Tooru Yamashita
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, better known as his stage name Toru, is a guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 in the Japanese rock group ONE OK ROCK
One Ok Rock
One Ok Rock is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005, composed of four members: Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. They originally consisted of fifth member, Alex, but he has left the group since....

. He was in the hiphop band HEADS which had six singles and an album before they disbanded in 2002. He is the one who brought the band together and is the leader even though he's one of the youngest.
Also he played the role of "Ryugo" at Sh15uya with his childhood friend from HEADS and the Bassist of ONE OK ROCK
One Ok Rock
One Ok Rock is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005, composed of four members: Taka, Toru, Ryota, and Tomoya. They originally consisted of fifth member, Alex, but he has left the group since....

 Ryota Kohama.

History

Toru
Tooru Yamashita
, better known as his stage name Toru, is a guitarist in the Japanese rock group ONE OK ROCK. He was in the hiphop band HEADS which had six singles and an album before they disbanded in 2002...

 wanted to set up a group and told his friend Ryota Kohama to learn the Bass, who had been a fellow member of hip hop dance group HEADS: [They used to be called the youngest hip-hop group of Japan. They are Uehara Takuya (Jun.22,1988),Yamashita Tohru (Dec.7,1988),Kohama Ryota (Sept.4,1989), Nakumura Kohei (Nov.17,1989)] And asked Alex (a former member) to join. After seeing Taka, a vocalist, perform in a cover band, Toru saw him as the best possible candidate for a vocalist in their band, and insisted that he join. They released their first Indies CD in 2006 and got signed by Amuse, Inc. whom they made their major debut with. Tomoya, the last member to join, joined One Ok Rock as a drummer in 2007. Tomoya had played with band on all their albums but only became an official member when they debuted...

Studio albums of HEADS

  • MicMasta!
  • Screeeam
  • Gooood or Bad
  • 進行形

Studio albums of ONE OK ROCK

  • Zeitakubyō (2007)
  • Beam of Light
    Beam of Light
    Beam of Light is the second album by the Japanese band One Ok Rock, released on May 28, 2008. It reached seventeenth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for four weeks.-Track listing:# # # "100%"# "Abduction-Interlude"# #...

    (2008)
  • Kanjō Effect (2008)
  • Niche Syndrome (2010)
  • Zankyo Reference
    Zankyo Reference
    is the fifth full-length album by the Japanese band ONE OK ROCK. It was released on October 5, 2011.- Track Listing :...

    (2011)

Live Albums

  • Yononaka Shredder (2008)
  • This Is My Budokan (2010)
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