Toru yamashita biography
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Toru yamashita biography
Toru Yamashita
Japanese musician (born )
Toru Yamashita (Japanese: 山下 亨, Hepburn: Yamashita Tōru, born December 7, , in Osaka[1]), better known by his stage name Toru, is the guitarist and leader of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock.
He was in the hip-hop dance group Heads along with Ryota Kohama from One Ok Rock before they disbanded in [2]
Early life
Toru was born on December 7, , in Osaka, Japan before moving to Tokyo.
Ryota Kohama, bassist from One Ok Rock, is his childhood friend. With two other men, Kohei and Takuya, Toru and Ryota formed a hip-hop dance group called Heads when they were fifth and sixth-graders. They participated in dance competitions in the late s, between the years to [3]
Career
Heads debuted with a single entitled "screeeem!" in July and followed with "Gooood or Bad!" in November, produced for Amuse, Inc.
The group performed every weekend in Osaka's Kyoubashi and Tokyo's Akihabara, shopping and amusement