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Mr.Children

Origin:     Tokyo, Japan
Genres:     Pop rock, power pop, progressive rock
Years active:     1988–present
Labels:     Toy's Factory
Website:     mrchildren.jp

Members:
Kazutoshi Sakurai
Kenichi Tahara
Keisuke Nakagawa
Hideya Suzuki

Mr. Children (ミスターチルドレン?), commonly referred to by their contracted nickname "Misu-Chiru" (ミスチル?), is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists. They are the second best selling artists in Japan, having sold over 58 million records and creating the "Mis-chil Phenomenon" (ミスチル現象?) in the mid-1990s in Japan. They held the record for the highest first week sales of a single in Japan for 15 years, with 1.2 million copies of their 10th single "Namonaki Uta" (名もなき詩?), have 30 consecutive number 1 singles, replaced Glay as the all-male band (with 3 or more members) to have the most number 1 albums on the Oricon charts, and won the Japan Record Award in 1994 for "Innocent World" and in 2004 for "Sign".

As of 2012, Mr. Children has published fifteen original studio albums and 34 physical singles, along with five compilations, a live album, and fifteen home video releases. The band's music is mainly composed and written by lead singer Sakurai, with the exception of the Suzuki-penned songs "Asia" and "#2601" from the albums Atomic Heart and Discovery, and occasional collaborative song writing with producer Takeshi Kobayashi.

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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Hugely successful Japanese pop-rock band, Mr.Children

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