1991

February        Tetsu formed L'Arc~en~Ciel in Osaka. Members were Hyde(Vo), Tetsu(B), Hiro(G), Pero(Dr)
4/18        1st secret Live in Yanta Meguro Shikamekan live house
5/30        1st Live in Osaka Namba Rocket. Their "Live activities" started
8/2          Live at Mori no Kyuu Planet Station
8/6          Live at 13 Fandango
8/26        Live at Namba Rocket
8/31        Live at CLUB GIO
9/27        Live at Namba Rocket
11/5        Live at Namba Rocket
12/3        Live at Namba Rocket
12/31      Live at Namba Rocket

3/10        "Live activities" expanded. At Namba Rocket, Shinjuku LOFT offered 1st Video"L'Arc~en~Ciel" free of
                charge
4/5         Live at Namba Rocket
5/22        Live at Namba Rockets
6/12        Hiro(G)left the band and Ken joined L'Arc~en~Ciel as new guitarist. And, their's 1st debut single "Floods
                of tears" in progress
6/25       1st Live with ken at Shinjuku LOFT
7/22       Live at Namba Rocket
7/24       Live at Kobe Chick'n George
7/30       Live at Kyoto Muse hall
8            Participated in the recording of "GIMMICK"
8/3         Live at CLUB GIO
8/5         Live at Yokohama Ghost Wall
8/7         Live at Daikyuu Freaks
27/8       Osaka Hall "1992 BEATNIK" event
29/8       Live at Osaka Banana Hall
10/1       "GIMMICK"CD released, with L'Arc~en~Ciel's song,"VOICE"
10/3       Live "Will" at Nagasaki Club Chitter
10/10     Live at Nagasaki Club Chitter
10/27     Live at Namba Rocket
11/25     1st single"Floods of tears" c/w "Yasooka"released, limited to 1000 pieces and all sold out
11/26     Live at Osaka Muse Hall
12/1       Live at Shibuya La Mama
12/16     Live at Namba Rocket
12/26     Kuroyume's Music Farm Live, hyde as the guest
12/28     Live at Namba Rockets
12/30     Live in Osaka Music Hall, and Pero left the band

1/16       Sakura(Dr)joined L'Arc~en~Ciel
1/28       Start recording their first album "DUNE"
3/11       Live"SONIC GiG" at Ebisu, guiltyfor 250 people only
3/14       Participated in Shibuya Live Event "Karei naru Masei" at Shibuya La Mama
4/10       1st Indies album album "DUNE" released
4/27       2nd press "DUNE" released with bonus track "Ushinawareta Nagame"
5/31       Album "DUNE" ranked No.1 in Oricorn Indies Chart
6/14       1st tour "Close by DUNE" started
8/1         "Close by Dune Final" at Shinjuku Power Station
9            "The Monster Of Shock Age"released
10/21      2nd viedo "Touch Of Dune" released
11/9        "Feel of Dune" Tour

2            L'Arc~en~Ciel Valentine Special (TV program) "NOSTALGY no Yokan Part I" was shown
3/5         L'Arc~en~Ciel DAY, 74 record companies in Japan showed out "NOSTALGY no Yokan Part I"
4/3-15    "NOSTALGY no Yokan" Tour
4/8         "Nostalgia no Yokan collection" was shown on TVS,TVK and CTC NET, 3 networks till 7/1,totally 14 times
7/1         3rd video "Nemuri ni Yosete" released
7/7         "Mega Special TV NOSTALGY no Yokan Part II" shown
7/14       2nd album "Tierra" released
7/14~8/27         "Tour Sense of Time'94" Tour
8/20       Participated in Live"LSB"
9            Hyde appeared in "AXIA" TV-CM with Sakai Maki
9/20       1st overseas video shoot in Morocco
10/21     2nd single "Blurry Eyes" released and it was the theme song of D.N.A^2
11/20     4th video "Siesta~Film of Dreams~" preview event
12/1       4th video "Siesta~Film of Dreams~" released and the offical opening of fan club "Ciel"

1/24~2/4           Fan Club "Ciel" released "Ciel/WINTER'95" at GIG
2/1         Offical Fan Club "Ciel" event
2/26       3rd album "heavenly" in progress
3/23       Video shoot for video single "and She Said"
5/21       5th video single "and She Said" released
5/21~6/27         "in CLUB Tour'95" started
7/6         3rd single "Vivid Colors" released,it became the ending song of the Japanese TV"GuruGuru99', and the other song,
             "Brilliant Years"in the same single was the TV"Shindora"'s ending song
7/22       Special event "Shock Age Special'95" in Shibuya La Mama
7/30       L'Arc~en~Ciel DAY ,champaign event "Rendezvous Zenyasai" at Shibuya La Mama, and announced the news about secret live and Live at Budokan at Hachiko
8/1         4th Single"Natsu no Yuutsu~Time to say Goodbye" in progress
8/22       Special Event participation "95 NACK-5 GO-ROCK"
8/24~8/31           Champaign event "Rendez`Vous,1995,Summer" started in Japan
9/1         3rd album "Heavenly" released and ranked No. 3 in Oricon Chart!
9/9~10/4             TOUR "Heavenly'95" (all tickets were sold out)
9/22       1st time participated in Terebi Asahi "MUSICIAN STATION"
10/3       1st regular radio program "MIDNIGHT ROCK CITY" (till 3/26/96)
10/4       "TOUR heavenly '95" at NHK Hall
10/21      4th single "Natsu no Yuutsu ~Time to say Goodbye" released, and ranked No.15 in Oricon Chart. Also it was the ending song of TBS"M-Navi"
11/21      Public Recording Live "Kiss Miss Live"
12/12~12/23         "The other side of heavenly'95" Tour
12/23~12/25         "L'Arc~en~Ciel DAY Noel 1995"
12/24      NACK-5"MIDNIGHT ROCK CITY" open recorded, photobook "heavenly"christmas box" released
12/27      "TOUR heavenly'95" final at Nippon Budokan 10,000 tickets sold out in 30 minutes

1/6         6th video"Heavenly~films~" in progress
3/21       Video"Heavenly~films~" and Live document "Heavenly Photographs" released
4/3~5/29                The biggest TOUR "Kiss me(deadly)heavenly'96"
4/11       Tetsu was sick due to overwork and the Live delayed to 5/29
5/26       "kiss me (heavenly) deadly '96 REVENGE" in Tokyo NHK Hall(it was the final stage of the last concert due to the illness of testu. Tickets were sold out within 10 minutes)
7/6         L'Arc~en~Ciel appeared in TVK Special"L'Arc~en~Ciel-Kaze ni kienaide "on air
7/8         4th Single "Kaze ni kienaide" released, ranked No.4 in Oricon Chart. (it was the ending song of TV
              "Mooretsu Asia Tairoo"
8/26~9/4                 "Big City Nights Round Around '96" in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka with totally 5 stages
9/20       Biography book"IS" released
10/7       TBS Radio Program "Bonjour L'Arc~en~Ciel" opening season
10/17     5th single "flower" released and ranked NO.5 in Oricon Chart.It was the opening song of TV"pro-Baseball News"
11/21     6th single "Lies and Truth" released and ranked No.6 in Oricon Chart. Also it was the opening song of TV" Tower CountDown"
12/21     4th album "TRUE" released, it ranked No.1 in the sixth week! ** It was the first ablum of L'Arc~en~Ciel
              which was sold out over a million!! **
12/23~1/29            L'Arc~en~Ciel Concert Tour '96~'97 "Carnival of True"

2            Drummer Sakura arrested by police for possesion of illegal drugs. All activities of the band stopped and the upcoming single "Fourth Avenue Cafe" CANCELLED!
4/18       Official announcement of L'Arc~en~Ciel (hyde,tetsu,ken) REBORN!!
5            Travel to London for 14 days
7            7th single 'NIJI' in progress, Yukihiro as the drummer support
8/31~9/13             Video shoot for "NIJI" and a special program, Space Shower's "Groove Airline" in London and Germany
10/9       Tetsu's Radio program (MBS) "Oretachi yattemasu"
10/17     7th single 'NIJI' released, ranked No.3 in Oricon Chart. And announced the date of "REINCARNATION
              Tokyo Dome Live" (12/23)
11/4       Sakura left the band
11/23     Tickets of the Live in Tokyo Dome sold out in 4 minutes!
11/25     Official Annoucement of Sakura quitting L'Arc~en~Ciel
12/16~18               secret Live "The Zombies~NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE"
12/23     L'Arc~en~Ciel Reincarnation 1997 Live in Tokyo Dome and the announcement of tour "Heart ni hi o tsukero '98"

1/1         Official announcement of Yukihiro as L'Arc~en~Ciel's new drummer
1/28       8th single "winterfall" released, ranked No.1 in Oricon Chart!!
2/25       5th album "Heart" released, ranked No.1 in Oricon Chart too!! (wow!!!!!)
3            L'Arc~en~Ciel's activities restarted!
3/25       9th single "DIVE TO BLUE" released, ranked No.1 in Oricon Chart!!
3/31       Fan Club Event - L'Arc~en~Ciel and fans in Hawaii
4/22       Video"A Piece of Reincarnation" released, ranked No.1 in Oricon Video Chart!!
5/1~10/21               "Heart ni hi o tsukero Tour'98"
5/13        Song "Shinshoku~Lose Control" is one of the GOZILA's theme songs for Japanese version)
7/8          3 singles released on the same day: "HONEY", "Shinshoku~lose control" and "Kasou" ("HONEY" was the 1st single of  L'Arc~en~Ciel to break 1,000,000 record!)
9/30       "LIGHT MY FIRE" (L'Arc~en~Ciel '98 TOKYO DOME LIVE's photobook) released
10/7        15th single "Snow Drop" released, ranked No.1 in Oricon Chart!! (yeah!!!)
10/14      16th single "Forbidden Lovers" ranked No.1 in Oricon Chart as well!!
12/23      Eighth video "Heart ni hiotsukero" released
12/24~12/28           L'Arc~en~Ciel appeared in some Christmas Special shows
12/31      L'Arc~en~Ciel performed on KOUHAKU UTAGASSEN for the first time!

1/25     L'Arc~en~Ciel's Official Photo book "LIVE" released
2/20     L'Arc~en~Ciel's Official Photo book "LIFE" released
4/2       L'Arc~en~Ciel appeared on Music Station Special, performing their new song "Heaven's Drive"
4/21     17th single "Heaven's Drive" released
4          Coffee Boss advertising
6/2      18 th single "Pieces" released
7/1      6th and 7th albums "ark" and "ray" double released in 7 asian countries (included Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Singapore, Malasiya, Thailand and Philipines), ranked NO. 1 and 2 separately in Oricon Chat!! Great promotion
for the 2 albums: the one-month official site for "ark" and "ray" is opened (http://www.arkray.com) and special
marking bus travelling around Japan!!
7/11      " Genepuro", rehearsal live
7/17-8/21     " GRAND CROSS TOUR " started and the last stage in Tokyo was broadcasted through the satilles to many asian countires, about 10000000 people could see their preformance!!!
8/11     19th single "Driver's High" released (the theme song of GTO cartoon), 9th video "Chronicle", the DVD of
             "A Piece of Reincarnation" and "Heart ni hiotsukero" released
9/9-18        Asian Promotion
10/4    " Flying L'Arc Attack " radio programme from every Monday to Thursday at 10:20 PM to 10:30 PM Tokyo FM. Having Love Flies on air
10/27    20th single "Love Flies" released, and it's the opening theme song of TV drama "Aoi-tori-shokogun"
10        Canon F850 Printer advertising (view the CM here: [1]  [2])
12/1     10th video "Grand Cross Tour Conclusion" released (the concert on 8/22)

1/01     "NEO UNIVERSE" was used as the image song for the Shiseido's PN TV commercial!
            "get out from the shell" unreleased in Japan was used, as the image song for a Toyota Motors TV commercial.
            This commercial was broadcast throughout Asia, except Japan, as part of a campaign targeting Asian youth.
1/19     Released its 19th single "NEO UNIVERSE/finale" (double-sided maxi single).
1/22    "finale" as the theme song of a Toho movie, "Ring 0~Birthday", and "hole" (maxi single "NEO UNIVERSE/ finale c/w") as insertion song were released.
3/15     Awarded the 14th Japan Gold Disk Awarded (NHK).
            The single, "HEAVEN'S DRIVE" won the Song of the Year Award!
            The single, "NEO UNIVERSE/finale"
            The albums, "ark" and "ray" won the Rock Album of the Year Award!
3/16     The image song of the Canon Wonder BJ TV commercial was switched from "LOVE FILES" to "finale"
4/7       NTT DoCoMo and J-Phone group companies started their latest information supply service via i-mode and
            J-Sky Web nationwide. (Advertisements were carried in the national edition of the Asahi newspaper.)
           17 A new song "(release date and title pending)" was offered to cell phone companies incoming call melody
            for cell phones.Distributed 200,000 fliers pre-loaded with the data incoming call melody to record stores
            nationwide. 21 The name of the L'Arc-en-Ciel Official Fan Club was changed from "Ciel" to "LE-CIEL"
6/28     Released a re-mixed album "ectomorphed works"
6/30     A collection of A2-size live posters originally sold via exclusively bookings at convenience stores in the
            summer of 1998, were made available in postcard size. "L'Arc-en-Ciel LIGHT MY FIRE" was released by
            Shinko Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
7/19     Released its 20th single "STAY AWAY"
            A PlayStation software, "Gekitotsu TomaL'Arc TOMARUNNER Vs. L'Arc-en-Ciel" was released by Sony
            Computer Entertainment.
8/30     Released its 8th album "REAL"
11/30   http://larc.yahoo.co.jp/(for a limited period until March 2001) was opened, and theDecember5concert at
            Tokyo Dome was broadcast live via the Internet, using the streaming technology of "yahoo! broadcast."
12/6     Held the "L'Arc-en-Ciel TOUR 2000 REAL - a first-in-history multi-angle 5 channel live"on
            SkyPerfecTV!, broadcast on 5 different channels, including hyde channel, ken channel, tetsu channel, and
             yukihiro channel. Broadcast live images for the first time in history via a cell phone, LE-CIEL NET.