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 (é»’BUTAオールスターズ, The Kuro Buta All-Stars?), a group very similar to Morning Musume with lots Read more...

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 Read more...

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.