[Koda Kumi] The 121st Thread ~Tokyo Dome: FANTASIA 10th Anniversary Show~

[jbrat2219]

Usually when I go on to really like someone, it's by the first song I hear. Chase was my first Koda Kumi song and I was in love with it, I'm still in love with it. I went on to be obsessed until TRICK came out. In fact, oddly enough.... Ayu was the only artist I didn't fall in love with immediately. Her voice gave me a headache!

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Butterfly was another song that made me respect her for being able to make music of a really good quality.

[Beauty4123]

i found out about kumi because of FFX-2 trailers that i saw, sometime in 2003 or 2004 (i remember getting the game as a birthday present! ). then i remember in 2005, i downloaded a few PVs, and that included Chase, Cutie Honey, Hands & Hot stuff. i took a break for awhile, because i following utada at the same time as well. then in the fall of 2005, i got back into kumi by listening to you and after that, i followed all of the 12 singles. so ever since then, i've been a fan. it's been like...4 or 5 years! i considered her as my #1 artist back then since i really only followed her the most, lol, but in 2007 i discovered more artists. even now, she's my #1 favorite female artist, even though i love alot of other artists as well. i'll never give up on kumi!

[hsienko]

My first Kuu song that I liked was Lick me. I'd known about her for a long time but I thought she was just some skeezer but then I heard lick me.

[love in music]

lol I remember when I was like 14, I first saw her "SHAKE IT" video and I was like so young and didn't get it. I thought she was having sex the whole time in her video, and it was like some different way to have sex (w/girls arms etc) lol. anyway I thought it was cool and then saw her other videos and really fell in love with "Gentle Words"

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by identity

lol I remember when I was like 14, I first saw her "SHAKE IT" video and I was like so young and didn't get it. I thought she was having sex the whole time in her video, and it was like some different way to have sex (w/girls arms etc) lol. anyway I thought it was cool and then saw her other videos and really fell in love with "Gentle Words"

I still think this way about SHAKE IT

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Since i didnt have internet i recorded real emotion first and 1000 no kotoba later from the TV and listen them again and again whithout knowing she was Koda Kumi...

[Kingdom]

Kuu was my first Japanese artist and it was love at first listen. I don't really remember what song made me fall in love with her but one of the first ones I loved was 大切な君へ and it's still one of my favorites.

[RikkuChii]

Ah..It's so nice hearing about how people discovered Kuu. It's great to know she has devoted fans.

[Misato]

My first Kuu song was "Real emotion", because of Final Fantasy X-2.
And after that, i heard long time nothing from her. In fall in lover with her after "Promise/Star" again.^^

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Misato

My first Kuu song was "Real emotion", because of Final Fantasy X-2.
And after that, i heard long time nothing from her. In fall in lover with her after "Promise/Star" again.^^

Lol, that's pretty much that same story for me. Well Promis/Star made me interested a bit but I grew tired of it quickly and then officially became a fan due to 12 singles project!

[jbrat2219]

Speaking of devoted fans, I always wondered why Kumi has two fan clubs and what is the difference between them? Do they both have a lot of members?

[RikkuChii]

The two fan clubs are called Koda Gumi & Playroom.

One's a fan club, & the other one's a mobile fan club. I think Playroom's the mobile fanclub, I'm not too positive. I would assume they have a lot of members..if there are two clubs.

[do it again]

The only benefit of being in Koda Gumi is that you can order priority concert tickets and FC editions of releases. Playroom gets all of the goodies, because it's a closed mobile source, so you can't copy and paste information like you can on a PC. it's much more secure and that's why they get all of the song previews, CD covers, and just random pics of Kuu on there. I was a member of Koda Gumi for a year and didn't bother renewing my membership, there was just no bonus in it for me.

[jbrat2219]

Wow I didn't know there were such things as mobile fanclubs... How much do they cost?

[do it again]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Wow I didn't know there were such things as mobile fanclubs... How much do they cost?

It's really amazing what the Japanese do with cell phones haha, like there was this one video where this guy put in his credit card info into his phone and when he was at the store scanned his phone and then there was a fingerprint scanner thing on the phone to make sure it was him attempting the purchase. Neat stuff!

[Lee^ChaN]

I love her since Real Emotion in 2003 (that's when I start to lose my interest in the queen of J-Pop and *boom!* the queen of live appeared!)
I really love her looks in Real Emo PV.. so cute!!

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

It's really amazing what the Japanese do with cell phones haha, like there was this one video where this guy put in his credit card info into his phone and when he was at the store scanned his phone and then there was a fingerprint scanner thing on the phone to make sure it was him attempting the purchase. Neat stuff!

Usually on each concert, you'll get a barcode, and after the concert, you can scan them on your mobile phone, to check whether you're lucky enough to win gift. How comfortable! (Too bad, I'm not belong to the crazy rich fan group )

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

The only benefit of being in Koda Gumi is that you can order priority concert tickets and FC editions of releases. Playroom gets all of the goodies, because it's a closed mobile source, so you can't copy and paste information like you can on a PC. it's much more secure and that's why they get all of the song previews, CD covers, and just random pics of Kuu on there. I was a member of Koda Gumi for a year and didn't bother renewing my membership, there was just no bonus in it for me.

but koda gumi members still gets the magazine/birthday gifts and we have the FC versions too

Originally Posted by Lee^ChaN

Usually on each concert, you'll get a barcode, and after the concert, you can scan them on your mobile phone, to check whether you're lucky enough to win gift. How comfortable! (Too bad, I'm not belong to the crazy rich fan group )

yeah! i prefer the japanese phones!! japan is sooo in and every country is like soo out.

i actually like the food machine where we place our own order too. japan is way toooo amazing!!! Can i just live in japan and singapore?

[jbrat2219]

^ Wow that's crazy! You know those 2-D barcodes that have been used in Japan for forever! I finally saw an American ad featuring one not too long ago! We're so behind the times xD;

[do it again]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

^ Wow that's crazy! You know those 2-D barcodes that have been used in Japan for forever! I finally saw an American ad featuring one not too long ago! We're so behind the times xD;

I have an app on my iPhone to scan them! But there's none to scan lol like on Kumi's official website they post the barcodes for the different chaku-uta websites and I scan them and it just takes me to the main page. I feel so primitive...