Kids Alive are a J-pop group that consists of Aihara Yuta (vocal), Yamamura Akihiro (bass) and Sagano Keiji (guitar), all originating from Hokkaido. They sent a demonstration tape to a record company (Motherland) in 2000, and their talents were noticed. As a result, Kids Alive debuted in February 2001 with a single entitled "Ame" or "Rain", the members being only mere 17 years old and were still in high school then. That comes as no surprise that Kids Alive was active in school festival performances. Starting at "2nd Stage," they switched their company to Avex. They have released eight singles and one album. Some interesting things to note.. -At the contest where they made their first debut, the name they gave themselves was SEPIA. Because of their debut however, they realized that it wasn't the best name for them, and they ended up changing it to Kids Alive. -Keiji and Akihiro were already in a band when they scouted Yuta at a school festival because Keiji's voice was maturing and could no longer handle higher notes. Yuta was still in middle school at this time while the other two were already in high school. -Keiji writes most of the music and lyrics for the band. Yuta has written two songs while Akihiro one. -Their first single was actually "New Dream," but this was debuted before they were signed under Motherland.