Awalnya, pada oktober 1998, Shogo, Wacchan dan personil baru Kazuya dan Isakick memutuskan untuk membuat band 175R, biasa disebut juga "Inago Raida." Nama itu ide dari Shogo saat dia masih SD, dia sering di panggil nickname itu karena warna matanya.
Mereka memulai aktifitas mereka di daerah Kitakyuushuu sebagai band support beberapa band ternama, dan nggak lama kemudian mereka pun punya nama dalam dunia musik jepang. Pada mei di tahun yang sama, 175R mengikuti konter Kurozaki Marcus dan mereka juara 1, mendapatkan hadiah sebesar 100,000 yen.
Setelah sukses mereka di kontes Kurozaki Marcus, terjadi masalah di 175R. Pada Juli tahun 1999, Wacchan keluar dari band. Kontes yang akan mereka ikuti sebentar lagi, mereka harus cepat mencari pengganti Wacchan. Mereka memilih saudara Kazuya, Yoshiaki, Band ini kembali menemukan kesuksesan mereka; kali ini mereka juara pada grooveroad Band Battle Contest, dan dapat 50,000 yen. Dengan uang hadiah itu, mereka memulai studio rekaman mereka, dan merilis demo pertama mereka, 1769~Inrarock~. Demo yang terdiri dari 4 track ini rilis pada Oktober 1999. Aktivitas band mereka pun meluas sampai ke fukuoka.
Pada pertengahan tahun 2000, mereka melakukan tour debut pertama mereka di Kyuushuu, dan setengah tahun kemudian mereka hadir di JITTERIN'JINN di Kurozaki Marcus. Pada desember mereka menjadi guest star di "B-Dash," sebagai band pembuka Kemuri.
Pada maret, nasional tour pertama mereka di mulia di Shinjuku Wall. Pada Juni, maxi single pertama mereka dari North Nine State rilis dibawah label indie ihaterecords, dan mendapatkan posisi #1 pada Oricon charts indie selama 3 minggu berturut-turut. Mereka mendapatkan banyak tawaran manggung dan menjadi bagian rekaman bersama The High-Lows, JITTERIN'JINN, Sherbets, Kemuri dan Potshot. Di akhir tahun mereka memulai rekaman album pertama mereka. Tiga bulan kemudian, mereka berada di posisi #6 music chart.
July 2002 brought more lives with bands like RIZE and TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA. Around this time the single collaboration with Shaka Labbits, Stand By You, was released, reaching #5 on the charts. That summer they took part in various festivals such as Summer Sonic and gained a steadily growing fan community.
By fall they embarked on the Stand By You Tour 2002 together with Shaka Labbits, visiting 11 cities. In October they moved to Tokyo and Shogo landed a radio show on All Night Nippon which aired on Tuesdays. In 2003, 175R celebrated their major debut with the song Happy Life and in April the same year, their new single Sora ni utaeba reached #1 on the Oricon. It was around this time that Kazuya changed his name to Kazya. One month later the band held a free live in Yoyogi Kouen which gathered 25,000 visitors. In the summer they went on tour again, taking part in various festivals, and by New Year's they participated in NHK's countdown show.
Over the next few years, 175R was constantly in the recording studio, putting out a series of singles and albums. Their live schedule was just as hectic, and by the end of 2006, the band had released twelve singles and two albums.
2007 was another exceptionally good year for the band as they released three singles in the early months which was followed up by the album Thank You For The Music in October. While 2008 was a much quieter year for the band than fans were used to, the group did not disappoint, still making time to release the album Omae wa sugee! as well as a concert DVD in July.
In 2009, 175R took a short hiatus through the beginning of the year. They picked up activities again in the fall with the single Refrain, followed by Tokyo in December. However, by 2010 the band was back in the thick of things, dropping the album JAPON in February and touring soon thereafter.
Towards the end of the year, 175R wrapped up 2010 with the Thank you! Hello! Tour 2010 . Their final performance was on New Year's at the Galaxy Stage event. While the band has not announced their activities for the new year yet, Isakick has started solo activities for 2011, playing at NOBUPALOOZA and Whip volume 2, both which occurred January 8th
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