[Koda Kumi] The 169th Thread - KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2014 ~Bon Voyage~

[Delicious n Bold]

Found Kumi Kehova's parfum at the top of shibuya 109 today. Love Note smells awful and one of them smells EXACTLY like Calvin Klein's Dark Obsession, my favourite cologne.

[maze]

I think my favorite summer song is With your smile, this song has the word summer all over it. I love when she performs it the way she did at the 4 hot wave koda beach event and Dream music park!

[happiholic★]

You gaaaaaaaizzzz, Kuu's hubby, Kenji posted a picture of cake a couple days ago with the number 2 on it. Wasn't it her son's (Kairi?) second birthday on the 17th? So kyoooooote!

There is also a picture of a young boy with a Back On hat! Maybe its him?

[Gustavopc]

^ Where did he post it? Instagram? And iirc their son was born in mid July, so yeah, that's probably it

[happiholic★]

^Oops, yeah. Instagram. I got a little carried away~

[Tom Punks]

So... what is his instagram? LOL

[Linoa62]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

So... what is his instagram? LOL

^_^
http://instagram.com/kenji_three

[Minttulatte]

I want that cake too. Strawberries♥

[Luck16]

No pictures with Kuu? hm
And that baby is soooo cute, my guess is their son too

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

So... what is his instagram? LOL

So very carried away~

[Corvina]

That baby boy photo isn`t their son.
Kenji commented that it`s the son of a close friend.^^
And there`s one photo, where he`s listening to Crank Tha Bass. Seems to be his favourite song from Bon Voyage.
Also there isn`t one with Kuu, but with Fuko, one of her female dancers.
Big thanks for his account!

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by RocknRoll

But Kuu didn't have any of that? What happened? Namie is still on top and she hasn't changed either.

Koda was never popular in the same way. She's too....bold, sexy, outspoken, etc.

Namie was always very popular, and very cool seeming. It's just the culture.


Ayu is Ayu. She's her own can of worms.

[adantatu2]

The last hit from Koda is Go to the top, right ?
Anyway, after KINGDOM, her popularity decreased a lot.

[Corvina]

Depends on what you`re calling a hit.
Physically her best selling single after her maternity leave is Go to the top.
Koishikute didn`t sell that much physically, but it was certified Gold for digital download.

[Chibi-Chan]

Honestly, I like Koda for her energy, the fantastic timbre she has to her voice and for the classic pop hits she releases from time to time. Furthermore she is a beautiful woman with charisma. But why do 99% of the pictures of her look like poor porn parodies? Her facial expression, gestures and pose really just look like cheap porn parodies. But the problem is: she's serious about it. It's not sexy, it's not cool, it's just embarrassing. Especially how she always has her mouth open... The woman has the potential to be so damn fierce and sexy, but everytime I see new pictures of her I'm about to cry. I LOVE fierce and sexy women and I also love it if they go all out, but Koda manages it that everything looks so staged and sadly embarrassing. From time to time there is this one picture of her I see and think "damn, that's it!", but most of the time I can't decide which one is worse.
I know that people in this thread mostly think she's hot and sexy, but I feel the total opposite and had to let out my frustration just once. xD I mean, isn't there maybe one person out there who also feels this way? lol

Anyway... "HOTEL" doesn't impress me, it's one of those songs everyone could release and would be just good enough for a b-side. "Money in my bag" sounds more interesting, I have to hear the full thing before I can say more, I think. "TURN AROUND" is somehow a new style for her, but I don't think I will like it, I think it's boring. So far this will be her worst summer single for me.

[Corvina]

Well, the open mouth is kind of her trademark.
For me it often works (e.g. all three HOTEL covers look fine with it, especially CD only, where it feels kind of mysterious - her stare is just fascinating). But I wish for some more variety. Seriously, sometimes I roll eyes. Kuu, get out of your comfort zone!
But I can totaly see, where you`re coming from and that you don`t like it. We`re sadly just able to ignore it. I guess I`m used to it. Or often I don`t associate it like that, cause of the whole (mostly normal) setting of the pics, I assume. And overall I`m pretty open to sexual pics and images. As long as it`s somehow tasteful and combined with a strong woman. I totally don`t like sexual mixed with cute e.g. I always get a weird feeling with that...
Summer Trip covers were flat out porn.

[Zahara]

Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan

Honestly, I like Koda for her energy, the fantastic timbre she has to her voice and for the classic pop hits she releases from time to time. Furthermore she is a beautiful woman with charisma. But why do 99% of the pictures of her look like poor porn parodies? Her facial expression, gestures and pose really just look like cheap porn parodies. But the problem is: she's serious about it. It's not sexy, it's not cool, it's just embarrassing. Especially how she always has her mouth open... The woman has the potential to be so damn fierce and sexy, but everytime I see new pictures of her I'm about to cry. I LOVE fierce and sexy women and I also love it if they go all out, but Koda manages it that everything looks so staged and sadly embarrassing. From time to time there is this one picture of her I see and think "damn, that's it!", but most of the time I can't decide which one is worse.
I know that people in this thread mostly think she's hot and sexy, but I feel the total opposite and had to let out my frustration just once. xD I mean, isn't there maybe one person out there who also feels this way? lol

Anyway... "HOTEL" doesn't impress me, it's one of those songs everyone could release and would be just good enough for a b-side. "Money in my bag" sounds more interesting, I have to hear the full thing before I can say more, I think. "TURN AROUND" is somehow a new style for her, but I don't think I will like it, I think it's boring. So far this will be her worst summer single for me.

There was one photo of her for Universe that was used where she had her mouth closed. I honestly couldn't recognize her. It's pretty much her trade mark.

[Gustavopc]

I guess she got used to shooting with an open mouth cause it's both "sexy" and maybe cause she has a round face, so keeping it open fakes it a bit. You can see how that makes a difference on the CD+DVD / CD+2DVD covers of Kingdom

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Linoa62

^_^
http://instagram.com/kenji_three

Thank you!!! <3

[emi♡]

I think her open mouth looks good. A lot of people can't pull it off, but she does. She never ends up look like fish lips/duck face Ayu, or like Tomochin on her recent covers.

I do also think what Gustavo said is right. Having the mouth open makes her face a little longer, and shows off more of the jawline. Her face is definitely round. To me, it also makes the pictures more dynamic. Like she's mid motion, or, about to change positions.

I don't mind her hypersexualization, one, because I like it, and two because...it's really different from the other dominant types of sexuality in Japan.



I think she looks good more often than she looks bad. And when she does look somewhat questionable, I just laugh or shrug it off. She's always had a really weird sense of style...to me anyway. I try my best not to take her so seriously.

Like, remember those giant overall things and jersey from that one tour, I think Kingdom. wth was that lol Or her cutesy song outfits. omg Kuu.