Every Little Thing (band)

Every Little Thing (also known as ELT by their fans) is a pop/soft rock duo from

Japan who debuted in August 1996 with the release of their first single called "Feel My Heart". Their name is usually written in English, and only rarely in katakana. They gained massive popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s. As of 2013, Every Little Thing has sold over 23 million copies of singles and albums throughout Japan. Their second studio album, Time to Destination, is the best-selling album of the band with over 3.5 million copies sold, and became the 10th best-selling album of all time in Japan.

Every Little Thing was originally a trio but became a duo in 2000 with Kaori Mochida as the singer and Ichiro Ito as the guitarist. Mitsuru Igarashi, former composer for the band, left ELT following the release of their third original album, Eternity.

Biography

Early careers

Ito began playing guitar in local bands around the US Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Tokyo, performing cover versions of songs by rock acts like Van Halen to local sailors. He initially intended to play drums. On September 21, 2011, the band released their tenth album, Ordinary, which debuted at number 2 on the Oricon charts.

As of 2013 they are on tour promoting their On N On single which portrays a timeline of their current performance history. Concert information and dates available at Avex trex official site, https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083337/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/live.html

Members

Current members

Kaori Mochida - vocalist, songwriter
Ichiro Ito - guitarist, composer, arranger

Former member

Mitsuru Igarashi - keyboardist, producer, songwriter (1996–2000)

Support members

Genya Kuwajima - keyboardist (1996–2001)
Keiichi "K-1" Kodo - drummer (1996–2001)
Takeshi Asada - bassist (1996–2001)
Kaoru Kato - guitarist (1996–2007)
Tsunehiko Yashiro - keyboardist (2000–2001)
Masafumi "Massy" Hayashi - keyboardist (2001–2014)
Taka Yamaguchi - drummer (2001–2012)
Tanahashi "UNA" Nobuhito - band manipulation, live arrangement (2001–2004)
Satoshi "Anthony" Yamada - bassist (2002–2005)
Yasunari "Nam-Nam" Nakamura - band manipulation, live arrangement (2004–2011)
Naoki Kasahara - bassist (2005-current)
Tomoji Sogawa - band manipulation, live arrangement (2011–2014)
Koji Matsukawa - drummer (2013–2014)
Taisei Iwasaki - keyboardist, guitarist, live arrangement (2015-current)
Makoto Tanaka - keyboardist (2015-current)
Ken Higeshiro - drummer (2015-current)
Megumi Yamaguchi - Chorus (2015-current)
Fire Horns - Wind (2015-current)

Discography

Everlasting (1997)
Time to Destination (1998)
Eternity (2000)
4 Force (2001)
Many Pieces (2003)
Commonplace (2004)
Crispy Park (2006)
Door (2008)
Change (2010)
Ordinary (2011)
Fun-Fare (2014)
Tabitabi (2015)

Concerts and tours

May 31, 1998 - August 4, 1998: Concert Tour'98 Time to Destination
April 1, 2000 - June 3, 2000: Concert Tour Spirit 2000
May 19, 2001 - July 22, 2001: Concert Tour 2001 4 Force
December 30–31, 2001: Count Down Live 2001-2002 HORSE
December 19, 2002: 2002 Christmas Special Concert
May 10, 2003 - July 8, 2003: 2003 Tour Many Pieces
December 23–24, 2003: X'mas Acoustic Live 2003
October 17, 2004 - April 8, 2005: Commonplace Tour 2004 - 2005
October 7, 2006 - January 25, 2007: Concert Tour 2006 - 2007 Crispy Park
March 6–7, 2007: Every Little Thing 10th Anniversary Special Live at Nippon Budokan
April 12, 2008 - June 15, 2008: Concert Tour 2008 Door
December 7–8&11, 2008: Every Little Thing X'mas Concert 2008
December 23–24, 2009: Every Little Thing Premium Christmas Concert 2009
October 22, 2009 - March 28, 2010: Concert Tour 2009 - 2010 Meet
December 7, 2010 - December 23, 2010: Premium Christmas Concert Tour 2010
October 1, 2011 - April 1, 2012: Every Little Thing 15th Anniversary Concert Tour 2011 - 2012 "Ordinary"
February 18–19, 2012: Every Little Thing 15th Anniversary Premium 2 days ~naEverLasTing 2012~
January 26, 2013 - June 15, 2013: Every Little Thing Concert Tour 2013 -On And On-
February 22, 2014 - July 6, 2014: Every Little Thing Concert Tour 2014 -Fun Fare-
October 17, 2015 - April 2, 2016: Every Little Thing 20th Anniversary Best Hit Tour 2015 - 2016 ~Tabitabi~