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CHARM forms.
Note: A live VHS with three songs and a comment by the band exists. They also recorded demo tapes that Kaoru keeps at his parents' house. At a talk event in 2017, he recalled a song called "Sympathy".
Note: In Kaoru's book Dokugen, he says that the first place he went to with a demo tape to book a performance was Amagasaki LIVE SQUARE VIVRE.
At some point, the band joins the label Ciel noir.
Note: In an interview for Arena37°C #220, Kaoru says that he wasn't in a band when he got 20 years old (February 17, 1994). In GiGS DIR EN GREY GUITAR BOOK feat. Kaoru & Die, Kaoru says that he was in CHARM for at least two years.
Note: In Dokugen, Kaoru mentions that during the Kobe earthquake (January 17, 1995), he worked at a glass factory in Osaka and was in CHARM at the time. Contrary to the GiGS interview, he also says that CHARM only lasted for about a year. At their lives, they had around hundred spectators.
A photo in MISSION xxxx Vol.6 shows a picture of Kaoru with this date and the comment "early days".
Around this time, Kaoru and Die meet for the first time when CHARM and Ka・za・ri perform at the same live at Amagasaki LIVE SQUARE VIVRE. In Haiiro no Ginka #24, Kaoru explains that this was at CHARM's second live at that livehouse.
Kyo (京) and Kaoru (薫) meet for the first time at Osaka-jo Hall while handing out flyers for their bands, La:Sadie's (or possibly Haijin Kurobarazoku (廃人黒薔薇族)) and CHARM, respectively.
A photo in MISSION xxxx Vol.6 shows a picture of CHARM with this date and the comment "later days".
CHARM participates in an event.
CHARM performs their last live and disbands after the show. Guitarist Kaoru would go on to join La:Sadie's, the other band members form Cecil.
CHARM disbands
At the age of 42, Takeshi passes away after a long battle with cancer.
CHARM was a visual kei band. They were part of the kurofuku kei subgenre. They were active from 1994 to 1996 and are now disbanded.
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