Profile of Alice
Shou (将) (Vocals) Hiroto (ヒロト) (Guitar) Tora (虎) (Guitar) Saga (沙我) (Bass) Nao (ナオ/Nao) (Drums) Blood Types:O (sh),O (T),O(H),AB (S),A (Nao) Alice nine. (アリス九號.) Is a Visual-Kei, Oshare-Kei band under PS Company that was formed by Nao(leader/drummer) in 2004. Their music varies between soft alternative rock and harder rock. When bis was still with PS Company, they were often coupled as performers. Nao had a talk with Saga and later, Shou, Tora then Hiroto, to make a band. Shou and Tora were members of a band called Givuss Their first concert was held at the Ikebukuro Cyber on May 11, 2004. After a few concerts, they began to tour with other artists/bands such as Miyavi, Ayabie, Karen, Kagrra,, Kra, and bis. They completed their first solo (one-man) tour between August 8 and August 31, 2005. Their third solo tour hit 14 stops across Japan in August of 2006.In 2006 Alice Nine had two songs, "Akatsuki" and "Ikuoku no Chandelier", used as opening and closing themes in the second season of the anime series Meine Liebe. They have now finished their one-man tour 'BLACK JEWEL, WHITE ROSE 2007' and are continuing to improve and develop new ways of making music. They produced a full length second album ALPHA which was released on November 28, 2007. The album contains a few tracks from previous albums and singles, such as Jewels, Number Six, White Prayer and Blue Planet. The album is ranked 9th on the Oricon Weekly for 2007 week 49. The band has held a 2008 standing tour across Guitarist Tora was in a critical condition with spinal disc hernia. He was numb from his head to his left hand and his entire left arm had gone cold. The rest of the band has postponed three stops on the tour until further notice of Tora's health. The tour has been resumed with Tora's persistence wanting to go on with the tour. The other members of The band released a new single, titled "Mirror Ball" on March 26, 2008. The title song of the single was used in the live-action movie adaptation of the manga Aquarian Age. Two compilations of the band's music videos, " On August 6, the band released their latest single, "Rainbows." The single reached a peak mark of #3 on the Japanese Oricon daily charts which is currently the band's current top position on mainstream Japanese charts. The band also started their tour called "Discotheque play like 'A' Rainbows" which coincided with the new single. The tour lasted the entire month, and the concert footage is scheduled for release on their live DVD called Discotheque play like "A" Rainbows -enter&exit- on October 29, 2008. A new single called "Cross Game" is planned for release on December 10, 2008. The aforementioned song is currently being used as the ending theme song for anime Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'S, and is planned to be released in two versions. On December 19, 2008, the band's tour at the time would culminate in the grand final, named "Crossing the Supernova", at NHK Hall. A blog entry by vocalist Shou announced that the band is already in recording session for a third album named Vandalize, which is set for release on January 14, 2009. "Cross Game" will be the third single to be featured on the album, along with "Mirror Ball" and "Rainbows" for a total of 11 tracks. The album's title comes from the theme of "the destruction of culture." Their single called HANA was released on August 5th. It includes 3 tracks and has 3 versions. Their full photobook, with all they've done upto this point,called: Piece of 5ive elements “THE BOOK” ～Alice Nine 5th～’ was released on August 24th. For their final leg of ‘ALICE NINE. TOUR 2009 “UNTITLED VANDAL(ism)♯1”’ they performed at Kawasaki CLUB CITTA’, The band began its activities in 2010 with the announcement of a compilation album, Alice Nine Complete Collection 2006-2009, which contains the title songs from each of the band's maxi-singles released since 2006. The compilation album was released on March 24, 2010. The band also finished their first tour of the year, Kikagaku no Kotowari (幾何学ノ理), that same month. On April 4, 2010, during the final live of the Kikagaku no Kotowari tour, the band announced the release of a new single on August 4, 2010. However, the official website stated a slight delay of the single's release, pushing the release date to August 25, 2010. In the same announcement, the single was officially titled "Senkou." Filming of the music video for "Senkou" began in May 2010. The band's official 2010 tour, Flash Light from the past, begun on July 5, 2010. The tour will span over the next four months with 30 performances in 27 live houses across Their latest single "Stargazer" was released on the 10 November 2010.On December 21st Alice Nine just released their latest single "Niji No Yuki" which entered the Oricion Daily Single Chart and now they announced that they would be releasing a new album on February 22nd next year. The album will be called "9" and planned to contain total 11 songs with the song titled "すべてへ / Subete he" to be the lead track from the album. There will be two versions of the album, one limited version with a bonus DVD and one regular CD-Only version.Other than the new album, Alice Nine will also be having a long tour starting in March 2012 and planned to be divided into four parts.  Screen Name: Shou Real Name: Kohara Kazumasa Position in the band: Vocalist Born: July 5, 1981 Blood type: O Height: 177cm Weight: 58kg Foot size: Actual size is 26 but usually wear 27. Favorite brand store: DIET BUTCHER SLIM SKIN, UNDER COVER, And A, Vivienne Westwood Favorite music: LUNASEA, KORN, Atari Teenage Riot, The Used, MUSE Fragrance: BVLGARI black Hobby: TV Game/shop for secondhand clothing ,and Coffee My phrase: WAKARUYoo (I feel that.) Something will never give up on: Sleeping hours My boom: Going to take a walk My future enthusiasm: Want to be the effective artist in a nice way to the fans. I..ll work hard for that.  Hiroto Screen Name: Hiroto Real Name: Ogata Hiroto Position in the band: Guitarist Born: May 4, 1985 Blood type: O Height: 166cm Weight: 51Kg Foot size: 26cm Favorite brand store: Effect, Addidas Favorite music: Post Rock, Something HOT Fragrance: None Hobby: Go around to see the sight in Japan, photos My phrase: IKERUDARO (Can you GO!?) Something will never give up on: My belief and Guitar My boom: Skateboard, collecting shoes My future enthusiasm: I..ll go toward to the scene I..d never seen.  Tora Screen Name: Tora Real Name: Amano Shinji Position in band: Guitarist Born: September 17, 1982 Blood type: O Height: 182cm Weight: 70kg Foot size: 26cm Favorite brand store: GUCCI Favorite music: Korn Fragrance: Burberry My phrase: MENDOKUSeeI (means bothersome..) Hobby: Skateboard/BMX Something will never give up on: My beliefs My boom: 長州小力(cho-shu-koriki) My future enthusiasm: Make 2008, the Alice Nine Year  Saga Screen Name: Saga Real Name: Sakamoto Takasi Position in the band: Bassist Born: June 24, 1982 Blood type: AB Height: 175cm Weight: 55kg Foot size: 27.0cm Favorite brand store: NCYHAIT/abx Favorite music: UNDERWORLD/downy/NUMBER GIRL/and the music with a hot & a floaty sound Fragrance: DOLCE&GABBANA My phrase: OKUSAN!(Maam !) Hobby: Walk with a dog. Something will never give up on: Something I am proud of My boom: Clothing My future enthusiasm: Go over my limit. View things widely  Nao Screen Name: Nao Real Name:Murai Naoyuko Position in the band: Drummer, leader Born: July 31, 1980 Blood type: A Height: 170cm Weight: 53Kg Foot size: 26.0cm Favorite brand store: PATRICK COX、RUPERT Favorite music: Alternative music Fragrance: BVLGARI BLACK、BVLGARI BLUE My phrase: Wa-ka-ru-(I know, understand) Hobby: HIKIKOMORI Something will never give up on: My time in HIKIKOMORI My boom: Onii-kei （mature looking) My future enthusiasm: I..ll go crazy until I almost choke with my ardency ! |
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