ripped from the cd, 320

http://www.mediafire.com/?a9odoocqm16wueb

Thanks!!

***,507 - 149.958 JAPONESQUE / 幸田来未 12/01/25

Almost there! :D

The problem with the short hair cuts is getting the wrong style. I like short hair, I have short hair. But, Kuu likes to get hers cut like she did it with the blender. With short hair you really need to make sure the cut suits your face. Also, she's gonna be very busy when her baby is born, short hair is so much easier to manage. Long hair is hell. I hated it.

She mentioned about the 3-11 earthquake that struck Japan. She was troubled whether to go with the tour or not. The other part of Japan was in misery, there's no way that she's going to held showy concerts. The concert was actually planned to be postponed. But after the discussion with her staffs, they mentioned "because of that, there is something that you can do as Koda Kumi". As an artist, Koda Kumi, she would like to send love, pray, wish,etc through songs.

she always has her hair cut the oddest ways :/

and not only that, it's summer time! short hair all around lol

I have long hair, and it IS a ***** and it's so hot. But I love my hair more than anything so, I don't mind.

You live in Cali and damn is it hot there. My best friend nearly died (not really) when we went there on vacation last year. And we both have short hair. I can't imagine having long hair and living there.

Kuu's hair in Hashire is just... :no Except the braid extensions. I love those.

lol I only go outside if it's >75 F and overcast. I am not a sunny so cal person.


I didn't mind her hashire hair...I don't mind her funky hair if the song/PV is funky lol

I did NOT however, like her hair style in Love Technique...That needed cute/pretty hairstyles.

I love the sun~

Except the whole part where too much gives you cancer, lol.

Kuu's Moon era hair was nice. I love the black bob.

I guess I'm one of the few that like kuu's hair in general, whether it's short or not. I think she can pull off the short hair in general. I wish it was maybe a little more brown, but once that baby comes, she's going to be glad it's short lol.

My hair is about how long Namie's is, but definitely not as nice and it's curly. I'm so thankful it's not hot in New York yet.

I actually like kuu's hair long at short. She's gone back to the same style she had in 2007, which I loved! I think it's just in that picture it looks like the roots need dying and it looks a bit frayed, just needs some treatment to it. She always uses extensions anyway. :) You saw her hair was long all the time in Black Cherry era when actually I think her hair was chin short, but she wore extensions all the time.

I don't think I've ever disliked any of kuu's haircuts hahaha.

I like her best ss hair and always will. oh, and Secret era of course. I don't need anything else :)

I love Kuu's black with blonde patch hair. It looks so good on her. I always see it as more of her "signature" look.

^ me too. ohh the golden times...

this is so adorable :heart

me too, why won't she return to this hairstyle at least once? well, she kind of had this hairstyle in Poppin' love cocktail (car part), but that's like nothing.

I personally think short hair doesn't fit her face, no need to attack me. I'm a loyal fa... freak since 2003. when I saw her FREAKY hair I literally freaked out. IMO short hair fits Ayu's face much more than Kumi's.
MOON era hair was nice, though if she had long hair in That Ain't Cool she would have looked much hotter.

Kuu with long hair is always amazing. I really love that 2006 hair she had. I also love her secret era hair (I even dyed mine to look like that haha). Short hair really isn't Kuu's thing imo. Long hair suits her a lot better. :)

I think she cut her hair becuase it gets hot when your pregnant.. alot of women cut their hair when they are pregnant. And I know Japan gets SUPER hot right about this time haha.. and being this far along she was probably miserable. I know I would probably cut my hair!

PLus babies grab probably a precaution for that haha i know my sister nearly ripped mine out O_O! I like these pictures popping up. Its natural Kuu. you know, not glam Kuu just her enjoying herself beng happy piging out :) i like them!

You're right! It just fits the best to her lifestyle right now.
That pic is adorable!

I like her new hair colour.
Actually I don't mind her hair, I like both, short and long.
Kuu needs just like anybody else the proper styling.
As long as it isn't too short. I don't like manly short hair on women.
TRICK tour anyone? That was bad. But the same hair looked rather good in Hashire! and in the photoshoot for Barfout.
Though overall I have a soft spot for long hair!
Especially cause Kuu rocks it.

But, she was in the video with Fergie. They couldn't have Kuu looking too hot, otherwise she would make Fergie look like an old lady.

I love her anytime hair, she makes an amazing blond especially short

or her current hair rn, like during Japonesque

I hated Moon's black short cut, her mullet and that awful hair during her Dejavu promotions X__X

Who is that in your Avatar, Setsuka? :)

^ Erika Sawajiri, non? :)
I like Kuu Strawberry Blond like Can We Go Back. it looked sweet on her. much better. I like this kind of strawberry blond more than Ayu type now

I forgot about the strawberry! I love that too.

BEST ~SS~ was very good but I will say I was very happy with that glamorous curly look she had recently. I always knew if she did a hairstyle similar to Ayu's during A BEST 2 / Mirrorcle World era it would look fantastic on her.

kuu is already 8 month pregnant? it's so fasttt....

affection: Your Song - walk
grow into one: Your Only one - m.a.z.e
feel my mind: sweet love... - Talk to you
secret: 24 - Hearty...
Black Cherry: 月と太陽 - I'll be there
Kingdom: 恋の魔法 - Under
TRICK: Your Love - Driving
UNIVERSE: No way - Stay
Dejavu: Passing by - Okay
JAPONESQUE: Everyday - Lay Down
BEST~first things~: Star - flower
BEST~second session~: Lies - feel
Other: It's too late - Dear Family

my favorite kuu hair are from Black Cherry and Kingdom era
but I actually think she rocks all hairstyles and colors
except maybe the It's all Love! one, it worked in Hashire! but overall I dislike it on her

I'm voting for COLOR OF SOUL, love across the ocean, 24, Into your heart and Dear Family like crazy
I want performances of those songs :P

So I finally voted, too=)

affection: Take Back, walk
grow into one: 1000 no kotoba, real emotion
feel my mind: Rain, Crazy 4 U
secret: Trust You, hands
Black Cherry: JUICY, Ningyouhime
Kingdom: Amai Wana, BUT
TRICK: TABOO, Moon Crying
UNIVERSE: ECSTASY, You're So Beautiful
Dejavu: AT THE WEEKEND, Suki dex3
JAPONESQUE: Boom Boom Boys, V.I.P.
BEST ~first things~: Butterfly, Promise
BEST ~second session~: Love goes like ***, Shake It Up
BEST ~third universe~: Lady Go!
others: Taisetsu na kimi e, Inside Fishbowl


Something like that would be sooo~~ awesome=)

We did only hear about it when she was at the 2 month mark, no? So for us, I guess you could say its been "six months". But, the six months have gone by fast.

I am voting for Into Your Heart like crazy too. I'm so in love with the Cutie Honey single, I made made a playlist on my iTunes that has the full single, with the PV version of Cutie Honey (so it has the dance break music too), the full Theme of Sister Jill, remixes of the songs and live versions. I wanted to vote for Yongiri (sp?) no Honey too, but I want a live of Ashita e more. But, I think I will vote again and vote for Honey.

^omg can you please upload the PV version of Cutie Honey? I love that!! please please :(

random but i saw this comment on tumblr and it kind of pissed me off

i wanted to reply and tell them off but meh it's not worth it.
but seriously.. so much ignorance. sometimes i don't take her seriously, but songs like "You're so beautiful" and "You are not alone" are written so beautifully.. and make me take her a lot more seriously. she also has an amazing voice and not all of her songs are about sex and love.. she also writes some hopeful and inspiring stuff. (ie Comes up and the songs i previously mentioned)

do most of you guys not take her seriously too? i know a lot of fans just flock to her for her sexual songs and don't care about anything else. but personally i think she's a lot more than that.. and i definitely think she deserves to be taken seriously.

I only really "love" her more "sexual" songs, but I definitely appreciate her serious songs even if I don't like the way they sound. She has a really big heart and kind of has this refreshing optimistic point of view even after all these years in the industry. Actually, that POV usually annoys me, but for some reason Kumi pulls it off for me. :laugh

Why aren't more people voting for Black Candy for other?? What a tragedy it will be if she never performs that song live. Come on people, it would be ****ing hot!

she did sing it live. The dejavu,tour... You have,to watch the full tour not the tv version

Oh wow cool I never knew that. I only have seen BEST ~SS~ Tour and UNIVERSE Tour and Dirty Ballroom TAIWAN Live. I have been meaning to download some more of her tours but need to create more space on my laptop and find the time to download HD versions of some of her tours... Just don't know which ones I should start with. Lol.

I would deffly check out dejavu :)!

but how bout I do this and make your day?

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/03C7IUgct94/ Black Candy Live dejavu tour!


You have the pv rip of Cutie honey..can I have it please? ive been looking everywhere since I lost it O_O!

ayu_ready is right

from here : http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3747005.html

I voted for mostly fast tracks like the rest of us, lol
to counter balance her Japanese fans but we are still small XD

^holy***buckets she's fabulous :heart

I'm glad she's back.


ot...anyways...

I am curious now. Is there any Koda Kumi's song that she has never performed in tour or in live?

I think maybe JUICY?
Well I believe she did perform it live but there's no footage of it I believe.
Not sure about other songs, maybe there are some b-side songs she never performed?

I do take her seriously, when the song calls for it. She is really touching when she wants to be. Those are Kuu's special moments. But, overall she's more of a light-hearted singer, but I love that about her. I feel no matter what she's doing she's being genuine.

But, honestly, just look at that person's bio or whatever. They look like they are trying too hard and I wouldn't take them seriously. Some crap about their tumblr being the place where they stitch their wounds? Emo kids need to keep off the internet.

Here is the link for Cutie Honey (PV Version). Its a rip of the PV file, so its 192kbps. I added mine to the secret album, but tagged it as being on the "second disk", like it was a PV. So, I have both versions.

^ thank youuu :heart I'm gonna replace it on my secret album too :yes

Almost every song (album tracks) on affection, grow into one and feel my mind.

The only a-side we don't have a performance is JUICY, but she performed at a-nation'06, it was the 1st song. (Well... There is Lies too, but no one cares about this song, sadly).

I really want a performance of Rock your body, this song is too good to be forgotten. I know she already performed on a Korean show, or something like that, but we don't have more than 10 seconds of that. XD

My ultimate list: JUICY, Rock your body and No Regret. I'll die happy if I could see all those songs on the same concert.

On tour/In Concert:

atomic energy
Go Together
feel me
Best Friend Of Mine
My Dream
Till Morning Comes
Can't Lose
STILL IN LOVE
It's too late
BOY FRIEND?
Your only one
One
One Night Romance
S.O.S. ~Sound Of Silence~
Ranhansha
Nasty Girl
To be one
Rock Your Body
Without Your Love
Talk To You
Get Out The Way
Yume with you
Saigo no Ame
Hearty...
24
Let's Party**
Believe
life
Ashita He...
Sweet Kiss**
Birthday Eve**
Lies
KAMEN
A Whole New World
Boys♥Girls
JUICY
Aishou**
Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto
Dear Family
Alive
faraway
Wine Red no Kokoro
I love you, SAYONARA
Sayonara no Mukougawa
For You
Obviously all JAPONESQUE bar Ai Wo Tomenaide, Poppin Love Cocktail, You Are Not Alone.

These are just concert tours/Special solo concerts. I'm aware some on this list have been performed on TV/a-nation etc. Some of the one's I state have been performed have only been performed as part of medleys (COME WITH ME, love across the ocean) or only in remix form (Candy).

**

I would love it if kuu could just preform an album a night. That would be the ultimate tour for me.

^
^
Let's Party: Secret Live
Sweet Kiss: TRICK Tour
Birthday Eve: Second Session Tour
Aishou: Let's Party vol. 1

LOL, that's what I get for just lazily typing tracks into my itunes.

And I was struggling to find any type of tracklist for Let's Party.
The rest should be right as I managed to get wiki tracklistings for the tours/shows from Black Cherry onwards.

Yeah, the rest is right. XD

She did a concert in 2002 but we don't have any footage of that (I saw some pictures, but I can't find it right now):

^Wow, I never knew she did a concert in 2002. I bet it was a Zepp concert like First Class Live, Live Tour 2005 and Live Tour 2006-2007. Nice tracklisting. I hope that someday some videos will pop up somewhere so we could see how she did "feel me". Man, I wish she could sing it live someday... ;_; Hmm, what does that BGM mean? o.O

Thank you for this. I really love that dance break in the PV version so I'm happy I finally get to listen this as well. :)

Kuu is so much more than her songs about sex and love. Her whole image has a meaning behind it which is what I adore a lot. I really, really respect her as an artist and as an person. She's really strong, hardworking and kind hearted person whom I really want to meet someday. She also makes me feel stronger which is what I want and Kuu is the only one who makes me feel more optimistically and strong.

I'm also a sucker for her ballads. It's a matter of taste but I seriously don't understand why so many people can't stand them. They're so deep and beautiful after all! I can relate to almost every one of those. I really like that she always seems to have a certain theme behind her sexy songs as well (like with Physical thing it was loneliness) so she's a really deep person after all.

I seriously can't understand the hate for this girl. It seems like people know nothing about Kuu and their reasons to hate her are sometimes so ridiculous I want to lol my ass off. :'D

OMG she did Go Together, feel me and It's too late live!? I never knew about it.

How could they not shoot/release it >___<

Don't be sad, he clearly doesn't get a lot, Kuu just reminds him of it. ;) No wonder he can't take it seriously.

And plus, I find his comment ironic when the blog he is posting on is called 'Violence Rapes me'. xD

I take all of kuu songs (apart from some of her cutesy songs) Seriously. Not like, SO SRS, but I know the message she tried to bring across in her music, sometimes a message only kuu fans can read. :)

Personally, I admire females who risk having the "*****" image to make sexual songs that are actually about empowerment and confidence.


I just had deja vu writing this post. lol

I agree so much! Kuu's sexy songs have a message in themselves, or at least are very interesting lyrically. I love the lyrics to Show Girl. She's inspiring in her own way.

I love all her songs. Her songs about heartbreak, her songs about bottle humping, her songs about staying optimistic even after sadness has come. She's versatile.

@drdolce I believe that BGM stands for Background Music, like a interlude

Oh man, It's too late and feel me on the same concert, this must have been so amazing <3

AHHH Thanks for this!!!

I love this song. I don't know why she never performed it :(

seeing all the votes here makes me so curious for what the final setlist will be...:heart

omg, 8 months already? I can't believe her baby will be born soon!

You know it was 2 months in December... So she is only technically 7 months pregnant because the article I read said she was 2 months pregnant on dec 18th meaning her baby should be born in july unless she got date of conception wrong which most people do haha! And now they are correcting themselves because im wondering where that extra month went.

^ whoa
She may give birth in the same month (maybe same day) as my friend!

I need a new poppin cherry love womb coochie single from this broad

Her songs are inspiring even her sex songs , isn't that enough to take her seriously ? :luv2

I really wish these characters were Kuu's cartoon mascot. So cute!

my birthday is July 14th..so... If its in july and that article is right she could very well have the baby on my birthday. it would be exciting!

Same but on the other hand I really want her next single to have a lot of hype. Hopefully Ayu works really hard this year and releases 3-4 singles and then at the end Kuu can deliver a massive comeback single. That would be perfect. :luv2

WOW CUTE!!!
Are there those from other albums?

Omggg time really does fly by. I can't believe she's already 7 months along. I cannot wait for post-preggers music/lives. I cannot wait to see Escalate live, I hope it's an opening song, but I doubt it.

I think they were from some sort of game? I dunno tbh. I just know they are waaaaay cuter than Koda Kuma.

EDIT: I'm also curious as to why the Dejavu character is missing her hat, lol. Also, the hair for Kingdom and the second Japonesque characters are wrong.

Thank you so much! ^_^

Those cartoon characters are so cute and so Kuuish~ ^_^

from the first day of her pregnancy , I said i'll buy a cake and celebrate the day she gives birth :luv2

i wish we could send her gifts too :heart

Kuu is in her 8th month of pregnancy.
She said it herself in the message for the Birthday Live tour.

I love this song as well!
It's so underrated!
There are so much songs, especially her older ones, that I want to see her perform and sing with her current voice.


I do take Kuu serious as an artist, as a whole.
Her image has a certain meaning, it's not cluelessly sexy and trashy.
Being who you are, being or getting strong and confident, find yourself. A big part of her image is about going your way as a female in the men dominated (japanese) world or also getting accepted as being different and imperfect.
There's a reason why she has so much female fans as opposed to the ****ty image.
She isn't as deep as someone like Ayu, but she also isn't as shallow as some people think.

I love Lies, I wish she would perform it one day.

omg those characters are soo cute!
and i like Lies too. i wouldn't mind a performance of it either!

I know! Must make koda hello kitties.

Looks like Kumi's hubby has been busy. BACK-ON is releasing their new single tomorrow, though its "today" Japan time.

^ Busy in a different way, now? :lech

Dirty, dirty girl. Although, in the PV Kenji was catching a glimpse of a girl's tittays.

^ Yeah, a veeeeery good glimpse :laugh And they're also releasing an album by the end of May. I expected Kumi to be featured on their next full release, but seems like this is not happening, I wasn't expecting an album with so few singles, and considering the first one is like 8 months old already.

I like Lies, but it sounds too generic for Kumi imo... If she performs it someday, cool; if I not, I won't mind.

I need a hard-rocking, fist pumping, club beat a la ESCALATE single :P

Knowing Kuu she probably didn't mind though. :)

I really do hope we get to know soon after the baby is born and if it's a boy or girl. And it would be awesome if we could see pictures, but I know a lot of people are very private when it comes to that. I really hope she has a girl!

Does anyone have any pictures of kuu when she had the strawberry pink/blonde hair? I want to dye my hair that color.

I want her to preform Okay. If she preforms that song I will die happy. lol

^ She's already perfomed it on Dejavu tour, right after Lollipop, if I'm not wrong

I need a 9 singles for PREGNANCY collection:
Single 01 - PREGNANT
Single - 02 - Gone on a Date
Single 03 - Married

and on =D

For kuu's credit, she got married with someone hot, since all of her boyfriends till then were hideous.

***,552 - 150510 JAPONESQUE / 倖田來未

Finally!

I'm happy to see that "JAPONESQUE" has reached over 150000 in sales. I still need to buy my copy of the album.

Agree 100% :)

Oh, finally JAPONESQUE passed 150,000! So happy~ :heart

apparently the next album is gonna be a X'mas themed one with covers of English and Japanese songs and is gonna drop this winter
and she wrote a new song that is Christmasy

a recorded preview live of White Christmas from a rehearsal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y87TJYYKyC4

got the info from here, the person is working with her? idk even Ayu's Timmy posted in this forum so I am gonna believe him *__*

http://jpopcentral.yuku.com/topic/12...8#.T6r7zOtSQUs

White Xmas is an old record btw, she released years ago on playroom as a ringtone, I'm really happy she's finally releasing the full song. And I love xmas albums, so I'm pretty excited!

the song sounds promisin, but a whole xmas album... also that's sooo far from now...

I don't know if I want this to be real or not.. I'm torn hmmmmm I was hoping she'd release a winter ballad single for a comeback but this is interesting I guess.. she apparently wrote a christmas song called yakusoku too

Hurray for 150,000 copies of Japonesque!

Also, I always get the PV for Lies and No Regret confused. I think Lies is the one with the stripper getting knives thrown at her, right? I always wonder if Kuu is really comfortable with her sexy image, like in that PV? Like, does she want to be more conservative, but avex makes her be that way. Or does she love being sexy still? I know it was her idea, I just sometimes wonder her comfort level with it.

Nah, I don't think Kuu minded. She has a great sense of humor for one, plus as we know she's no prude.

Who were her previous boyfriends?

Die for a x'mas themed album! :luv2

A Christmas album with English covers? Oh no, here comes the Engrish.
Was I the only one that thought she wasn't saying "Venus" in the 15th track of Trick? Sounded as something else at first (guess what it is).

I do like her cover of Got to be Real.

^ Me too. And her english sounds good when she wants too, like in Sayonara no mukougawa. She just doesn't care about pronouncing things properly while singing and dancing, but in her ballads, she manages to do a great job. The same goes for Namie btw.