Just popping in here to also recommend BEST~second session~

The whole album was just pure perfection. The packaging. The cover art. The PV's. I'm actually quite nostalgic now thinking how that whole era happened with the 12 singles every week thing. 2005-2006 was the best year in Jpop for me lol

I think it must be! Hahaha. They always seems more catty at online comments than when you hear them talk in person. But then again I guess so are western people online, haha. People all over the world seem to think they are free to be however they please on the internet.



THIS. Please may not know who you really are, but you still look like a ****. xD You may be just another member on here, but you'll still be recognized as the member who is a ****. xD

Just like everybody else, I would recommend Secret and Best Second session for definitely. :D Than if you are interested in her older songs upto secret I would recommend Best First Things, which also has 'No Tricks' on it, which is an awesome song. I would also recommend TRICK too if you don't have that, but I would recommend Secret and Best Second Session over TRICK.

1. Best Second Session
2. Secret
3. TRICK

Oh, wow. Almost everyone recommended BEST ~second session~! I will start looking for it :) Thank you all so much. I kind of want secret, too. Cutie Honey is such a great song.

^Cutie Honey single is amazing <3. Into Your Heart is super underrated.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lyKodaKumi.jpg

best album in jpop history.


/random/
top 3 fave kuu albums

1. BEST ~second session~
2. JAPONESQUE
3. Kingdom

:D

I have to ask. second session is considered a "best of" album, hence the BEST in the title, lol. But, isn't it technically just an album? Its all material that has never been released on an album before.

^
you are right,they just called it BEST because of the unprecedented amount of single releases before

for me

1.Best Second
2.Japonesque
3. Affection

THIS! and lol ur top is the same as mine!:D

Yeah I started drinking milk after BEST ~second session~ , The album is flawless :heart

^ haha thats brilliant Twinkle XD

My top 3
1. UNIVERSE
2. JAPONESQUE
3. TRICK/Kingdom

Though i srsly love all her albums.. Feel my mind, grow into one, secret.. All amazing

^ best 2 is the one with the 12 weeks of singles on it right?
I havnt gotten around to it yet.. but I might bump it to the top of the list if everyone likes it so much!

Her top albums to me are BEST ~ss~, Kingdom, JAPONESQUE and ETERNITY, in no particular order :heart I still hope someday she'll held a big singles projects again, even though her single sales are not that strong nowadays [but well, it has never been that great neither in 2006...], like 7 SINS SINGLES or something like this :laugh

My top:

Kingdom
Second Session
UNIVERSE / JAPONESQUE
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Brave (Pachinko Version) LQ. She's a mermaid again ♥ ♥ ♥

can someone explain this Pachinko machines to me.. I have seen to have missed that :)

Also that looked..well first bit was the little mermain Kuu stlye :)

Pachinko is like an arcade game with gambling device, like slot machine but with more fun. lol
As gambling for money is illegal in Japan, the prizes are some balls that you can change to tokens, then you can go outside and change for cash.
Kumi have pachinko since 2007 with Fever Live in Hall. I actually don't know how the Kumi's pachinko works, I don't know if you get the balls or something else. XD

uwaa, kawaii!!!:luv2

Brave (Pachinko Version) is sooooo good! Makes me like the song, lol.

Ahh thanks :)!!! Didnt know gambling was illegal there lol! Is kuu the only star who promotes that.. Or is it pretty normal. Maybe the prize for the kumi one is songs/vids instead of the balls :) I would rather have songs lol

:yes Yes it is.
I really like that album, :heart It's awesome!

omg the pv version of Brave on the pachinko version... I need to have it!

I REALLY hope she doesn't quit with the ero-kakkoi style after having the baby. that's my absolute favorite side of kumi! smh

^Well she previously said to her fans that she was going to be a 'sexy mum', so hopefully I don't think she would, :) Unless she decides to tone it down in her hiatus, I hope not. D:

Pachinko Version of Brave is so good! Should've been the official video.

yeah, Pachinko versions r always amazing, Pachinko's ver of you was also amazing. And have you seen Pachinko's PV for Ayu's Duty? wow:thud

The Pachinko movie was pretty good until that ''Toxic'' part, it seemed pretty random to me, didn't fit the song atmosphere. But the other parts were great. I really hope someday we'll get all those PVs from Pachinko machines from Kumi, or at least something in better quality

Is it possible for anyone to name the different bonuses for Kuu's pachinko? There is new PVs for Brave, you and Ai no Uta, I read here, and what else?

EDIT: I just realized that Brave sounds almost exactly like For you to me, lol. I need to listen to them more, so I can tell the difference.

I haven't seen any other. btw don't those FEVER LIVE DVDs come with music videos or just with makings? I haven't bought any of them yet.

Brave>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for you all these way.

There were Fever Live DVDs? Maaaaan, I feel like a bad fan, lol!!

don't! lol strange haven't found any on yahoo auctions japan, but found one on ebay. check out the price! wow
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8787/kodafever.jpg

oh there's Driving Hit's 4 release party! @credits Kumi-Flash wish I could attend that. :D

Pachinko's Brave PV feels like clips from her potential tour interlude videos HAHAHA!! there's so much going on its as though she filmed it for a tour

@happiholic★: Ai no Uta, you, anytime, Lick me♥, Koi no Tsubomi and Brave. I think there is Moon Crying on Love romance too, in the menu Moon Crying looks like another video with a blue dress.

Lick me♥ (from Fever Live in Hall II)


anytime (from Fever Live in Hall II)


Koi no Tsubomi (from Love Romance)

Haha the Koi No Tsubomi one is so cute! I love all these little story lines Kuu comes up with, she's a very creative person! I hope she puts more story lines in her next PV's like she used to with all her PV's in the past.

Promo picture of Love Romance Pachinko!
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3...Pachinko03.jpg

She looks beautiful! LOVE this picture! It's really like the short movies in the Black Cherry Tour where she's a mermaid, and the Tour photo-book, gorgeous. :love I love her pale skin matched with the pale colour of the dress! :heart

OMG NEEDS THAT PIC IN HQ!

wait, they're releasing a driving hits 4?! lol do we have a tracklist?

O my koddess, this picture is absolutely flawless. Can't wait for the HQ-version.

Omfg that pic :luv2 need HQ ASAP.

And... omg Everyday has grown on me so much. I frikkin love every single track on JAPONESQUE except Brave & All for you atm lol

@LoveShine/happiholic - Brave deffo reminded me of For You as well but I think Brave is the lesser of two evils

01. Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA ［TeddyLoid Remix］
02. Hot Stuff feat. KM－MARKIT [Electlixxx vs. HEAVENS WiRE D'n'B Remix]
03. Love Me Back [Sunset In Ibiza Dubstep Remix]
04. Teaser feat. Clench＆Blistah [Caramel Pod Dubstep Remix]
05. Melting [DJ OMKT & MJ Remix]
06. め組のひと [THE LOWBROWS Remix]
07. JUICY [Pink Chameleons Remix]
08. Slow feat. Omarion [Prog5 vs. FUTURE HOUSE UNITED Remix]
09. 奇跡 [GTS SH Club Mix]
10. 愛を止めないで ［World Sketch Remix]
11. 愛証 [Shohei Matsumoto & Junichi Matsuda Remix]
12. walk [soichi Òno Remix]
13. WON'T BE LONG [United Colors Remix]
14. BUT [KOZM® Remix]
15. Butterfly [TeddyLoid Remix]
16. you [KOZM® Remix]
17. 好きで、好きで、好きで。[AILI's Warmy Remix]
【Bonus Track】
18. Love Me Back [The Young Punx! Remix]

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...1807046542.jpg

Gorgeous! ♥

I kind of wish Kuu would release an edition of Driving Hits 4 that included the previous 3 Driving Hits, considering I don't have any of them :weep and that would be a nice collection. Maybe like a little box to hold them all in? I can only dream.

Ahh.. she made a Pachinko too?
Isn't this just like a pinball game?

So americas next top model is on.. The season (3) when they go to japan. They,did a shoot in kimonos and underwear. First thing was omgoodness japonesque! Haha but,of course this was way way before japonesque

Those pixs are great! I need more!

Do you think we will see any pregger pictures of kumi?
Im going to guess shes going to have a cute little neat bump :)

Love Romance PVs and promotion is amazingggggg. This is why I love Kuu so. I do agree that Brave is better than For you, after listening. Plus, I get to imagine the pachinko version of the PV with Brave.

Am I the only one who think that Kumi and Omarion make a surprisingly adorable couple? Kinda wish HE was her baby daddy...LOL

As much as I love Kenji03, even before he was married to Kuu, I could see it. They had good chemistry in the PV.

Yeah, I agree with you guys they look adorable together, but even without Kenji03 they had no future... don't forget that Kumi doesn't speak English. Like not AT ALL Girl, with all my respect you need to take some English classes while u r on hiatus. Fergie might have invited her to perform in USA who knows, but man she can't travel with her interpreter all the time. That's just not serious.

I bet that Omarion flirted with her like crazy on set. I could see him doing that. But then, I could see him doing that with every pretty girl, so perhaps he's not the right guy for her. I still imagine that when Kuu has her baby its half black and that would be the scandal to end all scandals :laugh

hey, ayu and mannie had some language barriers as well...doesn't mean much :P

new nail venus cover! @tumblr
http://****yeahkodakumi.tumblr.com/

I don't like her hair there, but am I right that her hair is dark? :luv2
judging by FEVER pic it seems like she got ombre hair, but idk :)
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/285...pyn1qa0b9s.jpg

& bigger FEVER/pachinko promo poster pic
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7...6489645720.jpg

Love Romance promo looks fantastic!
Not only Kuu, but also the fantasy like background.
I'm in love! :heart

She looks weird on NAIL MAX XD

She looks... annoyed? XD Not her best cover imo

Btw, the cover says that JAPONESQUE's booklet/PV nail designs will be featured in the magazine.

Any news on the OS release of Deja vu tour?

Love Romance MQ
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...titled-3-1.jpg

I want to see the whole photoshoot so bad :(

^ mmm I love the shoes in this!

^ I love the shoes. I want them.

She looks constipated. Lol

its a rather interesting picture!

Kuu, why are you so flawless? Everything's just too amazing, even if she's on hiatus XD

love her with dark hair!!

is she officially on hiatus now?

Well, she's not on hiaaaaatus, she canceled her tour and some live events because of her pregnancy, but she never said ''I'll be on hiatus''. It's more like a slow down on her career speed.

It's more like a "media hiatus", she isn't doing performances, interviews (except for some magazines), radio, but still releasing things.

Ah, she canceled her tour.. that's sad.. i was thinking about going to it if i made it to japan this year!
Guess next year...

I love her shoes, clothes, hair, and boobs in Love Romance picture!

The Nail Max cover is gorgeous!! I can see what everyone means by her expression though, she looks more pissed off that sultry, hahaha. Still looks sexy though. Is it me though, or does she look like she has a bump there? I know you can only see from the boobs up but...The shirt seems to go out at the bottom instead of down or in, and it looks like she ha a bump. Probably just wishful thinking, but at these stage she would have a bump, so I am going to imagine it is. :DD

I wonder if Kuu will share what their baby looks like. I know that some celebs don't want to show off their children to protect them.

in my experience of stanning Jpop/J-ent

only talents and washed up idols are more open with their personal lives, more famous the more private, Kuu doesn't even use twitter,ameba or any social media

so I doubt it but she has a close connection to her fans and she has always been different so maybe

I hope she does!! kinda like Anna, I bet Kuu is gonna be a cute mom ;___;

hot promo for Kuu in Japanland
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz...gc2eo1_500.jpg

dejavu tour t___t ??
I need watch this concert u_u !!

I've just finished to watch Dejavu Tour and it's pretty amazing. The choreography of Black Candy is really sexy, and she dances all the time in the cute part (I think it's my favorite cute part ever, except for Choi Tashi Life).
Lick me was a lot of fun, when she came closer to the crowd, it was crazy! XD

more close-up of Love Romance promo I've found
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6726/x42d1d0b7.jpg

could you upload the concert ??! PLEASEEE :) !

I just watched it on tudou, hope someone uploads it for ya!

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/8vfFqqZEqpo/

How are people supposed to know that Love Romance is a pachinko machine? The ad doesn't really say much.

^ Probably by seeing the brand/company Sankyo.

@ilovekodaa I can't upload, sorry (bad internet) :(

@happiholic★:This is probably on a Sankyo's building.

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Kumi's belly... It's not that big yet. xD

woooooo arigatooo
http://i43.tinypic.com/4j5jex.gif


kumi *O* !!

Awww it's nice of her to show her belly. <3 I wonder what the piece of paper says...

I wonder if it will be a boy or a girl? I hope a girl, but what ever gender it is, it will be super cute with Kuu for a mom. :)

Aww, I was wondering if she will show her belly when it gets bigger and since she posted first pic she'll post later too :3

Thanks for telling me about the ad, guys, lol. I know very little about pachinko and all that, lol.

I wonder what the paper beside Kuu's bump says? One more question, when is she due again?

EDIT: I kinda wish, although I know it will never happen because it wouldn't be popular, that Kuu would do a live where she performed her more unpopular songs to make fans realize how great they are. Like, take a poll and ask fans what they think are her most under rated songs. I'm listening to Hana, which imo is one of her greatest songs and I thought of the idea. I just love some of her more obscure songs so much, more than some of the popular picks. imo Hana > Ai no Uta.

I asked the same question earlier and I think someone said she was due late July/early August.

It's like a charm for safety birth

The "Love Romance" promo is absolutely gorgeous!

I thought Kuu's baby will be born somewhere in June. I guess I miscalculated then. :D

I would watch this using this link but it cuts off here and there and it annoys me because my internet surely isn't the best. I hope someone will upload a HQ DVD Rip soon. ;__;

belly! :luv2

Driving Hit's 4 cover (UHQ - 5.061x5061) http://www.alife.jp/wordpress/wp-con..._dh_JK_max.jpg
It's too big to reupload, sorry for the hotlink.

^Hoooooly Moly! That is HQ!! I feel strange looking at a picture so close up :laugh Thanks for sharing, though!!

lets play a game!
How many pores does Kuu have! lol

thanks for the great image!

I had never seen this video XD

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/_CBtaC3IePU/?fr=rec1

^Omg, I've never seen that video either. She was so cute there <3 QUEEN since 2000 :luv2

I like those old club performances, but none of them are the full performance :(.

Live Tour 2011 ~Dejavu~ OS version (Taiwan): 2012/02/24
http://www.avex.com.tw/Artist/artist...AVJDV56240%2F1

omfg zooming in on her eyebrows is the scariest thing ever :thud

Agreed. :D

I think Candle Light is an amazing ballad of hers, but I've never seen her perform it...

Awesome, my birthdays the beginning of August. :D

^ She performed Candle Light on Black Cherry Tour.

I was thinking that FANTASIA would be a concert like this, with old songs, but ended being that thing.

here is Candle Light


that picture is awesome O_O

^ very pretty!
What album is that off of?

Black Cherry

coolness! thanks! must go listen to it now!

I made a meme-guy to voice my frustrations:

http://g.images.memegenerator.net/in...x/15221398.jpg

^ she has!! In dirty ballroom and it was amazing :'(

Once? Unlike Cutie Honey, which she probably sings on the toilet too!