| On November 2, we found that Kazuki, his
real name is 'Watanabe Kazuki' and he is the leader and guitarist of the
visual band 'Raphael', have dead by taking a large quantity of tranquilizers.
He was 19 years old.
According to the FORLIFE Record he belonged to, he died about 9 AM on October 31. His family found him. The company said "Kazuki said to make great progress about the future of Raphael and solo activity of his own, and he made effort to conquer his excessive stress of his mind. Disappointing. Other members and stuffs have felt deep sadness sad and confusing. It cannot be suicide." According to the Metropolitan Police Department Shibuya branch, Kazuki always take tranquilizers and he caused a symptom of toxication. There were not any messages left behind. His wake will be started from 6 PM on November 4, and the funeral will be held from 11 AM on November 5 by only relatives in Tokyo. The other day a farewell will be held. The band will be organized by four people whose ages are 15 in December 1995. Next year, the first album 'LILIAC' is released in April. In April 1999, two singles 'Yume yori suteki na' and 'Sweet Romance' which was released at the same time is recorded the 37th and the 38th place of the ranking of the magazine 'Oricon'. In March of this year, they did a live concert at Budo-kan. So at November 1, their 6th single CD 'Akikaze no Rhapsody' is just released. On their homepage, too much e-mail is reached by their fans and became a panic for a while. |