[Koda Kumi] The 206th Thread - My Name Is...

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

So a talk show tour means she won’t sing? It’s weird tbh.
Also, she’s serving looks on insta with that pink hair and tanned skin.

She did something similar with her first FC tour already.
That was a talk event tour, too, with fan interaction and her singing the top 3 songs of the FC polls they did for it.
I guess we can expect something like this again?
We will know this coming Thursday.

And yeah, looks like her Munafes performance was pre-recorded last week.

[kaled kalil]

I couldn't care less about a talk tour, but japanese fans will love it for sure.

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No info on what she sang today, here are some pics from people watching:

https://twitter.com/K93E24/status/1385908468326887425
https://twitter.com/goo20020602/stat...85270789165056

[Corvina]

Don't know the whole setlist, but she did perform

DO ME
Ai no Uta
Eh Yo
OMG

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Kuu is part of the 3 hour special of Kamioto airing the night May 1st, doing a special "cheer-up comment".

https://www.ytv.co.jp/kamioto/

[Diva_br]

Originally Posted by Corvina

There's no info out yet, no release date, but yeah, it looks like Kuu is part of the new Q posket figurine series of Banpresto ( there are 2 upcoming series).

Thank you ! I hope we can Get more info soon because it's so cute! And the Cutie Honey look is one of my favorites!

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Diva_br

Thank you ! I hope we can Get more info soon because it's so cute! And the Cutie Honey look is one of my favorites!

I'm really excited, too, about this!
Shops put up preorder links for it, that's where it's coming from.
Even up on some international shops already like here:
https://surethingtoys.com/products/b...ket-pvc-figure

There are going to be two versions, ver. A with regular colours and ver. B with pearl colours:



That's all we know so far tho.

[minkAYuko]

Can we all agree that this is ku’s best hair era ? She uploaded some pics of her recent live on ig. She looks so good!!!

[thinkingoutloud89]

^you mean the short pinkish hair? not a fan of that length/cut

[Toniayu123]

Originally Posted by minkAYuko

Can we all agree that this is ku’s best hair era ? She uploaded some pics of her recent live on ig. She looks so good!!!

Absolutely. Kinda sad she darkened it purple now.
She’s giving me dua lipa’s vibes. Actually, a collab between them would be quite interesting. If only Kuu’s popularity was higher in Japan now...

[ALfromHELLSING]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I'm really excited, too, about this!
Shops put up preorder links for it, that's where it's coming from.
Even up on some international shops already like here:
https://surethingtoys.com/products/b...ket-pvc-figure

There are going to be two versions, ver. A with regular colours and ver. B with pearl colours:



That's all we know so far tho.

I love it, looks amazing - about damn time they made a proper KK figurine. I checked the website and saw that Banpesto made 3 with Naomi Watanabe (6 if you include recolours) and 8 with HIDE (or 16 if each got a recolour). I'm guessing if this one sells well enough we can expect more. I'd love the one in the red jacket from Hot Stuff and second session album cover one, both are iconic looks. I just wish Ver. B was an actual recolour, they could've made it black to match with the ero-kakkoii black outfit. I'm not complaining tho, two is better than one.

In regards to Munakata Fes, is there any chance it might be broadcasted on TV at some point? I'd love to watch it but it doesn't seem like anyone has recorded it.

[minkAYuko]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

^you mean the short pinkish hair? not a fan of that length/cut

Well the color was a choice but I really like how she’s styling it! She looks rejuvenated !!

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

Absolutely. Kinda sad she darkened it purple now.
She’s giving me dua lipa’s vibes. Actually, a collab between them would be quite interesting. If only Kuu’s popularity was higher in Japan now...

Yeah a collab would be good ! She’s giving me Jolie’s vibes with the new look I want a collab with her ! Haha

[kaled kalil]

^
^ If you manage to get an account and buy the ticket you can still watch Munafes, it's available until 04.27 I believe. The problem is getting the ticket, you need a japanese telephone number to register. I couldn't register and record because of it. I don't think it's going to be on TV later, sadly.

About the hairstyle, I'm also not a fan of it. The length and the color are great, but this stiff short bob is not it. It's a hairstyle that looks better in picture, but in action it's too stiff. It looks great when it's wavy, like for Kansai Collection.

The Q Posket is adorable, hoping for more in the future! I would love a 12 singles set, but that's asking for too much.

[Corvina]

Munafes is archived till 04/27, but you only could buy tickets till 5 p.m. JST today. So anybody who didn't get a ticket even before Kuu got on stage today, isn't able to watch it now.
I do hope it pops up eventually.
I simply couldn't justify spending the money for the ticket atm

Originally Posted by ALfromHELLSING

I love it, looks amazing - about damn time they made a proper KK figurine. I checked the website and saw that Banpesto made 3 with Naomi Watanabe (6 if you include recolours) and 8 with HIDE (or 16 if each got a recolour). I'm guessing if this one sells well enough we can expect more. I'd love the one in the red jacket from Hot Stuff and second session album cover one, both are iconic looks. I just wish Ver. B was an actual recolour, they could've made it black to match with the ero-kakkoii black outfit. I'm not complaining tho, two is better than one.

Love to get more as well, but this also depends if it's being a seperate Kuu series or part of another one like "popular J-Pop artists" or something.
But it is great to see her honoured like that.

And I'm amazed at some of you guys still hoping for collabs with big names, especially female.
She didn't do it at her prime, why would she now?
Dua Lipa being mentioned, Idk if she even is that popular in Japan?

[Toniayu123]

Originally Posted by Corvina

And I'm amazed at some of you guys still hoping for collabs with big names, especially female.
She didn't do it at her prime, why would she now?
Dua Lipa being mentioned, Idk if she even is that popular in Japan?

It’s only us being delusional really lol Although Sean paul is a big name, and she has collaborated with him twice.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

It’s only us being delusional really lol Although Sean paul is a big name, and she has collaborated with him twice.

Well, we can always speculate.
Her ex-dancer & choreographer Maiko worked with Sean Paul even before she moved to the US in 2013, I think, so I guess that's where the connection might be coming from (she also is one of the dancers in Black Eyed Peas My Humps MV btw.).
If Kuu did collab it pretty much always was with male urban artists (all but LISA & Soulhead early in her career) and rarely bigger ones (EXILE & Tohoshinki only come to my mind).
The only exception is Fergie, but they're friends and Fergie gave the song + recording together for Kuu as a birthday present.
Probably safe to say Kuu is not interested in collaborating with female artists and big ones unless it's a live performance/charity/songwriting.
The reasons only she knows.

[kaled kalil]

It's interesting how most of the time on TV she does collaborations with female singers, but rarely does on studio. It's probably the TV station doing the work to make it happen.

The only collaborations I was expecting and so far didn't happen were with Fat Joe and J Balvin, honestly. Specially with the later because of that random avex portal report https://avexnet.jp/news/detail.php?id=1001939

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I love those figures!

It would be so nice if we got more of them, she has so many iconic looks.

[Isicio]

I'm happy she get a Q Posket release. I was thinking they will release it here in Spain but I ask to a shop and they don't be selling it for the moment. I don't know if other shops will sell it. I will have to preorder it on US site when I can.

[Corvina]

Speaking of iconic looks, just 3 days ago popular entertainer and TV personality Matsuko Deluxe spoke about her turquoise WOML tour opening outfit (and car) on a variety show and they showed a drawing of him in that outfit.
Would love to show screenshots, but I can't find the tweet anymore, only people talking about it on Twitter.

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

It's interesting how most of the time on TV she does collaborations with female singers, but rarely does on studio. It's probably the TV station doing the work to make it happen.

The only collaborations I was expecting and so far didn't happen were with Fat Joe and J Balvin, honestly. Specially with the later because of that random avex portal report https://avexnet.jp/news/detail.php?id=1001939

I remember Kuu talking about liking to collaborate with smaller artists to give them a platform in an interview 2-3 years ago.
Tho never ever saw anyone asking her about female collabos.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I'm really excited, too, about this!
Shops put up preorder links for it, that's where it's coming from.
Even up on some international shops already like here:
https://surethingtoys.com/products/b...ket-pvc-figure

There are going to be two versions, ver. A with regular colours and ver. B with pearl colours:



That's all we know so far tho.

this is one of her most iconic style.

I love this era look, style, and her slutty music lyrics.

[Corvina]

Kyuleon from Baidu recorded and shared Munakata Fes!

Here is his original rip on Bilibili:
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1xB4y1c7tK

You can also find it on WKKW:
http://welcometokodakumiworld.com/actu/News

Full setlist is:
01.DO ME
02.め組のひと
-MC-
03.愛のうた
04.CHANCES ALL
05.WIND
06.Eh yo
07.OMG