Mr. Children

Commonly referred to by their contracted nickname MisuChiru are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai Kenichi Tahara Keisuke Nakagawa and Hideya Suzuki they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of the best selling artists in Japan and one of the most successful Japanese rock artists having sold over 75 million records and creating the Mischil Phenomenon in the mid1990s 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 have 30 consecutive number 1 singles replaced Glay as the allmale 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.