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Raphael (ラファエル) forms.
V. YUKI / G. Kazuki (華月) / B. YUKITO / D. HIRO
First live is held.
Noborito Live space IMU
Raphael start their own label, TIGER RECORDS.
Raphael become a major act and sign to Paradise Island, a sublabel of For Life Records.
First oneman live is held.
Raphael join other bands on the SHOCK WAVE Circuit Vol.1 tour.
SHOCK WAVE Circuit Vol.1 tour final.
New single release commemorative oneman live held.
Held three consecutive oneman lives for Christmas ~Seiya no Tenshi no Ongakukai~ (~聖夜の天使の音楽会~).
Raphael open their fanclub and hold a memorial live event.
Raphael join other bands on the SHOCK WAVE Circuit Tour
SHOCK WAVE Circuit Tour Final.
Raphael sign directly to For Life Records.
First hall oneman Tenshi no Hinokibutai is held. Tickets were sold out on the first day of sales.
Raphael peforms at the visual kei festival SHOCK WAVE ILLUSION '99
Major debut memorial live Shiro no Tsudoi (白の集い) held. All fans who showed up completely dressed in white received a special CD.
Special event Tenshi no Natsumatsuri (天使の夏祭り) is held at FUJI TV Okujou Teien BANK PARK Stage.
National tour ~Tenshi Kourin~ (~天使降臨~) starts.
Overnight fanclub event Natsu da! Tenshi da! Rinkan Gakkou! (夏だ!天使だ!林間学校!) is held in Fukushima.
National tour ~Tenshi Kourin~ (~天使降臨~) final.
Oneman live Gensou Yumemonogatari Hakuchuumu held.
Oneman live Gensou Yumemonogatari Kokuchuumu held.
Raphael Concert TOUR 1999 -mind soap- starts to commemorate the release of their first major album.
Raphael Concert TOUR 1999 -mind soap- final.
Budokan oneman live Special Live "graduation" is held. The members were eighteen at that time and were supposed to graduate from high school, therefore the name graduation was chosen.
Raphael Concert Tour 2000 graduation starts
Raphael Concert Tour 2000 graduation final
Held overnight fanclub trip millennium summer event at Tokyo (東京) PRINCE HOTEL.
Held second overnight fanclub trip millennium summer event at Tokyo (東京) PRINCE HOTEL.
Livehouse oneman tour Iyashigoya ~Natsu, Tonikaku Atsui~ (「癒し小屋」~夏、とにかく暑い~) starts.
Oneman tour Iyashigoya ~Natsu, Tonikaku Atsui~ (「癒し小屋」~夏、とにかく暑い~) final. This will be the last live with the original lineup.
Guitarist Kazuki is found dead in his apartment, aged 19.
A memorial celebration with fans is held at Hibiya Yagai Ongakudou. Over 15000 people attend.
Raphael tour 2000-2001 Shinseiki wo Kakenukero! (新世紀を駆けぬけろ!), which was planned before Kazuki's death is held without guitar.
Raphael tour 2000-2001 Shinseiki wo Kakenukero! (新世紀を駆けぬけろ!) final.
Held overnight fanclub trip in Shirahama (Nanki)
Held overnight fanclub trip in Shirahama (Nanki)
Raphael pauses activities after a series of three overnight fanclub trips in Shirahama (Chiba) from March 26th to March 30th
Raphael announce that they will hold two revival concerts and release a memorial single .
Limited revival oneman live Tenshi no Hinokibutai Daiichiya Hakuchuumu (天使の檜舞台 第一夜 白中夢) held
Raphael resumes activities.
Limited revival oneman live Tenshi no Hinokibutai Dainiya Kokuhuumu (天使の檜舞台 第二夜 黒中夢) held. Support guitarrists are ANCHANG (SEX MACHINEGUNS), Sakito (NIGHTMARE (ナイトメア)), Yumehito (AYABIE), and Lida (Dacco)
YUKI announces that Raphael will be back in 2016 for one more live tour and that one of the members will retire afterwards.
KAZUKI 17th memorial Aoi no Kaikou (蒼の邂逅) held
Raphael Live Tour 2016 "Iyashigoya" (癒し小屋) starts. At the first concert of the tour, the band announces they will disband in November due to YUKITO retiring.
Raphael Live Tour 2016 "Iyashigoya" (癒し小屋) ends.
Held Raphael sponsored event Tenshi no Hinokibutai Daiichiya "Kagen no Tsuki" (天使の檜舞台 第壱夜「華弦の月」)
Held twoman live with NIGHTMARE (ナイトメア) Tenshi no Hinokibutai Dainiya "Yuukyuu no Shijuumensou" (天使の檜舞台 第弐夜「悠久の四重奏」)
Held fanclub-limited live Yume yori sutekina (夢より素敵な)
Held last oneman live part one Yuukyuu no Hinokibutai Daiichiya Hakuchuumu (悠久の檜舞台 第壱夜 白中夢)
Held last oneman live part two Yuukyuu no Hinokibutai Dainiya Kokuchuumu (悠久の檜舞台 第壱夜 白中夢)
Raphael was a visual kei band. They were part of the art kei, shiro kei, and tanbi kei subgenres. They were active from 1997 to 2016 and are now disbanded.
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