{"id":93,"date":"2022-10-24T22:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:37:38","slug":"chapter-i-pre-and-post-malice-mizer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/about-malice-mizer\/biography\/chapter-i-pre-and-post-malice-mizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter I: Pre- and Post-MALICE MIZER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MALICE MIZER was a legendary Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from August 1992 to December 2001.<br \/>On these pages, you will find a full biography of MALICE MIZER and the related bands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-middle\"  id=\"row-1768901849\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-679505724\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/releases\/discography\/sadness-demo-tape\/\" class=\"button white is-small lowercase\" style=\"border-radius:10px;\">\n\t\t<span>No Previous Chapter<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1304626694\" class=\"col hide-for-medium medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1286587335\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-768x85.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-768x85.png 768w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-1024x113.png 1024w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-1536x170.png 1536w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1-510x56.png 510w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Divider-Roses-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1286587335 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1734124414\" class=\"col medium-4 small-6 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/about-malice-mizer\/biography\/chapter-ii-the-tetsu-era-1992-1994\/\" class=\"button primary is-small lowercase\" style=\"border-radius:10px;\">\n\t\t<span>Next Chapter<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Chapter I: Pre- and Post-MALICE MIZER<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The story of MALICE MIZER doesn&#8217;t completely start in August of 1992, when the band was formed. Before MALICE MIZER existed, all of its members were already actively playing music in different bands, each developing their own musical skills, and acquiring a lot of live experience. This page lists all the previous projects of MM&#8217;s members, but also some of their projects after MALICE MIZER.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-830446030\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-421676522\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Mana &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mana started his musical endeavors in 1986, when he was just a 17-years-old high school student, as the guitarist for a band called &#8220;Ves.tearge&#8221;. Only one other member of that band is known, &#8220;SHIGE&#8221;, the bassist, who had an extensive, semi-successful career in the visual-kei scene later. No recordings and photographs of Ves.tearge are available anywhere, and it is unknown if they even released any demo tapes. No song titles, or the names of any other members than Mana or SHIGE are known either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 1988, when Ves.tearge ceased activities, Mana and SHIGE formed the punk band called &#8220;GIRL&#8217;E&#8221;, and were joined by vocalist JAIL, drummer EYE, and later guitarist NAO. They released a very rare, and often-faked demo tape. It is rumoured at least two more demos exist, but nothing has been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mana was actually known as &#8220;ST,SERINA&#8221; in GIRL&#8217;E, and maybe also in Ves.tearge, but after GIRL&#8217;E disbanded in 1990, he changed his stage name from &#8220;ST,SERINA&#8221; to &#8220;Mana&#8221;. And in 1991, he joined the band &#8220;\u6469\u5929\u697c&#8221;, or &#8220;Matenrou&#8221;, not as a guitarist, but as a bassist, since \u6469\u5929\u697c&#8217;s original bassist left in 1990. There he met K\u00f6zi, who replaced \u6469\u5929\u697c&#8217;s original guitarist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALICE MIZER, Mana formed Moi dix Mois, a band that also functions as his solo project. It&#8217;s still active and successful today, just like his fashion brand Moi-m\u00eame-Moiti\u00e9. He likes the letter M&#8230; lol.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; K\u00f6zi &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During the late 80s, guitarist K\u00f6zi started his leap in the music industry by working as a roadie, or technical staff for the goth band &#8220;THE ZOLGE&#8221;, fronted by vocalist &#8220;HARUHIKO ASH&#8221;. And while K\u00f6zi would eventually depart as a roadie to form\/join his own bands, the connection between HARUHIKO ASH and K\u00f6zi didn&#8217;t end there. 13 years later, after MALICE MIZER, the two would work together as a gothic darkwave duo called &#8220;EVE OF DESTINY&#8221;, that was active during 2002-2006. HARUHIKO ASH left the music scene after the end of EVE OF DESTINY.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to the 80s. After leaving his position as a roadie of THE ZOLGE, K\u00f6zi was active in the band &#8220;Beyond The Rein Sight&#8221; from 1989-1991 and in the band &#8220;GIRL&#8221; (NOT the same as Mana&#8217;s &#8220;GIRL&#8217;E&#8221;) in 1991. K\u00f6zi recently shared a picture on Twitter(X) of a 4-track music release of Beyond The Rein Sight, but no audio files of it have surfaced. It is unknown if it ever released as a demo tape, or if it&#8217;s just a private file collection K\u00f6zi made for himself. Only one commercial Beyond the Rein Sight tape is known, titled &#8220;INJURIOUS INJECTION&#8221;, containing one track.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After his short time with GIRL, K\u00f6zi was invited to join \u6469\u5929\u697c (Matenrou) in 1991 as one of their new guitarists, since their original guitarist left. K\u00f6zi met Mana during that time, since the original bassist of \u6469\u5929\u697c (Matenrou) also left, which led to Mana being invited there too to replace him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALCE MIZER, K\u00f6zi has formed and joined in many, many different musical projects, including a solo project where he also sings. The most successful of these projects is the band &#8220;ZIZ&#8221;, with him as guitarist + vocalist.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><strong>\u6469\u5929\u697c \/ Matenrou&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Briefly touched upon in the Mana and K\u00f6zi part of this page, the pre-MM band that is the closest to MALICE MIZER is &#8220;\u6469\u5929\u697c&#8221;, or &#8220;Matenrou&#8221;, since the two founding members of MALICE MIZER, Mana and K\u00f6zi were already playing together in that band. K\u00f6zi was one of \u6469\u5929\u697c&#8217;s guitarists, and Mana was the bassist, opposed to being a guitarist in his two previous bands, and after \u6469\u5929\u697c, he switched back to guitar permanently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nothing proves the connection between MALICE MIZER and \u6469\u5929\u697c (Matenrou) more than the fact that Matenrou often played a song live called &#8220;\u8ff7\u5bae\u306e\u6249&#8221; or &#8220;Meikyuu no tobira&#8221;, which was later reused by MALICE MIZER under the slightly different title &#8220;\u7d42\u5e55\u3078\u306e\u6249&#8221; or &#8220;Shuumaku e no tobira&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u6469\u5929\u697c was formed in 1990 by vocalist KAIE who already had connections in the goth scene, drummer JUN, and an unknown guitarist and bassist. When these last two left, they were replaced by two guitarists, K\u00f6zi and KENICHI, and bassist Mana in 1991. After performing just a few lives, and being recorded on a commercial omnibus VHS, the band split in mid-1992.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After \u6469\u5929\u697c disbanded, KAIE formed the band &#8220;D\u00fcne\u00d7\u00d7\u00d7\u00d7&#8221; in 1996 after a break(?) from the music scene, and JUN formed the band &#8220;\u7fe1\u7fe0&#8221; or &#8220;HISUI&#8221; in 1994, also after a short break. \u7fe1\u7fe0 (HISUI) remained active until 2002, with moderate success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">KENICHI immediatly formed a new band after \u6469\u5929\u697c (Matenrou) disbanded, called &#8220;Jesus+Christ&#8221; in May of 1992, but left after just four months. In September that year, he formed &#8220;KNEUKLID ROMANCE&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mana and K\u00f6zi noticed their musical visions were similar, so decided to bless the world by working together after \u6469\u5929\u697c disbanded, forming MALICE MIZER in August of 1992, with Mana going back to guitars. They were quickly joined by Yu\uff5eki, Tetsu and GAZ.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Yu\uff5eki &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yu\uff5eki started his musical journey as bassist of the band ZE:RO, where he was known as &#8220;Y\u00fb-KI&#8221;. The formation year of that band is unknown, but its last live before disbanding was on the 26th of June, 1992. He didn&#8217;t have to wait long before MALICE MIZER was formed, and quickly joined Mana and K\u00f6zi as MM&#8217;s bassist. It is unknown if ZE:RO released any demo tapes or not. They did make a handful of flyers though, which are all extremely rare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALICE MIZER went on hiatus, he didn&#8217;t join any other bands ever again. Now he creates jewelry under his two brands Abstract\u221eA and Mother of Life.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Tetsu &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tetsu, MALICE MIZER&#8217;s first vocalist, was in one band before MALICE MIZER, that was called &#8220;Ner-vous&#8221;, which lasted from 1991 to March of 1992. In between March of 1992 and the summer of that year, he wasn&#8217;t in any bands, but everything changed when he joined MALICE MIZER shortly after its formation. There&#8217;s another visual-kei band named &#8220;NER-vous&#8221;, that was active from 1992-1994 and released one demo tape, but this isn&#8217;t the same band. It is unknown if Tetsu&#8217;s Ner-vous released any demo tapes. No other members or photographs are known.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After leaving MALICE MIZER on the 27th of December 1994, Tetsu joined many different musical projects, and is still very active as a singer to this day. He&#8217;s extremely musically productive and still has moderate success. But it&#8217;s important to know that none of these projects after MM were\/are visual-kei.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; GAZ &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GAZ was MALICE MIZER&#8217;s first drummer. He joined the band together with Yu\uff5eki and Tetsu either in August or September of 1992, shortly after its formation by Mana and K\u00f6zi. Before MALICE MIZER, he was in a band named &#8220;DATURA&#8221;, which released one demo tape. GAZ left MALICE MIZER right after a live on March 15, 1993, so he was only a half year in the band. All of the tracks on MM&#8217;s four demo tapes except for Lafflesia were recorded with him on drums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The demo tape &#8220;SADNESS&#8221; released after he left, but since he recorded the drums on it, he is credited as &#8220;Thanks for GAZ&#8221; on the lyrics card of that tape. He&#8217;s not credited anymore on &#8220;THE 1TH ANNIVERSARY&#8221;, even though it&#8217;s still the same &#8220;SADNESS&#8221; recording with him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALICE MIZER, he joined &#8220;KNEUKLID ROMANCE&#8221;, the project of KENICHI from \u6469\u5929\u697c (Matenrou) mentioned earlier, in May of 1993, after Kami had left that band. He went on to have a semi-successful career in KNEUKLID ROMANCE until he left in 1998.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He was also very briefly the support drummer for the band &#8220;BAISER&#8221;, from December 1992 to October 1993, which means he was both in MALICE MIZER and BAISER at the same time from 1992 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After leaving KNEUKLID ROMANCE in 1998, he had a humble career in a few other bands until his tragic passing due to illness on December 22, 2017. RIP.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Kami &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kami was MALICE MIZER&#8217;s second and final drummer. He originally joined as a support drummer on March 17, 1992, only two days after GAZ left, but officially joined MM as a &#8220;real member&#8221; very soon after.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His first band was 3P MAYONNAISE or 3P\u30de\u30e8\u30cd\u30fc\u30ba, a punk band that lasted from 1988-1992, and released only one known demo tape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After leaving 3P, he joined KNEUKLID ROMANCE as their original drummer in September of 1992, and released two demo tapes with them, until he left KR in 1993, to join MALICE MIZER, to replace GAZ who left MM, who in turn replaced Kami in KNEUKLID ROMANCE&#8230; It&#8217;s confusing, I know! But basically: MM and KR switched their dummers: GAZ and Kami.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kami remained the drummer of MALICE MIZER until &#8220;the very end&#8221;&#8230; He suddenly passed away on the 21th of June, 1999, from a brain hemorrhage, aged 27. RIP. He is still fondly remembered and missed by all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kami was never officially replaced, but the two last years of MALICE MIZER saw a support drummer named Shuu (\u6101).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Gackt &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After Tetsu left the band in 1994, MALICE MIZER didn&#8217;t instantly find another singer. It took almost a year for Gackt to be found by the band. He performed his first official live with MM on the 10th of October, 1995. (Even though there was one smaller live shortly before)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before MALICE MIZER, Gackt was in one previous band, CAINS:FEEL. Almost nothing is known about CAINS:FEEL: No live dates, nor a formation or disbandment date is known, and there&#8217;s only two known photographs of the band. They released three extremely rare known demo tapes, but it&#8217;s possible that more exists. A band logo sticker also exists, and probably some live flyers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His time with MALICE MIZER from 1995-1999 is called the &#8220;Gackt era&#8221;, and is the favourite of most fans. The Gackt era had two albums, &#8220;Voyage sans retour&#8221; (1996) and the masterpiece that is &#8220;merveilles&#8221;, from 1998, which was also the year where MALICE MIZER had mainstream success in Japan. Gackt left MM at the peak of their popularity in January of 1999.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALICE MIZER, Gackt&#8217;s popularity did not diminish at all. In fact, it seriously augmented, as he instantly started a successful solo career. As a solo artist, he released 9 studio albums and 48 singles, with a lot of the singles reaching the top 10 in Japan. He sold over 10000000 records in total.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many people discover MALICE MIZER through Gackt&#8217;s solo career. Welcome!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some of the other members of the previously-discussed band CAINS:FEEL would later be part the support band for Gackt&#8217;s solo project. This support band is called GacktJOB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is said that in between CAINS:FEEL and GacktJOB, the members were in different bands under different names, but these bands and names aren&#8217;t known, and this info is unconfirmed.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Klaha &#8211;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Klaha first recorded vocals for MALICE MIZER in 2000, on the single &#8220;\u767d\u3044\u808c\u306b\u72c2\u3046\u611b\u3068\u54c0\u3057\u307f\u306e\u8f2a\u821e&#8221; (Shiroi hada ni kuruu ai to kanashimi no rondo). At first, it wasn&#8217;t revealed who this mysterious vocalist was&#8230; After this, he recorded most lead vocals on MALICE MIZER&#8217;s final studio album, &#8220;\u8594\u8587\u306e\u8056\u5802&#8221; (Bara no seidou), which released a month later, remaining anonymous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was only revealed who this mysterious voice was during the legendary two-days concert \u8594\u8587\u306b\u5f69\u3089\u308c\u305f\u60aa\u610f\u3068\u60b2\u5287\u306e\u5e55\u958b\u3051 (ara ni irodorareta akui to higeki no makuake).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was &#8220;Klaha&#8221;, formerly known as &#8220;Masaki Haruna&#8221; (\u6625\u540d \u771f\u6a39), who was the singer of the visual-kei darkwave act &#8220;PRIDE OF MIND&#8221; from 1993 to 1996.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRIDE OF MIND released five demo tapes and one VHS, and all of these are so rare that you&#8217;ll have to wait years to find any for sale just once, and when you find one, the price will make you look at your screen twice!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Other than that, they released a CD album in 1995 named &#8220;SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE&#8221;, which is on sale from time to time, but always very expensive. PRIDE OF MIND was never really mainstream, but they had a cult following.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After MALICE MIZER, Klaha started a J-pop solo career, just like Gackt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Even though his album from 2002, his single from 2003 and finally his mini-album from 2004 contain great music, it sadly had a harder time reaching a mainstream audience. He did some tours, released merch, and had a smaller but loyal fanbase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 2006, his website went down, and nobody has heard of him or seen him ever since. He never made any social media accounts, never released any other music, and his disappearance has been so extreme, that even other members of MALICE MIZER confirmed they don&#8217;t know where he is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As usual with the internet, many rumours emerged, claiming a lot of different things about his whereabouts, but the truth is that we don&#8217;t know anything about him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All I can say is that I hope he&#8217;s living a great life now, walking from time to time through memory lane, rewatching and listening to his old musical works. He is dearly missed by so many people.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1854530351\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/01-GIRLE-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/01-GIRLE-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/01-GIRLE-110x84.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/01-GIRLE-420x322.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/01-GIRLE.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><br \/><em>A photograph (not my scan) of GIRL&#8217;E. From left to right: ST,SERINA (Mana), JAIL, SHIGE, and EYE. There&#8217;s no NAO, since he joined after the photograph was taken.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2190\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/01-2-GIRLE-2-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/01-2-GIRLE-2-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/01-2-GIRLE-2-510x449.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/01-2-GIRLE-2.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><em>Photographs (not my scans) of Mana in Matenrou (left) and &#8220;Serina&#8221; (Mana) in GIRL&#8217;e (right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-153\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/02-Eve-of-Destiny-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/02-Eve-of-Destiny-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/02-Eve-of-Destiny-107x110.jpg 107w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/02-Eve-of-Destiny.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><br \/><em>A photograph (not my scan) of EVE OF DESTINY from around 2004. From left to right: K\u00f6zi and HARUHIKO ASH.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2192\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/02-2-Kozi-GIRL-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/02-2-Kozi-GIRL-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/02-2-Kozi-GIRL-510x695.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/02-2-Kozi-GIRL.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><br \/><em>A photograph (my scan!) of K\u00f6zi in &#8220;GIRL&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/03-Matenrou-1.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><em>A photograph (not my scan) of Matenrou. Mana is on the top left, and K\u00f6zi on the bottom right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2-110x75.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2-420x288.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2-628x430.jpg 628w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/04-Matenrou-2.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><em>A screenshot of the short Matenrou video message included on the omnibus (various artists) VHS tape &#8220;NERVOUS NIGHT&#8221;, which contains a short live performance of Matenrou containing two songs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO-92x110.jpg 92w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO-350x420.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO-358x430.jpg 358w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/02-ZERO.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><em>A photograph (not my scan) of ZE:RO, taken from an unknown magazine or from a flyer. It contains member names.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE.jpg 471w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-103x110.jpg 103w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-393x420.jpg 393w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/06-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-403x430.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><em>A photograph (not my scan) of KNEUKLID ROMANCE from 1993 (I THINK!). GAZ is the blonde guy on the bottom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2.jpg 574w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2-110x106.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2-420x405.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-KNEUKLID-ROMANCE-2-446x430.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><em>Another 1993(?) photograph (not my scan) of KNEUKLID ROMANCE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2193 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/08-Kami-3P-Mayonnaise-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/08-Kami-3P-Mayonnaise-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/08-Kami-3P-Mayonnaise.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><em>A photograph (my scan) of Kami in 3P MAYONNAISE, taken from the paper insert of their only demo tape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-CAINS-FEEL-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-CAINS-FEEL-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-CAINS-FEEL-110x75.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-CAINS-FEEL-420x287.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/07-CAINS-FEEL.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><em>One of the two only known photographs (not my scan) of CAINS:FEEL. I don&#8217;t know who Gackt is in this photo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/10-GacktJOB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/10-GacktJOB.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/10-GacktJOB-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/10-GacktJOB-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/10-GacktJOB-420x278.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><br \/><em>GacktJOB during the beginning of Gackt&#8217;s solo career, containing members of CAINS:FEEL. Not my scan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-156\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND.jpg 759w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND-78x110.jpg 78w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND-298x420.jpg 298w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/08-PRIDE-OF-MIND-305x430.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><em>A photograph of PRIDE OF MIND, included with their &#8220;SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE&#8221; album. From left to right: Atsushi Fukuyama (\u798f\u5c71 \u6566\u53f8), Masaki Haruna (\u6625\u540d \u771f\u6a39) (Klaha), and Masanori Ito (\u4f0a\u85e4 \u307e\u3055\u306e\u308a)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-161\" src=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo.jpg 582w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo-74x110.jpg 74w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo-283x420.jpg 283w, https:\/\/cantavanda.com\/malice-mizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/11-Klaha-Solo-290x430.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><em>Photograph of Klaha during his solo project. Taken from a post card released in 2003, around the release of the single &#8220;M\u00e4rchen&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MALICE MIZER was a legendary Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from August 1992 to December 2001.On these pages, you will find a full biography of MALICE MIZER and the related bands. The story of MALICE MIZER doesn&#8217;t completely start in August of 1992, when the band was formed. 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