▁as ▁profession als . ▁Mr . ▁Children ▁sent ▁out ▁five ▁demo ▁t apes ; ▁all ▁failed ▁to ▁generate ▁record ▁label ▁interest , ▁and ▁the ▁group ▁took ▁a ▁three - month ▁hi atus ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁H ide ya ▁Su zu ki ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁reception ist ▁at ▁an ▁economy ▁hotel , ▁while ▁Kaz utos hi ▁Sak ur ai ▁worked ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁who ▁owned ▁a ▁construction ▁company . ▁When ▁they ▁returned , ▁the ▁group ▁created ▁a ▁sixth ▁demo ▁t ape ▁and ▁caught ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Toy ' s ▁Factory . ▁The ▁label ▁signed ▁the ▁group ▁and ▁had ▁them ▁play ▁as ▁the ▁opening ▁act ▁for ▁the ▁rock ▁group ▁Jun ▁Sky ▁Walk ers . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁introduced ▁to ▁their ▁long - time ▁friend ▁and ▁producer ▁T akes hi ▁Kob ay ashi . ▁Kob ay ashi ▁was ▁already ▁known ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁industry ▁as ▁a ▁music ▁composer ▁for ▁Ke isu ke ▁K uw ata ▁of ▁Southern ▁All ▁Stars ▁and ▁Ky ō ko ▁Ko iz umi . ▁▁ 1 9 9 2 – 1 9 9 4 ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁Mr . ▁Children ' s ▁debut ▁album , ▁Everything , ▁was ▁released ▁and ▁represented ▁the ▁long ▁journey ▁they ▁took ▁to ▁get ▁to ▁this ▁point . ▁Three ▁months ▁later ▁their ▁first ▁single ▁ ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁After ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁single ▁the ▁group ▁held ▁two