Alice Nine (アリス九號., Alice Nine or alice nine.) is a Japanese rock band and part of the country's visual kei movement. It was formed in 2004 and originally signed to PS Company, a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2007, the band is signed to both PS Company and King Records in Japan, as well as to German label CLJ Records in Europe and has released two full-length records, along with several EPs, singles and DVDs.
In August 2004 Alice Nine formed with the five members; Shou, Hiroto, Tora, Saga and Nao. Their first concert was held at the Ikebukuro Cyber on May 11, 2004 and they soon toured with fellow PS Company band BIS. In November, they did a nation-wide tour with the band Karen from Under Code Productions.
In 2005, after a series of releases on PS Company, Alice Nine released a first single, "Kasou Mushou Shi", through a joint deal with PS Company and King Records. 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. The group's first full-length album Zekkeishoku debuted on the Oricon daily charts at #4, and the group completed the Kacho Fugetsu Vol. 1 tour in support of the album.
In 2007, they performed at the JRock Revolution festival in Los Angeles, California, on May 25, 2007 along with several other Japanese bands. It was their first performance outside of Japan. The group's single "Tsubasa" recently peaked at #6 on the Oricon charts, making it one of their successful singles to date[citation needed] and November 28, 2007, as second full-length album, Alpha was released.
Alice Nine are to release a new single entitled "Mirror Ball", it is going to be the theme song to a movie titled Aquarian Age. There will be 3 versions of the single released, each with the title song and 新曲, a new song.