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 in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings , 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 in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings , 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 in at least an area where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap; the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings 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 surrounded and demarcated by three or more of any of the plurality of openings , an alignment texture is formed in which the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a 360° azimuthal range. <EOS>