[Koda Kumi] 134th Thread ~Live Tour 2011 Dejavu~

[Minttulatte]

Amazing outfits as always. <3

[ayufan-]

the pics look awsome, but the tracklist isn't as great as universe tour or trick tour, i hope the tracklist will changed with some up tempo songs

[jbrat2219]

Her costumes are always the best.

[Kingdom]

I loooooove the first two outfits. The hair is perfect too.

[tenshi no hane]

I've started translating Koda Reki~

Here are two lovely messages Kuu-chan wrote:

Spoiler:

10 years have passed
Since I first started singing as Koda Kumi
As I continued singing, I knew:
“Life is not easy.”

It’s not just me. Everyone has painful days.
There are lots of people
Who grit their teeth and keep fighting.
Though sometimes you might be unable to carry on…

But please look around you at such a time.
Because “something important” is definitely by your side,
Supporting you with outstretched arms.

This book tells of the journey I’ve taken so far
And the memories of the tears I’ve shed.
I’m praying from the bottom of my heart
That those reading this book
Will be encouraged and will smile.

Koda Kumi
2011.2.2

(p.3)

~~~

Music is all I have,
But I have it.

On days when life hurt me
On sleepless nights
Songs were always by my side.
Songs strongly connected me
With so many people.
I’ve been singing as Koda Kumi
For 10 years now.
At some point singing became
My dream, my job
This also caused me pain
But now, once again, I feel:
“I love singing. I love this stage.”

(p.13)

edit: + a part about what pushed her to become a singer:

Spoiler:

Roots

When I was a child, there was a “unforgettable sight”. That was the sight of seeing lots of adults gathered in one place. As the alcohol flowed, the place would get more lively and people would always ask my mother “please sing” or “I want to hear that song”. When my mother would stand up shyly, grab the mice and start to sing, the adults who had been chatting up until then would fall silent and everyone would look at my mother. In a second, everyone would be drawn into her song… Amidst the loud applause, I thought: “Singing is really great, huh? I want to try singing like my mother and move people’s hearts.” That was what started everything.

My mother was a young mother. Her female friends didn’t have any children yet, so I was raised as everyone’s “daughter”. My mother and her friends loved to sing ♥ They would meet up at our house and have girls talk. The words “Let’s go to karaoke ♥” would always be said (laughs). There my mother and her friends would first sing ‘Koi no Bakansu’ by the Peanuts and then lots of other songs in harmony!! I remember me and misono copying them and practicing really hard.

If my mother was the reason why I wanted to become a singer, she was also my teacher. People still often tell me, “your singing voices sound alike”.

The more I sang, the more the feeling “I want more people to listen to me” grew…

After my first audition in my 3rd year of elementary school, I went on countless other auditions. I virtually always got rejected. I often got rejected in the applicant screening phase… But the thing that always pushed me on was my “groundless confidence” that “I could definitely sing well!!” (laughs) And also the endless love of my family who never opposed my choice and watched over me. I could maintain my groundless confidence thanks to my mother and my father. When I felt down, my mother would tell me, “Kuu-chan, you really can sing well”. And my father would smile happily when he listened to my singing. I was spoiled, right? (laughs) But thanks to their indulgence, I am here now. Now, as an adult, I feel really grateful towards my parents.

I would always be in 2nd place at auditions.
Even during the audition at avex trax which would lead to my debut I ended up in 2nd place.
I think that’s why I look up to “1st place”.

My singing career started with the thought:
“I want to be number one someday. I want to become a top artist.”

(p17)

[LiDaYu]

Originally Posted by Corvina

ilovekuu scanned the whole thing:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=683ZYNF6

Credits to:
http://ilovekuu.blogspot.com/

Are you serious? I scanned it for Kumiloves!!
we all know that Ilovekuu take all pictures and credit them self! but please, be sure that my next Brazil Sp Edition will have huge credit!!
be bad faith like that is disgusting! i spent hours tou make them! and me, I share it!

[Kingdom]

Thank you tenshi! She's such a beautiful person. I can't wait to read it all!

Originally Posted by LiDaYu

Are you serious? I scanned it for Kumiloves!!
we all know that Ilovekuu take all pictures and credit them self! but please, be sure that my next Brazil Sp Edition will have huge credit!!
be bad faith like that is disgusting! i spent hours tou make them! and me, I share it!

oh no I really adore your scans and hate that they will have to have a huge watermark, but I understand how much people suck and take things that aren't theirs.

[kumiko_hime]

^
^IloveKuu gave credit to KumiLoveS ^.^

[Minttulatte]

That top artist thing from Koda Reki is so true. She became one of the top artists eventually after her struggles. I'm so happy for her. <3 Thank you tenshi for translating these.

[maze]

Originally Posted by LiDaYu

Are you serious? I scanned it for Kumiloves!!
we all know that Ilovekuu take all pictures and credit them self! but please, be sure that my next Brazil Sp Edition will have huge credit!!
be bad faith like that is disgusting! i spent hours tou make them! and me, I share it!

well, she credited the site where they got the scans from:
http://ilovekuu.blogspot.com/2011/04...-kodareki.html
but be sure I'll tell her to credit you next time she posts your scans (;

Thanks for all the info and pictures on Dejavu tour guys! going to update the first post later.
and tenshi, thanks for the translation. those two messages are so lovely :')

[maze]

Dejavu Tour information by Hikkikun @ Jpc :

Real setlist

[OPENING MOVIE]

01. POP DIVA
02. Black Candy
03. Lollipop
04. Okay
05. Aitakute
06. AT THE WEEKEND

[INTERLUDE MOVIE 1]

07. Anata Dake ga
08. Love is Over～Ienai yo～Swallowtail Butterfly
09. Ai no Uta
10. Passing By
11. 0-ji Mae no Tsunderella
12. Suki de, Suki de, Suki de.
13. walk ～to the future～

[INTERLUDE MOVIE 2]

14. Bambi
15. I Don't Love You!??
16. Hey baby!
17. Melting
18. Choi Tashi Life

[ENCORE]

19. BE MY BABY
20. Megumi no Hito
-Dance Part-

[ENCORE 2]

21. Cutie Honey～Butterfly
22. You are not alone
23. Chiisana Koi no Uta
24. Comes Up
25. Lick me ❤

Review

All you need to know:

Stage: candy factory, pretty, well designed
Band: She only used the band during the 2nd part of the concert and encore

OPENING MOVIE
The camera goes into a dark mansion
She was a witch like in the B2 Poster

POP DIVA
She entered just like I told ya I wanted. Flying on a rope like on POP DIVA PV
She was dressed with a green short dress black boots and a cyclops glass
By the end of the song she fell into a cauldron placed on the stage 2nd floor

Black Candy
She entered the stage using that mini white/black outfit

Lollipop
4 girls from the crowd were picked, They sat on a big table and Kuu made some mixtures, like poison. I don't remember what happened that she chose one of the girls, because she was distracting me dancing upon the table :smileyroll

AT THE WEEKEND
JESUS CHRIST THEY CREATED A DANCE BREAK OMGOGMO THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THE ALBUM

-LIVE BAND-

あなただけが
She entered the stage in a big blue dress. She was so pretty
AMAZING VOCALS!!!

medley: Love Is Over～言えないよ～Swallowtail Butterfly

愛のうた
Passing By (B.Howard wasnt there)

In the middle of the song she went behind of a transparent screen on the 1st floor, when 2 other Koda Kumi appread, the other 2 Kodas started to sing the backing vocals

*The song became Koda Kumi Solo ver. in the middle.

She disappeared in the end.

０時前の

She appeared on a beige long dress. Pretty again

walk ～to the future～

some curtains appeared on the stage. Looked like the windows of a church
In the middle of the song that curtains fell down, and she was there with another dress and the beige dress on the floor

[Interlude Movie 2]

Bambi
Blue cute Alice-like dress

** I didn't like the cute part because she used her nose voice. But at least Hey baby! she sang normally
Hope she doesnt do that on the recording date

...

** WIND was a surprise made by the fans before the concert. A fangirl was distributing papers written what we would sing before the encore. Like on UNIVERSE Tour

ENCORE MOVIE

BE MY BABY
long ponytail hair, white shirt

め組のひと

dance part

OMG SHE OPENED HER LEGS ON THE STAIR WHILE IT WAS OPENING BY THE SIDES
WHAT WAS THAT WANT THE DVD RIGHT NOW

ENCORE MOVIE 2

(interlude to dejavu plays)
TRICK CLOWN appears doing the same thing he did on TRICK Tour, when he pulls the rope she appears imitating herself and then she says "I've seen it", Kingdom's "Where's Kuu" (She says again "Ive seen it") and Second session's encore movie (Dejavu) Calls the encore

medley: キューティーハニー～Butterfly
She was dressed with the tour t-shirt

You are not alone

She said that theres no release date planned, but chaku-uta would be available on that same day at 00:00 ONLY FOR PLAYROOM members (so it wont appear on recochoku or other rankings) and that all the downloads will be for charity

The song has the feel of You're so beautiful + Dear family and something more like the sound of a church organ
Starts with acoustic guitar. You are not alone, not alone いつだってあたしがそばにいるから... and another chorus You are sunshine, You are sunshine...

I just cant believe she ended the tour with LICK ME??? I was disappointed with that. =[

sounds awesome *__*


Pictures

[Kingdom]

ohhh good! I'm excited to see this!

[tenshi no hane]

Passing By *The song became Koda Kumi Solo ver. in the middle.

YES PLZ :O

@LiDaYu: I'm sorry people aren't crediting you properly, but thank you very much for taking the time to scan Koda Reki. The scans are nicely clear and big so it's easy for me to translate the texts

[terra]

The tour goods are simply awesome! I love the artworks and design for the pamphlet and singular items, it looks really neat

The costumes are great too, and the fan account seems really exciting!
Is she touring in Hall this year? because I see from the fanpics the stage looks small than her usual one

But I don't like the set list, she could've put more upbeat and sexy songs there instead of a long RnB and Jazzy Mid-Tempo "ballad barrage" imo :/ and yes she should end it at Chiisana Koi no Uta instead of Lick me❤
Or does the tour this time focusing on ballads and cutesy?

[AyuHamasaki01]

The tour sounds really promising!
Can't wait to see it.

[Minttulatte]

OMFG BLACK CANDY <3 This tour sounds amazing. I hope for more pictures soon because I'm very curious about this now. *_*

I also hope that You are not alone will leak somewhere so we could all listen to it. I really wanna hear it now that I read it's mix of Dear Family and You're So Beautiful. Both songs are my favorities. <3

[Corvina]

@LiDaYu:
Oh sorry, dear, oh my!
Didn't know that alll of that scans were yours.
Gonna change my original message asap!

The tour sounds so good!
And I love love, love the first two outfits!

From hikki-kun at JPC:

Total : 8 outfits

[Negi92]

Originally Posted by LiDaYu

Are you serious? I scanned it for Kumiloves!!
we all know that Ilovekuu take all pictures and credit them self! but please, be sure that my next Brazil Sp Edition will have huge credit!!
be bad faith like that is disgusting! i spent hours tou make them! and me, I share it!

Are u even serious, u so selfish ! Do some search before saying DUMB things girl, the website credited you so please shut the **** up next time !

And I got receipts : Créditos: KumiLoves & IloveKuu

So please, next time you want to open ur mouth, let it be useful, not useless... ugh I just can't stand people who scream before even checking information.

And why do you keep scanning if the goal is to put bigger & bigger credits on scans ? You do it for people to be able to see the scans, or you do it for people to say "wow your scans are marvellous". It's like they didn't even touch ur scans and THEY put credits on the news, and u're here screaming I just can't lmfao.

--

Corvina, next time please do not forget LidaYu lmfao, she'd get mad another time (And I repeat it, they're credits on the SCANS too so even if she/he forgot to say LidaYu, people would have noticed it by ur tag)

[Corvina]

Yeah, I'm sorry, won't happen again! >_<

[LiDaYu]

IloveKuu don't give the fault this time! but the post with scans crediting me (or kumiloves, I don't care ^^)
and just after a link with my scans (the same!) crediting ilovekuu with website link was a little too much!!

I already had problem with IloveKuu so I don't check anymore their website but I'm happy if they changed their way to share information (^_^)

and about my big credit! please negi, I put them on the bottom so it's not a big problem!
and anyone can find the same scans without those huge credit if they're going to kumiloves gallery! that's only with those free tag scans that it makes me angry! because it's easy!

and please negi! because you're so generous, make your scans yourself and share it with your glamorous hunter tag!

@tenshi! I'm happy some people use my scans for wallpaper or translation!! scans is the better thing I can do to help kuu-chan fans!

here my last scans! you could find them with a little tag on kumiloves in some days !!

edit :: because of a disrespectful and critical people! no more scans for the moment! ask him the scans ^^