Raphael (group)

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Raphael was a Japanese Visual Kei rock group.

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Members

On vocals was Yuki [1], whose real name is Sakurai Yuki. Kazuki (Watnabe Kazuki) played guitar until he passed away in 2000^{[original research?]}. Kazuki also was the main composer and lyricist. The bassist was Yukito (Honda Yukito).[2] Hiro (Murato Kazuhiro) was the drummer.

[edit] History

Raphael was founded in 1998. They debuted with "花咲く命ある限り"(hana saku inochi aru kagiri). After Kazuki's death, they were left with no other choice but to disband. Despite their shortlived time as a band, they still generally have a cult following.

YUKI and Hiro began a collaborative project named rice while YUKITO went on to form BLACK LOVE.

[edit] Discography

Albums

2001-08-01 - Raphael Singles (CD - album)
2001-02-21 - Fumetsuka (CD - album)
1999-12-01 - Mind soap (CD - album)

Mini-Albums

2000-11-22 - Sick ~XXX kanjya no karute (CD - mini-album)
2000-03-23 - Sotsugyô - graduation (CD - mini-album)
1998-04-07 - LILAC (CD - mini-album)

Maxi Singles

1999-02-20 - Sick~XXX kanja no karute (CD - maxi-single)

Singles

2000-11-01 - Akikaze no Rhapsody (CD - single)
2000-08-23 - evergreen (CD - single)
2000-02-02 - LOST GRADUATION (CD - single)
1999-11-20 - Promise (CD - single)
1999-10-01 - Eternal Wish, todokanu no kimi e (CD - single)
1999-07-23 - Hanasaku Inochi aru kagiri (CD - single)
1999-04-29 - Yume yori suteki na (CD - single)
1999-04-29 - Sweet romance (CD - single)
1999-02-20 - White Love Story (CD - single)

DVDs

2001-09-21 - First (DVD - concert)
2001-09-21 - Last (DVD - concert)
2001-09-19 - Raphael Clips (DVD - pvs)
2001-04-25 - Forever and ever (DVD - making of)

VHSs

2001-09-21 - First (VHS - concert)
2001-09-21 - Last (VHS - concert)
2001-09-19 - Pictorial Poem 2 (VHS - pvs)
2001-04-25 - Forever and ever (VHS - making of)
2000-08-23 - Raphael Special LIVE graduation -2000.3.4 Nippon Budokan- (VHS - concert)
2000-03-24 - Pictorial poem (VHS - pvs)
1999-09-20 - LILAC - vision of extremes II (VHS - pvs)
1998-08-01 - LILAC - vision of extremes (VHS - pvs)

Demo Tapes