Who do U think should change their image

[pinkuxgum]

Mika shouldnt change her looks.. but her music should be rockier.. she has the voice suitable for rock.. [but she should also keep to her pop songs]

Ai Otsuka, perfect as she is.. i love both her ''mature'' songs and her ''cutsey'' songs..

Utada Hikaru, i love her style, her songs are great.. although she should do more english songs! [and a fair share of japanese]

Koda Kumi, i love her, i love her music and her style, keep the sexy look.. ^^

[Brittany]

Originally Posted by Kikaru

Gackt, for the love of *insert diety here*, no more cornrolls.

LOL!
I agree with that one ..
Maybe he took the idea from HYDE.. well, at least HYDE looks good in 'em.. and he didn't cornroll the entire hair he has

[JesA]

like yu, tomiko8, im not bashing, but heres what i think of the artists' images

Hikki- *sigh* she needs more stuff, and less dull. shes too sad in her videos and she needs more upbeat stuff. c'mon Hikki show us that pretty smile.

Kumi- omg....sorry for her fans, but i really think shes being too hot. Shake It was scary *the girl on girl part* and the "you can do it put yur back into it" part was total too much....please Kumi show people the wondeful person yu are and not Avex's hotty. ATTACK THEM *lol*

Namie- i used to really love her until Want Me Want Me. now that was totally way too much. her new stuff is really good, even though Violet Sauce sounded a little sexyish to me, and the "anotha flavor" thing sounded stupid. shes not a street pimp....

Mika Nakashima- now im starting to like her, but something i noticed in her songs, was that they were all jazzy or sad/slow/ish. she needs a little more exctiement in her songs. maybe a little pop or techno or maybe rock here and there. its like making a pizza. her songs were a cheese pizza, but the pop songs are sausage, the techno is pepporoni, and the rock is beef. adding those would make one good pizza. mmmm i want pizza now. *gomen for all the pepople i made hungry just now*

[Princess_Of_Roses]

I dont think anyone should change their style. They are making a living being who they want to be. So if they change now they probably wont be as famous. ^___^ People love seeing them as they are. I would be upset if Ai Otsuka became uncute, Kumi became unsexy or Ayumi becoming un unique...so they need to stay like they are.

[Vinylfantasy]

I would pay big bucks just to see Yoji Biomehanika in a suit and tie, without his drag queen makeup, dreads, and eyelashes. Once. Just once. Hopefully reality as we know it doesn't collapse on itself, I'm not sure the world can handle a cleaned up Yoji.

[andre2907]

The problem is not what Koda Kumi wear, is that she goes too far with her sexy image.

I mean, first I didn't care. But now I realized she goes to far to sell albums! I love her, but she's like "So everybody tune in in Kouhaku this year because I'll be withou a bra. Yay!". Or "If I sell over a million copies I'll be a mama-san for a day, because that was always my dream", that's a profession with a very bad rep in Japan and most people think this is the same as being a prostitute.

She don't have only sexy image, she goes much far. I mean, Beyonce had a sexy image but she had limits. Koda Kumi doesn't.

And, no, I'm not a Koda Kumi hater, I love her Best album and I respect her achievements, but since A BEST and all the media hype of her billboard with her without a bra, AVEX/her seems to be trying to sell more and more with this.

[miracleofsuzaku]

Originally Posted by Sayonara_Ne

Mika Nakashima- now im starting to like her, but something i noticed in her songs, was that they were all jazzy or sad/slow/ish. she needs a little more exctiement in her songs. maybe a little pop or techno or maybe rock here and there. its like making a pizza. her songs were a cheese pizza, but the pop songs are sausage, the techno is pepporoni, and the rock is beef. adding those would make one good pizza. mmmm i want pizza now. *gomen for all the pepople i made hungry just now*

But Mika did do rock, songs like Fed Up and most notably, her GLAMOROUS SKY single. In fact, think she's doing another rock single for NANA 2. She does have upbeat songs if you listen to certain tracks from her albums.
Personally, I think her voice is more apt for ballads.

[MsMiyabi]

Ai Otsuka - Please grow up I mean your 23 and you still sound like your 5.
Mika Nakashima - I would love to see More NANA image in Mika.
BoA - Less Ballads
Ayumi - Lately is seems like she is confused and is trying to do so much. I want Ayumi to be herself and stick with the kinds of music she loves to make

[Brittany]

The reason why some artists look 'cutesy' is because in Japan, cuteness is attractive to them.
That's part of the reason why Ai Otsuka 'sounds' 5

Well, we're talking about images here, not voices..

I see Mika doing rock for NANA2.. I agree with one person that her voice is more suited for ballads. I LOVED Glamorous Sky, but the rock genre isn't really for her. There are just certain people that can pull it off.

[Raleigh]

^Yep that's true. Her cute style is what attracts people to her.

[miracleofsuzaku]

Originally Posted by Brittany

I agree with one person that her voice is more suited for ballads.

Oh me?
Anyways, I really don't think Ku needs any change in her image. Sure, some people are complaining about how her image is too "provacative." Just give it a few more years, some other artists will start to "emulate" her sexy image. I give props to her for being daring.

[Ryoko]

All the things that everyone wants changed is the artist's style.

Although I would want some people to change, I have no control over that matter, so....

But I really want Namie to wear less short skirts. She looks so skinny most of the time...

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by miracleofsuzaku

Oh me?
Anyways, I really don't think Ku needs any change in her image. Sure, some people are complaining about how her image is too "provacative." Just give it a few more years, some other artists will start to "emulate" her sexy image. I give props to her for being daring.

But people are forgetting Most of Kumi's fans are female.

[Ryoko]

I think it's nice that females can look up to Kumi and say "I wanna be like her." Even the sex aspect of her career, and her not showing too much clothes as other people think, I think that inspires people. I'm not surprised that most of Kumi's fans are female anyway. When I first say the PVs in the secret album DVD, I thought "I wanna look like that." It inspired me to go work out.

So I don't think artists should have to change their image, a.k.a. their style.

[~Amy~]

Originally Posted by Annabelle

I think they should stay exactly like they are

I couldn't agree more! ^_^

[BanFan]

Originally Posted by Akurei

Ai Otsuka - Please grow up I mean your 23 and you still sound like your 5.

Did you know if Ai wasn't a singer she was going to be a preschool or kindergarten teacher?

A lot of people who haven't heard all of her songs complain about her being too cutesy. Lets see how many non-cutesy songs she has, LOVE PUNCH:6/11, LOVE JAM:5/11, LOVE COOK:7/12, so with her albums, she's only 44% cutesy.

With singles (B-sides included), she's cute about 43% of the time. So overall, she's only about 43.5% cutesy. I don't think have cute songs is a bad thing. She's extremely talented, and a voice is a voice. Look at Ayumi's, it hasn't changed in 8 years, I don't think Ai's will.

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by BanFan

Did you know if Ai wasn't a singer she was going to be a preschool or kindergarten teacher?

A lot of people who haven't heard all of her songs complain about her being too cutesy. Lets see how many non-cutesy songs she has, LOVE PUNCH:6/11, LOVE JAM:5/11, LOVE COOK:7/12, so with her albums, she's only 44% cutesy.

With singles (B-sides included), she's cute about 43% of the time. So overall, she's only about 43.5% cutesy. I don't think have cute songs is a bad thing. She's extremely talented, and a voice is a voice. Look at Ayumi's, it hasn't changed in 8 years, I don't think Ai's will.

I don't think u know I have the Love Cook and Love Jam album on my computer I guess you didn't know that. And my comments still stand about her needing to grow up after listening to two album. 44% or not I still think the image should go.

[Kikaru]

Did you know if Ai wasn't a singer she was going to be a preschool or kindergarten teacher?

A lot of people who haven't heard all of her songs complain about her being too cutesy. Lets see how many non-cutesy songs she has, LOVE PUNCH:6/11, LOVE JAM:5/11, LOVE COOK:7/12, so with her albums, she's only 44% cutesy.

With singles (B-sides included), she's cute about 43% of the time. So overall, she's only about 43.5% cutesy. I don't think have cute songs is a bad thing. She's extremely talented, and a voice is a voice. Look at Ayumi's, it hasn't changed in 8 years, I don't think Ai's will.

I'm not trying to start an argument, but...

43% is a pretty big percentage. And I know plenty of Kindergarten or preschool teachers that can act their age and still are good teachers. And yes, I'm one of those people who think Ai's acting too young for her own good. And I have all of Ai's albums.

Ayumi's voice hadn't changed in 8 years? seriously, compare Poker Face to Boys and Girls to Season to M to Pride. Actually, just compare the three versions of A song for XX and you'll see.

[HvnSntGurl]

I have to agree Ai does need to grow up a little. Her image is very Avril Lavigneish. Some of her songs are really nice. I just wish her image wasn't so immature. When I first saw and heard of Ai I swore she had to be like 14 I was suprised she was older then me.

[Ryoko]

I've seen voice actresses for anime that sound like children (Hayashibara Megumi, for example, Mitsuishi Kotono who did Usagi's voice in Sailor Moon) who are adults but can sound like kids, I don't think Ai sounds like a kid at all. It's nice to have at least ONE artist who's cutesy.