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Old 23rd March 2024, 02:20 PM
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19th album UNICORN

Release date: April 17th


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Fanclub/mu-mo limited DVD/Blu-ray edition

[CD]
01.UNICORN [Introduction]
02.Heaven’s Kitchen
03.Vroom
04.TOKIO
05.Silence
06.UFO
07.We are FIGHTERS
08.Trust・Last -TYPE K-
09.PIECE OF MY WISH
10.遠い街のどこかで…
11.Let’s fight for love!

[DVD / Blu-ray]
・Silence -Music Video-
・Vroom -Music Video-
・遠い街のどこかで… -Music Video-
・Behind The Scenes -UNICORN-

Regular DVD / Blu-ray edition

[CD]
01.UNICORN [Introduction]
02.Heaven’s Kitchen
03.Vroom
04.TOKIO
05.Silence
06.UFO
07.We are FIGHTERS
08.Trust・Last -TYPE K-
09.PIECE OF MY WISH
10.遠い街のどこかで…
11.Let’s fight for love!

[DVD / Blu-ray]
・Silence -Music Video-
・Vroom -Music Video-
・遠い街のどこかで… -Music Video-

CD only edition (only at venues of the tour)

[CD]
01.UNICORN [Introduction]
02.Heaven’s Kitchen
03.Vroom
04.TOKIO
05.Silence
06.UFO
07.We are FIGHTERS
08.Trust・Last -TYPE K-
09.PIECE OF MY WISH
10.遠い街のどこかで…
11.Let’s fight for love!






Best Single Knight Tour 2024

Start date: April 20th



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2024.04.20 Fukuoka Sun Palace - Fukuoka (Fukuoka)
2024.04.28 JMS Aster Plaza Large Hall - Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
2024.04.29 Osaka Grand Cube Main Hall - Osaka (Osaka)
2024.04.30 Osaka Grand Cube Main Hall - Osaka (Osaka)
2024.05.06 Nagano Matsumoto Civic Art Center - Matsumoto (Nagano)
2024.05.11 Fuji City Cultural Center Rose Theater Large Hall - Fuji (Shizuoka)
2024.05.18 Kochi Prefectural Culture Hall - Kochi (Kochi)
2024.05.19 Matsuyama Civic Center - Matsuyama (Ehime)
2024.05.26 Beisia Culture Hall - Maebashi (Gunma)
2024.06.09 Harmony Hall Zama - Zama (Kanagawa)
2024.06.16 Tochigi Utsunomiya City Cultural Center - Utsunomiya (Tochigi)
2024.06.22 Kurashiki Civic Hall - Kurashiki (Okayama)
2024.06.23 Niterra Japan Specialty Ceramic Industry Civic Center - Nagoya (Aichi)
2024.06.29 Hachinohe City Public Hall - Hachinohe (Aomori)
2024.06.30 Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi - Sendai (Miyagi)
2024.07.05 Kanamoto Hall - Sapporo (Hokkaido)
2024.07.15 Kanazawa City Culture Hall - Kanazawa (Ishikawa)
2024.07.19 Kyoto Rohm Theater Main Hall - Kyoto (Kyoto)
2024.07.24 Forest Hall 21 Large Hall - Matsudo (Chiba)
2024.08.02 Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Auditorium - Setagawa (Tokyo)
2024.08.12 Koriyama Civic Culture Center Large Hall - Koriyama (Fukushima)
2024.08.23 Kumamoto Prefectural Theater Hall - Kumamoto (Kumamoto)
2024.08.24 Houzan Hall - Kagoshima City Cultural Hall - Kagoshima (Kagoshima)
2024.08.31 Convention center Arcrea HIMEJI - Himeji (Hyogo)
2024.09.06 Tokyo Garden Theater - Koto (Tokyo)
2024.09.16 Oita IichikoGrand Hall - Oita (Oita) FINAL




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Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Koda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Height: 154 cm / 5'0"
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto
Hobbies: shopping, miscellaneous goods
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Music: HIP HOP
Special dish (to make): meat and potatoes
Favorite words: Ichi-go ichi-e (translated "for this time only," "never again" or "one chance in a lifetime")
Favorite color: green and purple
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: はねるのトびら - You knock on a jumping door!
Favorite brand: D & G / H · A · K
Favorite food: pancake / 100% fruit juice / Perrier
Favorite Japanese music artists: Yonekura Toshinori / Sukima Switch
Favorite Western artists: Christina Aguilera / NELLY / PINK / Pharrell Williams
Indispensable thing: Love
Favorite place of my body: the "korikori" of her waist
Something surprising about me: No smoking, no alcohol
Can't forgive: lies and deception
Feats: Speaking until her voice is hoarse


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Old 23rd March 2024, 07:16 PM
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Shakira saw Ku's covers and said: "yes I'll do that"
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Old 25th March 2024, 07:21 PM
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Shakira saw Ku's covers and said: "yes I'll do that"
don't really see it. Just some pretty but random shots (I'm pretty sure the close up is a reference to a painting but I can't pin point it yet).
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Thanks for the new thread!

I still dont know how to feel about UNICORN... The way it's being released makes it feel like she needed to release an album so she just glued together some covers she had on her files with the singles already released and that's it :/ Wish she had kept the covers for a cover album which could be released on her 25th anniv (or even more avex-ish: she could release a Original Best + Covers Best in 2025 and put these new covers on it).
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Old 27th March 2024, 04:08 PM
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I do know how you feel, but I am happy it's not another best album. Cause that's what I expected after the tour was announced.
True, all the new tie-in singles being on it kinda have that notion as well, but I certainly prefer this mixed album (and the Unicorn theme to illustrate it).
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The visual theme is what I like the most about this release, seems like it could lead to the most fun and entertaining visuals from the last... 10 years?

But that's also one of the reasons why the whole release is under-serving lol There's no song tied to the visuals or a music video that relates to it. I mean, it was a perfect opportunity to serve a Do Me More type of music video... I hope that at least it goes well with the tour.
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I can also imagine Kuu wants to release her 20th album for her 25th anniversary.

There's a special guest coming with her on the tour!
She teased it at her staff Insta today.
Wonder, who it might be (it's an artist/entertainer).
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I can also imagine Kuu wants to release her 20th album for her 25th anniversary.

There's a special guest coming with her on the tour!
She teased it at her staff Insta today.
Wonder, who it might be (it's an artist/entertainer).
can i expect Mr. Blistah?
time to bring back "Candy" kuu...
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^TBH, I'm thinking it'll be either her sister misono or AI. Honestly would love it if she was bringing someone new with a new song collaboration to introduce, but that's quite unlikely.

Just a fun theoretical question. If Kuu re-released ALL her albums on LP, which cover from which edition of each album would you prefer her to use?

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misono isn't actively singing anymore, isn't she?
She also has MD, an illness affecting ears with hearing loss and ringing, right?
Mr. Blistah is a good guess, I think, as he came back after a hiatus in 2022 and he has several songs with Kuu (including a single and he can take over the parts of other rappers live).
Some of her Japanese fans suggested DJ Koo from TRF or some comedians (after the one she had in Universe Tour).
It's certainly someone you can distinguish by voice as they muted the video as soon as you could hear it and called the voice a spoiler.
We do not know if the person is there with her in presence or just for the interludes again as well, though she's still rehearsing rn and afaik interlude movies were done some time ago.
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misono isn't actively singing anymore, isn't she?
She also has MD, an illness affecting ears with hearing loss and ringing, right?
Mr. Blistah is a good guess, I think, as he came back after a hiatus in 2022 and he has several songs with Kuu (including a single and he can take over the parts of other rappers live).
Some of her Japanese fans suggested DJ Koo from TRF or some comedians (after the one she had in Universe Tour).
It's certainly someone you can distinguish by voice as they muted the video as soon as you could hear it and called the voice a spoiler.
We do not know if the person is there with her in presence or just for the interludes again as well, though she's still rehearsing rn and afaik interlude movies were done some time ago.
Sorry, not familiar with Japanese comedians or TV hosts and such. Was the comedian from UNIVERSE TOUR the guy piloting the space ship during the interlude videos?

I didn't hear that about misono. Too sad.
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Yes, the one in the interlude movies.

Kuu is going to be in the music show The weekly 99 music April 24!
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/weekly_99music/
A lot of other promo in TV/ radio added as well.
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The bonus for the FC edition and the regular editions are out

Acrylic stand: https://ibb.co/fHMJm5J
Postcard: https://ibb.co/Hn5LzQZ

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Streaming of all songs from UNICORN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtAQ...NjqfQqzNgkvu7Y
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As mentioned there's a lot of promo happening right now.
Posting some nice ones here.

Kuu was invited to do her private beauty routine for Vogue Japan:



She's done and doing several interviews, in print and TV/radio.
For example for Billboard Japan:
https://www.billboard-japan.com/special/detail/4329



She also has collab with DAM karaoke running right now as well as her music specially being played at Ministop conbinis throughout the country for the next two weeks.

For DAM they also did an TV show like interview revealing and speaking about her most sung songs on karaoke, positions 4 - 6 here:
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anyone have lyrics for "UNICORN [Introduction]"?
try searched in uta-net.com but not found.
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