A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a first electrode provided to the first substrate; a second electrode provided to the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate wherein the direction of alignment of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is not applied is vertical with respect to each substrate surface of the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein: at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) comprises a first area that extends in a direction that obliquely crosses a first direction, and a second area that extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction, in the planar view, respectively; and each of a plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) is substantially parallelogram shaped or substantially trapezoid shaped, wherein a trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel opposite sides; characterized in that in each of the plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g), an alignment texture is formed in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a 360° azimuthal range. a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a first electrode provided to the first substrate; a second electrode provided to the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate wherein the direction of alignment of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is not applied is vertical with respect to each substrate surface of the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein: at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) comprises a first area that extends in a direction that obliquely crosses a first direction, and a second area that extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction, in the planar view, respectively; and each of a plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) is substantially parallelogram shaped or substantially trapezoid shaped, wherein a trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel opposite sides; characterized in that in each of the plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g), an alignment texture is formed in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a 360° azimuthal range. at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) comprises a first area that extends in a direction that obliquely crosses a first direction, and a second area that extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction, in the planar view, respectively; and each of a plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g) is substantially parallelogram shaped or substantially trapezoid shaped, wherein a trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel opposite sides; characterized in that in each of the plurality of regions (31a, 31b, 31f, 31g) surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings (18, 18a, 18b, 18e, 18f, 18g), an alignment texture is formed in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a 360° azimuthal range.