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{{short description|Japanese visual kei rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Malice Mizer
| image             = Malice Mizer - Gekka No Yasoukyoku.jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Malice Mizer in 1998. Clockwise from top-left: Mana, Kami, Közi, Yu~ki, Gackt
| landscape         = 
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Japan]]
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[Art rock]]
*[[gothic rock]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
*[[neoclassical darkwave]]<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=malice-mizer-p874776/biography|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Malice Mizer}}</ref>
*[[synthpop]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
}}
| discography       = [[Malice Mizer discography]]
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 1992–2001
* 2018{{refn|group=n|One-off reunions in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016}}
}}
| label             = [[Nippon Columbia]], [[Midi:Nette]]
| website           = [http://www.malice-mizer.co.jp/ malice-mizer.co.jp]
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = * [[Mana (Japanese musician)|Mana]]
* [[Közi]]
* Yu~ki
* Gaz
* [[Tetsu Takano|Tetsu]]
* [[Kami (musician)|Kami]]
* [[Gackt]]
* [[Klaha]]
}}

'''Malice Mizer''' (stylized as '''MALICE MIZER''') was a Japanese [[visual kei]] [[Rock music|rock]] band active from 1992 to 2001. The band was notable for their music and their live shows, featuring lavish historical costumes and stage sets, with short silent theater pieces preluding various songs.

Formed by guitarists [[Mana (Japanese musician)|Mana]] and [[Közi]], throughout their history, the band has gone through several different lineups and three drastic image changes, with Mana, Kozi, and bassist Yu~ki being the band's sole consistent members. Their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical influences, later moving away from deliberate French romanticism and incorporating Gothic aspects after several difficulties befell the band. 

At their peak in the mid-to-late 1990s, they were considered one of the "[[Four Heavenly Kings]] of visual kei" alongside [[La'cryma Christi]], [[Fanatic Crisis]] and [[Shazna]].<ref name="jbpress">{{cite web|url=https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/84406|title=SHAZNA、ラクリマ、マリス、F◇C…番組から生まれた「ヴィジュアル系四天王」偏見の矢面に立たされた彼らの真の実力|work=JB Press|language=Japanese|date=2024-11-20|accessdate=2025-05-16}}</ref> Their third and most successful studio album ''[[Merveilles (album)|Merveilles]]'' (1998) was included in 2021 by ''[[Kerrang!]]'' on a list of 13 essential [[Japanese rock]] and [[Japanese metal|metal]] albums.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 13 essential Japanese rock and metal albums you need to know| url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-13-essential-japanese-rock-and-metal-albums-you-need-to-know/| work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=2021-05-13|accessdate=2021-09-15}}</ref> However, their success was short-lived, and in late 2001 it was announced that Malice Mizer would go on an indefinite hiatus. Mana, Közi and Yu~ki have performed together several times since 2010.