Kaori Mochida

Kaori Mochida 持田香織
Also known as	Mocchi
Born	March 24, 1978 (1978-03-24) (age 33) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Japanese pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1986–present
Labels	avex trax
Associated acts	Every Little Thing
Website	Kaori Mochida Official Website

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

Biography

Kaori Mochida was a child actress, appearing in children's magazines and TV spots. Using the stage name of 持田かおり (with Kaori written in hiragana) she sang with a girl band called The Kuro Buta All-Stars (黒BUTAオールスターズ^?), a group similar to Morning Musume. They changed their name to Kuro Buta Tengoku (黒BUTA天国^?). The band released only one CD, titled "Mou Ichido", which did not make the charts.

After they made one cd, she left the band to focus on her studies. When she finished school, Mochida decided that she wanted to become a professional singer, and recorded a demo cassette which she sent to record labels. She was signed to the label Avex Trax.

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

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

Solo discography

Albums

• Moka (2009-08-12)
• Niu (2010-08-25)

Singles

• "Ame no Waltz" (2009-01-28)
• "Shizuka na Yoru/Weather" (2009-07-29)
• "Green / アカシア (Acacia)" (2010-08-06)

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^?). Both songs on the single are actually cover of songs by Yōsui Inoue and the single was produced by Inoue.

• In 2006, Mochida along with Takeshi Kobayashi wrote the lyrics for the single "Period" (ピリオド^?) by Haruka Ayase.

External links

• Official website
• Kaori Mochida at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Nippop Profile|Every Little Thing

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Name	Mochida, Kaori
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Date of birth	March 24, 1978
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