panorama(September 7th,2005)
Chain of Friends~Panorama Tour 2005~(Feburary 22th,2006 DVD)
Color of Life(Nobember 29th,2006)
Color of Life-movies-(January 17th,2007 DVD)
Blue Sky(January 31th,2007)-Best CD
Concert Tour 2007'Color of Life'(July 18th,2007 DVD)
Nature Spirit(January 1st,2008)
You & Me(October 1st,2008)
Tussie Mussie(March 11th,2009)-From His Radio Program 'Oshitemo Hiitemo'
Eternal Chain(August 5th,2009)

Guitars
GREVEN
D Herringbone with Magnet Pickup Sunrise S-2
J Herringbone
OM Herringbone Custom
MD Herringbone-Graven D Cutaway model
GIBSON
L1-Old
LG-2 3/4 Gibson mini guitar
CF-100
MARTIN
D-28 GE
D-28 (1964model)
TACOMA
Papoose P1E4-mini guitar
Thunderhawk BM6C-Baritone guitar
TAYLOR
314c
814c
KAMEOKA
KMD Cutaway
TAKAMINE KO-50
KISO KLEIN DK-1 close