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 pop artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the "Misuchiru Phenomenon" in the mid 1990s in Japan. 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 27 consecutive #1 singles, replaced Glay as the all-male band (with 3 or more members) to have the most #1 albums on the Oricon charts, and won the Japan Record Award in 1994 for 'Innocent World' and in 2004 for 'Sign'. As of 2007, Mr. Children has published twelve original studio albums and 31 singles, along with three compilations, a live album, and eleven 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).   Wikipedia