I know the CD+2DVD of Trick might be a difficult find. I know its out of print almost everywhere. Right now, I just found the limited edition CD+2DVD of Black Cherry JPN Press with all the bonus tracks etc on ebay for $50 which i splurged and bought. Grabbed it brand new too. However, was a completely different seller.

^I recently got TRICK CD+2DVD version, although I think it was Taiwan press. Here's the link if you're interested. :P

^I already have the CD+2DVD Trick JPN Press myself, but thanks. :D :heart

I randomly found the CD+2DVD of trick at Anime Xtreme on spadina in Toronto. It was $30. My first Kumi Kehova CD. Not her best, but I LOVE driving!

^I found a few official jpop cds in there before but most of the anime soundtracks they have are bootlegs. :(

I've never bought a non-Japanese Press before. I don't know what the differences are, but I have a Japanese DVD player, and I get the feeling that the DVD wouldn't work for me. Thanks for the link, though. I may have to use it as a last resort...

Its always hard to buy J-Pop. Not only can it be expensive and hard to find, but there are also bootlegs to watch out for. Still, I am excited for my Kingdom find. I don't even care if its used and I'm confident its authentic, JPN Press and in decent condition. That was my number one desire for the longest time, more than TRICK or the tour.

^ if you don't mind second hand copies, I know it's on ebay from time to time for like 10usd + shipping http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kumi-Koda-CD...item35c73451e2

^ ^ If your DVD player aint old, it'll probably play DVDs from all regions. At least here in Brazil in the last four or five years all DVD players I've seen are region free.

Off topic
The FF12 limited edition Soundtrack they had there was bootleg too?
It was the one with the 5 judges on it.

I saved it, since I will have to bid on it, but its a great price. Just hope I don't forget :laugh Thanks for the link!

I don't have a DVD player, I have a Blu Ray player. It won't play Japanese DVDs, I tried. It does play Japanese Blu Rays, though, since I'm now the same region as Japan in Blu Ray. My laptop can change regions, but after a few changes it stays on only one. That's why I have the Japanese DVD player. I got it in Japan as a gift from a family member living there.

Off topic: Just realised how Kuu was looking pretty much like Ghirahim from Zelda Skyward Sword last year

http://24.media.tumblr.com/6204f66be...so2_r1_250.gif

Try HMV Japan they are good. They have the album in stock for about 33euros

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Kumi-...dition_3970781

:D

Haha you're so right :luv2:tipsy:D:D

BLENDA june issue

http://i.imgur.com/UcuEP6L.jpg

^ :thud :thud SHE LOOKS HEAVENLY GORGEOUS :thud :thud

She looks so beautiful. Love this hairstyle :heart

Gorgeous picture!
Love her hair and her expression, something different than normally. :heart:

gorgeous! I hope we get a better scan

I'm currently watching Kingdom Tour while I work. I think it was the first Kuu tour I bought, and still my favourite. <3 I haven't seen Universe or FANTASIA, though, I've been trying to hold off til I can buy them! D:

Does anyone have TRICK Tour downloaded?

So pretty!

I'm obsessed with this picture srsly. She needs to be looking like this in at least one of her next PVs

whoa kumi looks great!

FNS Uta no Matsuri 2013 announces performers and guest list

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/FNS/2013s/
FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri will take place on July 31st, 2013!

kuu's there!

http://imageshack.us/a/img707/1205/xfq96o.gif

hopefully she performs the new single

if I'm not wrong, the Cutie Honey collaboration @ JAPONESQUE Tour will be broadcasted today
5月8日 19:57～20:54
you can watch a bit of it here: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/index.html (click on the picture)

I have it on my laptop. I got it as a torrent.

Ugh, that's what I don't like about Kuu! She looks fabulous with some hair styles and it's just for one freaking photoshoot :(

I have a feeling she will be singing LOVELY

lol anyway I hope I am wrong

I love it♥ Kuu makes fish lips look classy lol. XD

Summer feels so much better when Kuu is on stage and releases new music♥ This year I won't forget a-nation either (last year I did because Kuu wasn't gonna perform).

http://i43.tinypic.com/35l7lon.png

EDIT: It seems to be confirming a summer single to be released soon! Yay!

OMG summer single!
I need juicy and lick me

kuu looks absolutely beautiful in this scan! :heart

and i'm so happy to hear about a summer single! i already can't wait. :)

I'm ready for a Kuu summer single~ I always love her summer singles.

Ooh awesome...Is there any chance you'd be able to upload it, or upload the torrent for me to download myself? :love I understand if not though as it would be a hefty file to upload.

I kknooooowww! I can't wait to watch it D: If I could find a download link for it I'd download it til I can buy it!

It's a freeleech torrent on Jpopsuki now :) if you don't have JPS I can upload it for you

^That would be amazing, thank you! <3 I don't had a JPS account, sadly! D: I'm not sure how to get one.

Cutie Honey collaboration @ JAPONESQUE Tour :heart

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/H8sdVLFpUVs/

so funny!

New summer single by Koda, yay !!!

this single is gonna give me so much life!

You need an invite (which I can't give)

I'll get around to uploading it tomorrow :)

http://i.imgur.com/pWACbUv.png

http://i.imgur.com/gdYzAib.jpg

^misono?

I love you

that was my guess

Yey for the summer single! ♥

Kuu has the funniest stuff in her concerts ever! :roflmao

@jiarongisme It's from the pamphlet. :)

That is good to see how she feel comfortable with fat people. Fat people are funny as hell - all the time. Love them.

Wait, is that person a she? Because I totally thought it was a dude, and then the name Naomi clicked. Oops.

^I thought it was a guy the whole time too. However i sorted suspected something when i noticed the tightness of the outfit.

I suppose if you look in... certain areas... it is more... feminine...? :)

:laugh You're not the only one.

You guys don't know who she is???! Wha....
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3f898ab3.gif

Well she's fabulous.
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/...ps60b20dbb.gif

a spanish friend from facebook went to japan for the japonesque tour and he did a fancam of the Love Me Back + BE MY BABY performance:

http://i.imgur.com/cphv0vp.png
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201088374000876
credits: norman ariño @ fb

^AWESOME!! AMAZING!!

Can you upload this somewhere? Sorry the link isn't working for me :/

...Wow. That's... wow.

I love Naomi, shame her humor rubs the wrong way...like most Japanese humor like this does since it is more laughing "at" someone and not with

its just not witty at all

anyway everything this tour is epic, can't wait for some airing of it soon in the coming months etc etc

I don't know who she is either. Probably because I can't stand their culture.

I didn't really say that out loud.


So was Japonesque tour avail for stream or was that the other tour? The Premium thingy.

^it was FANTASIA, they uploaded it in full HD but only for 24 hours /:

I'm trying to download that fancam from my friend

here it is Picaru no Teiri on youtube:

I honestly don't understand or find a lot of Asian humor funny. Especially those TV dramas, so I doubt I'd find her funny even now that I know who Naomi is.

As for that summer single, is there anymore news on it? I :heart her summer songs SOOOOOO MUCH!!! :D

Love Me Back + BE MY BABY fancam on youtube (HD), enjoy!

Latest Recochoku ranking:

■ Best "Mom Artist"
1位 ：倖田來未
2位 ：森高千里
3位 ：YUKI
4位 ：松田聖子
5位 ：MINMI

credits: kaledkalil

^JAPONESQUE Tour looks SO awesome! I can't wait to see it!

And I don't find Japanese comedy funny either, stupid faces like that actually grate on me. Japanese comedy usually involves you making a fool of yourself or dicking around like a tit so people laugh at you, rather than actual witty jokes.

While I'm happy Kuu ranked number one on the Mommy charts, I'm surprised Namie didn't make an appearance.

^ Same here

I loved the beginning of Love Me Back perfomance, but when she stood up the new arrangement alongside the usual coreography made it seem a bit odd for me. BE MY BABY was typically good, but I could understand nothing that was going on during that crazy-laser-skrillex-drop-the-base part, I wanna see it in HQ cause I'm curious to see how it really looks

I don't think anyone remembers her having a kid LMAO, cuz she never mentions him at all, which is fine keeping that private life private

where as Kuu is new mom and from that list I know YUKI has more than one kid and MINMI is one of those cool moms who talks about her kids a lot plus her image went from reggea queen to boring ballad drone when she popped them out

so happy Kuu did not go down the same route

Did MINMI really go that route? I used to quite like her :(

Also, apparently I don't know how to bid for things on eBay, so I'm still looking for first presses of TRICK CD+2DVD and Tour (with the hologram).

yes OMG it makes me so sad / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxo6kdVsO4s

she wears flowery dresses and sings stuff Kana Nishino would put as a b-side, RIP

anyway OT

How can they even rank Kuu on the charts? She never shows her son, so they cant really evaluate her as a parent or anything even though I'm sure she definitely is a wonderful mother.

Ugh. Really disappoint. Didn't she make a song with Kana? Perhaps that was the beginning of the end :P Also, I think that album they have the duet on was the album Kuu was holding in a random shot. Kuu is a Kana fan?

HOLY MOLY THIS IS EPIC!!!!! No, seriously. This is amazing. I can't wait for the day I get to see this concert in full! ;__; I also noticed that they don't really do much editing on her voice for the DVD/Blu-Ray releases because Kuu's vocals sound almost the same as in those releases imo. That is really good. Kuu's vocals are phenomenal♥

Speaking of Kuu's vocals, I became a stan for Ai no Kotoba after seeing her performing it on Dream music park... :p

Yey for Kuu to top a poll for a change. It's been a while since she's been last seen on any of those. It's good. :)

me too, they're both amazing :)

KO-SO-KO-SO @ JAPONESQUE Tour fancam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5wfyL4syjFk

credits: Norman Ariño@Facebook

Ah, Blistah is actually singing "Lucky Girl, Lucky Boy", haha, Engrish! It's on the screen, too bad I never looked there till Kuu appeared. xD

Intro + So Nice @ JAPONESQUE Tour

She's the top MILF! Go Kumi!

Loving the duet with the guy in the background :laugh

EDIT: Was the Trick Tour ever released on Blu Ray? Because I swear I see all her past tours on BR except that one.

Those videos made me realize again why I think Kuu is the best live performer from Japan. Seriously. Even those few videos were flawless. I can't even think how amazing the whole tour would be when I finally get to see it! 8D I don't think I've been this excited for a Kuu concert since Dream music park I think. :D

that mashup sounds awesome. are those remixes from driving hits? or..

oh lord good to see some parts of the concert again!!
can't wait for the Live DVD/BD around september/october!!
it was so amazing and what i loved the most was that the tour has the same feeling as the album with it's matured sexy way, so it's ok for no cute section!
i think with the kinda Oz/Dreamland ending with walk the theme for the next tour and album is more bubbly, electronic, dancy, fresh, feel good and kinda futuristic!

can't wait for the 55th summer single and i wonder if we get a "5" themed elease this time...!?
55th single, 5 songs, 5 pvs, 5 editions...
even we all know that oricon would count this as mini album... lol
but who cares, all we want is a new 3/4 song sumer single so poppin' some bottles and announcement out gurl!
no one believed me it was lucky boy/lucky girl... kinda funny it turned out to be right! xD


and if i'm not wrong with the info on baidu, Kuu is on the Cover fo the next EDGE STYLE issue on june 7th and some info 'bout her new single! xo

@Gubsi. I :heart your siggy. :D :luv2

Do u have a much bigger version of that picture? i wanna make a wallpaper out of it.

You know my mind.

I also though about the 5 thing, but that's too much material even for Kuu :laugh 5 tracks in not impossible, she did it with Gossip Candy, but 5 PVs is much more unlikely to happen. And please, DONT MAKE FIVE VERSION OF IT OTHERWISE I'LL DIE WANTING TO HAVE ALL OF THEM ;;

Summer single, summer single, summer single!!! <3

How effing rad that she performed the remixes from Driving Hit's instead of the originals! Those songs are like staples in my lifting routine. Can't wait to see it in high quality!

I'm not going to watch the intro until the DVD comes out, but the fancams looked epiiiic. I love that she practically humped that girl in KO-SO-KO-SO xD

Found this on Tumblr and thought it was too cute to not share:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps51558f2c.jpg

Those remixes are sick. She does such a damn good job at her song arrangements!

Aww baby kuu is adorable!

With one hidden or bonus track she can add 5 songs without being a mini album. :P

LOL I'm watching those fancams and can't stop laughing at those boy's comments (they talk in spanish, and I'm from Spain).

Things like.. "SO MUCH POWER INSIDE THE P***Y" (in spanish sounds even worse, it's a very rough expression xD). I also heard "What a s**t, I love it" and "wow, what a legs!", but said in a very dirty way, you know? xD

Anyway, thanks for sharing! I totally LOVED the performances! Can't wait for the DVD ♥

^ omg this made my whole week, I'm so gonna use the first phrase SO MUCH

Quote of the year.

This is going on my tombstone

Aww...that is so cute!!! :love

cute... :luv2

and now...



:lech

倖田來未 / 「Isle of MTV Miyakojima」(2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcpX4mX4v8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuqauLb_mdg

倖田來未 / 「Isle of MTV Miyakojima」(1)

:love

^Wonderful! :D I made mp3 rip of these but I can't remember the date of this mini concert. When was it?