The 161st Thread - New Sumer Single 7/31
 

Koda Kumi
The 161st Thread

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Profile

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.


New release


Discography


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Credits: FinalFayth, Kingdom, Corvina, do it again, Cherrim, George, maze.

New thread? I didn't even notice the last one was past 500 :laugh

Also, I wonder if the info in Kuu's profile is still correct? I remember recently she said her favorite color was pink?

Taling on Kuu's profile, isnt "Ikkai ichi e" actually "Ichi-go ichi-e"? I think that's how you read it, if we're talking about 一期一会

Can't wait for the new single anymore OTL
I wanna watch JAPONESQUE Tour too. T__T

Ichi-go ichi-e? Isn't that a 'one in a lifetime opportunity"?
I remember it from Hana Yori Dango when Tsukushi was learning Japanese idioms :D

^ Yes, it is, and on Kuu's profile it's written:

Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance)

I like that saying!
But say it too much and then it's depressing

Another thread already? Epic! :D

By the way, YouTube has almost every single performance of Premium Night ~Love & Songs~ and that made me wonder what was the track list for the TV Version. I'm just curious because I couldn't find some performances at all, and those missing ones were Butterfly, Crazy 4 U, 1000 no Kotoba, Pearl Moon, hands, Go to the top and TAKE BACK.

Premium Live didn't had any "TV version", only that digest for MTV. :(

It didn't? o.O I thought it was shown on TV too. :O

^I see. Could those cut off performances been the ones I mentioned before? I really tried to find them but there was nothing. o.O

I was tempted to watch on the performances posted on Youtube, but I honestly want to wait until I get the full version so I can watch the concert all together. :) It does look like an amazing concert, though!

All for you sounds a little low in key hahaha but really beautiful still

Kuu and Mika won "Music Short Excellence Award, Cinematic Award" for Pink Spider

http://i.imgur.com/4NQHUpz.jpg

http://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1248431

^Thats cool. What ceremony? Is it a prestigious award?

that tittyyyy

Wow I didn't even look at the picture. Kuu's ****ing hot

more pics of the event:

so hot *-*!!

Those photos are so beautiful! ♥ She looks great~

While she looks totally beautiful in all those pictures, all I could think was "motherhood has done wonders for her boobs!" :laugh

Lol reminds me of Ayu (the style). The hair and everything.

She's amazingly nice in that dress!!

Congrats for winning that award, Kumi Kuu!
Damn, she looks amazing there!

she looks so great :)

I just realized the old thread hadnt gotten any hits in a few days and started wondering why. LOL

I only ever keep up with all the threads by those email notifications of replies. I don't tend to just go look every so often on my own. :P

And Kuu looks fabulous in those photos!! :D :D :D :D :D :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart

THIS :laugh she looks gorgeous in those shoots too

Why does it say "THE KODA" in the single description...?

^Because its bad English. LOL :P
Seriously though, they still haven't released much more info on the single, so it's hard to say what's going on it, or why it has that posted in the description. Of course, sometimes the name of the single isn't necessarily the title of the songs on it.

It said THE KODAワールド

ワールド in katakana says World

And it's not even the single name, it still TBA.

Because that's my name for her and the world revolves around me :yes


I totally thought that was Ayu. And god, Japan needs to get some genetic diversity or something...

I never saw the original post... least dont think I did... anyways I know most hiragana, but my katakana is terrible. :(

what does boggle my mind sometimes is why sometimes is that an English title will just be written in English and other times they write in katakana....?

I've always found Katakana harder to memorize than Hiragana.

While I agree that Kuu's hair does resemble Ayu, I don't think Ayu would wear a dress with that much boob. At least, not inner side boob.

I've always wondered why they do that too.. Japan is so strange. Song titles range from ALL CAPS to no caps at all to only the first word being capitalized and then they throw in some random katakana... though I think the only time Kuu has used katakana was for cover songs which makes sense since they're older and Japanese people didn't know how to read English words as well back then

LOL

I don't think it's really a language misunderstanding thing cause even Utada Hikaru who's fluent in English titles songs with all caps, half katakana half English, etc. So maybe it's just however the lyrics writer feels the song should be titled. To give it a certain vibe.

Yeah, it's creative freedom. English, katakana, hiragana, kanji - each have their own vibe. They love to play around with them.

~

On the one hand, I hope we get a preview or something soon. On the other hand, I hope we won't because it'll make waiting for a full version even harder :laugh

I just thought it was their keyboards prevented normalization.

I seriously need more Kuu music in my life right now. :(
I'm assuming avex is waiting for Namie to release the final details on her album before announcing anything new for Kuu? *shrugs* Maybe not. Who knows.

Hopefully we'll hear more this Thursday. ^^

I can't wait for a new studio album from Kuu. It'll be cool to start guessing what kinda songs will be on it from the Summer Single....Although Kuu's albums are always so diverse, you can never tell until the songs are released! I'm also really looking forward to Namie's 'FEEL'. 'Past>Future' and 'Uncontrolled' are both fantastic albums <3

EDGE STYLE july 2013

http://i.imgur.com/68VHPai.jpg

"3th"? :dead2

Kuu always looks awesome on magazine covers~

^3th!? Noticed that right away too!! LOL

And OMG!! Incredible cover!! :heart :blove

I'm not a fan of this, or her last Edge Style cover. Just doesn't work for me.

I actually quite like this cover over her past few recent ones. Was not a fan of her Vivi cover from earlier this year.

But yeah, "3th" anniversary? Really Japan, really? :P

I really like this cover: full of beautiful details and nice colors! Kuu expression always wins.

I like it. Just glad to see her somewhere

Love the cover, she looks amazing!

Great cover, even with all the text, sparkles, stars and comets all over it. That hairstyle looked amazing on the MTV live, and it also works pretty well here :yes

I'm dying for info about the single OTL

what happen with 'kumi-flash.blogspot'?
this blog erased! not actived again!
this blog is my primary source about Kuu's update...

is there another blog that updated about Kuu?
sankyuu~

^I've been wondering the same thing, actually. Usually Kumi Flash always has updates posted on Twitter but it hasn't done so for a while now. I wonder what's wrong. o.O

Speaking of that Edge Style cover, I think it's gorgeous. I've always loved her photoshoots for this magazine the most. They're always so beautiful♥

I wouldn't be surprised if avex found Kumi Flash and had it shut down. They are anal about those kinds of things.

I used to be a member of Honey Flash forums... Seriously, whats avex's problem with fan forums? They're great social spots, and for those of us who can't speak or read Japanese, its a great way for us to keep up on everything.

^ Probably if it werent for Jpop forums, I wouldnt be a Jpop fan :P

kuu looks gorgeous on the EDGE STYLE cover! :heart

I was a member on Honey Flash forums as well. I dont remember my username lol but I was active for over a year and then it just went dead. Did it get shut down by avex?

I have no idea. After it slowed down I got better settled in here on AHS & slowly i just stopped visiting HF.

That edge cover is pretty cute~!

I used to be 'Lemonsheep' on the HoneyFlash forums, too :) I think the person who ran it just didn't keep up with it anymore, like 'Taisetsu na Kumi E'. I'm not too sure really. I think because HoneyFlash kinda went dead after awhile...it used to be really busy, then it suddenly went to only a few people posting. I think the few of us left decided to open another forum after HF went down (I think called Kumiloves?) but that didn't last long either. So I just come here now D: I would love to find a Koda Kumi forum busy like AHS, but there doesn't seem to be any. People seem to come here to talk about all their favourite artists now, not just Ayu.

That EDGE cover is pretty :D Terrible Engrish with the '3th' though xD

Also, Kuu and Kenji have adopted a white kitty!! :D

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...45147493_n.png

Credit: Kumi Brasil

He/she is adorable! <3

^thats my first time seeing Kenji LOL

omg that kitty is so cute omg cuteness overload.

I really hope this summer single has at least ONE ero-kakkoi JUICY/Candy/SHAKE IT-esque song on it.

cover :heart


I thought honey flash just died. Everyone left and it was dead forever, then it was shut down.

^Were you a member emi?

I'm wondering when she'll finally release a song like No Way, Okay, Slow, etc as a single.

I think I had an account, but I wasn't active there at all.

I guess this single will feature Lax5, that one track produced by HIRO which is the hot song, which is probably another song like UNIVERSE, and then a smooth IN THE AIR 2.0 track which will have no PV and will make me hate Kuu for this

^that sounds delectable.

LOL @ Kenji's jacked up teeth. I never noticed before. The kitten is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life. I hope she tell us its name, at least.

I want more fun jazz songs from Kuu, like Cutie Honey, Chase, Crazy 4 U and Butterfly. Those are some of her best, imo. They never get old.

Info about the new single thanks to puranki@JPopCentral:

omg I'm getting so excited!

I'd die if the sexy song is more like Under-not-that-uptempo instead of V.I.P.-what-a-mess-wow :thud

You said cover and I thought you meant single cover :( got me all excited

That's a cute cat!
But tbh the first thing I noticed was the man's teeth.....

Kenji looks 10 years younger here without all the stage make up :D

hes famous?.....

Kenji or Kuu? 'Cause Kenji looks older than Kuu here.

And for those who are asking about Kenji's fame, he's the lead singer of the band Back On. Teeda, from Poppin' Love Cocktail is in that band.

So cute! Both of them and the kitty. :) I'm really hoping for a summer dance ero-kakkoi track. It would be nice. :)

It seems like BACK-ON is releasing a new single on the same day as Kuu, and it's called Ai Kotoba. I wonder if KENJI wrote the song for Kuu :laugh

I wonder if hubby and wife will collab?

^I own it thanks to the Love Me Back single. Its really cute when you know they are dating. When it first came out we didn't know.

This is random but I had my iPod on shuffle and Slow and Bling Bling Bling played (kinda) back to back. And I just realized that they're polar opposites, in regards to lyrics. I wonder if Kuu really was the materialistic type during the time Blingx3 was released or if it was just a song she did for fun.

^It defenitely was only a song she wrote out of fun=)

Kuu already said that many characters she's portraying are not what she is in private and I think so is the character she portays in Bling Bling Bling lyrics=)

^Yeah I remember her saying that in an Interview about TRICK ^^ She said she wasn't like that in her private life, in fact she didn't hold much value in materialistic things, but she likes to play some characters like that with 'Koda Kumi' :D Like the 'girl with an attitude' character she played in 'V.I.P'.

So I've just found out that these are not the correct lyrics for Lollipop
"I touch a booty booty
Baby boy we gotta party"

I'm in shock right now ok

^ deciphering kumi's true Engrish takes years of study.
Oh just a fart.

That's good to know! Thanks for letting me know guys. :)


Lol. love across the ocean? That was one of the first kumi songs I heard, and I always thought he said "or just I'll part, no need to be with you again." I always liked those lyrics better lol

'Lay Down' is another one for Engrish, too. XD It sounds like she's saying 'rape you, make you mine' and 'love it down a rock' XD

LOL I thought the same thing for quite some time. :thud

Why am I the only one who has no problem with Kuu's English? :D I rarely mishear anything tbh. :)

And that pic of Kuu and Kenji with a kitten is so cute~

It's the same with me =)

I understand her very good. Maybe it's because we are hardcore Kuu fans and we know her voice and pronounciation that good:lech:yes:cool

I love her and Kenji's pics a lot, too. Very kawaii:love

The real lyrics are "I dodged a bullet bullet"
If I remember well.

I love her hair if they're really that double coloured like in new Edge cover :)

I'm with drdolce & StarCatcher, I don't have that much trouble understanding Kuu's English at all. :heart :D

I hated the original lyrics for Lollipop. I still sing it as booty and party, lol.

Edge Style MQ scans from kuu's sb @ last.fm

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http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4...2xcaaathug.jpg

She looks SO ******ING HOT in the second pic :thud