Biography

Amano Shinji (天野真志), better known by his stage name Tora (虎), is the guitarist of Alice Nine. In 2015, along with his band-mate Shou, he formed DIAWOLF, in which he goes under the name of Amano Tora. Tora was born in the outskirts of the city of Kawasaki. At first he was a redhead, but then his hair gradually darkened. He is 1/4 American-German from his grandfather - however Tora refers to this as 'apparently 1/4' as he does not truly know himself. At age 3 he moved to Yokohama. He was severely bullied since kindergarten to the end of elementary school. Although his family was well-off, the school he went to was full of delinquents, it was...Read More