Pocket Biscuits

The group was formed in November 1995 after both Uchimura Teruyoshi and Chiaki failed to make it for the unit McKee. The group made their musical debut a couple months later in April 1996 with the single "Rapturous Blue", which was a moderate success as it reached the Oricon Top 20. But their next single, the rock-inspired "YELLOW YELLOW HAPPY", was the group's first main hit and sold over a million copies.

The group's third single, "Red Angel", also sold over a million copies. But soon after, the Pocket Biscuits faced competition with another Japanese pop trio, Black Biscuits, featuring Chinese singer Vivian Hsu. Even though they had a new competition for the top of Oricon, Pocket Biscuits' popularity continued as they released their first album, Colorful, and had a tour at Tokyo Budokan. Even though the groups enjoyed their rivalry, at the end of 1998, the two groups came together to perform at the end of the year program Kouhaku Uta Gassen, as "Pocket Biscuits & Black Biscuits".

In 1999, each member of Pocket Biscuits released their own solo single and continued to tour all around Japan. They released their final single as Pocket Biscuits on July 1999, entitled "Days / My Diamond". The year after, the group paired up with Matsutoya Yumi as "Yuming+Pocket Biscuits" and released the single Millennium on January 2000. Soon after that single was released, the group decided to disband in order for Chiaki to focus more on her solo career. There have been rumors that the group will be revived once more but it hasn't happened yet. · close