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KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016 ～Best Single Collection～ DVD - 2016.11.16 on sale
http://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1040640

Covers:

DVD
http://i.imgur.com/WnGvfNY.jpg

Blu-ray
http://i.imgur.com/CK5Ocxw.jpg

actually screaming it's just the live dvd...
i really like the covers with the font!
but gurl, come back when u have something interesting to offer...
and i thought her 15th anniversary was kinda a non-event...

this live just bored me, it has some good parts but overall i'll buy this dvd just for my kuu collection one day...
Dejavu/Bon Voyage live were much more fun to watch compared to this hall tour.

let's hope we'll get some new music anyways this year
i mean she has so many FC posts with her being in the studio lol

Kinda expected it since the tour logo was on the photos lol. I think it's best not to have any expectations about new music.

BIG NEWS!!!! lol

Love the font and colors, but I hate her pose holding her hair haha makes no sense

Ah as expected -_-

I like the DVD cover , the Blu-ray cover , not so

Anyway this was posted on Kuu's Facebook page which's so cool - https://www.facebook.com/KodaKumiOff...2239899487475/

It's a 360 degree interactive video . You have to click at the video and drag it at any direction you want & this was filmed today during her concert at Ibaraki

^ Before I opened the link, I thought it would be the 360 video from a-nation during "IS THIS TRAP?". :( But nice that she's doing 360 videos!

Oh well, at least it is not new merch lol

Love the covers, hope there are good FC bonus

I really like the covers :heart Especially the DVD cover. I'm not really a fan of the Blu-ray cover.

i like the cover both:love

Both covers are very pretty, I love the DVD one the most though.
To be very honest, I wasn't expecting anything great from her "big announcement." I even thought it could be a new fragrance or something :laugh

Lol, expected the tour DVD, but girl, I buy this anyway, bring something new. :laugh

So happy about having a seperate shooting again for the covers!
Love the DVD one! The pose on the Blu-Ray one is strange though.

First Press is a luxury special packaging (mu-mo says it's a digipak).
They also state, that more preorder privileges will come later.
No tracklist yet, but there will be 33 songs on it.
Also, if I understand it right, there will be an audio commentary included.

Plus if you buy it on a special site, you will also get a replica of the staff tour shirt! That's the one with the "Listen to...." and her songs at the front, guys!
Yippie!
It's scheduled to start at the end of September.

FC goodies are either an area hand towel (you can choose from the same six ones like at the tour) or oil blotting paper (rofl).

I was actually kinda anxious, waiting for this countdown to be over...I didn't really know what kind of announcement it would be! :P but I'm so glad it's just the tour DVD (which I still need to finish watching...wait for me, kuu!) and I am in SO much love with the covers! The DVD one just slays. :heart

I honestly think that 2017 will be the year of more "new" music releases from Kumi - but if we could at least get one single, before the end of this year, I'd be so happy. :weep either way, I'll be waiting!

omg I need the LISTEN TO shirt, totally getting it!! I just wonder if I can have FC goodies and it, but knowing avex I'd probably have to buy two copies for this

The good thing is that there is nothing else for her to announce, so the next thing will probably be music related.

At this point I'm waiting for my january/february/march album like the past 14 years.

So glad the DVD cover is the nicer one.

KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016 ～Best Single Collection～ trailer 1



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

OMG those covers are everything.

KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016 ～Best Single Collection～ DVD cover textless

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UHQ Covers and Promo ;)

http://i.imgur.com/w6duLpIs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/iyO0jkxs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5xjjQ0ms.jpg

Her design team always do such an amazing work with her videos, fonts and everything else. This edition is really good, yet simple :love

I knew the countdown would be either another collection of fragrances, lenses, whatever or the DVD so I didn't care. She won't release new music in 2016. (I don't expect her too at least, maybe a lame release like Shh! or a digital single without a PV at best to anticipate a new album)

I think her next big release will indeed be the new album, probably early next year.

JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING NEW, KUU

;~;

There are some interesting goodies coming out with this tour! I'm actually okay this is all the announcement was lol

Nice covers! I still need to check out the TV broadcast of the tour to my Kuu fix!

On a Final Fantasy X2 note, whilst replaying this and using the swordplay ability Flametongue, I always end up reading/singing the name in my head to Fake Tongue.

You guys, I'm making a compilation for myself of those "b-side" kind of songs, and even tho I have pretty much every compilation from Kuu, some songs of those albums I don't listen very often because they are trapped with those other songs. Do you guys would consider put songs like NO TRICKS, Ashita e..., Whatchu Waitin' On on things like that?

Since I don't really care for the chronological order, I'm more interested on how the album works all together.

Oh gosh, doing things like that always makes me remember some gems, even album tracks... Listen to Puppy on repeat right now. ♥

Just watched Best Single Collection and it was better than I thought it would be. The only part I wasn't feeling was the ballad section and her reuse of the tissue dance. Otherwise her mere presence is enough to make me happy! And it was her best dancer/band part imo! Not to mention the reworking of the songs was superb! Gonna watch The Artist now.

Kuu just made a LINE post.
She's currently writing lyrics.
On her laptop, where she's using one of her own Betty Boop stickers.

From official site

http://s15.postimg.org/6tfic7e8b/sli...o28jf7jkde.jpg

Her ears look weird in these covers, if look closely it's even worse D: Either way I like them, they're different even if that look is not to my taste. Bluray one is my fave that pose makes the outfit look great.

I only wish she would have left her hair alone. Or at least put it into an elaborate ponytail or something. The rest of her screams "That's MISS Kuu to you...", but her playing with her hair is like, "f-u-c-k-i-n' b-o-r-e-d-----"

I would like to know something regarding these photos



Were all of them included in the CD sleeves booklet of Kuu's singles ? :confused I never seen some of them before

- Promise and flower are in the physical copy (Promise/Star is in the booklet, in separeted pages, and flower is the backcover);
- hands and LOVE & HONEY are promo posters;
I'm not sure if the Chase picture was used as a poster as well, but I know it was used to promote the single on websites back in the day.

I'm not sure about the Chase one either, I've never seen that one and I was going to ask here ._.

Yeah, the Chase one was used as the main page layout of her old avex website during the singles release.
Unfortunately it's not been archived properly, but you can tell it's this 'new' pic from the part that is archived:

http://s10.postimg.org/qbe7b7289/Scr...923_171543.png

Kuu is having a special live again at Universal Studios Japan, her third time in a row.

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1237/yICoDD.png

Date is 20th November and the theme is [RE-BOOOOOOOORN!], let's do things you couldn't do till now (in the sense of starting over, I believe).

Also, first promo, Hawaii FC sleepover tickets and guides are shipped and the staff tour shirts:

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3661/SlrAcx.png

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RE-BOOOOOOOORN!

I wonder if this is also the theme of the upcoming album (or single). Hopefully it doesn't keep that spelling if it really is the title lol

This thene is so BACK-ONish hahahahah Happy for her third time there, sad we never got anything from them tho, so I am not hyped about it

It's cool that she's doing Universal Studios Japan Live again, the setlist are always have something interesting, but sadly we never see the footage of it.

Btw, that Chase picture as used to promote the single on magazines as well.

So the Hawaii thing is happening then? Cool, I couldn't care less because I'm not part of it, but this is cool for those who get the chance to go! :)

I've just seen Top 100 in MUsic Station's rank about the songs that influenced to Japanese, there's no any Kumi's songs, what a surprise !. Every divas like Namie, Utada and Ayu have one on it. At least, Ai no uta should deceive it, though.

^weel, what is in there? let me guess: first love, can you celebrate? and evolution

If I were one of them I wouldn't like that either

Utada's was automatic lol and kana's was torisetsu sooo yeah.. part of this list is kinda random...
http://aramajapan.com/news/tvmovie/m...ranking/64408/

This name is the leitmotiv of the park usj this year!
All goods have this word when I was there in may! Nothing with kuu chan!!

But I hope she will have a rollercoaster one day because of all those lives...
Kyary pamyu pamyu had one ! And kuu talked about this in 05.13 mc show!

I just realized there's not going to be a live album for this tour, it totally deserved one! :( Both it and The Artist had more interesting arrangements than WOML Tour had

That reborn theme better mean that more soulful R&B ballads like feel and Aitakute will be added to her discography. She needs more of those. It's a perfect genre for her voice. 8D

Kumi will release a new book called 倖田來未流　美ボディの習慣, it's a personal guide on how to stay healthy, beautiful and keeping the perfect body.
Release date: 10.14

倖田來未流　美ボディの習慣
価格：1400円（税別）
★書店発売に先駆けて9月29日（木）より、ローソン一部店舗にて先行販売を実施します。限定カバー、限定 ポストカード入りです！

http://i.imgur.com/V5KmZX7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uMfQ39T.jpg

Looking good as always.

I'm ready to read the book on how to be healthy, while I eat a hotdog with soda.

I suppose she is qualified to write a book about a sexy bod lol. She looks hot af in that pic, I really hope it gets translated.

Stunning covers. If there are beautiful pictures inside, I'd consider getting it.

Girl is looking HOT and gaining money with it. SLAYIN.

HOT MAMA.

Kuu looks amazing as always & the right cover (only available via Lawson) that Kaled posted is just wow

I think after becoming a mum , she looks even more confident & empowering than ever before

These pics look like they came from her Koda Reki shoots, girl hasn't aged at all. I just know those pics are new cause of her abs :laugh

Ah, of course the better cover with the hot body shoot is the cover for the limited edition for Lawson! Have to ask Lee^chan, if she's willing to buy one for me.
The lettering for both covers is atricious though.

Sure, Rika!
Can not guarantee that I can get one since they are limited, and the nearest Lawson will be 15 minutes walk from home :dead2
But I want that cover as well.

Also, @Gubsi, do you want it?

^ thank you so much, sis!
i have to save money so i can't really afford it, but thanks for asking! :)

New songs or album, please.

Wow she looks sexy, yeah they remind you of Koda Reki and MewMe Day Spa shoots. can't wait for good quality pictures of the photoshoot

btw, do any of you guys have a 1080p MKV rip of The Artist concert? and WOML tour too? just asking

For all, who might want it.
Here's the current logo from her official site.

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/2473/Spa4ts.png

Aw, thanks hun! :glomped
Fighting! :laugh

Well we have to wait but I don't think the day is far.

Ohhhh my god I need that book!

I'll just get excited/ansious for new music when she starts shootings PVs, enough of this Lorde "in studio" thing

Kuu is always recording in between releases and tours within the year.
It was like that for her whole career. I do wonder, why you guys reading so much into her posting to be in the studio after all those years.

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First releae day of the limited edition of the book at Lawson at some parts of Japan!
The limited edition is available at different prefectures for different times till the regular edition comes out 10/14.

Photos of the book and promo (the postcard comes with the limited edition):

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/9779/pXQFA5.png
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http://imageshack.com/a/img921/1593/G2JImO.png

And how cute is this?
Kenji made some of the photos included in the book!

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7853/0LiQ4q.png

^ Goooorgeous! I really hope the book will be for sale on YesAsia, etc!

Love this one!!

Amazing! And loved that KENJI took some of the photos <3

looks awesome:luv2

This is her Fantome era. New album in 2021.

Bought the book :D
There are 198 pages, but only few pages of picture (maybe 8?) + 8 colored pages
LoL it'll take time to finish reading all of it.. :dead2

Preview of the pics:

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2120/MDDwBp.png


http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7716/HngaMi.png

OMG she's so hot!

(And btw, this is pretty random, but I was watching The Bing Bang Theory today, and I noticed that Penny could be the western version of kuu lol they definitely share some features!)

^ omgosh i think the same thing!!! I saw a pic of kaley and i was like how did kuu pop up on yahoo... saw it was kaley.. crazy!!!

Fyi yesasia stocked a ton of the betty boop stuff

How big is that book? It looks really small in all the pics I've seen. O.o

The same of koda reki and koda shiki

About 200p and 15 pictures!

I love it (^_^)

sounds great:love

Special mu-mo site for the BSC Tour DVD/Blu-Ray + Crew shirt bundle is up!

http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/list1/?...adpcnt=7vg_Dnq

You can choose from every single!

Shirts are one size ( M size if you take the measurements compared to her other tour shirts) and costs 2,700 Yen extra.

^Those shirts are really cool.

Looking good and feeling gorgeous.

On a side note, new announcement:

LIVE CD "KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016 ~BEST SINGLE COLLECTION~" will be another FC exclusive release.

2 CDs with all 33 songs.

Release date: 11.02.2016.

I'd love Koda to do a KOMPLETE BEST release.

YES PREACH I NEEDED THE LIVE CD SO BAD

I need a new kuu original album (and a LONG one). 1 year and a half is just too long and not an original album release is expected ahead.

I would love a Listen to Lies or Listen to You shirt. Is there a way to get the one you want?

And I agree about Kuu and Penny. I feel like I said that a few years ago and no one agreed :laugh

CDTV aired promo for the tour last night, showing a part of Moon Crying:

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av6500021/

Thanks to Kyu_Leon_Kumi on baidu for recording

You mean only the shirt?
It's only for the bundle - you chose DVD or Blu-Ray on the special site and then one of the 59 shirts you want. You can chose a shirt with every edition you're buying.

yeah coool:love

Not by itself lol. I would totally want the tour too! It was a lot better than I was anticipating and I actually ended up loving it!

I will print these shirts by myself...can't be that hard

I agree, I want an album so bad ;;

WOML was seriously ages ago...i'm going through major withdrawal symptoms :'(

I haven't even watched WOML TOUR fully yet lol. I'm too busy with my writing projects to actually have time to do that, lol. xD

I think it's good that Kuu takes time to release another album. Maybe then people will actually appreciate her hard work again like this fandom used to.

I'm really into WOML again haha I'm listening to this everyday at the gym. <3

i just hope with all the waiting, teasing the 60th since april, going to studio etc is worth the wait... Shhh! was cute and all for a limited single, but wasn't really the tea imo
(and i wouldn't be mad if it's not on the next album)
i wished SoL/WoL were special singles like Ayu's MW/D+G and then her 4th BEST with Shhh! on it...

hope that she evolves her sound for the next chapter in her career! :heart

I just wish the album will be different compared to WOML in music style, and tbh, I wouldn't mind if it was a R&B ballad album. She once said years ago that her original plan was to be a ballad singer, so I can kind of see her releasing a studio album with only ballads on it. :D

^ Nah, she has BOUNCE & LOVERS and Winter of Love to fill the Ballad Album gap. I'm not here for an album full of ballads.

BTW, she should release a new B&L, I don't really care for the album itself, but a DVD with more "dance version"s would be awesome.

I'm still jamming to WOML, it still my favorite album, and all the songs she released/teased after the album are really good (with the exception of Promise you, it sounded good, but really forgettable).

I completely agree. The 60th single (or album..whichever is next) needs to be worth the wait.

Guess, Promise you could be (on) the next single.

I'm just happy, when she's releasing new stuff. :shrug
Don't like everything, but luckily most of it is at least nice for me, probably cause I love her voice so much.
And I do love the biggest part of her recent stuff (Ex Tape, Hurricane, On and On, Shhh!).
With Shhh! I was on the fence at first, but I appreciate so much, how different it is and that jazzy influence is gold for an upbeat song like this.

i changed B&L as some kind of ballad remix album on my iTunes...
for me her ballad mixes are the best ones of all!
The Lovers side contains all the remixes that are still ballad like...
(the gorgeous Ai no Uta urban kiss, piano/orgel/acoustic version, AILI's Warmy mixes, and so on...)
The Bounce side contains all the remixes in general...

like her collabo best which i changed to only "insert artist" featuring Kuu songs...

I'm just glad ahs is back lol I felt kind of weird these days. New music please!

Corvina, are there scans of the book anywhere? I mean your avatar :heart

Ah, no, it's just a photo.
If there would be scans out already, I'd have shared them.^^

Koda Kumi just uploaded the new KODA GUMI Magazine in the global Fanclub where she postet photos of the Sankyo Event, too.

She als performed this Songs:

Butterlfy
WON'T BE LONG
Ai no Uta
Promise you
Megumi no Hito

So this new song is already performed one time, but no release by now.
She definitely will release a Special 60th single imo :-)

^i can see her ditching the summer singles and doing the special ones in her anniversary from now on!!

did anyone found a good rip of the Alive (Theatrical mix) yet?
i only have a really crappy recording of it... but overall it's kinda the same, it's 5 seconds shorter than the original version and idk if it's the crappy quality but i think the instrumental is a bit more calm but i guess it's just the quality...

and did someone have a PV-rip of On and On with the little acapella intro?
i think i lost my file lol

Do you mean the mobile short version of he PV?
Already uploaded this for Gustavopc:
http://www.mediafire.com/?62wnkizd8f2oz9q