135th thread ~ Live Tour 2011 Dejavu
 

♪♫ Welcome to my Dejavu ♪♫

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P r o f i l e

Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Kouda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto

Hobbies: Shopping, Goods.
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Type of Music: Hip Hop
Favorite Dish to Cook: Niku Jaga (Beef and Potatoes)
Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance)
Favorite Colors: Purple and green
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: Haneru no tobira
Favorite Brands: D&G and H・A・K
Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, 100% Fruit Juice, Perrier
Favorite Japanese Artists: Toshinori Yonekura, Sukima Switch
Favorite Western Artists: Christina Aguilera, Nelly, Pink, Pharrell Williams
Something She Can't Be Without: Love
Favorite Part of Her Own Body: The "kori kori" of her waist.
Something Often Unexpected: 'No smoking & no alcohol'
Something Unacceptable: Lies and deception
Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse.


N e w R e l e a s e s

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3rd Remix Album
「Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3」
Release date: 2011.05.04

01. Can We Go Back [Prog5 Handz-Up Electro Remix]
02. POP DIVA [HOUSE NATION Sunset In Ibiza Remix]
03. Bounce [KOZM® Remix Lucas Valentine]
04. FREAKY [Caramel Pod Remix]
05. Driving [ID*3 Night Drive Remix]
06. Moon Crying [GTS SH Club Mix]
07. あなただけが [World Sketch Remix]
08. 运命 [Shohei Matsumoto Remix]
09. So Into You [Sunset In Ibiza Remix]
10. Lollipop [Pink Chameleons Remix]
11. Chase [Caramel Pod Remix]
12. Physical thing [FUTURE HOUSE UNITED Remix]
13. This is not a love song [KOZM® Remix スグル・ヤマモト™]
14. Good☆day [JEWEL Remix]
15. m·a·z·e [UNITED COLORS Remix]
16. With your smile [GROOVEHACKER$ Remix]
17. come back [PLUG in LANGUAGE Remix]
Bonus Track
18. POP DIVA [DJ VIRMAN Remix - FAR EAST MOVEMENT]


D i s c o g r a p h y

Single
01. TAKE BACK [2000.12.06]
02. Trust Your Love [2001.04.09]
03. COLOR OF SOUL [2001.08.03]
04. So Into You [2002.03.13]
05. love across the ocean [2002.07.24]
06. m·a·z·e [2002.12.11]
07. real Emotion/1000の言葉 [2003.03.05]
08. COME WITH ME [2003.08.27]
09. Gentle Words [2003.12.10]
10. Crazy 4 U [2004.01.15]
11. LOVE & HONEY [2004.05.26]
12. Chase [2004.07.28]
13. 奇跡 [2004.09.08]
14. hands [2005.01.19]
15. Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT [2005.04.13]
16. Butterfly [2005.06.22]
17. flower [2005.08.10]
18. Promise/Star [2005.09.07]
19. you [2005.12.07]
20. Birthday Eve [2005.12.14]
21. D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD [2005.12.21]
22. Shake It Up [2005.12.28]
23. Lies [2006.01.04]
24. feel [2006.01.11]
25. Candy feat. Mr. Blistah [2006.01.18]
26. No Regret [2006.01.25]
27. 今すぐ欲しい [2006.02.01]
28. KAMEN feat. 石井竜也 [2006.02.08]
29. WIND [2006.02.15]
30. Someday/Boys♥Girls [2006.02.22]
31. 恋のつぼみ [2006.05.24]
32. 4 hot wave [2006.07.26]
33. 夢のうた/ふたりで．．． [2006.10.18]
34. Cherry Girl/運命 [2006.12.06]
35. BUT/愛証 [2007.03.14]
36. FREAKY [2007.06.27]
37. 愛のうた [2007.09.12]
38. LAST ANGEL feat. 東方神起 [2007.11.07]
39. anytime [2008.01.23]
40. MOON [2008.06.12]
41. TABOO [2008.10.08]
42. stay with me [2008.12.10]
43. It's all Love! (倖田來未×misono) [2009.03.31]
44. 3 SPLASH [2009.07.08]
45. Alive/Physical thing [2009.09.16]
46. Can We Go Back [2010.01.20]
47. Gossip Candy [2010.07.07]
48. 好きで、好きで、好きで。/ あなただけが [2010.09.22]
49. POP DIVA [2011.02.02]

Album
01. affection [2002.03.27]
02. grow into one [2003.03.19]
03. feel my mind [2004.02.18]
04. secret [2005.02.09]
05. Black Cherry [2006.12.20]
06. Kingdom [2008.01.30]
07. TRICK [2009.01.28]
08. UNIVERSE [2010.02.03]
09. Dejavu [2011.03.02]

Compilation Album
01. BEST ~first things~ [2005.09.21]
02. BEST ~second session~ [2006.03.08]
03. BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ [2007.03.14]
04. OUT WORKS & COLLABORATION BEST [2009.03.25]
05. KODA KUMI DRIVING HIT'S [2009.03.25]
06. BEST ~third universe~ [2010.02.03]
07. KODA KUMI DRIVING HIT'S 2 [2010.03.31]

Cover Album
01. ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ [2010.10.13]

Digital Release
01. KODA KUMI REMIX ALBUM [2006.02.22]
02. Get It On [2006.03.01]
03. Hey baby! (TV version) [2010.12.08]

Live DVD
01. secret ~FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE~ [2005.09.21]
02. LIVE TOUR 2005 ~first things~ deluxe edition [2006.09.13]
03. LIVE TOUR 2006-2007 ~second session~ [2007.03.28]
04. LIVE TOUR 2007 ~Black Cherry~ SPECIAL FINAL in TOKYO DOME [2008.03.31]
05. LIVE TOUR 2008 ~Kingdom~ [2008.09.24]
06. FAN CLUB EVENT 2008「Let's Party Vol.1」[2009.02.25]
07. LIVE TOUR 2009 ~TRICK~ [2009.10.21]
08. KODA KUMI 2009 TAIWAN LIVE [2010.03.10]
09. LIVE TOUR 2010 ~UNIVERSE~ [2010.10.06]
10. ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ at Billboard Live [2011.02.09]

Music Clip DVD
01. 7 SPIRITS [2003.03.19]
02. feel... [2004.03.24]
03. girls ~Selfish~ [2004.11.25]

US Release (as KODA)
01. TAKE BACK [2001.05.12]
02. Trust Your Love [2002.11.02]


L i n k s

→ Official Website
→ Dejavu Special Site
→ Driving Hit's 3 Special Site
→ Official YouTube Channel
→ Facebook
→ Lyrics Library
→ Singles in 320kbps
→ B-sides Collection
→ Concert Audio Rips
→ Music Videos
→ iPod PVs
→ All DVD Lives
→ Screencaps
→ Lyrics & Interview Translations


Credits: Tsubasa, Kingdom, FinalFayth, Corvina, do it again, Cherrim

Recent news:

Dejavu Tour Pamphlet scans by LiDaYu from KumiloveS:

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FANTASIA DVD CM:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/GpHE4ETuppI/

Thanks to KaledKalil


Sales update for Dejavu
10th week = #70 - 1,607
Total = 203,125

Driving Hit's 3 First week:
#6 16,763

Driving Hit's 3 is at #11 today at Oricon.
This week:
#12 -> #6 -> #16 -> #15 -> #13 -> #11

DH3's jumps on the charts are very interesting. :3

Those scans are really amazing! :luv2

I really love the tour pamphlet.. Kuuuu :heart

anyway, I have a question:
If you were about to use Kuu's songs for your wedding, what songs are you going to choose?

^I'd use anytime. <3

"you" more than anything else. 1000の言葉 and Promise would be good too.

the tour book pictures look awesome!!! :heart thanks for posting.

^
^ Promise is about lost love so I wouldn't use it on a wedding if I were you XD (only if you care about lyrics anyway)

The tour pamphlet is sooo gorgeous! I really want it but can't afford to spend that much on it at this time. :(

:laugh

I had no idea. I never look at J-Pop lyrics and my Japanese is very mediocre and definitely not fluent so that I did not know.

^you is kinda sad aswell XD I'd want Chiisana Koi no Uta! or Futari de

Thanks for the new thread Corvina! gorgeous pic <3
I dunno why people are still posting in the old thread though >.>

@Kingdom omg I hope you get better soon! Glad you're not badly hurt <3

Get well soon Kingdom!

I would want Gentle Words played at my wedding. Or maybe Always? I can't remember if they are happy songs, though.

^I'm definitely going to have Always played at my wedding.

@drdolce: aw.. anytime is really cute :D

@bondingo: you, 1000 no kotoba & promise don't seem to be a good wedding songs, except we don't care about the lyrics as Tenshi had mentioned above; or you don't invite Japanese speaking guests on your wedding :laugh

@ren'ai: chiisana koi no uta would be great :D
futari de has good lyric, but don't you think the melody is kinda sad?

@love shine & queenbee: always!! *how can i forget this song!*

^Always is so awesome! I hope I don't get attacked for this but I personally felt that Always was stronger than TABOO (still a great song though). I actually replaced Moon Crying with Always in my TRICK album I have in iTunes. It makes me cry every time I hear it. People think it's because I'm sad but it's actually because it makes me feel really happy.

^
It baffles me why it was not chosen for the album. It's probably good enough to have its own single.

^Exactly! I think Always should have been a single and stay with me could have been it's b-side along with Winter Bell or winter Bell could have been an a-side along side Always.

@queenbee & hsienko: because Japanese people prefer sad love song than happy love song? :laugh

I forgot about "For You". I think it really suits for wedding song, don't u think?

Thanks guys, I'm trying to get better as soon as possible :laugh

I would pick futari de... for my wedding. That, or Always.

I really want "0 ji mae no cinderella" but I guess it's kind of a sad song, so I better not pick that one :laugh

Ai no Kotoba, Always and Futari de... are nice too.

:yes Good good.

OH MY GODNESS. YOU CANT IMAGINE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU ! YOU TOTALLY KNOW HOW I FEEL ! ITS SO MUCH STRONGER THAN TABOO O.O ! AND IT ALSO MAKES ME CRY BUT NOT BECAUSE IM SAD HAHA ! THATS CRAZY !

Good point but still...:laugh I think For You would be another good choice
Oooh! I forgot about ふたりで...! That would be a good one too!
:shughug YAY! I thought I was all alone thinking this!

I completely forgot about Always! That'd be really nice too :yes

@Lee^Chan - I've always thought the melody is quite bittersweet but for me that means it fits a wedding perfectly lool To me, weddings are quite bittersweet.. you're leaving your past life for a new one kinda thing which is both a sad and a happy thing

Ai no Kotoba would be good for a wedding. And I think Tsuki to Taiyou would be cute too but anytime is the best for me. ^______^

FANTASIA making of - http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/GNFI9bXa7X0/
And pics from the DVD (I can't reupload right now, sorry :( ) http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=1079195931
The show won't leak until the next week, I guess.

Randomly popping in here but I remember a while ago Kuu sang futari de... to a newly wedded couple and it sounded so beautiful! Even though it was so short, I kept playing it over and over again because her voice was amazing.

:yes

She did it on that wish program. The handicapped woman in the wheelchair wanted her to sing at her wedding, and Kuu showed up to sing futari de... acapella.

It was so beautiful and sad in a good way, I totally sniffled like a baby.

I haven't seen that program at all. Futari de... acapella would be amazing. *_*

And btw, why previous Kuu thread is still active and unlocked? o.O I totally felt confused when I clicked the link and it said 26th page. I was like "WTF? O_o It's not supposed to filled yet!" or something and realized it was the 134th thread lol. :D Someone should lock it already.

Futari de... and Always are pretty perfect for a wedding.
For you and also Your song are also good for it. :yes

I think futari de... and Aylways are the best=)

Btw: My Fantasia Blu-Ray hasn't been shipped yet =(

I'm not a big fan of Kumi's ballads but YOU is amazing, and a total wedding song if you ask me! <3

^ I especially like the piano version of YOU.

FANTASIA already leaked on baidu

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4...ntasia1.th.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1...ntasia2.th.jpg

I remember that clip it was so sweet and her voice was amazing. Now I want to find that clip again ><

Looks awesome as hell. <3 Flawless Queen of Live <3

Always is one of my favorites. I think it flows so well and really it doesn't seem "boring" at all to me - it seems perfect. I love the whole thing and it's fun to sing along to. It's one of the Japanese songs I know every single word to flawlessly.

Kuu needs a new single so this thread can go back to being the forest fire it used to be.

on the real tho... there is a drought in the rainfoest that is KUMI

2nd this =)

I loved it since day 1 *-*
Always is flawless vocally, the feeling is sooo warming and nice to sing along.

Always is flawless just like the singer herself <3

My FANTASIA DVD was shipped today! :heart
Can't wait to watch it!
Should be here till the weekend.

do u mean... it will be here AT THE WEEKEND? :lech

This Got To Be Real. :lech
:roflmao

Woo lucky Corvina! I still haven't ordered mine yet :( thinking of waiting to get it with her summer single... if there's ever going to be one!

There will be!
Or something even more special, cause of her 50th single!

FANTASIA concert in full:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/q3IgVys3Iic/

So there was no leak of You are not alone? :/ I just started wondering what has happened to it but maybe it's on her 50th single then. *_*

I wonder what she's going to do for her 50th single, no doubt it'll be out of this world!

Sales update:

Dejavu
11° week: 1,102
Total sales: 204,227

Driving Hit's 3
2° week: 4,057
Total sales: 20,820


Previews of the FANTASIA photobooks for fanclub only:

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2...bd46886afb.jpg http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6607/rzbd46886cfb.jpg
credits: LiDaYu

Official setlist from Dejavu Tour:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...1232690735.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...1231086974.jpg
Click to see.

Source: kouda0629 / matsurihanabi @ameblo

Dejavu deserves more sales, it's still doing good though.

I kind of wanna see this concert. I didn't like the album all that much when it came out, but now it grew on me tons. :) I'll download it later.

i dig the setlist ;) can't wait to see the show!

Hi guys, I've uploaded the first disc on Jpopsuki if you want:
http://jpopsuki.eu/torrents.php?id=7...orrentid=94029

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2z9a5v7.jpg

Looks great!
I'm so excited for the first part of the tour setlist with that gorgeous outfit!

EDIT:
Kuu is at #1 with FANTASIA at Oricon for the first day, don't know the sales yet.

Live take of Butterfly from the FANTASIA DVD will be aired tomorrow morning on SSTV

5月19日（木）

WHITE (Short Ver.) / KAT-TUN
Butterfly from DVD「FANTASIA~in TOKYO DOME」 / 倖田來未
RESPECT / MIGHTY CROWN FAMILY
奇跡 / くるり
Stand by you / Heavenstamp [it!]
Damage / TOTALFAT

http://www.spaceshowertv.com/program.../new_cuts.html

@salutcben: thanks! just finished dl it :D

I really enjoy FANTASIA :heart
Joy section: I can't stop thinking when her boobs are gonna pop out! :roflmao
Anger section: i'm so absolutely in love with her outfit & hair!!
Sadness section : Kuu x ballad EPIC! (The sad kumi is just toooo cutee!!!)
Pleasure: The cutest outfit ever!! :heart

I really want to watch this concert but I really need it as a .avi version and it has to be downloaded from somewhere else than jpopsuki lol :D

Here is an Avi version on Jpfiles ;)
http://jpfiles.eu/2011/05/18/%E3%80%...ome2011-05-18/

^thank you. ^___^

//That wasn't the full concert, encore is missing. :/

I'm waiting anxiously for my DVD :D

I HAVE A QUESTION! Jp files have couple of fantasia rips and isos on their site but all that is just disc One right? cause I didn see 2nd sivc

^ :yes Only the disc 1.. I'm also waiting for the 2nd one
Hope someone will upload it soon..

I'm waiting for the second disc too. :)

And I tried to look for the .avi DVD-Rip of DMP but it seems like it's nowhere. I guess I just have to watch that TV Version and live with the fact that I'll never get a slightest chance of seeing full version of this stadium concert then. >.>

ISO of FANTASIA Disc 2 is up!
Click here or go to Jps (Freeleech!).

also AVI rip of both discs are up on Jpopsuki.

^ 39 bebe.. finished dl it too..
i really love the encore game.. looks really fun with the light-stick dance :)

arghh kuuuu.. i need new song!!!!!!

I want avi version so baaad... :(

+1 :yes

Btw, I kinda thought Kuu will announce a new single now that Namie did. :D Oh well, anything could happen. <3

Haha yea...hope she announces something soon...i mean, Ayu and namie did...so...
She has a new song already isn't it?

Btw, is there a mp3 version of Fantasia concert somewhere? One of my friends (also a Kuu fanatic) asked me and I got curious too. :3

//Fantasia Disc2 avi rip

^Only an mp3 version from the TV version. I'm hoping we get one from the DVD soon.

I'm working on it :D

^YAY! Thank you!

here is a dvdrip in mkv of Dream music park full concert from Dejavu album.
http://jpopdl.blogspot.com/2011/04/d...c-park-at.html

also dvdrip in mkv format of Fantasia Disc 1 & 2.
http://jpopdl.blogspot.com/2011/05/d...kumi-10th.html

I made it myself, but it's only 192 kBit/s as I need to save space on my Sony Walkman :)

^It's ok. :)

OMFG, Thanks. <3

FANTASIA time!!



All made by Kaled Kalil, from his tumblr:
http://outsidefishbowl.tumblr.com/

Kaled, you're so gorgeous!
I wanna watch FANTASIA so badly now, but it's stucked at customs, wah! ;_;

awesome gifs :D

I want to see fantasia too, but all files are so huge :( need avi torrent right now! the concert looks awesome!

Amazing gifs, Corvina! Thanks!

OMG those FANTASIA gifs look amazing !! :luv2

i want to watch it so bad , I may receive it anytime today i hope so :cry

IMO, the interlude videos from Fantasia were not high quality compared to previous ones (Black Cherry Tour videos are still best to date) but I love the crying "sadness" Kumi :D Her waterfalls of tears, her face expression and how the rain cloud comes and goes when she's crying :D

^I think they're supposed to be based on humour or something. :)

I haven't watched the concert yet because I want to watch DMP on the same day and I'm still downloading it. :D

I finally watch fantasia live right now, and all I can say is that the concert is awesome.... :D the best way to finish 10 years of career.
The best part for me is the full encore, so energetic!!
I love u kuu.. as long as you keep doing things like this I will be your fan :)
Now let's wait to see what the new kuu-decade will be!!

Hey quick question? Any confirmation of Kumi maybe being in the Leslie Kee photobook?!?! I'd love to see Ayu, Namie and Kumi's gorgeous, stunning photos all together in one book!!!!

^ From Leslie Kee's Twitter, she's in it ;)
写真集「LOVE & HOPE」参加アーティスト (Part 2） 黒木メイサ、倖田來未、沢尻エリカ、篠原涼子、SHIHO、TAO、滝川クリステル、檀れい、知花くらら、土屋アンナ、寺島しの ぶ、常盤貴子、富永愛、仲間由紀恵、中山美穂、長谷川潤、浜崎あゆみ、平原綾香、広末涼子。

That photobook is really a nice idea isn't it?

So many great artists together.

Kumi, Ayumi, Beyoncé, J-Lo, Lady Gaga....

yay for those names that I have bolded *O*

Leslie Kee with Kuroki Meisa , Kumi Kuu , Anna Tsuchiya & of course ayumi = all home run <3

Yeah, it's so great to see Kuu in it as well!^^
Hope the shoot is as gorgeous as the one from his first Charity photobook Superstars.
Ayu's there were horrible. XD But they seem to be a lot better this time for her, exciting!

From Music Walker site:

[Which artist would you want as a girlfriend?]

1. Amuro Namie
2. YUI
3. Nishino Kana
4. Maeda Atsuko (AKB48)
5. Kuroki Meisa
6. Oshima Yuko (AKB48)
7. aiko
8. Takahashi Minami (AKB48)
9. Koda Kumi
10. Becky

Source:
http://girlswalker.com/music/anq/index.html

And from the Namie thread:

Females choose other females singers/actresses who have the most power/strength/ability:

1. Amuro Namie
2. aiko
3. Nishino Kana
4. YUKI
5. Hamasaki Ayumi
6. Kimura Kaela
7. Koda Kumi
8. Shibasaki Kou
9. Kato Miliyah
10. Shiina Ringo

Source:
http://onlystar.oricon.co.jp/news/music/665/

Yay! :3

i would recommend you ashita he (明日へ...) from best bounce and lovers album, i think it's such a beautiful song, perfect for a bride + father of bride dance or to walk into the church. the translation is also very beautiful, perfect for a wedding :luv2

Flawless Kumi Kuu on Leslie Kee's photobook? OMFG. <3

And nice to see Kuu on two polls too for a change too. Especially on that most power/strength poll. <3

I haven't even watched all of DMP, or Billboard live yet. :innocent Been so busy its hard to find time to sit down and watch them in one go.

I'd put Kuu at #1 on the girlfriend's list, she seems like so much fun.

You're not the only one. :) I haven't watch any of those, and I'm planning to watch DMP, Billboard Live and Fantasia in one go one of these days. :D That makes 6-7 hours of Kuu concerts omg <3

Did Namie sell her soul to the devil?

Awesome FANTASIA gifs, thnx. :luv2

LOL maybe-maybe...:innocent

Seriously, I can't stop watching fantasia live, just ordered because I'm in love! That must be the most touching and perfect live in kuu's history. Amazing and colossal stage, perfect setlist, fantastic visuals and lightning, powerful and clear vocals, excellent concept... ALL is perfect in this amazing production. Her most expensive to date and probably won't be able to see such a HUGE production anytime soon. See it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-edit-

kuu gets #1 spot for 7 consecutive years with her live tour DVD's. Fantasia debuted also #1 first week. No sales yet though. Congrats kuu!! ^^

Source: Oricon Style, Ranking News.

I agree, FANATSIA is great!
So touching, so much great songs (older ones like come back and Gentle Words :heart ), great costumes (love the happy one with the big hat!), great stage, great lightnings. The two encores alone are like a concert!
Though it's not perfect, she has some troubles reaching her (extreme) high notes in few songs like she wanted to (especially in Anata dake ga). But that's not a big flaw, you didn't notice that often.
And the interlude movies aren't the best, I would prefer something with a more serious atmosphere like the opening movie for her 10th Anniversary - that was perfect! But the interludes are really funny, those movies are just Kuus character! :laugh
Overall just awesome, even my sister and my mother were impressed, they watched the encores with me.

And as a plus another great FANTASIA gif from Kaled!

http://i56.tinypic.com/18jjmd.jpg

And she does that with high heels like always!

^That gif is awesome. I think I have to watch those three concerts in a row tomorrow. <3

Kuu got another #1 DVD? That's so damn amazing! <3 Queen of Live. *_____* Btw, didn't Billboard Live reach only #2 or am I completely wrong? o.O