Hey two questions, the Kumi Koda Japonesque fan:

(1) It says when opened it's 550mm. Is that width or height?
(2) What's the surface part made out of? Paper or a type of cloth?

I've got some bracket pieces and I was thinking of either putting it above my bedroom door on the inside of my room, or possibly putting it on the door itself on the outer side.

EDIT:
Couple of my Japonesque Tour goods just got here, so I thought I'd post up a couple pics of them in better real life detail. The Acryl Hangul & Koda Kuma strap are behind the spoiler. :heart

I'm Still Fangirl obsessing over the strap. :D :D :P It Is Just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KAWAII!!!!! :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart

^ Envying you so much it hurts :laugh

Hey, does anyone has this pic in a bigger size?

http://a396.idata.over-blog.com/85x2...oster10ec7.jpg

I didnt know it was a full body shoot, I never saw the bottom half before :P

^i have the poster of that, but even it doesnt go any further down her legs than that...

maybe she is releasing so much stuff to make lots of money to store away for her family cuz lbr BACK ON probably lose money at this point in their career

like she is will release her new album, than a best and then retire to make more babies and focus on her family O__O

lol just randomly thought of this probably not true, but most parents in my experience like that have kids in succession and now they are married I wonder what her game plan is for the next few years

I posted it on peeproom last year, not full though, and it's tagged: http://kodakumi.jp/media/16790671

full picture: http://d1uzk9o9cg136f.cloudfront.net...091537f7ee.jpg

If I'm not wrong I took it from kumiloves.

shut up kuma will never retire D:

yay thanks for this :tipsy

Ah her own false eyelash brand, awesome! :D I hope to get some of these, although I imagine they'l be expensive :/ The second (white) photo is rather strange...The eyes dont bother me but the pose and the hair seems a little...off? I think they could have done a much cuter picture for that one, but the first (black) photo is awesome. <3

The live of Pink Spider sounds amazing! She's very passionate while singing it, I honestly can't wait to see the performance. Pink Spider, both the song and PV have become one of my favs in her discog. :)

they cost 1,200 yen each so 12$ around

so mid-range for eyelashes

Kumi. Retire. Never. My brain won't let me put those 2 words in the same sentence.

To be honest, she was going to retire after having a baby, she said that right after the Dejavu Tour. The fact that the tour was in small venues, she really felt the love of the fans and she doesn't think about retire anytime soon anymore.

On the ViVi interview she said the three things that makes her life being great right now: her baby, her family (or husband, I don't remember the right words lol) and her career. So... Let's have more and more releases by Mrs Kumiko lol

I mean, you watch any performance of hers and you can see how much she loves to do that. I hope that she just slow down the releases to stay with her family and don't abandom everything.

Oh, yes, that`s great!
And they`re made by D.U.P, my favourite japanese eyelash company! :heart

That white pic is awful. Such a stupid pose. XD

Also the FREAKY pic is the poster, that came with the First Press of the single.

@Dream We can see that she doesn't abandom anything, she probably carries her baby everywhere, even when she's touring. And one thing that makes easier to her is that her mother is always by her side, she's probably helping Kumi with the baby when she's working.

Behind the spoiler is the Kuu face Japonesque shirt if anyone's interested in taking a look. It's much bigger and the design of her is a shiny foil sorta thing which i wasn't expecting. :heart

$12? Oh that's not a bad price!

Seems there will be 5 pairs of lashes you can buy from the 'LOVE CHERIE' range. 2 are a sexy style, called 'Glamorous' and 'Elegant' with another 2 in a cute style called 'Sweet' and 'Romantic' and 1 natural looking pair called 'Nude'!

http://www.jpopasia.com/i1/news/3/13734-wpur9l93sd.jpg

^I will never understand the big thing with fake eyelashes..... LOL

^they make you look awesome :heart

her's are great. I love the packaging.


and that shirt! :D

^Glad u like the shirt. It turned out to be even better than i had thought it'd be. :heart

As for eyelashes, i can never tell, but i guess i dont pay any attention to those type of details. LOL

Yeah, and there's a special JAPONESQUE Live Tour packaging with two eyelashes (elegant and nude) and eylash case for 2,500 Yen!


http://i41.tinypic.com/332ovwh.jpg

From Koda Gumi

omG I want so badly, literally she could sell anything to me with this theme it is flawless

kumi looks so pretty in the "LOVE CHERIE" eyelash pictures! :heart

New tour goodies!

Koda Kumi chocolate crunch trains

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4605/newydm.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img198/161/new2au.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/8931/new3r.jpg

Koda Kumi train tissue boxes
http://imageshack.us/a/img11/3084/new4zo.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/4641/new5xt.jpg

Blotting paper (Kuus face appears when using)
http://imageshack.us/a/img7/755/new6ws.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img823/9937/new7y.jpg

Eyelash set
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/6383/new8q.jpg

Tag
http://imageshack.us/a/img405/7759/new9p.jpg

Koda Kuma ball pen
http://imageshack.us/a/img838/6041/new10ql.jpg

Source: Koda Gumi

I guess, that's Kuu as the train guard! :laugh
Goes on sale 5/2 on mu-mo and 5/3 on the concert venue.

I gotta say that it looks like Kuu's on a roll and instead of just being a singer she's turning to a true producer and a business woman, which I cannot dislike, because it's actually good
releasing that make-up girly stuff is only aimed at attracting more people to her persona and products and maybe also getting more of younger audience she needs to be kept relevant
the percentage of gyaru in her audience is quite much, practically every gal at least once tried/bought her loveil lenses as seen from the many gyaru blogs & models I follow, and the reviews are only positive
I don't know about the fragnances, but I'm 100% positive the lashes could see the same amount of lenses or even more

I'm still waiting for nailpolishes and similar from her. :innocent

She should just launch her own makeup line :laugh

that eyelash case omg.
i don't even wear false lashes but i want it so bad ;__;
lady on a roll~

That fat character was supposed to be Kumi? .---.

I want that chocolate crunch trains.. Reminds me of what was in the tin on second session tour.. Soooooo yummy!!!!!

Guys. Quick question here :D Me and my friend were discussing about Kuu's best videos and how she's more like quantity than quality, well I'm quite sure that kuu has many awesome videos in terms of quality, so what is your TOP 5 in terms of quality?

- SUPERSTAR
- You're So Beautiful
- BUT
- FREAKY
- Run For Your Life
- Love Technique

I know there are others but I can't think of them right now. I tend to love Kuu's super cheesy/cutesy videos like SUPERSTAR and Run For Your Life. They just make me smile. :)

*Edit: You're So Beautiful, BUT, and FREAKY are probably the most 'quality' videos there.

I think:

1. COLOR OF SOUL (feel free to lol)
2. M.a.z.e
3. Crazy 4 U
4. hands
5. Unmei

(It's probably cause I'm a bigger fan of her older works.)

But, TABOO, Juicy, VIP, and Ecstasy are some of my favorite videos, don't really have a specific order.

But really Kuu doesn't need huge budgets to make a great video. Her dancing and charisma bring a lot to the table. Shake Hip! for example isn't very expensive but I feel her dancing and attitude makes it one of her best.

I love BE MY BABY, TABOO, Candy, Get Up & Move!!, DDD, Juicy, Shake It, ECSTASY, Shake Hip! and so many more lol

Yeah, I'm not sure about my favourite videos in terms of quality as I feel there are many I love in Kuu's discog. I feel that most of her A-side single PV's are very good quality, to be honest! I think Kuu tries to put quality into all her PVs, it just seems like a big quantity because she never stops working and releasing, LOL.

I do love the recent PVs for Color the Cover, I think they were great quality work <3

I'd say that on terms of quality almost every PV that comes to my mind are ballads: hands, you, Ai wo tomenaide, Moon Crying, Unmei... But there's also Hashire!, ECSTASY, You're So Beautiful (as I've already said here before, UNIVERSE era was pure epicness when it came to visual quality), Candy, Ningyo hime, BUT, FREAKY... omg so many PVs, that's the hardest part of being a Kuu stan: choosing your favorite things from her :roflmao

Quality

1. Pink Spider ( could use better editing of course but the grainy UULA version was sick )
2. V.I.P
3. D.D.D
4. So Nice
5.Unmei

ピンク スパイダー (UULA Full Ver.)

http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/652138

http://imageftw.com/uploads/20130429/Pinkspider.gif

I don't want to ever buy products from Kuu that you have to use up or consume. I would never use them, and it would be a waste.

I'm too lazy to think about the PVs that I think are high quality, but I do have to agree with those who say that Kuu's charisma makes all her PVs pretty good. I am in looooooove with Shake Hip!

:weep finally.


And yeah, her PVs are all about her energy. Megumi no Hito is one of my favorites, and it's so cheap lol But crazy fun and sexy. Interesting how you don't really need to travel anywhere or have a huge crew to do something, if the artist has the charisma.

das my koda.

I don't really know all Kuu's discography, but one thing that always hit me was that I revalued a lot of her songs, after I saw the video. For example, I kinda liked Bambi, but after the PV, I'm still obsessed to death with that song!
Kumi has this skill, to capture me in the video and make me like a lot even songs that didn't rub on me well at first. Expecially the cutey ones.

I really want a big production PV for once, I feel like she needs a huge iconic one. Juicy is he most remembered one imo.

I feel that way with her lives. I never cared for a number of her songs like Take Back or More, until I heard them live. Its like, "wait, what song is that? Why don't I love it already?"

Kuu is my queen but some of her videos induce death by second-hand embarrassment. But like most of you have said, she makes up with her charisma.

She looks stunning.

So glad to see it finally, but I wish being a Kuu fan was as good as being a kpop fan because then we'd get the English subs for this...

I haven't been following this thread for a week now I think. :D She's been active with all those new products I see. I'd like to try those chocolate trains too. *_*

As for her best PVs I can't really say because I still haven't watched all of them through tbh. I should, but there's always something else on my mind and right now, sadly, I'm not even in a Kuu mood. It really annoys me. :<

Got my kuu pamphlet in the mail!!! Omgosh it is so much more amazing in person!!! I want another so i can display one and keep one wrapped up haha

Oh, I should have watched Premium Night ~Love & Songs~ when I had a chance, now youku doesn't let me do that. Damn. I guess I just wait for the DVDRip and find a way to get registered on JPopsuki then. >_< I just don't get it how it had become so hard is to find download links for Kuu's concerts these days. o.O

DRIVING HITS 5 is the best cover so far (among the driving hits covers) ;)

There's no Premium Night ~Love & Songs~ on JPS, I'm so surprised, totally no idea why, it's not some limited concert :|

+1

sorry guys, I've a problem.
I would like to watch kumi's live during youtube music week, but I've not understood if I have to go to kumi'channel or to avex's in order to watch the live.
Can you please help me?
(sorry for my english, i'm just soooo tired ...)

http://www.youtube.com/user/avexnetwork

It's supposed to be here but I see no sign of a stream now...

thank you kumis!
I think it should start in a few minutes ...

i think it's the fantasia live on her channel ...

you can watch it now :)

wow! this is great :D
but will it be avaliable forever or just today?

really like that the actually uploaded the full thing!

Did they. There was so,encore for fantasia? If that was the whole thing they better keep dping this haha it was amazing!

OMG i never watched it before! so that's so great :D

I was wondering... Haha i was like did she forget the.encore

missing the encore?
better than being a montage

Watched most of it this morning but skipped over the whole ballad section.

God, I forgot how amazingly perfect was Fantasia.
Those video of Kuu... and We Will Rok You (I don't even care for the english, it was epic). Thanks Avex and Youtube.

Aw now it says that video is private :(

NOOOOO I missed it! I was going to download it in HD ;----;

damn its gone :/
just for 24 hours garh

I've already got the Bluray of it :D

Btw, speaking of which, but YA's temporarily marked the price down on the Fantasia bluray to $64 in case anyone's interested.

they warned it was supposed to be up for only 24h

Really? Aw I missed that part :(

Well maybe I can "watch" the concert somewhere else :lech:innocent

I hate her concert encores and ballad sections lmao

I'm not a big fan of her encores in general but FANTASIA and DMP had amazing encores imo :) When it comes to her ballad sections, I always love them, no matter how simple the perfomance is, cause I really adore almost all her ballads, tho I gotta confess her ballad sections are getting too simple since her Billboard Lives...

So, I'm the happiest person in the world right now. I just bought the First Press edition of Kingdom 2DVD ver for only $25, including shipping!

^I'd be happy too! That's awesome. Kingdom is my second favorite kuu album.

you can see new Kuu pics at peeproom now, including new lenses pictures

I think Secret was the first ever Kuu album I listened to, and I loved it and still love it. It could be that it holds a lot of good nostalgia for me, but I think it's one of her best albums. I was listening through it the other day, dem feelings. C:

oooh where?
i borrowed the album from the Japan Library Foundation on Bay St and now I have no need to buy it... but what you bought is different.

Random eBay seller. From Japan and everything.

Ohhh, I've never been to the library foundation. Should check it out sometime.

Wahhh, I'm so excited. I have never seen the concert on the second DVD before, plus I haven't watched all of the PVs on the album, either.

Congrats on Kingdom album! I remember when I received mine. It was right after my wisdom teeth removal surgery... I was all drugged up but I just had to open the package and listen to the album right away XD

Does anyone love hana? I always thought it was an okay ballad, but I fell so in love with it today and it's been on repeat ever since <3

You can tell that some of the album track music videos need some work...but holla at Amai Wana! Kuu looked BANGIN' in that video! Gay men and lesbian women be turning straight for her like fo' sho.

Thanks! Ah haha. That's dedication! Getting them removed is so miserable, but having Kuu's music would certainly make it better.

Also, I LOVE Hana. Hands down one of my top favorite Kuu songs of all time. Its magical for me. When I listen to it I feel like I'm somewhere else.

I figured they would be lower budget, since there are so many of them. Japonesque's PVs were a little... meh and I assume for the same reason. The non-single ones, anyway. I expect the same of Kingdom.

lately I've been listening to BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ a lot and realized it's one of the best ballad albums out there, so many amazing ballads. Your Song is my favorite kuu ballad atm. I wish she performed it live again.

Hana and Your Song are definitely in my top 5 favorite kuu songs. I'm a bigger fan of her older stuff.

Hana is such an outstanding song

I've always loved BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~. I hope she would release another ballad collection someday♥

I really like Hana! =D
I would love a new Ballad Collection, and a B-Side collection too, so many great tracks!

@happiholic was it headynana or geskohouse? Much of their stuff is jpn press but they're mostly rental store cast offs. :(

Nobody knows where I can find the Dejavu album CD+2DVD japan press ? Because it's out of print almost everywhere, and even on eBay and YAJ there' nothing !

^Did u try play-asia? I preordered mine ages ago so I have mine already.

I just checked Play-Asia, they still have it, but I'm gonna wait a little to buy it, because it's ~€45.

^Well to be perfectly honest, i wouldnt wait too long, or it could be gone forever. Had that happen to me with Miho Fukuhara's Best of Soul Extreme limited edition i wanted. :(

Hana is perfection, I fell in love with it after she perfomed it at Dirty Ballroom :love

Ranhansha is always a Kuu song I forget about. I always forget it's one of her songs.

'To Be One' has always been a favourite of mine, I listened to loads way back when I first got into her music, after I saw it on a FFX-2 fan vid. I wish she would perform it, it would be an awesome encore song with them swinging the towels around. :D Reminds me of summer, too!

To Be One is my favorite song from Grow Into One. I wish she would perform it live! I always add To Be One to my Summer playlists.

I also love Your Song, I love the raindrops. I want another BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ so badly! I want more Acoustic Orchestra remixes from Kuu <3

I remember I was really surprised when I heard the acoustic version of You are not alone in Japonesque. I never really cared for the original one, but the album version was amazing and I thought "wow, what's with this fantastic acoustic potential, why Kuu never release an acoustic remix album at all, people with not half of her voice did it!"

Hey know this is bit off topic from what everyone's chatting about, but my KKLT2013 Japonesque Chopsticks arrived today. Thought maybe some people might like to see them. They're SOOOOO gorgeous!! :D :heart

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...86505908_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...21725915_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...82417922_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...07345649_n.jpg

^Those are really nice. :) Are they metal or plastic? I can't tell.

I'm glad to see so many people love Hana. I thought I was the only one. I also fell in love with it after Dirty Ballroom. I also heard to be one for the first time in a FFX-2 fanvid way back when. Lol. I love that song.

Also, Ranhansha is great too

@jean-baptiste neither. They're made of natural wood i think. That's what they feel like to me. :D

EDIT: oh checked the item description and the translator thing isnt perfect, but i think it says they're made of "urethane resin". Either way, I :heart them. :D

Probably. But, the pictures shown were very detailed, it came with the OBI and the booklet and they were in great shape. Its condition was listed as "Like New". If its anything less, you better believe that I'm going to cause a scene.

Once I get my hands on Trick CD+2DVD and the Tour I will be a happy Kumi fan.