[1] They quickly achieved popularity, headlining the Nippon Budokan and reaching the top 20 on the Oricon charts, but disbanded in January 2001, after guitarist Kazuki died at age 19.
After the two began writing their own material, they were joined by vocalist Yuki and drummer Hiro and formed Raphael in March 1997.
[3] Raphael's song "Yume Yori Suteki na" was covered by Dog in the Parallel World Orchestra on the compilation Crush!
[8] On April 7, 2012, it was announced that the remaining members, Yuki, Yukito and Hiro, would reunite Raphael for two nights at Zepp Tokyo on October 31 and November 1.
[9][7] The shows featured Anchang (Sex Machineguns), Lida (Dacco, Psycho le Cému), Sakito (Nightmare) and Yumehito (Ayabie) as guest guitarists.
[11] A two-disc live album of the two concerts titled Tenshi no Hinoki Butai was released on December 26 and includes 30 songs.