Kazuki Watanabe

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Kazuki Watanabe (渡辺和樹? April 7, 1981 - October 31, 2000), popularly known as his stage name, Kazuki (華月) , is a Japanese musician, who was known as the founder, leader and guitarist of a Japanese visual kei rock band, Raphael.

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Kazuki Watanabe was born on the April 7, 1981 in Shibuya, Tokyo. After playing some roles in a few TV programs and a film,[1] he went on to have a musical career as a member of Raphael in 1997, which was one of the visual kei bands in Japan.[1]

He also had a side-project called Yuri Juujidan (百合十字団) , a band consisted of Kazuki (vocals), Kuruto (ex-Pleur) on bass and Mask on guitar. All of their songs are instrumental because Kazuki died before he could record his voice. On October 31, 2000, he was found dead in his room located in Ebisu, Tokyo. The cause of death was reported as a sedative surdose, according to the Shibuya Police in Tokyo.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Kazuki Profile
  2. ^ Jiji Press News, November 2, 2000.

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