Mr. Children is one of the best-selling Japanese acts of all time, with more
than 75 million albums sold during the band's 30-year career. The rock band
formed in Shibuya, Tokyo, in 1992. Lead vocalist and chief songwriter Kazutoshi
Sakurai, guitarist Kenichi Tahara, bassist Keisuke Nakagawa, and drummer Hideya
Suzuki released two albums that same year, with Everything going double-platinum
and its successor, Kind of Love, earning quadruple-platinum sales. Two years
later, Mr. Children earned its first Number 1 single with "Innocent World,"
kickstarting an unprecedentedly success...