1. Ryota Kohama, better known by his stage name Ryota, is a Japanese musician who is best known for being the bassist of the rock band One Ok Rock.
13 Facts About Ryota Kohama
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Ryota Kohama was in the hip-hop dance group Heads along with Toru Yamashita before they disbanded in 2002.
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Ryota Kohama married her younger sister Michelle Lavigne, and they have a daughter together.
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In 2004, Toru and Ryota continued their activities as Ground 0.
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In 2005, when Toru tried to explore acting and took a main role in the TV series Shibuya Fifteen, Ryota Kohama played a minor character in the drama.
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Ryota Kohama was the most furious when Alex was caught groping a schoolgirl on a subway and almost quit playing bass to learn to play guitar.
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Ryota Kohama collaborated with drummer Tomoya Kanki and wrote the song "Deeper Deeper".
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On 18 February 2017, Ryota Kohama married Michelle Lavigne, the sister of Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne.
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Ryota Kohama later confirmed on Instagram that he and Lavigne were married.
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Ryota Kohama has used many different basses, but he mostly uses Warwick basses.
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Ryota Kohama has three Warwick Streamer LX4 and two Warwick Streamer LX5 with different color.
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Ryota Kohama prefers to play clean, but sometimes he adds distortion to his bassline, such like "Deeper Deeper" and "Rock, Scissor and Paper".
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Ryota Kohama painted his amps with the help of a street artist.