Japanese pop-rock band founded in 1995.
The founding members were Akko (赤松亜希子 Akamatsu Akiko) (vocals) and Kenji Fujī (藤井謙二 Fujī Kenji) (guitar), later joined by producer/songwriter Takeshi Kobayashi (小林武史 Kobayashi Takeshi) (keyboard) when they released their first album, evergreen. (The lyricist KATE on their early singles stands for "Kenji, Akko, and Takeshi Ensemble".) Akko and Kobayashi married in 1996, but divorced in 2008 when Kobayashi's affair with Yo Hitoto was made public. Fujii retired from the group in 2002. Currently only Akko, the vocalist, remains.