I was born in Itami city, Hyogo Pref, JAPAN in 1962.
When I was 5 years old, I went to New York with my family for 3 and a half years. It seems that this experience helped me to have an open-minded feeling towards foreign people.

On our way back to Japan from New York, we stopped by in Venice where we had a chance to visit a glass studio in Murano Island with many craftsmen blowing glass. Come to think of it, the glass sculpture “Fisherman” that my father purchased there, and was put near the front door (which I have been seeing everyday) became a lead for me to enter the world of glass.
During the elementary school and junior high school days, I felt joy in creating shapes and figures using materials such as wood and clay.

When I was about to graduate high school, Tokyo Glass Art Institute was established, and I joined the institute as the 2nd generation student. I mastered 12 kinds of technique in glass art in 2 years. After that, I entered Post Graduate course and started studies on sculpture using glass material.
After graduating the institute, I have moved to England where I visited studios in London, Sunderland, Jersey Island, and worked for Midsummer Glass Maker in Cambridge. There, I learned several method of glass blowing and experienced a work flow called “Production Work”.

After returning from Cambridge, I became a staff member for the establishment of Niijima Glass Art Center. During the 4 years in Niijima, I was so lucky to work as an assistant for Dale Chihuly, Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Richard Royal, Richard Marquis, Dan Dailey, Lino Tagliapietra, and William Morris who came to Niijima for their workshop activity. Niijima is the place where my creative ability was brushed up, and I very much appreciate being a staff member of the Niijima Glass Art Center.

After leaving Niijima, in 1994 I established Omura Glass Studio with support from M.D., Ph.D. Toshihiro Kuwano, whom I have known for a long time.