Mr.Children

Baiklah, setelah lama memendam keinginan, akhirnya jadi juga thread tentang salah satu band papan atas di negeri sakura ini.

Biografi

taken from wiki :

Mr. Children, commonly called “Misuchiru” (ミスチル, “Misuchiru”?), is a Japanese 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 acts, having sold over 50 million records (the second highest selling act in Japan, after B’z). They also currently hold the record for the highest first week sales of a single in Japan, with 1.2 million copies of their 10th single “Namonaki Uta”, have 26 consecutive #1 singles, and replaced Glay as the all-male band with the most #1 albums on the Oricon charts. As of 2007, Mr. Children has published twelve original studio albums and 30 singles, along with three compilations, a live album, and ten home video releases. The bands 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, respectively).

Musik yang dimainkan Mr.Children sedikit unik dibandingkan dengan band-band lain. Di beberapa lagu seringkali mereka menggunakan instrumen akustik yang lembut dan minimalis, sementara di lagu yang lain kental dengan nuansa rock. Tidak jarang juga musik mereka diwarnai orkestra atau synthesizers.

Suara vokal Sakurai yang unik juga membuat band ini sangat mudah dikenali hanya dengan mendengar beebrapa pembukaan lagunya. Lirik yang diciptakan Sakurai mencakup tema yang luas dan mendapat banyak perhatian dari berbagai kalangan. Sakurai juga termasuk sebagai salah satu penulis lirik terbaik di Jepang.

Mr_Children wrote at jpopmusic.com :

Basically, their popularity stems from their music which has a real and honest feeling, thus, reaching a wide margin of the population. It is also known that many famous Japanese people and musicians are fans of them including : – Domoto Tsuyoshi (of KinKi Kids)
– Sukima Switch
– Keita Tachibana (of W-inds)
– Van Tomiko (of Do as Infinity)
– Kobukuro
– BoA
– ayaka
– Suga Shikao
– Chara
– Kaori Mochida (ELT)
– Kawaguchi Kyougo
– Otsuka Ai
– Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (SMAP)
– Matsushita Nao (pianist)
– Tsumabuki Satoshi (actor)
– Hirosue Ryoko (actress)
– Katase Nana (actress)
– Katou Rosa (actress)
– Koizumi Koutarou (actress)
– Fujiki Naohito (actor)
– Kubozuka Yosuke (actor) and many more…

Band Members

Sakurai Kazutoshi
[ Vocalist, Lyricist, Componist, Keyboard and Second Guitarist, born: 8th March 1970 ]

Name: 桜井和寿 [Sakurai Kazutoshi]
Blood type: O
Birthday: 1970.3.8
Birthplace: Tokyo
Marital Status: Married to 吉野美佳 [Mika Yoshino]
Status in band: Vocal, guitar, lyricist, and composer

Tahara Kenichi
[ First Guitarist, born: 24th September 1969 ]

Name: 田原健一 [Kenichi Tahara]
Date of birth: 1969.09.24
Place of birth: Fukuoka
Blood type: O
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Position: Guitar

Nakagawa Keisuke
[ Bassist, born: 26th August 1969 ]

Name: 中川敬輔 (Keisuke Nakagawa)
Date of birth: 1969.08.26
Place of birth: Nagasaki
Blood type: B
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Position: Bass

Suzuki Hideya
[ Background Vocalist, Drums, born : 14th November 1969 ]

Name: 鈴木英哉 [Hideya Suzuki]
Date of birth: 1969.11.14
Place of birth: Tokyo
Blood type: A
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 64 kg
Position: Drums & Backing Vocals

Kobayashi Takeshi – The unnoficial 5th member –

Takeshi Kobayashi // 小林武史
Born: July 6th 1959
Role: Producer, Keyboardist

Dialah co-produser yang menangani semua album Mr.Children dan banyak berpartisipasi pada performance live sebagai keyboardist.

Links

#Navigation site

http://www.mrchildren-navi.com/

#Official

Mr.Children Official Site : http://www.mrchildren.jp/
Mr.Children at Toys Factory : http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/mrchildren/index.html
Versi Inggris Toys Factory : http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/english/artist/mrchildren.html

#Fansites – Japanese

http://www.ryozzy.net/mchild/
http://pro.tok2.com/~sino777/index.html
http://webs.to/everyday/
http://www.mc-soul.com/
http://www.hpmix.com/home/mrchildreds/T1.htm
http://my-hero.versus.jp/
http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~replay/

#Fansites – English

http://www.innocent-world.org/ [Regular news updates]
http://www.geocities.com/everything_misuchiru/
http://www.geocities.com/ijahamran/

#BBS, Images, Multimedia and Miscellanous Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Children
http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop?d=p&cf=42&id=17382
http://members.edogawa.home.ne.jp/mrchild/sozai/mcico.html
http://homepage2.nifty.com/6050/misbiography.html
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/toolbox/

Also, buat para fans Mr.Children jangan lupa sematkan pin kalian di GUEST MAP
Klik here : — Mr. Children Guestmap of http://www.Innocent-world.org

Major article written above are highly inspired by Mr_Children at jpopmusic.com