Koda Kumi shocking interview on YouTube

[andre2907]

Remember this thread that was locked without any good reason?

So yes, many people PM'ed asking if the interview was on video and it is on YouTube. Thanks to MaiK from Uwasa for uploading. Go here for the videos playlist. There's 5 parts and I think that's not the whole special, just Part I of 3.

For the mods: Can you please not make this news part of the locked thread? Because lots of people asked me and if it's there, I think not many people will see.

[micster]

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...CDFF02D3D5F271

The playlist

[andre2907]

Oops... I forgot the most important part. Thanks Micster.

[ayu_fan929]

Thanks for the link micster!

[Alessia_Tateno]

Thanks so much! but can someone rip it? it would be really really appreciate =)

[DerrickRocks]

ha ha the evil moderators are foiled again power to the little people
sike lol no pun intended lol

[jknza2664]

could someone translate this, or maybe just the interesting parts. All i understood was that it takes her 2 hours to do her makeup and stuff haha! but she always looks so good so maybe it's a worthwhile sacrifice...

[andre2907]

There's already a thread with some parts translated. See the link on the first post.

[xiaou-xijiang]

Originally Posted by Alessia_Tateno

Thanks so much! but can someone rip it? it would be really really appreciate =)

I'll rip it, but the quality will be the same as it is on YT. What file do you want. .avi, wmv, mpeg...

[xiaou-xijiang]

I'm surprised, the quality didn't come out as bad as I thought it would!

for Alessia_Tateno:
part one

part two

part three

part four

part five

Originally Posted by andre2907

uwasa.blogger.com.br, a brazilian blog about Jpop, did a coverage (the post isn't there anymore, I searched in the archives) and some ot the things she said:

- AVEX didn't let her appear on TV at the start of her carreer. Max Matsuura said: "We were looking for a singer and she was the best one.. but she was VERY ugly and VERY fat". Max Matsuura is so mean... and he probably don't have a mirror at home, I mean, he looks like an old monkey... but anyway, she was too ugly and fat to appear on TV and, according to her, she was eating too much because she was very frustrated that any of her singles went TOP 10.

- AVEX said to her "Or you lose weigh or you will be fired". So she didn't had an opition. Her boyfriend helped her and she went on a diet (she couldn't eat anything after 6 PM and she eat mostly fish and drink water and she still does that)

- About AVEX employees she said: "I was always at the building saying Hi to everybody and smiling but everybody just ignored me. It was very hard..."

- Her mother said it was very tought to see her sister, misono, debuting, going on lots of TV shows and winning lots of awards, all of this very quickly while Kuu didn't had a hit single and she was on the musical industry for a long time. It was very hard for the whole family.

- After a Day After Tomorrow concert, Kumi saw how her sister had lots of controls in her wardrobe, set list, etc. She always believed AVEX knew what to do with her, but after seeing her sister, she decided to opinate more on her carreer.

- She only had her contract renewed because of the "FINAL FANTASY" single, which was a hit. But after that, her sales quickly dropped. She was just another singer, with anything special. So her staff (mostly a female agent who always goes to work in very short-shorts) had the idea of the "ero-kakoii" style.

- She was the first very-sexy local artist and her first single with her new image, LOVE & HONEY, was a big hit. From then on, she kept the image and her sales only went up.

- About the ero-kakoii image she said: "I don't like it, lots of people have a very negative view of me. But when I talked to AVEX president about that, he said I couldn't change my image. Maybe in the near future, when I can do what I want, I'll stop with this ultra-sexy style, but 'till this day comes, I'll keep being ero-kakoii"

The third part of the special was "A Month in the Life of Koda Kumi". It starts at the AVEX office. The office isn't glamorous at all, it's just a packed and small room where managers, agents and staff of BoA, Namie Amuro, Ayu, etc works.

They interview the agent who created the "ero-kakoii" image and she takes the reporter to the meeting room. The meeting room is more what we expect, more organized. There is Koda Kumi, they show her taping radio spots, a PV and doing CMs.

At the end, Koda Kumi confirms she had plastic surgery to make her eyes bigger.

[lovemimi40]

PLEASE SOMEONE DO SUBS OR TRANSLATION!!! i REALLY REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING...AND THE KIDS CRYING IN THE CLASSROOM WHEN KUMI ENTERED...SO TOUCHING!!!

[andre2907]

I don't believe many people in this board really know japanese (for the lack of real translations around here), so maybe that's not the best place to ask for subs?

[LacusClyne]

or maybe just a raw translation of the main talk part? so that others will get an idea.

[Syphex]

Is there a good picture of Kuu when she was younger? I'm curious to see how "fat" and "ugly" she really was (I'm betting she's not, and they're just being nitpicky though..)

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Ohhh wow! Those were pretty cool, loved the re-enactments! She is so sweet to those school girls <3!

[greggerz189]

she really is the new icon. the way those girls reacted to seeing her, i doubt that ayu's had that kind of effect on people...and the Grand Taishou to top it all off. and now she's beaten KinKi Kids. i don't think it's the greatest thing in the world, and i wish she would cover up a bit more, but i must say that she has worked hard to get where she has and it's nice to see how happy she is. i have to say that i'm happy for her. she is such a nice person. it's just that ero kakkoi image that i really don't like. it's too bad, because i know she probably won't ever shed that image because it's what got her where she is now. but i do miss the old kuu back in the real Emotion/Cutey Honey days...

anyway. just to put it out there, I'm not a jealous ayu fan, and i don't dislike Koda Kumi. I'm not a fan of her ero kakkoi image, and I don't think her music is SPECTACULAR, but i do enjoy some of her songs. no hard feelings if i put off any kuu fans. thanks for posting this link.

-WHEW!-

[DDR ninja]

^LOL

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by Syphex

Is there a good picture of Kuu when she was younger? I'm curious to see how "fat" and "ugly" she really was (I'm betting she's not, and they're just being nitpicky though..)

Well, there were these pre-idol clips around, and she really was.... no all that, to put it nicely. That discription from max wasen't all off really. Compared to pre-idol clips of other idols they were really bad. Not because she was physically REALLY ugly because she obioulsy werent (she woulden't had been picked uo by avex if she was), but she had no charisma what so ever. She wasen't idol skinny either. Compared to preidol clips I've seen of f.ex ayumi hamasaki, Ai takahashi and Aya matsuura, she definetly had a lot to improve.

[Kodayumi]

Thanx for sharing...jeez..

[ruixiong89]

Thanks for sharing! Well, if someone would be kind enough to sub the videos? Then we could find out exactly what Ku was saying.