Kaori Mochida

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Kaori Mochida

Background information
Also known as	Mocchi
Born	March 24, 1978 (1978-03-24) (age 30) Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s)	Japanese Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1986 - present

Kaori Mochida (持田香織, Mochida Kaori^?), born March 24, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan, is the female lead singer of Every Little Thing, a Japanese pop group.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Before ELT
- 1.2 With ELT
2 Other works
3 Profile
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Before ELT

Mochida was formerly a child actress, appearing in many child magazines and TV spots.

Using the stage name of 持田かおり (with Kaori written in hiragana) the little girl started to sing with a girl band called The Kuro Buta All-Stars (黒BUTAオールスターズ, The Kuro Buta All-Stars^?), a group very similar to Morning Musume with lots of different girls; Mochida had the strongest voice of all of them. They after changed their name to Kuro Buta Tengoku (黒BUTA天国, Kuro Buta Tengoku^?). The band released only one CD titled Mou Ichido, which failed to chart.

After this Mochida focused on her studies and left the band, which was later dissolved. When she finished school, Kaori decided that she wanted to become a professional singer, starting to record demo cassettes and sending them to several record labels. She was finally signed to label Avex Trax.

[edit] With ELT

Mitsuru Igarashi, music producer back then, heard Mochida's cassette and asked her to be part of a new band called Every Little Thing along with Ichiro Ito and Igarashi himself.

When Every Little Thing debuted in 1996, Mochida began to suffer scenic panic, after watching herself in every magazine, TV channel, and radio station of Japan; she used to get sick after every concert, but later it got better after getting more confidence starting with their 4th studio album, 4 Force.

Several magazines have qualified her as a fashion icon because of her unique style. She has also promoted several products for Breeze, Toyota, Icebox, Morinaga and Nivea.

[edit] Other works

Mochida provided vocals for the song "in case of me" on the 2002 charity album song+nation. "in case of me" was written by Tetsuya Komuro and produced by Komuro and Max Matsuura.

She also released a solo single in 2004 called "Itsu no manika shōjo wa" (いつのまにか少女は, "Itsu no manika shōjo wa"^?). Both songs on the single are actually cover of songs by Yosui Inoue and the single was produced by Inoue.