The 115th Official Thread ～walk to the future～
 

Welcome to Koda Kumi Sekai.

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Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Kouda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto

Hobbies: Shopping, Goods.
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Type of Music: Hip Hop
Favorite Dish to Cook: Niku Jaga (Beef and Potatoes)
Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance)
Favorite Colors: Purple and green
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: Haneru no tobira
Favorite Brands: D&G and H・A・K
Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, 100% Fruit Juice, Perrier
Favorite Japanese Artists: Toshinori Yonekura, Sukima Switch
Favorite Western Artists: Christina Aguilera, Nelly, Pink, Pharrell Williams
Something She Can't Be Without: Love
Favorite Part of Her Own Body: The "kori kori" of her waist.
Something Often Unexpected: 'No smoking & no alcohol'
Something Unacceptable: Lies and deception
Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse.

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→ Koda Kumi Official Website
→ Koda Kumi Lyrics Library
→ Koda Kumi Singles in 320kbps
→ Koda Kumi Music Videos
→ Koda Kumi iPod PVs
→ Koda Kumi All DVD Lives
→ Koda Kumi Screencaps
→ Koda Kumi Lyrics and Interview Translations


Credits: Tsubasa / FinalFayth / Cherrim / Corvina

Nice thread title =)

I can't wait to see the new PVs in this thread *-*

I hope people don't get too into the Kumi vs. Ayu thing. I'd hate for this thread to get trashed or trolled by other members :(

lol, I got an email from the people who wrote Lollipop for Kuu.

I'm going to reply and tell him that my real name is MAIKERU.

How cool*-*

How did you get contact to them?

I sent them an email via their website, there was a form for it.

What I sent them:

Really really cool =)

LOL. Someone should email them and ask why they didnt just put "Booty, booty" in the official lyrics :P

maybe they did but Kumi changed the lyrics herself? xD

have you not heard the demo version? The lady singing says "bullet, bullet" but it sounds like booty booty to me, too. Poor Kuu probably picked it up that way.

no I didn't know there was a demo :o could you give me the link please? :)

I sadly don't have it anymore, but I think tsubasa will probably have it!

I have it! Here you go:

Lollipop Demo

thanks so much :)

Wow that was 500 posts already?

I hope for the walk remake they don't change the instrumentation too much, I especially love that funky synth part.

wooow, already the 115th! Her threads fill up so fast! I am still in love with the covers..:heart

I didn't know there was a demo, and it's all in English xD

You should tell them Kumi has a fanbase outside of Japan and have them relay the message to her! Maybe she's unaware that people listen to her on the western side of the world...

Anyway, this Ayu vs Kuu thing makes me laugh. Anyone who thinks Avex would let Kumi outsell Ayu doesn't know how Avex operates. If they thought there'd be an issue, they'd move the dates... it's not like they haven't ever done that before. :rolleyes

By the way, who made the graphic for the first post? It seems more... vibrant than the actual cover. I like it!

^ I think she must have an idea that people outside of Japan know her though... there was that one American anime convention she sang at, right?

I replied back and told him that Kumi has a fanbase outside of Japan and that I'm American. I also asked him if he could share any info / if his team worked with Kuu personally.

I'll post his reply when he emails me back.

Thanks! I hope he'll respond... it'd be cool to get some info. The last person we had contact with that worked with Kuu was her gay boyfriend in the TABOO video.

You guys spam so fast! *catch up*

OMG, I can't wait to see what they reply back with!

KODA KUMI SEKAI ................LOL XD XD

There's no instrumentals again on this single, why !

Since AVEX spends more time on youtube now, they heard the horrible covers that people did of Kuu's music and so they decided not to include them any more.


That one girl who butchered BUT probably was the final straw.

^ :roflmao

I'm happy to see we can talk with someone that has worked with/for Kuu ^_^ I hope he can help us getting some information haha

^^ omg that made my day :roflmao

and Koda Kumi Sekai.. lulz XD

btw, you don't need to apologize for making the new thread ;)
it looks lovely with the single picture *__*

junniorkopke.. his graphics are so OHMAHGAWD :luv2

wasn't the last one the bassist guy who appeared in the Hashire! PV? I remember him talking with us in jpm forums :laugh

oh yeah... he only made like one comment, though and when people were calling him out he stopped responding.

JPopYuna ruined instrumentals for all of us. :(

..Are you talking about JPopYuna? :laugh

yes, I forgot to say that I got it from last.fm and juniorkopke uploaded it.

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Koda Kumi Sekai :heart

ero-kakkoii ur so awesome xD

and wow it's cool they actually replied you... I think Kuu will cry if she knows she has such a fanbase outside Japan/Asia!!

omg the covers are amazing.

from the previews I know I'm going to like this single better than gossip candy

That's an awesome idea, it could be AHS's sister board.

There isn't enough fans for an all-Kuu forum to function properly. I like having just a thread because it's much easier to keep up with because everything is in one place... even though sometimes there's a lot of nonsense to sift through. I like how it is here and how it is on JPM.

:laugh I got KKS from the first post, which is from ero-kakkoii~

but yeah ia with cutieismylife, a small homely Kuu thread like we have now is more than perfect! This is one of the places in AHS I <3 the most besides the K-Pop artistes threads :shughug

Yeah, if someone did make one you know only like 25 people would join and it wouldn't be as active. We'd post like 5 times and then just end up coming back here and resuming our business in this thread.

Lol I looked her up and I heard her awful cover of Namie's Meaning of Us. Someone should have told her long ago that she sucks and cannot sing.

Isn't there a forum called Honey Flash for Kuu? But, I think the most recent update for them is about TRICK or something :P

^People've been telling her that for...what is it now? 4 years?.....but Kelsey is strong willed, she just deletes any comments that don't praise her voice and makes more covers =/

I never get people like that. I mean it's like, you know, I understand the whole "never let people get you down" thing...but then there's also, when you love something, truly love it, you generally know a lot about it, and if you're going to make it what you do, then generally you want to be the best you can be at it...

And I don't understand how anyone with any knowledge of singing can be okay with having vocals like that...it just does not make sense to me.


Honey Flash was really popular at one time...then it died. I wanted to buy a domain and make an official unofficial place like this one....and I really love the idea of KKS, a site that is run just like this one...but there aren't that many people...

Honey Flash is very active, actually :yes it's just that people don't post frequently when there are no news, you can check it and you could see a topic for the new single with the same info we got here and in jpm ^^

I also saw some members from ahs who post on that forum but not here in the kuu thread O:

http://honeyflash.cloudwalking.net/index.php :)

yeah that's true, but I really wanted a place that would really be the best place to go for anything koda...we have some really GREAT contributors here...and there are other good sites...but I havent really found just one that I really like, that has EVERYTHING, you know? And a forum too lol


Oh Honey Flash isn't so dead anymore? Interesting...

I prefer this thread over the other places I've visited, though I haven't been to JPM in a while. Last time I was there it was troll-y, how is it now?

JPM is like troll-heaven no matter which artist you're talking about :)

yeah...I don't get it.

I wanted to go there cause there's a bigger j-urban following...but...ew.

to be honest
someone should forbidden her to sing ever again...especially in public

Does anyone have a pic of her tatoo? I've seen Ayu's and BoA's and someone said she has one. anyone?

^ I know! It looked so pretty ♥♥♥

The tattoo just adds to her sex appeal ♥

I love the tattoo. :yes

Thanks for uploading. Kumi's version is 240812392498 times better but the demo is cool too.

:roflmao That made my day

:laugh You guys are awesome.
Oh I love you guys.

did freaky cd + dvd have a booklet with lyrics or only cd only?

What's a pity there isn't any properly working forum about Kuu :(

I actually like Kuu's tattoo :D
I'm trying to ignore the troll~

this is the CD/DVD ver
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so yeah maybe it does, I'm not sure

Yeah but to get something like AHS would take years. Not to mention lots of time and effort on the creator's part.

I can't believe she actually sings in public. You would think that all the booing and throwing of rotten tomatoes would discourage her from singing again.

Can someone help me with my request in all DVD lives thread? I'm posting it here because usually requests are omitted/not noticed in Download/Requests thread.

^
I've split it into 2 parts and I'm uploading it now.

^ Thank you so much :shughug :heart

Where did this come from? How is this a demo? different lyrics and not even kumi singing. Who is singing it btw?

it's from the producers' website I think :) They made the song, wrote English lyrics for it, let some woman sing it and then they send it to musicians, I think^^

I got a reply from grieg!


ahhh, edgy, modern tracks! :heart :love

Those are her best tracks.

hoping for Driving Part II :)

It's very cool you got a reply from them! :D
"edgy" and "modern" sounds very good to me, hope they will choose their music!:P

I'm so excited for the album now! That's awesome you can get in contact with them.

That makes me very excited for this upcoming album too! I'm curious to see what kinds of edgy modern songs will be on it!

Sounds good to me! I hope her next album is better than her last two! :D

I will keep you guys updated on any replies he sends me, he is pretty quick about emailing me back!

@jbrat: it's going to be hard to top Universe and TRICK, for me! I think she can do it, though. (Lollipop, Suki de, Anata dake ga... possibly Hey Baby!... so far, so good.)

I hope modern = not electro again.

I don't think there's a particular "sound" that I'm looking for in the next album... I think she's capable of putting out good songs from every genre, but she sometimes chooses songs completely unsuited for her voice (Inside Fishbowl, It's all Love!) or songs that are cheesy and embarrassing (Lick me, SUPERSTAR) or things that sound like what she did before (Step Into My World)

However, these upcoming ballads both sound great and I'm actually very excited!

Sounds great! I'm hoping for a mixture of Kingdom and TRICK. (Kingdom had awesome ballads like Aishou, Himitsu and Amai Wana, plus it had the awesome Last Angel and BUT and FREAKY. Then TRICK had TABOO, Driving and This is not a love song. Oh, and showgirl! I just found the ballads to be on the dull side)

UNIVERSE is not a favourite of mine ... it has some great tracks (Work it Out, No Way, Physical Thing, ecstacy and UNIVERSE) but on the whole it felt disjointed and I can't seem to enjoy it as much as the other two...

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^^ yea I didn't like UNIVERSE that much as an album.. I like a few tracks but only these tracks while I loved the whole Kingdom album.. :/

^ :hi5

Universe and TRICK are definitely my least favorite two albums of hers post-secret. I just feel like she has such great singles throughout the year and then when the album comes around the album tracks are horrible to me D: So I'm just hoping that that doesn't happen this time around because I really miss the days when I throughly enjoyed Kumi's music. :yes

My thoughts exactly! Kingdom is probably one of my most favorite albums in general. It's just so... perfect to me.

^ yea Kingdom has this.. flow throughout the whole album.. I don't know how to describe it xD

I don't really think Amai wana is a ballad.

I think that Kingdom and Trick both had really good flow and the tracks all seemed to compliment each very well. On UNIVERSE I think maybe because it was bundled with Best 3 that it doesn't really feel like an album and more like a 2nd disc of new bonus tracks.

i don't know why but UNIVERSE has become my all-time favourite album. even after months of spamming it out i'm not sick of it. all her previous albums i got tired of after a few months but still love anyways. but i have to admit i skip Lick me a lot and It's all Love! always lol the latter song i cannot stand anymore (thank you misono)

i really think her upcoming album is going to be amazing. it's already shaping up to be great with the singles so far.

Introduction For Kingdom -> LAST ANGEL = Good flow? Lolno. anytime -> Under = Lolno. FREAKY -> Wonderland = Lolno

Not as bad as Hearty... -> SHAKE IT -> Kesucki -> Trust you though. secret had some terrible flow. Same for grow into one. Pearl Moon -> Nasty girl. LOLWAT

I've just ended watching PREMIUM LIMITED LIVE IN HALL and omg I love Through the sky even more. :luv2 Your Song was decent too!

Speaking of Kuu's albums, how would you rank them? From most to least favorite.

My list looks like this:

1. secret
2. BEST ~second session~ and Kingdom
3. feel my mind and Black Cherry
4. UNIVERSE
5. affection
6. grow into one
7. TRICK

There isn't any single song on secret I don't love. It's her most perfect album to date and I don't care about other opinions. :laugh
BEST ~ss~ and Kingdom are awesome too, I just don't like 1-2 songs from this album.
feel my mind and Black Cherry... Containing strong single and good non-single tracks, but I found a few 'WTF' songs on them. I still can't get into Hana and sweet love..., and I don't need like 357560434 versions of WON'T BE LONG (I'd prefer a solo version of LAST ANGEL, thank you). Puppy, GO WAY! and Twinkle aren't enjoyable for me too.
I have the biggest problem with UNIVERSE, with one listen I love it, with the next I get bored... That's why it's in the middle and has a neutral judgement from me. For a while. Maybe it'll be changing.
affection is solid, I like all songs, but it's just out of date... it's the same story like with BoA's LISTEN TO MY HEART.
grow into one is so boring for me... I can't understand how those amazing songs from singles are with that bland rest together. one and To be one are my hidden jems though.
TRICK is the only album I was that much disappointed with. I know, there are some epic tracks, but... For me the others have more of them, ok? It's the only album containing songs which made me ****ing annoyed - Your love and Joyful. I love almost entire Kuu's discography and even if I don't like so much some songs they don't make me want to kill myself. Except those two. Some tracks on TRICK would be more "polished", too. And I lost a half of my love for Moon Crying so I don't have any regrets to put this album on the bottom. It isn't her very latest album fortunately, so I'm pretty optimistic about upcoming album.

Songs which are in my ultimate favorites list are here and there, actually on every album, so don't think I really hate the least ranked albums with a passion or something. They just weren't solid and enjoyable in listening to me. Kuu's music has been and will be on a high level. :heart

1.) TRICK
2.) Kingdom
3.) UNIVERSE
4.) Black Cherry
5.) secret
6.) grow into one
7.) affection

I don't count BEST ~second session~ as a studio album. But if I did it'd be around 3-4.

^ Oh I just think that it's a best album only for name. However, it's personal opinion. If I'd rank all albums, with BESTs too, BOUNCE & LOVERS would get to the 1st place along with secret :laugh I'm really enjoying her ballads. B&L has amazing selection of songs and amazing new arrangements. :heart

1. Kingdom + Driving Hit's 2.5 :lech
2. BEST ~second session~
3. TRICK
4. UNIVERSE
5. Black Cherry
6. Secret
7. grow into one
8. Feel My Mind
9. Affection

I don't like lists ... but if I had to XD

1) Kingdom
2) Trick
(2.5 Best Second Session, if you would count it as an album))
3) Black Cherry
4) Universe
5) Secret
6) Feel my Mind
80) Grow into One
999.999.999) Affection

I love them all equally, I don't discriminate/I can't decide.

I hate them all.

My list haha

1. UNIVERSE
2. Kingdom
3. Trick
4. Black Cherry
5. Secret
6. Grow Into One
7. Feel My Mind
8. Affection

UNIVERSE is my favourite album from Kuu, I love every single track ^_^

Wow, I've never considered placing her albums in order that I like them. It's hard! (Not counting the bests...)

1) Secret
2) Black Cherry
3) TRICK
4) feel my mind
5) grow into one
6) Kingdom
7) UNIVERSE
8) Affection

I really tend to love her older stuff more than her newer stuff. I first discovered Kuu right after she released Secret, so I got into all her older stuff first and just loved it! :heart

Mine :)

1. UNIVERSE
2. Kingdom
3. TRICK
4. Black Cherry
5. secret
6. grow into one
7. feel my mind
8. affection

1. TRICK (by far)
2. UNIVERSE
3. Best: Second Session/Kingdom

That is all.

My favourite (and the only one) album is Black Cherry :luv2

I just can't get into Black Cherry... I've tried so many times, I hate like EVERY track.

:luv2

that's the 1st album I listened & owned of Kumi

it still brings back a lot of great memories for me when I began my jpop music journey some 4 years back :thud

I don't have all of her albums yet lol

but from the ones I have:



1. TRICK
2. UNIVERSE
3. Black Cherry
4. Kingdom
5. secret

1. Best ~second session~
2. grow into one
3. Kingdom
4. TRICK
5. secret
6. UNIVERSE
7. Black Cherry
8. feel my mind
9. affection

I can't place them in an order. There is at least one track from each album that stands out so much & it makes it harder for me to choose.

Black Cherry is probably at the top, though.

BTW, I freaking LOVE Hey Baby!! Need full song NAO.