My Little Lover

My Little Lover is a Japanese pop group belonging to the Avex Trax label as of the single "Ribon" (り・ぼん) and the album Akko. Previous releases were under Toy's Factory. The group has had several members, but currently only Akko (Akamatsu Akiko 赤松亜希子) the vocalist, remain.

History
The founding members were Akko (vocals) and Kenji Fujī (藤井謙二) (guitar), later joined by producer/songwriter Takeshi Kobayashi (小林武史) (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.

In 2008, My Little Lover released a trilogy of singles, "Labyrinth", "Initial" and "A world without sound/The bell of time".

Original albums

 * 1) 1995: Evergreen
 * 2) 1998: Presents
 * 3) 1998: New Adventure
 * 4) 1998: The Waters
 * 5) 2001: Topics
 * 6) 2002: Organic
 * 7) 2004: Fantasy
 * 8) 2006: Akko
 * 9) 2008: Identity (アイデンティティー)
 * 10) 2008: Acoakko
 * 11) 2009: Sora no Shirushi (そらのしるし)
 * 12) 2010: Acoakko Debut
 * 13) 2015: re:evergreen

Compilation albums

 * 1) 2001: Singles
 * 2) 2004: Self Collection: 15 Currents
 * 3) 2010: Best Collection

Singles

 * 1) 1995: "Man & Woman/My Painting"
 * 2) 1995: "Shiroi Kaito" (白いカイト)
 * 3) 1995: "Hello, Again (Mukashi Kara Aru Basho)"
 * 4) 1996: "Alice"
 * 5) 1996: "Now and Then (Ushinawareta Toki o Motomete)" (NOW AND THEN ～失われた時を求めて～)
 * 6) 1996: "Yes (Free Flower)"
 * 7) 1997: "Animal Life"
 * 8) 1997: "Shuffle"
 * 9) 1997: "Private Eyes"
 * 10) 1998: "Sora no Shita de" (空の下で)
 * 11) 1998: "Destiny"
 * 12) 1998: "Crazy Love/Days"
 * 13) 2001: "Shooting Star" (shooting star ～シューティングスター～)
 * 14) 2001: "Higasa (Japanese Beauty)" (日傘 ～Japanese beauty～)
 * 15) 2002: "Survival"
 * 16) 2004: "Kaze to Sora no Kilim" (風と空のキリム)
 * 17) 2006: "Ribbon" (り・ぼん)
 * 18) 2007: "Afureru" (あふれる)
 * 19) 2007: "Dreamy Success"
 * 20) 2008: "Labyrinth" (ラビリンス)
 * 21) 2008: "Initial" (イニシャル)
 * 22) 2009: "Oto no Nai Sekai/Toki no Bell" (音のない世界/時のベル)
 * 23) 2009: "Blue Sky"
 * 24) 2011: ひこうき雲
 * 25) 2015: ターミナル

Video & DVD

 * 1) 1998: Sign of Thursday
 * 2) 2001: Clips