Lucifer (Japanese band)

Lucifer
Concert 2010 in Bangkok . From left to right: Yuki, Santa, Makoto, Towa, Atsurō.
General information
Genre (s)	J-rock , alternative rock , hard rock
founding	1999, 2010, 2012
resolution	2003, 2012
Website	lucifer10th.com
Last occupation
singing	Makoto Koshinaka
bass	Taguchi Tomonori (Towa)
guitar	Yūki Masahiko (Yuki)
guitar	Daisuke Katō (Atsurō)
Drums	Abe Tōru (Santa)

Lucifer ( spelling : Λucifer , pronounced: Ryushiferu ) was a Japanese rock / pop band that was founded in 1999 and was part of visual kei . In 2003 it was decided to split up the band.

history

The name of the band goes back to the successful manga " Kaikan Phrase " by the Japanese mangaka Mayu Shinjo , which is about a band of the same name. Λucifer was founded to promote the anime "Kaikan Phrase". The real band members adopted the same names as the characters in the anime, with the exception of singer Makoto, who did not change his name to Sakuya.

Λucifer made their debut on September 15, 1999 with their first single Datenshi BLUE , which was also the second opening of the anime (episodes 12-22). Λucifer also sang the songs for the third and fourth opening ( C no Binetsu and Toyko Gensō ). The band also sang at the beginning of the anime the songs whose lyrics appeared in the manga, written by Mayu Shinjo. An example of this is the song Plasmagic , which was sung by both the manga / anime band and the real band Λucifer.

The band became increasingly popular. In the same year they also released their first album Limit Control . The music was written by Takuya Asanuma ( Judy and Mary ), Chisato ( Penicillin ) and IPPEI & TAIZO ( FEEL ), but later the members began to write their own songs. The release of further albums and singles followed. Even after the anime ended, the band decided to keep making music.

On October 25, 2002, over two and a half years after the anime ended, Λucifer announced the end of the band. This was followed by her last tour under the title Λucifer Last Live 2002-2003 Energy from December 16, 2002 to January 10, 2003, which included 9 concerts. On January 11, 2003, after their last TV appearance on Thai television (which was also their first appearance outside of Japan), the band split and the individual band members began to devote themselves to their own projects.

The band had comebacks in 2010 and 2012 .

Solo careers

• Makoto started a solo career under the name Makoto. For his first mini-album Vibration he got the support of his former band mates Towa and Santa.
• Towa plays in the two bands Olive Sunday and Birth of Life and has also started a solo career. He's also one of those people who arranges many songs for the j-pop idol AKB48 and other groups in the field.
• Santa also plays in the band Olive Sunday . Since 2007 he has participated in many of Miliyah Kato's live tours .
• Yuki plays in the band DUSTAR-3 . Apart from that, he works with Janne Da Arcs Yasu in his band Acid Black Cherry .
• Atsuro worked as a guitarist for several JPop bands such as meg rock , Marika and Chieko Kawabe . He also produces and arranges songs for an extraordinary number of j-pop artists, including Aya Hirano , Shoko Nakagawa and Minori Chihara .

Discography

Albums

publication	title	Chart position
0December 8, 1999	Limit Control	6th
February 21, 2001	Beatrip	10
March 13, 2002	Element of Love	17th
December 15, 2002	The BEST	17th

Singles

publication	title	Chart position
September 15, 1999	Data slide BLUE	16
0November 3, 1999	C no Binetsu	8th
February 16, 2000	TOKYO Illusion / LUCY	11
0June 7, 2000	CARNATION CRIME	9
0August 2, 2000	Junk city	9
0November 8, 2000	TSUBASA	11
0August 1, 2001	Hypersonic Soul	16
0February 6, 2002	Regret	18th
0August 7, 2002	Realize	15th

DVDs

• ~ Movie ~ Escape
• Be-Trip Tour 2001
• ~ Movie ~ Escape 2
• Last Tour 2002-2003 Energy Tour Final At Tokyo Kokusai Forum

Web links

• Official website
• Λucifer at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lucifer10th.com ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ blog.mayutan.com
3. ↑ spirit-of-metal.com
4. ↑ jame-world.com
5. ↑ homepage1.nifty.com ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ homepage1.nifty.com ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ akbportal.net
8. ↑ an-life.com ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ ameblo.jp
10. ↑ jame-world.com
11. ↑ yoshimoto-mandc.laff.jp ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.