Yey for those certifications. <3 Kuu deserves them all. :) I'm amazed for Unmei though because for some reason I've always thought it wasn't a popular song but it looks like it was. <3 And it's good, because Unmei is a very beautiful song after all. :)

wow awesome news <3 Didn't know WON'T BE LONG and Unmei were that popular, that's good

and I wanna see the CM sooo hard |: I'm so curious about IN THE AIR... Poppin' love cocktail will probably be similar to Hashire! [songs and PVs], and V.I.P. we already had a sneak peak on the shooting club and it'll sound like BE MY BABY / POP DIVA probably. But there's no clue about IN THE AIR style and how the PV is gonna be. Hope it'll be like Aisho ♥ But it may be like Ai no uta

^ I saw in a blog that the scene with the car on chroma key was for IN THE AIR pv, but I'm not sure about this.

I wonder if we will ever hear You are not alone. I really want to hear it. ;___;

^
me too :(

I want to hear full 4 times plus stands up!

When release the Dejavu Tour DVD we'll have the song, even live version.

That's what I wonder... when do we get the Tour DVD this year?
Cause of the earthquake and the new dates in September and October, I'm not sure we will get the DVD for Dejavu Tour in autumn again.
I so wanna see it! ;_;

Maybe in November~December, something with christmas, who knows.
Probably will be release with a new single: TABOO was with Kingdom Tour / Alive with TRICK Tour / Eternity (it's not a single but an album, anyway...) with UNIVERSE Tour.

maybe they will film the DVD at the "planned" final date? if not I also think we will get it around Christmas. Either way, I can't wait for any new kuu things to arrive at my home:laugh

+1 in everything here :D

The car scene is for IN THE AIR? I though it was for Poppin' love cocktail... Anyway, is there some news about the BACK-ON feat. Kumi song?

^ Just the release date, I hope for some info next week, I'm kinda curious with this collaboration since Jin from GReeeeN is the producer/composer... I don't see he doing something really "Kumi" style, even a pop-rockish song.

I guess not, they usually record the DVD close to the final date. And even if they recorded, I don't think they will release the DVD before the final of this tour.

+2 :D

i actually listened to "Unmei" yesterday, since i was replaying "Black Cherry", lol. i still love this song 5 years later, especially during the bridge. i think that's what is after the first 2 choruses. :P

Unmei isn't one of my favourites, but it is beautiful.
And it has one of the cheesiest PVs from her. XD

4 Times Limited Edition is still available on play-asia.com - I just pre-ordered it.

KO-SO-KO-SO sounds very promising and nice from the preview, I must say :yes what does this title mean anyway? :laugh BTW are there any more previews ?

^ I think Tenshi no Hane (or maybe it was a different member...) said that it's Japanese for "doing something quietly and silently" or something like that.

^probably. Avex never disappoints when it comes to tricks in marketing~

A japanese Kuu fan was so kind to put FANTASIA DVD rankings together:

Source:
http://yaplog.jp/yukinko-itigo/archive/1067

Sales so far:
34,150
after 6 weeks charting

First two rankings are DVDs in general, second Music DVDs.

Nice to see so many #1 rankings <3

I really want to know the blu ray sales for FANTASIA :/

I've started watching Fantasia this evening, and as much as I love the concert so far, the camera angles/shots are really starting to piss me off. I hate it when the camera is swiveling all over the place when the main artist is performing, and I can't properly see what they're doing. The same thing happened in Ayu's AT07 DVD, which is why I don't enjoy that tour as much as it deserves. :shakehead

Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me?

^ That reminds me of the 2nd DVD that came with TRICK...Dear lord those effects that they put on were so tacky, overused, and got in the way of actually trying to enjoy Kuu. I'd rather see Kuu performing without the screen turning into a disco ball or whatever

I would like to know which Photobooks Kuu has released

I will try to get them ^^

Well, there are 2 "real" PHOTOBOOKS :

MAROC
BRAZIL

Then, Koda Shiki (Photoshoot + Interview, worth buying), Koda Reki (Her career according to herself => Interview + Photoshoot), Trick Ura (Pics from the Trick Tour => This one is not a real photobook as this is pix from the tour) are photobooks too

this is so random...but I was looking at old MISSONI campaigns...and this came up and freaked me out lol



not crazy similar but just yeah...random.

^That's kinda similar to Chase cover but still pretty different. Kuu had more brighter colors. :3 I think the camera angle was also a bit different... hmm...

Really?
I didn't notice that at all, I enjoy the concert as it is. :laugh

Just read what Tsubasa posted back on JPC, they changed the order of the tracklist!

morning > afternoon > night > dawn

Also 4 interludes will be added, so 8 tracks in total.

A new preview of KOSOKOSO was broadcasted with the first episode of Piece Vote, and I couldn't record because I was at home, sorry.
The chorus is good but not that great. While the chorus was played, some scenes of the drama was showed so you can't hear that well. I heard a laugh at the end, I hope that's on the song, I like that.

My english is a mess, I know XD.

If KO-SO-KO-SO is about...intercourse (is it?) then shouldn't that be night instead of V.I.P.? (but then again, who parties at dawn :laugh)

Dear, you should read the description of the song on the offcial site! :laugh


;)

Thanks kaled, maybe somebody else recorded it.

And here we go, haha:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjgyMTU4NDI0.html

KO-SO-KO-SO 50 sec. preview

Thanks to kinot at JPC.

I really like the chorus or what part that is in the full song!

KO-SO-KO-SO is about a 'sex scene' at 4:00 AM. :D

Do people really do that at 4:00a.m.!? I thought it was a do before; bed after thing, not bed now; do later thing LOL!

No wonder why the PV could be banned from TV...

^
^ Maybe she's partying until 4 a.m. and then ko-so-ko-so and then sleep? XD

The longer preview sounds great *____*

I like the preview, she singing "KOSOKOSO" was so catchy haha :D

Partying till 4a.m. and then having a steamy sexual encounter after makes sense haha!

KO-SO-KO-SO sounds hotter and hotter every time I hear it!

Source: http://pid.nhk.or.jp/event/PPG0111261/

EDIT~

One more live. \o/

Wow, KO-SO-KO-SO is actually way more addictive than I thought -I didn't really like the first preview. This single becomes more interesting each day !

yay two live perfomances already! Hope we get a CDTV one also, I love all perfomances there. Happy Music would be great as well.

where is the source from, I need direct link... Thank you! :)

@Aishwarya_Rai: Here it is: http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/HEY/E20110705001.html

I need to re-post this in other thread, ありがとうございます！

No problem, you're welcome ♥

Well, I was kinda bored, then I decided to make covers of 4 TIMES:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/...a59d9680_m.jpg http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/...3b71a5ff_m.jpg
Click to see.

^
OMG beautiful beautiful beautiful
Awesome, the fonts are million better than the original =O

^good job

What if they're sleeping and then wake up at four am feeling a little frisky? :P

Awesome covers, the purple one looks even better than the original <3

omg, KO-SO-KO-SO sounds so catchy and sexy

I hope you make a living doing stuff like this, it would be such a shame if your talent went to waste.

those are better than original ones, kaled! :yes

I love your covers ^^

Seriously, if these were the covers I would love them. So, so much better, imo. :D

The new preview of koso koso is good but it sounds typical. Not a bad thing, just nothing new.

On a side note, I forgot how much I like the anytime video...
It's so summery even though it's not a summer single haha.

The left one looks so much better in red!
Great job!

July 18?
That's really soon for a 4 TIMES TV live!
Can't wait!

And next magazine:

7/23(土)「ViVi」

So her promotion cycle for 4 TIMES starts around the middle of July.

The chorus sounds so good! :heart
I'm just ok with the verse, but the chorus makes up for it.

All Kuu ViVi shoots are awesome, glad that we're getting another one :D

Can't wait to see the ViVi cover and photoshoot!

Your covers put the originals to shame. ;) Avex needs to fire whomever made her original covers and hire you instead. Seriously. :yes

That thing you did with the 4 and TIMES & Koda Kumi, I'm loving it :O

Wow those fanmade covers...HOT!!! I think I'll be using those for when the single is released =D

KO-SO-KO-SO is uhmazing. it was stuck in my head all day :luv2

kaled: those covers are awesome even though I love the original colors better XD she looks way more sl*tty in these o_o haha

Koda Kumi to return to the small screen with “Ikemen desu ne”

http://contents.oricon.co.jp/upimg/n...309867196c.jpg

Today it was revealed that singer Koda Kumi will make her first drama guest appearance in five years through the upcoming TBS drama, “Ikemen desu ne“, which stars actress Takimoto Miori, Kis-My-Ft2’s Tamamori Yuta and Fujigaya Taisuke, as well as Hey!Say!JUMP’s Yaotome Hikaru.

“Ikemen desu ne” is a Japanese remake of the Korean drama “You’re Beautiful“. Takimoto plays a girl disguised as her twin brother, and ends up joining the band ‘A.N.JELL’, where she’s caught in a ‘love square’ with the other three members.

Since the drama is said to show ‘the other side’ of the Japanese music industry, it is bound to have several cameo appearance by well-known artists and other people from the industry. Koda will be the first such guest and of course play as the ‘big singer Koda Kumi’ herself.

Koda also revealed that she was a big fan of the original Korean drama and quite nervous about her guest appearance. “I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep at all. Once I was at the set, I wasn’t able to say my lines firmly and caused trouble for everyone else“, she said and added, “I tackled the filming with the mindset that I don’t want to look out of place next to all the actors.” Even though it was only for a short guest appearance, Koda tried really hard to act her scenes to the best of her abilities.

“Ikemen desu ne” will start on July 15th with a special two-and-a-half hour long first episode, which features the cameo from Koda Kumi.

Source + Image: Oricon

> http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/07/kod...kemen-desu-ne/

kumi looks s00 cute~

great news, that's promotion + kuu acting, loving it haha

but omg more than two hours o__o wondering if watching Kuu making an appearance is worth it

woooo exciting I want full Ko so ko so now!!!

That's nice news^^

But I noticed Kumi looks really thin on the pic...
I think she has to gain weight again.

i don't think she looks any thinner than she did in 2005-2006 and she looked amazing then.

She is so adorable. I wish I could shrink her and carry her around in my pocket!

Maybe I'll just ... fast forward to all of Kuu's scenes. lol

Wanna bet she only appears for a minute or so? XD;

I think it's kinda crucial that she stays thin and in shape...cause...she's so tiny, but she's not a stick figure lol

Is that a new picture btw?

Those covers are SO SEXY! Much better editing too!

I like these better than the originals.
How did you achieve those pretty colors?

Looking forward to her drama appearance! Her acting in Cherry Girl was decent.

I've just listened to KO-SO-KO-SO preview. Song does nothing for me as for now...

Thank you guys for the compliments!

@AyuHamasaki01: Those are normal colors and I just changed the opacity on photoshop to achieve that. I usually put the colors and then I edit with selective colors. I'm not good explaining things, sorry XD

~Preview of Kumi's appearance in Ikemen desu ne:

Aw, she's gonna be so cute in that drama <3

Kuu will be amazing on that drama I bet. Queen is everywhere *____*

how adorable :heart

She got really thin at the end of last year, just watch Fantasia. Or the magazines this year. I'd love seeing her shape back again like it was in 2005-2007, that was perfect, curved and toned. Though 2009 wasn't a bed year for her body as well. And her face was rounder, though I like her face shape better now, slimmer looks more mature and sexier.^^

Some pics for comparison:



Just the difference between a-nation 2009 and that Lollipop live on the beach in 2010. And she's even more tanned 2009 and looks curvier.
But her weight does fluctuate quite a lot for a small girl and I like her both ways. I'm satisfied as long as she doesn't get thin again like in 2004, feel DVD cover shoot. >_<




So yay for a dorama appearance!
It's so cute how nervous she is that her acting is alright. :laugh

Im slow but i just heard KOSOKOSO 50s preview..omg NICE CHORUS!!! with a slightly laidback verse..i had a feeling the chorus was gonna be more beat-y..and yay

Sales update FANTASIA:

20　***,887　*35,037　倖田來未 「KODA KUMI 10th Anniversary~FANTASIA~in TOKYO DOME」

i actually remember when she had a cameo in some drama back in 2006! i think it was during the "koi no tsubomi" era. :P so i'm glad kuu is making another cameo! she was so cute in that preview! :heart

A good quality preview of KO-SO-KO-SO

^ that was hot!
can't wait for this single

thanks for the longer preview! i need the full song, like...now. :luv2

I'm trying to hold out on previews until the single is released, but it's so hard :P

All this talk about Kuu's upcoming cameo in a drama makes me wish that she'd do a sequel to "Cherry Girl" since I've never understood the ending.

Love the way she sings KO SO KO SO! *-* and also the final laugh! hahaha

So i Got the weirdest dream today

So Avex was making drama japanese version of the movie Striptease(the one with Demi Moore) and Kumi got the lead role lol

The song is so cool :luv2

These previews are seriously starting to drive me crazy.
Need full versions NOOOOW.
*head explode*

Omg, I finally got time to listen that longer preview. I'm in love with KO-SO-KO-SO. *____*

Wow...I don't really like it...It's kind of, boring. Maybe my judgment will change with a full length HQ leak or something.

Bad preview of Poppin'love cocktail feat.TEEDA


http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjgyOTk3NzQ0.html

Could hear almost nothing... Can't even judge if I like it or not, but thanks for posting (: Is it a CDTV rip? Those voices in the begining reminds me of those "cartoons" that introduce the artists lol

I have never seen the entire movie, but I think Kuu would do a great job :P

Yeah, it's a pretty bad preview, but it sounds similar to With your smile/girls etc, pretty summerish and happy.
It's originally from Baidu, so I don't know where they took it.

yeah it's practically unlistenable.