1988

1988.08.10: Ono Haruna was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.


1990

1990.05.21: Sasazaki Mami was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

1990.05.31: Ogawa Tomomi was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.


1991

1991.08.21: Suzuki Rina was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.


2004-2005 (approximate)

200_: HARUNA, TOMOMI, and MAMI join Caless Dance & Vocal School.


2006

2006.08.xx: girlsband was formed with HARUNA, TOMOMI, and MAMI.

2006.08.12: Livedoor blog was created.

2006.08.21: RINA, the fourth member and drummer of girlsband, was introduced.

2006.08.28: First live performance of SCANDAL at HEAVY RHYTHM FINAL  ( @Namba Hatch, Osaka ), held only one week after the band's formation.
                          They performed Sadistic Mika Band's Time Machine Ni Onegai.

2006.08.29: Final band name announced, from girlsband to スキャンダル.

2006.09.09: Backdancers! movie was released where HARUNA played a back-up dancer.

2006.12.25: SCANDAL plays a joint-band concert with several different bands at ESAKA MUSE in Osaka. This performance is officially considered to be SCANDAL's first real live show (due to how quick their "HEAVY RHYTHM" appearance was).


2007

2007.02.18:
Blog moved from Livedoor to Ameba (http://ameblo.jp/scandal/).
Also created their personal video blog on Ameba.
スキャンダル was officially stylized to SCANDAL.

2007 March-December:
Performed street lives during the weekend at Shiroten in Osaka Castle Park.

2007.05.12-2007.05.13: Attended the SQUARE ENIX Party 2007 for their Star Ocean: Second Evolution collaboration.

2007.08.15: Participated in a special event at Shibuya's Club Asia.

2007.12.13:
Created their official MySpace account (http://www.myspace.com/scandal4).
Blog also moved from Ameba to MySpace.


2008

2008.03.03: 1st indie single Space Ranger was released.

2008.03.16–2008.03.23: Participated in Japan Nite US Tour 2008 (United States).

2008.03.28–2008.03.30: Performed at Sakura Con 2008 (United States).

2008.04.04: 2nd indie single Koi Moyou was released.

2008.04.09: Space Ranger was released on the US and Japanese iTunes Music Stores.

2008.05.02: Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution Original Soundtrack was released where they contributed the song START.

2008.05.05: 3rd indie single Kagerou was released.

2008.07.03–2008.07.06: Performed at Japan Expo 2008 (France).

2008.08.02: Performed at Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2008 (Hong Kong).

2008.08.08: Indie mini-album YAH! YAH! YAH! HELLO SCANDAL was released.

2008.08.18–2008.08.29: Held the tour titled SCANDAL ~Give me P.P. Tour 2008 Summer~.

2008.10.22: Major label debut. 1st major single DOLL was released.

2008.11.01: SCANDAL Official Goods Store opened.

2008.xx.xx: TOMOMI and MAMI participated in a commercial for BELéBEL Hair Fashion College.


2009

2009.03.04: 2nd major single SAKURA Goodbye was released.

2009.03.18: SCANDAL's cover of JUDY AND MARY's song "DAYDREAM" was included on the JUDY AND MARY tribute album JUDY AND MARY 15th Anniversary Tribute Album.

2009.03.31:
Announcement of official site.
As well as a new blog and staff blog.

2009.04.14: "Shoujo S" first played as the opening theme for Bleach during its 215th episode.

2009.06.17: 3rd major single Shoujo S was released.

2009.08.03: Participated in Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2009 (Hong Kong).

2009.08 - 2008.09: Chosen to do a theme song for the Pocari Sweat-sponsored mini-series “Bukatsu no Tenshi.” The song was titled "BEAUTeen!!"

2009.10.14: 4th major single Yumemiru Tsubasa was released.

2009.10.21: 1st studio album BEST★SCANDAL was released.

2009.10.22: Held online livestream program SCANDAL Summit Vol. 1 (SCANDALサミットVol.1).

2009.11.05: Cell phone-based fanclub CLUB SCANDAL was launched.

2009.11.26: SCANDAL BEST★SCANDAL BAND SCORE was released.

2009.12.02: Their Recochoku commercial was aired.

2009.12.04 – 12.24: Held 1st solo tour titled First One-Man Live Tour.

2009.12.30: Nominated for the "Best New Artist Award" at the 51st Japan Record Awards. They lost to BIG BANG but still won the "New Artist Award" (all "Best New Artist Award" nominees receive the "New Artist Award").


2010

2010.01.10: "Shunkan Sentimental" first aired as the ending theme for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood during its 39th episode.

2010.01.21: All 4 members created their own Twitter accounts.

2010.02.03: 5th major single Shunkan Sentimental was released.

2010.02.09: Official staff Twitter account was created.

2010.02.03: Held online livestreaming SCANDAL Summit Vol. 2 (SCANDALサミットVol.2).

2010.03.23 – 04.10: Held spring tour titled SCANDAL ~Shunkan Sakurazensen TOUR~ 2010 SPRING.

2010.04.21: Cover of ZONE's secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ was released.

2010.06.01: Held SCANDAL Summit Vol. 3 (SCANDALサミットVol.3).

2010.06.02: 6th major single Taiyou to Kimi ga Egaku STORY was released.

2010.06.30: First live DVD SCANDAL FIRST LIVE -BEST★SCANDAL 2009- was released.

2010.07.02 – 09.24: First and very own television show Shiteki Ongaku Jijou was aired.

2010.07.28: 7th major single Namida no Regret was released.

2010.07.31: Participated in Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2010 (Hong Kong).

2010.08.01: Held their first one-man live in Hong Kong.

2010.08.11: 2nd studio album TEMPTATION BOX was released.

2010.08.21: Official fan club "SCANDAL MANIA" was launched.

2010.08.24: Held SCANDAL Summit Vol. 4 (SCANDALサミットVol.4).

2010.09.16: TEMPTATION BOOK was released.

2010.09.18: SCANDAL ANIME DVD was released.

2010.09.18–2010.10.02: Held second tour of the year titled "SCANDAL TEMPTATION BOX TOUR 2010" ~YEAH! tte Iei!~

2010.10.06: 8th major single Scandal Nanka Buttobase was released.

2010.11.14: Performed at Anime Festival Asia (Singapore).

2010.11.17: First cover mini-album R-GIRL's ROCK! was released.

2010.12.28: TEMPTATION BOX Official Band Score was released.


2011

2011.01.09: "Pride" first aired as the ending theme for STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no Takuto during its 14th episode.

2011.02.09: 9th major single Pride was released.

2011.03.16: Second live DVD EVERYBODY SAY YEAH! -TEMPTATION BOX TOUR 2010- ZEPP TOKYO was released.

2011.04.20: 10th major single Haruka was released.

2011.04.21: Held SCANDAL Summit Vol. 5 (SCANDALサミットVol.5).

2011.04.23: Won Best Girl Band Category for Jpop Asia Awards 2010

2011.04.27: "Tofu Kozo" Original Soundtrack was released where a special version of Haruka was included.

2011.05.03 - 06.08: Held live tour titled SCANDAL LIVE TOUR 2011 "Dreamer"

2011.07.03: Performed at AM2 Convention (United States).

2011.07.27: 11th major single LOVE SURVIVE was released.

2011.08.10: 3rd studio album BABY ACTION was released.

2011.08.10: SCANDAL's cover of ZONE's song "secret base~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" was included on the ZONE tribute album, ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~.

2011.08.11: The band score for BABY ACTION was released.

2011.08.17: Established a new record for this century by having three consecutive albums in the top five of the Oricon charts, with BABY ACTION at ＃4, TEMPTATION BOX at ＃3, and BEST★SCANDAL at ＃5. This feat was last accomplished by all-girl band Pink Sapphire in 1991.

2011.09.11 - 09.17: Held their first-ever international tour titled SCANDAL ASIA TOUR 2011 "BABY ACTION" (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore).

2011.10.13 - 12.01: Held their second nationwide tour of the year titled SCANDAL VIRGIN HALL TOUR 2011 "BABY ACTION"

2011.09.28: First music video DVD collection VIDEO ACTION was released.

2011.10.11: "HARUKAZE" first aired as the opening theme for Bleach during its 343rd episode.

2011.10.13: First artist book GIRLS BE SCANDALOUS! was released.

2011.12.31: Moved back to blogging on Ameba.


2012

2012.01.22: Won a majority of the JpopAsia International Music Awards 2011 awards.

2012.02.22: 12th major single HARUKAZE was released.

2012.03.07: 1st best album SCANDAL SHOW was released.

2012.03.28: First concert at Nippon Budokan titled SCANDAL JAPAN TITLE MATCH LIVE 2012 "SCANDAL vs BUDOKAN"

2012.05.19-2012.06.17: Held live tour SCANDAL" LIVE IDO LIVE "TOUR 2012

2012.07.11: 13th major single Taiyou Scandalous was released.

2012.07.16: SCANDAL-sponsored event "Band Yarou Yo!! Vol.3" at SHIBUYA-AX was held.

2012.07.20: SCANDAL SHOP merchandise store is opened in Harajuku.

2012.07.28: Appeared at HIGHER GROUND 2012 ~FINAL~ (outdoor concert)

2012.08.26: Held a free performance on Shiroten Street inside of Osaka Castle Park. Announced SCANDAL OSAKA-JO HALL 2013 「Wonderful Tonight」 concert for March 3, 2013, their first-ever performance at their dream venue of Osaka-Jo Hall.

2012.08.31: SCANDAL SHOP in Harajuku closed.

2012.09.12: 14th major single Pin Heel Surfer was released.

2012.09.26: 4th studio album Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen- was released.

2012.09.27: Held a free concert at Yoyogi Park for the release of 4th studio album Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen- and announced SCANDAL SPECIAL LIVE IN MALAYSIA 2012 to be held on December 1, 2012.

2012.10.12 - 11.22: Held SCANDAL HALL TOUR 2012 "Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen-"

2012.10.25: Satisfaction was chosen for Microsoft's Windows 8 commercials in Japan.

2012.11.09: SCANDAL's music returns to the iTunes Store.

2012.12.01: Held their first solo concert in Malaysia titled SCANDAL SPECIAL LIVE IN MALAYSIA 2012.

2012.12.05: Contributed "Happy Collector" to the Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu official soundtrack.


2013

2013.01.09: Held first solo concert of 2013 titled, S(CANDAL) M(ANIA) SONIC 2013 -Hello, New Year-

2013.02.06: 2nd best album ENCORE SHOW was released. Official Band Score for ENCORE SHOW was also released. The album reached ＃1 on the Oricon Daily Chart.

2013.02.11: Performed as special guests at Valentine Special Live '13.

2013.03.03: Held their dream solo concert, SCANDAL OSAKA-JO HALL 2013 「Wonderful Tonight」, at Osaka-Jo Hall.

2013.03.13 - 03.19: Held their second Asia tour in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.

2013.04.20: Performed at KAWAii!! MATSURi 2013.

2013.05.22: 15th major single Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne was released.

2013.07.24: 4th live DVD SCANDAL OSAKA-JO HALL 2013 「Wonderful Tonight」 was released.

2013.08.14: 16th major single Kagen no Tsuki was released.

2013.09.13: "Runners high" announced as the ending theme for the video game Sengoku BASARA4.

2013.09.18: 17th major single OVER DRIVE was released.

2013.10.02: 5th studio album STANDARD was released.

2013.11.05: Announced a performance at Honolulu Ekiden & Music Festival 2014.

2013.12.03: Announced concerts SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014「360°」 and SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014「FESTIVAL」 to be held in June 2014.

2013.12.11: Announced that HARUNA would be in the stage performance of「Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Dai 4 Shou Kouhen Gekitotsu」at Aoyama Theater in Tokyo the following year (02/12 – 03/02), playing the character Emil von Selle.


2014

2014.01.10 - 01.17: Held SCANDAL COLLECTION 2014, an exclusive tour for SCANDAL MANIA members.

2014.02.12: Split single COUNT ZERO | Runners high with T.M.Revolution was released.

2014.02.28: The song "Rainy" is announced to be the Japanese theme song of the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

2014.03.11: TOMOMI joins the Shin Domoto Kyoudai TV show as a new member of the DOMOTO BROS. BAND.

2014.03.16: Held 「Band Yarou Yo!!Vol.5」at SHIBUYA-AX in Tokyo.

2014.03.26: Cover album Watashi to Drecom－DREAMS COME TRUE 25th ANNIVERSARY BEST COVERS was released. They covered the 7th track, "Osaka LOVER."

2014.04.23: 18th major single Departure was released.

2014.05.02.-2014.05.10: Held SCANDAL Toppatsu One-Man Live Series「Kyuu ni Kite Gomen. in Kita in northern Japan.

2014.06.01: Performed at Honolulu Ekiden & Music Festival 2014 (USA).

2014.06.02: Held SCANDAL Fan Meeting event in Honolulu.

2014.06.13: SCANDAL's Signature Squier by Fender instruments were released.

2014.06.22: Held SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014「360°」 at Osaka-Jo Hall.

2014.06.28-29: Held SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014「FESTIVAL」  at Yokohoma Arena.

2014.07.13: Held a Niconico Live Special Pokémon promo on 6 live streams.

2014.07.16: 19th major single Yoake no Ryuuseigun was released.

2014.07.24: Held joint concert SCANDAL vs Kishidan～THE GREAT ROCK‘N’ROLL SCANDAL in OSAKA～ with band Kishidan.

2014.08.03: Performed at INCHEON PENTAPORT ROCK FESTIVAL 2014 (South Korea).

2014.08.21: Performed at OTODAMA SEA STUDIO 2014 – Natsu no Owari no Scandal～Otodama 10 Shuukan ni Sonkei (Respect) wo Soete～

2014.09.14-28: Held SCANDAL LIVE HOUSE "10"DAYS 「Kyuu ni Kite Moratte Gomen. 2014~Shinkyoku Yaru Kara Kiite Yo~」.

2014.11.19: 20th major single Image was released.

2014.12.03: 6th studio album HELLO WORLD was released.


2015

2015.01.14: 5th concert DVD SCANDAL ARENA LIVE 2014 「FESTIVAL」 was released.

2015.01.24: Began their first world tour SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2015「HELLO WORLD」.

2015.04.25 - 04.30: Held the Europe leg of their world tour and performed in France, United Kingdom, and Germany.

2015.05.08 - 05.10: Held the South East Asia leg of their world tour and performed in Taiwan and Singapore.

2015.05.15 - 05.23: Held the North America leg of their world tour and performed in the USA and Mexico.

2015.05.29: Held the final performance of their world tour in Hong Kong.

2015.07.16: Held Band Yarou Yo!!Vol.6 event at Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo.

2015.07.22: 21st major single Stamp! was released.

2015.09.09: 22nd major single Sisters was released.

2015.10.17: SCANDAL's first documentary movie SCANDAL “Documentary film「HELLO WORLD」” was screened in movie theaters across Japan.

2015.12.09: SCANDAL ARENA TOUR 2015-2016 『PERFECT WORLD』 begins.

2015.12.23: SCANDAL “Documentary film「HELLO WORLD」” was released on DVD and Blu-Ray.


2016

2016.01.12 - 01.13: SCANDAL ARENA TOUR 2015-2016 『PERFECT WORLD』 concluded with two back-to-back performances at Nippon Budokan.

2016.03.02: 7th studio album YELLOW was released.

2016.04.13 - 06.18: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2016「YELLOW」.

2016.04.13: 6th concert DVD SCANDAL ARENA TOUR 2015-2016 『PERFECT WORLD』 was released.

2016.05.14: MAMI fell ill after the third to last performance in Japan of their tour and the band postponed the remaining 2 performances. They also canceled their two upcoming performances in Hawaii.

2016.05.21: HARUNA, RINA, and TOMOMI flew out to Hawaii and held the Welcome Fan Meeting in Honolulu.

2016.05.22: The 3 members and 3 of their staff members ran in the Honolulu Ekiden. They finished 179th out of 225 teams.

2016.05.23: HARUNA, RINA, and TOMOMI held the Farewell Fan Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2016.06.08 - 06.18: Went to Asia on SCANDAL TOUR 2016「YELLOW」 and performed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand.

2016.07.15: RINA released style book It's me RINA.

2016.07.27: 23rd major single Take Me Out was released.

2016.08.21: SCANDAL celebrated their 10th anniversary and played an outdoor live with over 20,000 fans in attendance.

2016.09.10 - 09.25: SCANDAL held their first European tour, SCANDAL TOUR 2016 “YELLOW” IN EUROPE.

2016.10.30 - 11.27: SCANDAL held their fan club tour in Japan, SCANDAL MANIA TOUR 2016.

2016.11.02: 7th concert DVD SCANDAL 10th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL『2006-2016』 was released.


2017

2017.02.15: SCANDAL released BEST ALBUM「SCANDAL」.

2017.03.11 - 07.17: SCANDAL held their first 47 prefecture tour, SCANDAL TOUR 2017「SCANDAL no 47 Todoufuken Tour」.

2017.08.21: Held a concert on their 11th anniversary that was taped for the MTV program Storytellers.

2017.08.21: Released their first signature Fender instruments.

2017.09.13: The song "Glitter," featuring lyrics written by RINA for idol group Tokyo Performance Doll, was released on their mini album Summer Glitter.

2017.10.06 - 21: Held their first joint band tour, SCANDAL TOUR 2017 "SCANDAL no Taiban Tour".

2017.10.22: Their first digital-only single Koisuru Universe was released.

2017.11.19: The song "Exceeeed!!", written by MAMI for idol group Yumemiru Adolescence, was released as part of their double-A-side single 20xx / Exceeeed!!.


2018

2018.02.14: 8th studio album HONEY was released.

2018.03.03 - 05.25: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2018 「HONEY」.

2018.06.06: SCANDAL wrote and produced the song "STORY" for Airi Suzuki's solo debut album Do me a favor.

2018.06.10 - 06.30: Held SCANDAL ASIA TOUR 2018 “HONEY" in Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Manila, and Taiwan.

2018.08.10: HARUNA released first photo book SOMEWHERE.

2018.08.21: Celebrated their 12th anniversary by holding Mystery Tours of SCANDAL.

2018.09.05 - 09.16: Held SCANDAL US & Mexico Tour 2018 "Special Thanks" in the US and Mexico.

2018.11.02 - 11.21: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2018 "Kanshasai'.

2018.12.24: Held BEST★Xmas 2018.

2018.12.24: Announced that they are establishing their own private imprint label called "her" (part of Victor Entertainment's "Colourful Records" imprint) with all subsequent releases to be released under this imprint.


2019

2019.03.27: Released 24th major single Masterpiece / Mabataki, their first release on "her" as well as their first-ever double A-side single.

2019.03.30 - 04.07: Held their fan club members-only tour SCANDAL MANIA TOUR 2019.

2019.06.01 - 07.11: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2019 "Fuzzy Summer Mood"

2019.08.06: Released digital single Fuzzy.

2019.08.21: Celebrated their 13th anniversary by holding SCANDAL MANIA presents “SCANDAL KARAOKE NIGHT”

2019.11.06: Released digital single Saishuuheiki, Kimi.

2019.12.24: Held BEST★Xmas 2019.


2020

2020.02.12: 9th studio album Kiss from the darkness was released.

2020.03.07~: Their planned second world tour SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020 “Kiss from the darkness” was postponed due to COVID-19.

2020.03.09: Weekly radio program/podcast "SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Apollo" launched.

2020.05.13: Released digital single Living in the city, recorded entirely in their respective homes.

2020.07.15: Digital single SPICE was released as well as the animated short XPICE, which is set to "SPICE."

2020.08.21: Held livestream concert SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020 “Kiss from the darkness” Livestream on their 14th anniversary.

2020.11.18: Live DVD SCANDAL LIVE Blu-ray&DVD『SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2020 “Kiss from the darkness” Livestream』 was released.

2020.12.24: Held SCANDAL『SEASONS』collaborated with NAKED, their first concert with a live audience in a year.


2021

2021.03.03: Released 25th major single eternal.

2021.04: Held fan club tour SCANDAL MANIA TOUR 2020 request.

2021.06.16: Released 26th major single Ivory, featuring MAMI on lead vocals on a single for the first time.

2021.08.21: Held SCANDAL 15th ANNIVERSARY LIVE 『INVITATION』 at Osaka-Jo Hall on their 15th anniversary.

2021.09.29: Released 27th major single one more time.

2021.10.03 - 10.24: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2021 "SCANDAL's Joint Band Tour" and perform with CHAI, indigo la End, Chiaki Sato, Vaundy.

2021.11.24: Live DVD SCANDAL 15th ANNIVERSARY LIVE 『INVITATION』 at Osaka-Jo Hall was released.

2021.12.24: Held BEST★Xmas 2021.


2022

2022.01.26: 10th studio album MIRROR was released.

2022.03: RINA's first signature snare drum is released.

2022.03.12 - 06.11: Held SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Japan.

2022.07: RINA's replica drum kit is released.

2022.07.09 - 07.15: Held SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in North America but only 4 out of the 9 dates were completed due to all of the members testing positive for COVID halfway through the tour.

2022.08.21: Released their second signature Fender instruments.

2022.09.22 - 09.29: Held SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Europe.

2022.11.26: Released SCANDAL “Documentary film MIRROR” on the U-NEXT Japanese streaming service.

2022.12.24: Held BEST★Xmas 2022.


2023

2023.02.22: SCANDAL “Documentary film MIRROR” was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

2023.04.07 - 05.04: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2023 "unlimited UTOPIA" in Japan.

2023.05.10: Released 28th major single Line of sight.

2023.07.15: Performed at the anime convention Anime Friends in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2023.08.21: Held SCANDAL 17th ANNIVERSARY 『Sekai Ichi』 on their 17th anniversary, and also set the Guinness World Record for "Longest running rock band with the same musicians (female)."

2023.10.04: Released 29th major single Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto.

2023.10.08-22: Held SCANDAL TOUR 2023 『Kanshasai vol.2』 in Japan.

2023.12.24: Held BEST★Xmas 2023.



2024

2024.03.20: Will release 11th studio album LUMINOUS.

2024.05.25 ~ Will hold SCANDAL TOUR 2024 “LUMINOUS” in Japan and overseas.

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Last updated: December 25, 2023

Sorry for the delay, got really busy and just had the time to start this.

Anyways here's what I promised initial SCANDAL Timeline. As I said on my previous post on alrick's suggestion, this is just an initial work. I only placed here what I see the most significant events and live performances of the band.

This thread will serve as the SCANDAL Timeline project, those who see corrections, addition of missing info, and even suggestions for the Timeline, just post in this thread.

Those who will post events, please make sure you have the date since this is in timeline format. Include your source(s) as well so that we'll know that the event really did happened. This is my first time creating a timeline, so suggestions are welcome.

I did my best researching on the pre-2008 era, but I was really limited because of the language. So it would be nice if some peeps can do more research on that period.

Lastly, no spamming please, remember the Thanks button is there for a reason.

So let's do this!

2006.09.xx: Backdancers! movie was released where HARUNA was a back-up dancer.

according to IMDB release date was 2006.09.09

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0855721/releaseinfo

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2011.04.23

Won Best Girl Band Category for Jpop Asia Awards 2010

2011.08.17

Establish a new record for this Century by having three consecutive albums in the top five of the Oricon charts. With Baby Action at #4, Temptation Box at #3, and Best Scandal at #5
A feat last accomplished by girls' band "Pink Sapphire" in 1991

http://mfound.jp/news/2011/08/010571.html

2012.01.22

Won majority of Jpop Asia Awards 2011

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please verify the information, if you have more accurate dates please do correct me.... before it is added to the first post

EDIT: * ADDED TO TIMELINE *

This is a very good project! I have a small suggestion.

What if we put links to the specific threads of the vids mentioned here.

For example:

2008.xx.xx: TOMOMI and MAMI in a BELéBEL Hair Fashion College Commercial. [link]

I guess it might be a tad bit of work but it would be very helpful and make the media section more accessible.

continuing mc...

May 19 - Jun 17 2012, Dared "SCANDAL" LIVE IDO LIVE "TOUR 2012"

July 11 2012, Released "scandalous sun" 13th Single

July 16 2012, "Let's do the band!! Vol.3" appeared (SHIBUYA-AX)

July 20 2012, Opened a SCANDAL SHOP in Harajuku (open until August 31).

July 28 2012, Appeared in 2012 ~ FINAL ~ HIGHER GROUND. (outdoor music event)

August 26 2012, Held a free live at Osaka Castle Street heaven. Announced a one-man live at Osaka Castle Hall on March 3, 2013.

September 26 2012, 4th original album "Queens are trumps - the trump Queen" - released.

October 25 2012 , The "Satisfaction" Decision to be the songs of Windows 8 TV commercial.

sorry if there are some errors in japanese translation

source:http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCANDAL

2012.09.27: Held a free live at Yoyogi Park as the released of the 4th original album "Queens are trumps - 切り札はクイーン -" and announced SCANDAL SPECIAL LIVE IN MALAYSIA 2012 on December 1, 2012.

2012.10.12 - 2012.10.22: Held SCANDAL HALL TOUR 2012『Queens are trumps~切り札はクイーン~』.

2012.9.12: Released "Pin Heel Surfer" 14th single

2012.10.12 - 2012.11.22: SCANDAL HALL TOUR 2012『Queens are trumps~切り札はクイーン~』.

2012.12.1: First One-man live in Malaysia.

2006.08.28: First live of SCANDAL at HEAVY RHYTHM FINAL ( @Namba Hatch , Osaka )
        They performed タイムマシンにお願い (Time Machine Ni Onegai) by Sadistic Mika Band

gah...I'm totally confused about when they signed their record contract with Epic/Sony...

Watch this video, 2008-03-16, Haruna announced Doll as their (major) debut song

In 2008-04-10 Masterworks wrote that Scandal inked a record contract with Epic/Sony

Their new (Epic branded) website goes live 2008-08-07 or 2008-08-08 (see here)

Btw
2008-11-01 - Scandal Official Goods Store opened (http://web.archive.org/web/20081206152215/http://www.scandal-4.com/info/information.html)

2009-11-05 - Club Scandal opened (http://web.archive.org/web/20091207164905/http://www.scandal-4.com/information.html)

2009-12-01 - Their Recochoku commercial was aired. (http://web.archive.org/web/20091207164905/http://www.scandal-4.com/information.html)

2012-11-09 - Scandal's back on the Japanese iTunes Store (http://web.archive.org/web/20110615180059/http://www.scandal-4.com/information.html)

I've finally update the timeline (thanks for the info provided by Erick M, Kris-, anchiel, elevenglass, and silentdx).
I'm certain there's tons of dates that I have missed, so if anyone wants to follow up with the project that would be greatly appreciated! (I really liked the idea of the Timeline Project when it was announced ^.^)

I'm glad I've search a little bit and found this topic. I was about to start one... We need to update this.. There's so much happening for them this year alone...

Any new contributions to the timeline would be greatly appreciated!

Could this help? Please disregard the little A/S/TV/C things it's on my excel sheet for categories and I'm just too lazy to remove it from the raw copied text ^^ Gomene  .shy. 

Concerts/Lives:

Tv shows/Promo:

Releases:

And these are the announcements they made. For example, they announced on sept 17th that Runners high will be the ending game of a video game and it will come out in January. the Hawaii concert was announced on nov 5th. Not sure this is needed but I thought I add it  .sweat. 

Announcements:

The dates are in european (12/10/13 means 12 october 2013) ^^ And of course this is probably not complete at all, pretty sure I forgot to write some things but I guess it can help.

Thanks for the input HRMT! It wouldn't take long for me to notice that there's no 14th month or whatever.

Gonna start updating now.

haha yeah of course but just thought I say it because mostly people use the American format I guess here.

Like I said also, not sure everything is 100% correct or complete. Maybe someone can double check it or remember if something is missing.

Just have a question:
I think they said before (not entirely sure of what interview) that two weeks after they were formed was their first live. Is that 'first live' pertaining to the AUGUST 21 live inside the CALESS Campus, or the 'first live' with RINA on the AUGUST 28?
So the range of date when they (HARU, MAMI, TOMOMI) were formed was August 7-20 (from August 2006 calendar)?
I'm also wondering why there isn't any exact date of formation of the 3(HARU, MAMI, TOMOMI). Not like it's that important cos Rina's not yet part of it, but it's still a piece of golden information(well, for me...)

Mamitachu wrote:Just have a question:
I think they said before (not entirely sure of what interview) that two weeks after they were formed was their first live. Is that 'first live' pertaining to the AUGUST 21 live inside the CALESS Campus, or the 'first live' with RINA on the AUGUST 28?
So the range of date when they (HARU, MAMI, TOMOMI) were formed was August 7-20 (from August 2006 calendar)?
I'm also wondering why there isn't any exact date of formation of the 3(HARU, MAMI, TOMOMI). Not like it's that important cos Rina's not yet part of it, but it's still a piece of golden information(well, for me...)

They were pertaining to the first live in August 21. I think I've remembered that interview when Haruna said that she learned playing the guitar for about two weeks before their first performance. And looking at the timeline when Rina joined them, it was only a week before they've held their first live with Rina. So I guess they were pertaining on August 21.

About the formation of the three, well I haven't seen or read something them mentioning the date of their actual formation so yeah, we could just range it xD (or that I'm having a bad memory) That's just my thoughts though hehe

What about the 19-08-2014 Live Burger at Zepp Diver City Tokyo?

so lets review;

2006.09.09: Backdancers! movie was released where HARUNA was a back-up dancer.
How did this come about? What kind of connections did Haruna make doing this? Was this through Caless??
2007

2007.02.18:
Blog moved from livedoor to ameblo (http://ameblo.jp/scandal/).
Also created their personal video blog in ameblo.
スキャンダル was officially stylized to SCANDAL.


2007 March-December:
Performed street lives every weekend at Shiroten in Osaka Castle Park.
How did Scandal have access to Masterwork songs (Space Ranger and etc,) prior to signing to a label?? 

2007.05.12-2007.05.13: Attended the SQUARE ENIX Party 2007 for their Star Ocean: Second Evolution collaboration. Wait, They just found their name and have been playing Masterwork songs for 3 months and get invited to do this (Star Ocean)?? Ok, who's behind this?? 

2007.08.xx: Participated in a special event at Shibuya Club Asia, a highly recognized and respected club in Shibuya. The event they were discovered by Kitty Records. Again, play Masterwork songs and just playing live for 5 months and they get invited to this. This seem to easy, like someone was grooming them from the start.

As a huge SCANDAL fan, can anyone tell me who Masterwork is and who was behind the girls early success pre-kittie records???

barzurc wrote:
How did this come about? What kind of connections did Haruna make doing this? Was this through Caless??

Yes, this was through Caless. At least 3 other Caless student was part of the movie/auditioned for the movie. (Haruna was part of a 4-member dance unit "4-son (season)" at that time). SEE: HERE

barzurc wrote:
How did Scandal have access to Masterwork songs (Space Ranger and etc,) prior to signing to a label?? 

Masterworks worked for Caless.

barzurc wrote:
2007.05.12-2007.05.13: Attended the SQUARE ENIX Party 2007 for their Star Ocean: Second Evolution collaboration. Wait, They just found their name and have been playing Masterwork songs for 3 months and get invited to do this (Star Ocean)?? Ok, who's behind this?? 

They weren't invited. They won some kind of a compettion, thus they performed the opening song for the enchanced remake of Star Ocean 2 video game.

barzurc wrote:
2007.08.xx: Participated in a special event at Shibuya Club Asia, a highly recognized and respected club in Shibuya. The event they were discovered by Kitty Records. Again, play Masterwork songs and just playing live for 5 months and they get invited to this. This seem to easy, like someone was grooming them from the start.

It was Sony who discovered them at this show, not Kitty. They formed because Kitty told Caless that they want some all-female bands. (Kitty was kindaaaa broke that time) SEE: HERE Scandal wasn't the first band that went from Caless --> Kitty --> Epic Records (Suger). In THIS LINK you can see Suger do some backdancing for Scandal. (a month before their major label debut which is... sad)

barzurc wrote:
As a huge SCANDAL fan, can anyone tell me who Masterwork is and who was behind the girls early success pre-kittie records???

Masterworks works for Caless. There's no pre-Kitty era for Scandal (see above)

Great info SILLENTDX
Thanks a lot!!!!

I thought Masterworks was Sony so this is good to know. Does this mean that Scandal's indie career was fabricated? If Caless is holding movie auditions, video game soundtrack placement, has Masterworks catalog and new band scouting, How big is Caless? Is Caless owned by a major label??

I don't get what you mean by "fabricated"... Is "fabricated" means that they were supported from the start by the indie label Kitty Records?

Also I don't think Caless hold any kind of movie auditions or anything like that... at least back that time (they send Haruna and the other 3 to that audition, they only asked their student to play instruments because Kitty asked them to do so). Also (afaik) Masterworks is far from some big name in the music industry - afaik only Scandal (and maybe Suger) recorded and released his works (beside those über indie Caless releases). (I will check this later, ok?) (Though it looks like that Caless CDs were released by his Masterorksrecords, these ar über indie releases)

Though interestingly a LOT of singer/musician hailed from Caless. For a list click HERE

EDIT: MASTERWORKS' works (kekekeke) registered in JASRAC:
SCANDAL songs:
1. "SAKURA Goodbye" (lyrics+composition)
2. "SCANDAL no Theme" (lyrics+composition)
3. "Kagerou" (lyrics)
4. "Koi no Kajitsu" (composition)
5. "Koi Moyou" (composition)
6. "Natsu Neiro" (composition)
7. "Playboy" (lyrics+composition)
8. "Osaka" (lyrics+composition)
9. "S.L.Magic" (composition)
10. "TOKYO" (lyrics+composition)

SUGER songs:
1. "Koi no Promotion" (lyrics)
2. "My Favorite" (composition)

Yuya Matsushita songs:
1. "Member Introductions" (lyrics+composition)
2. "Opening Dance" (composition)
3. "Paradise" (lyrics)

Other songs:
1. Liliy of the Valley - "Make Me Happy" (composition)
2. Bright - "Girls Be Ambitious" (composition)

Masterworks is a person??? More info on this please..
I thought it was a catalog held by some company like a label. 

So if Kittie was broke and Sony discovered the girls early on. Then was it Sony that put them on the Japan Night SXSW tour?? 

I meant Fabricated in the way of most major label will place their artist on a sub-label owned by them to give their artist street credit. (Paramore for example was never on an indie label, Ramon Records was owned by Atlantic Records in which they were sign to first) Part of me suspects this to be the same with Scandal. As if Kittie was a fabrication by Sony; or maybe Sony scooped them up with Kittie as possibly the girls signed something with Kittie first. (the all ready dead label) 

Then there is the idea that "bands are only as good as their singer" (as it is said in Los Angeles) and regardless that the girls were just beginning players, Haruna is such an amazing singer that even singing other artist material, Sony could have just signed them on the spot!! I guess we may never know. 
 
According to the link you provided it seems to me that Caless is a bit bigger than some local dance studio.

Thanks for all your info. You have been a big help

Yep, Masterworks IS a person who works(/ed) for Caless. He wrote songs for Scandal (and maybe for other artists, too [can't check this right now as Ongaku no Mori is down till January 4]) He also released some of Caless' music through his "Masterworksrecords". (these are über rare releases, you could only bought them if you phoned Caless)

There's absolutely no mention of Sony in Scandal's SXSW related materials (like Sakura Goodbye's DVD) and Kitty is definitely not something that owned by Sony, though they had business relationships prior Scandal with Suger (which is a boyband). (Though I don't know how pleasant was that for Sony as the group failed to chart on Oricon with their first and final single) After Scandal I don't think any other Kitty artist signed to Sony/Epic. Also, Scandal is one of the only 2 artist in the lineup of SXSW 2008 that inked a record deal with a major label. The other one, ketchup mania signed to Toy's Factory (and before that to Universal) before SXSW 2008. Who knows maybe Sony wanted a "sequel" to Zone (whis was the most popular all-female band in the 2000s) after their first disbandment in 2005? (and it's kinda worked as Scandal is the most successful all-female band in Japan in the 2010s)

Oh' I love Zone!! That is very interesting, I could see how Sony would want to fill the "Zone" void. The timing was perfect. I'm going to Japan in March and I want to visit Caless, studio broz, and maybe see some band at Osaka Castle Park. I did acquire a ticket to Scandal's Aichi show as well. Hey maybe when I visit Caless (if they are still there) I can get a Masterwork's CD.