Mr. Children facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mr. Children
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genres	Pop/rock
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Toy's Factory
Associated acts	Bad Music (July 1991 - March 1994) Oorong-Sha (April 1994 - present)
Members	Kazutoshi Sakurai Kenichi Tahara Keisuke Nakagawa Hideya Suzuki

Mr. Children, usually called "Misuchiru" (ミスチル), is a Japanese rock band made in 1988. They belong to Oorong-sha (烏龍舎). Their record company is Toy's Factory.

Members

• Kazutoshi Sakurai (桜井和寿; Vo&G)
• Kenichi Tahara (田原健一; G)
• Keisuke Nakagawa (中川敬輔; B)
• Hideya Suzuki (鈴木英哉; Dr)

Supporting members

Current

• Takeshi Kobayasi (Keyboard)

Past

• Naoto Inti Raymi (G&chorus)
• Sunny (サニー; Keyboard & chorus)

Success

They are one of the most successful Japanese bands, selling over 50 million records.

Fan Club

The official fan club of Mr. Children is called Father & Mother. The fan club was started in 1994. The fan club can only be joined by mail and requires an admission fee of 3.500 yen, with yearly re-applications for membership. And there are concert ticket only for the members.

Albums

As of 2007, Mr. Children has published twelve original studio albums and 30 singles, three compilation albums, a live album, and ten home video releases.

• Everything (1992)
• Kind of Love (1992)
• Versus (1993)
• Atomic Heart (1994)
• Shinkai (深海) (1996)
• Bolero (1997)
• Discovery (1999)
• Q (2000)
• It's a Wonderful World (2002)
• Shifuku no Oto (シフクノオト) (2004)
• I Love U (I♥U) (2005)
• Home (2007)
• Supermarket Fantasy (2008)
• SENCE (2010)
• Mr.Children 2001-2005 <micro> (2012)
• Mr.Children 2005-2010 <macro> (2012)
• ［(an imitation) blood orange］ (2012)

Compilations

• Mr. Children 1992-1995 (2001)
• Mr. Children 1996-2000 (2001)
• B-side (2007)

Live albums

• 1/42 (1999)

Singles

• "Kimi ga ita natsu (君がいた夏)"
• "Dakisimetai (抱きしめたい)"
• "Replay"
• "CROSS ROAD"
• "innocent world"
• "Tomorrow Never Knows"
• "everybody goes -Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop-kick- (everybody goes -秩序のない現代にドロップキック-)"
• "【es】 ~Theme of es~"
• "See-Saw Game ~yuukan na koi no uta~ (シーソーゲーム 〜勇敢な恋の歌〜)"
• "Namonaki uta (名もなき詩)"
• "Hana -Mémento-Mori- (花 -Mémento-Mori-)"
• "Machine gun wo buppanase -Mr.Children Bootleg- (マシンガンをぶっ放せ -Mr.Children Bootleg-)"
• "Everything (It's You)"
• "Nishi e Higashi e (ニシエヒガシエ)"
• "Owari naki tabi (終わりなき旅)"
• "Hikari no sasu hou e (光の射すほうへ)"
• "I'LL BE"
• "Kuchibue (口笛)"
• "NOT FOUND"
• "Yasashii uta (優しい歌)"
• "youthful days"
• "Kimi ga suki (君が好き)"
• "Any"
• "HERO"
• "Tenohira/Kurumi (掌/くるみ)"
• "Sign"
• "Yojigen Four Dimensions (四次元 Four Dimensions)"
• "Houkiboshi (箒星)"
• "Shirushi (しるし)"
• "Fake (フェイク)"
• "Tabidachi no uta (旅立ちの歌)"
• "GIFT"
• "HANABI"
• "Inori-namidanokiseki / End of the day / pieces (祈り ～涙の軌道 / End of the day / pieces)"

See also

In Spanish: Mr.Children para niños