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BIOGRAPHY / DISCOGRAPHY
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Kumiko Koda (神田 來未子 ,Koda Kumiko?) (born November 13, 1982), better known by her stage name Kumi Koda (倖田 來未 ,Koda Kumi?), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her Urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2.[1][2] Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two and number-one spot respectively.[3][4][5]
Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, since as early as 2003 Koda has adopted a sexier and more provocative style.[6] Because of this image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style.[7] She has also won many fashion awards such as, the "Best Jeanist Award" and the title of "Nail Queen" three times since 2006. Since the rise in her popularity, Koda has lent her face and songs to many advertisements. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon awarded with Koda the title of best-selling artist.[fn 1]
On January 31, 2008, a day after the release of her sixth studio album, Kingdom, Koda became the center of controversy when she made a comment on Japanese radio show, All Night Nippon.
Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, since as early as 2003 Koda has adopted a sexier and more provocative style.[6] Because of this image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style.[7] She has also won many fashion awards such as, the "Best Jeanist Award" and the title of "Nail Queen" three times since 2006. Since the rise in her popularity, Koda has lent her face and songs to many advertisements. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon awarded with Koda the title of best-selling artist.[fn 1]
On January 31, 2008, a day after the release of her sixth studio album, Kingdom, Koda became the center of controversy when she made a comment on Japanese radio show, All Night Nippon.
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Early life and music interest
Koda was born into a family of musicians. Her grandfather was a Shakuhachi master and her mother was a Koto teacher. From a young age, Koda decided she wanted to become a singer after watching her mother perform in karaoke bars. During her second year of high school Koda auditioned in Avex’s "Dream Audition", where she came in second out of 120,000 participants. She was then signed onto the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone. She is also the older sister of Misono, current solo artist and former lead singer of Day After Tomorrow.
2000–2004: Early career and image change
Koda debuted on December 6, 2000, with the single "Take Back"; it was followed by "Trust Your Love", "Color of Soul" (both 2001), and "So Into You" (2002). "Trust Your Love" and "Color of Soul" were both Top 30 singles; the former reached #18 on the chart and became Koda's first Top Twenty single. Using the stage name Koda, Koda recorded "Take Back" and "Trust Your Love" in English and released the singles in the United States under Orpheus Records. "Take Back" peaked at #18 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart; "Trust Your Love" had more success, reaching the top spot on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The single also charted on the Hot Singles Sales chart and Hot Dance Club Play chart, at #19 and #35, respectively. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Koda recorded the charity single "The Meaning of Peace" with Korean singer BoA as part of Avex's Song+Nation project to raise funds for charity. In March 2002, Koda released her debut album Affection under Rhythm Zone; it peaked at #12 on the Oricon album chart.
After the release of Affection, Koda released three singles. "Love Across the Ocean", "Maze" (both 2002), and "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" (2003). "Love Across the Ocean" and "Maze" peaked at #19 and #25 positions. Koda achieved minor success with "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", which peaked at #3 after three weeks on the charts. The songs were used as the opening and ending themes, respectively, of the video game Final Fantasy X-2; in addition, Koda motion-acted the dance moves of one of the characters and voiced the character Lenne in the Japanese version of the game. She released her second album, Grow Into One in March 2003. It debuted at #11 on the charts, and peaked at #8 in the fourth week of its run.
From then on, Koda continued a string of Top Twenty singles with "Come with Me", "Gentle Words" (both 2003) and "Crazy 4 U" (2004). She then released her third album Feel My Mind (February 2004), which debuted at #7. Koda also covered the theme song of the anime series Cutie Honey originally by Yoko Maekawa for the 2004 live-action film and Re: Cutie Honey. The song, which shared the same name as the show, was included as a bonus track on the album and became the title track of her eleventh single "Love & Honey" (2004), after the album's release. At the end of the year Koda released two more singles, "Chase" and "Kiseki". Though Koda had always been known for her changing fashions in her music videos, the video of "Kiseki" marked the beginning of her incorporation of her sexy image into her music videos.
2005–2006: Growing popularity
Koda started 2005 with two releases, her fourteenth single "Hands" and her fourth album, Secret (February). Secret debuted at #3 and became her first album to debut in the Top Five. The album was certified two time platinum by RIAJ for selling 521,000 copies total. After the release of Secret, Koda released her fifteenth single, "Hot Stuff", from the album. Shortly afterwards, Koda released her first live DVD, Secret: First Class Limited Live. In 2006, Oricon reported that Secret: First Class Limited Live had set a new record on the music DVD charts by remaining at the top of the Oricon DVD charts for seven weeks in total.
Koda then released her sixteenth single, "Butterfly". "Butterfly" debuted at #2 on the Oricon chart, her first single to do so.[4] "Butterfly" was followed by "Flower" and "Promise/Star"; both peaked at #4 in the weekly chart. In September, Koda released her first greatest hits album, Best: First Things. The album debuted at #2 on the chart in its first week and rose to the top the following week, giving Koda her first number-one album. Best: First Things sold over a million copies and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
In December, Koda began the "12 Singles Project" in which for twelve consecutive weeks, she released one single per week (nine of which were labeled as limited editions). The first single of the 12 Singles Project, "You", debuted at the top of the chart, giving Koda her first number-one single. Koda then released "Birthday Eve", "D.D.D.", and "Shake It Up" before the end of the year. Koda released the remaining eight singles in the beginning of the new year. The first single was "Lies", followed by "Feel", "Candy", "No Regret", "Ima Sugu Hoshii", "Kamen", "Wind" and "Someday / Boys Love Girls". "Feel", the fifth single from the project, debuted atop the charts. "You" remained in the Oricon Top Ten during the release of "Shake It Up" and "Lies", making Koda the first female artist to have three singles in the Top Ten of the Oricon Weekly Singles chart. Koda's fashion in this period, in which she wore skin-baring clothes, started the ero-kakkoii trend in Japan. "Get It On", the thirteenth and last single of the "12 Singles Project", was Koda's first digital single; it was followed by her second greatest hits album, Best: Second Session. The album featured all twelve singles along with two new tracks and was released in three different formats: CD-only, CD+DVD, and CD+2DVD. Best: Second Session debuted at the top of the chart with 983,000 copies sold in its first week, making Koda the first female artist with the highest greatest hits album debut sales since Hikaru Utada's Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1. Like Best: First Things, Best: Second Session was certified million by the RIAJ.
After Best: Second Session, Koda released "Koi no Tsubomi". "Koi no Tsubomi" was released online one day before its physical release and sold one million downloads. The single reached #2 in its debut week with 140,000 copies sold. This was the highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006, until Ayumi Hamasaki surpassed it with her single "Blue Bird". On July 26, 2006, Koda released her first photobook, Maroc; the book, photographed by Leslie Kee, was tied with her thirty-second single "4 Hot Wave", which was released on the same day. Koda reclaimed the title of highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006 with "4 Hot Wave"; which also ranked second behind the KinKi Kids. "4 Hot Wave" is Koda's nineteenth consecutive single to debut in the Top Ten since "Kiseki". Koda's next single, "Yume no Uta / Futari de..." (2006), was a musical first for Koda, as she took full creative control over the production of the single and music video; she wrote the lyrics, chose the outfits, and produced the concepts for the videos of both songs. Koda then recorded a cover of the Bubblegum Brothers' "Won't Be Long" with label-mates Exile. "Cherry Girl / Unmei" was the last single Koda released before releasing her fifth album Black Cherry in December. Black Cherry became the first female studio album to stay atop the charts for four weeks since Ayumi Hamasaki's album Duty. At the end of 2006, Oricon named her the best-selling artist of 2006 with ¥12,702,200,000 profit (approximately $136,465,304), and Yahoo! Japan declared her to be the most-searched female artist and tenth most searched term overall in 2006.
2007–present: Decline in sales and controversy
On March 14, 2007, Koda released her thirty-fifth single ("But/Aishō"), another greatest hits album (Best: Bounce & Lovers), and a DVD of her second tour Live Tour 2006–2007: Second Session. Her second single of 2007, "Freaky", reached the top spot on the Oricon, giving Koda her fourth number-one single. Koda performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo on July 7, 2007, and attended Ap Bank Fes '07, an conservationist-themed concert, hosted by Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr. Children on July 15, 2007. At the end of 2007, Koda released two singles, "Ai no Uta" and "Last Angel", a collaboration with Korean boy band TVXQ better known as Tohoshinki in Japan. "Last Angel" was used as the theme song for the Japanese release for Resident Evil: Extinction. On December 1, she held her first performance at Tokyo Dome for her third nationwide and first arena tour. Koda became the seventh solo female singer to perform at Tokyo Dome with an estimated audience of 45,000 people. Having sold more than 7.3 billion yen worth of CDs and DVDs, Koda was again the best-selling artist of the year in Oricon's 2007 year-end rankings.
Koda released her thirty-ninth single "Anytime" on January 23, 2008; it was followed by her sixth studio album Kingdom, which was released in the same format as her previous album. With a little over 420,000 copies sold, Kingdom debuted atop the Oricon. On January 31, Koda hosted All Night Nippon; discussing her manager's recent marriage and plans on having children, Koda remarked that "When women turn 35, their amniotic fluid goes rotten, so I'd like them to have a child by 35". Because of the controversy instigated by the comment, Avex released an apology stating that as a consolation, all promotion of Kingdom would cease. Additionally, several of Koda's commercial endorsements were placed on hiatus. Koda herself made a public apology on Fuji TV. Despite the controversy, Kingdom remained on top for a second consecutive week. Two months after her controversial statement, Koda released Live Tour 2007: Black Cherry Tour Special Final in Tokyo Dome, her fourth live DVD. Her fourth nationwide tour Koda Kumi Live Tour 2008: Kingdom commenced on April 12, 2008.
Koda's fortieth single "Moon" was released on June 11, 2008. Like "Freaky", "Moon" contained four tracks. The single contained "Moon Crying", used as the theme for Asahi Television drama Puzzle, and a collaboration track with Black Eyed Peas' Fergie. Koda again attended Avex's annual summer concert A-Nation '08. She appeared at all eight shows in Japan and performed with other Avex artists such as Every Little Thing, Ai Otsuka, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Tohoshinki, and Maki Goto. In October, Koda released her forty-first single, "TABOO". With around 66,000 copies sold in its first week, "TABOO" debuted at the number-one position and became Koda's fifth single to reach the top. Koda released her forty-second single "stay with me" on Christmas Eve, which debuted atop of the chart selling 58,000 copies. Koda's seventh studio album, TRICK, was another number-one album for the singer, selling 253,000 in its first week. The album stayed at the number-one stop for a second week selling 56,000 copies. Although the album debuted at the number-one position, this was her lowest selling album since her third studio album, Secret.
Koda's forty-third single, "It's All Love!", was released on March 31, 2009. The single is an collaboration with her younger sister, Misono. The second song from the single, "faraway", was used for the theme song for the manga-based movie Subaru. In addition, two albums were released on March 25, Out Works & Collaboration Best and Koda Kumi Driving Hit's. The former is a compilation of the tracks that are collaborations with other artists and the latter is a remix album.
Koda was born into a family of musicians. Her grandfather was a Shakuhachi master and her mother was a Koto teacher. From a young age, Koda decided she wanted to become a singer after watching her mother perform in karaoke bars. During her second year of high school Koda auditioned in Avex’s "Dream Audition", where she came in second out of 120,000 participants. She was then signed onto the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone. She is also the older sister of Misono, current solo artist and former lead singer of Day After Tomorrow.
2000–2004: Early career and image change
Koda debuted on December 6, 2000, with the single "Take Back"; it was followed by "Trust Your Love", "Color of Soul" (both 2001), and "So Into You" (2002). "Trust Your Love" and "Color of Soul" were both Top 30 singles; the former reached #18 on the chart and became Koda's first Top Twenty single. Using the stage name Koda, Koda recorded "Take Back" and "Trust Your Love" in English and released the singles in the United States under Orpheus Records. "Take Back" peaked at #18 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart; "Trust Your Love" had more success, reaching the top spot on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The single also charted on the Hot Singles Sales chart and Hot Dance Club Play chart, at #19 and #35, respectively. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Koda recorded the charity single "The Meaning of Peace" with Korean singer BoA as part of Avex's Song+Nation project to raise funds for charity. In March 2002, Koda released her debut album Affection under Rhythm Zone; it peaked at #12 on the Oricon album chart.
After the release of Affection, Koda released three singles. "Love Across the Ocean", "Maze" (both 2002), and "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" (2003). "Love Across the Ocean" and "Maze" peaked at #19 and #25 positions. Koda achieved minor success with "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", which peaked at #3 after three weeks on the charts. The songs were used as the opening and ending themes, respectively, of the video game Final Fantasy X-2; in addition, Koda motion-acted the dance moves of one of the characters and voiced the character Lenne in the Japanese version of the game. She released her second album, Grow Into One in March 2003. It debuted at #11 on the charts, and peaked at #8 in the fourth week of its run.
From then on, Koda continued a string of Top Twenty singles with "Come with Me", "Gentle Words" (both 2003) and "Crazy 4 U" (2004). She then released her third album Feel My Mind (February 2004), which debuted at #7. Koda also covered the theme song of the anime series Cutie Honey originally by Yoko Maekawa for the 2004 live-action film and Re: Cutie Honey. The song, which shared the same name as the show, was included as a bonus track on the album and became the title track of her eleventh single "Love & Honey" (2004), after the album's release. At the end of the year Koda released two more singles, "Chase" and "Kiseki". Though Koda had always been known for her changing fashions in her music videos, the video of "Kiseki" marked the beginning of her incorporation of her sexy image into her music videos.
2005–2006: Growing popularity
Koda started 2005 with two releases, her fourteenth single "Hands" and her fourth album, Secret (February). Secret debuted at #3 and became her first album to debut in the Top Five. The album was certified two time platinum by RIAJ for selling 521,000 copies total. After the release of Secret, Koda released her fifteenth single, "Hot Stuff", from the album. Shortly afterwards, Koda released her first live DVD, Secret: First Class Limited Live. In 2006, Oricon reported that Secret: First Class Limited Live had set a new record on the music DVD charts by remaining at the top of the Oricon DVD charts for seven weeks in total.
Koda then released her sixteenth single, "Butterfly". "Butterfly" debuted at #2 on the Oricon chart, her first single to do so.[4] "Butterfly" was followed by "Flower" and "Promise/Star"; both peaked at #4 in the weekly chart. In September, Koda released her first greatest hits album, Best: First Things. The album debuted at #2 on the chart in its first week and rose to the top the following week, giving Koda her first number-one album. Best: First Things sold over a million copies and was certified million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
In December, Koda began the "12 Singles Project" in which for twelve consecutive weeks, she released one single per week (nine of which were labeled as limited editions). The first single of the 12 Singles Project, "You", debuted at the top of the chart, giving Koda her first number-one single. Koda then released "Birthday Eve", "D.D.D.", and "Shake It Up" before the end of the year. Koda released the remaining eight singles in the beginning of the new year. The first single was "Lies", followed by "Feel", "Candy", "No Regret", "Ima Sugu Hoshii", "Kamen", "Wind" and "Someday / Boys Love Girls". "Feel", the fifth single from the project, debuted atop the charts. "You" remained in the Oricon Top Ten during the release of "Shake It Up" and "Lies", making Koda the first female artist to have three singles in the Top Ten of the Oricon Weekly Singles chart. Koda's fashion in this period, in which she wore skin-baring clothes, started the ero-kakkoii trend in Japan. "Get It On", the thirteenth and last single of the "12 Singles Project", was Koda's first digital single; it was followed by her second greatest hits album, Best: Second Session. The album featured all twelve singles along with two new tracks and was released in three different formats: CD-only, CD+DVD, and CD+2DVD. Best: Second Session debuted at the top of the chart with 983,000 copies sold in its first week, making Koda the first female artist with the highest greatest hits album debut sales since Hikaru Utada's Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1. Like Best: First Things, Best: Second Session was certified million by the RIAJ.
After Best: Second Session, Koda released "Koi no Tsubomi". "Koi no Tsubomi" was released online one day before its physical release and sold one million downloads. The single reached #2 in its debut week with 140,000 copies sold. This was the highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006, until Ayumi Hamasaki surpassed it with her single "Blue Bird". On July 26, 2006, Koda released her first photobook, Maroc; the book, photographed by Leslie Kee, was tied with her thirty-second single "4 Hot Wave", which was released on the same day. Koda reclaimed the title of highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006 with "4 Hot Wave"; which also ranked second behind the KinKi Kids. "4 Hot Wave" is Koda's nineteenth consecutive single to debut in the Top Ten since "Kiseki". Koda's next single, "Yume no Uta / Futari de..." (2006), was a musical first for Koda, as she took full creative control over the production of the single and music video; she wrote the lyrics, chose the outfits, and produced the concepts for the videos of both songs. Koda then recorded a cover of the Bubblegum Brothers' "Won't Be Long" with label-mates Exile. "Cherry Girl / Unmei" was the last single Koda released before releasing her fifth album Black Cherry in December. Black Cherry became the first female studio album to stay atop the charts for four weeks since Ayumi Hamasaki's album Duty. At the end of 2006, Oricon named her the best-selling artist of 2006 with ¥12,702,200,000 profit (approximately $136,465,304), and Yahoo! Japan declared her to be the most-searched female artist and tenth most searched term overall in 2006.
2007–present: Decline in sales and controversy
On March 14, 2007, Koda released her thirty-fifth single ("But/Aishō"), another greatest hits album (Best: Bounce & Lovers), and a DVD of her second tour Live Tour 2006–2007: Second Session. Her second single of 2007, "Freaky", reached the top spot on the Oricon, giving Koda her fourth number-one single. Koda performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo on July 7, 2007, and attended Ap Bank Fes '07, an conservationist-themed concert, hosted by Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr. Children on July 15, 2007. At the end of 2007, Koda released two singles, "Ai no Uta" and "Last Angel", a collaboration with Korean boy band TVXQ better known as Tohoshinki in Japan. "Last Angel" was used as the theme song for the Japanese release for Resident Evil: Extinction. On December 1, she held her first performance at Tokyo Dome for her third nationwide and first arena tour. Koda became the seventh solo female singer to perform at Tokyo Dome with an estimated audience of 45,000 people. Having sold more than 7.3 billion yen worth of CDs and DVDs, Koda was again the best-selling artist of the year in Oricon's 2007 year-end rankings.
Koda released her thirty-ninth single "Anytime" on January 23, 2008; it was followed by her sixth studio album Kingdom, which was released in the same format as her previous album. With a little over 420,000 copies sold, Kingdom debuted atop the Oricon. On January 31, Koda hosted All Night Nippon; discussing her manager's recent marriage and plans on having children, Koda remarked that "When women turn 35, their amniotic fluid goes rotten, so I'd like them to have a child by 35". Because of the controversy instigated by the comment, Avex released an apology stating that as a consolation, all promotion of Kingdom would cease. Additionally, several of Koda's commercial endorsements were placed on hiatus. Koda herself made a public apology on Fuji TV. Despite the controversy, Kingdom remained on top for a second consecutive week. Two months after her controversial statement, Koda released Live Tour 2007: Black Cherry Tour Special Final in Tokyo Dome, her fourth live DVD. Her fourth nationwide tour Koda Kumi Live Tour 2008: Kingdom commenced on April 12, 2008.
Koda's fortieth single "Moon" was released on June 11, 2008. Like "Freaky", "Moon" contained four tracks. The single contained "Moon Crying", used as the theme for Asahi Television drama Puzzle, and a collaboration track with Black Eyed Peas' Fergie. Koda again attended Avex's annual summer concert A-Nation '08. She appeared at all eight shows in Japan and performed with other Avex artists such as Every Little Thing, Ai Otsuka, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Tohoshinki, and Maki Goto. In October, Koda released her forty-first single, "TABOO". With around 66,000 copies sold in its first week, "TABOO" debuted at the number-one position and became Koda's fifth single to reach the top. Koda released her forty-second single "stay with me" on Christmas Eve, which debuted atop of the chart selling 58,000 copies. Koda's seventh studio album, TRICK, was another number-one album for the singer, selling 253,000 in its first week. The album stayed at the number-one stop for a second week selling 56,000 copies. Although the album debuted at the number-one position, this was her lowest selling album since her third studio album, Secret.
Koda's forty-third single, "It's All Love!", was released on March 31, 2009. The single is an collaboration with her younger sister, Misono. The second song from the single, "faraway", was used for the theme song for the manga-based movie Subaru. In addition, two albums were released on March 25, Out Works & Collaboration Best and Koda Kumi Driving Hit's. The former is a compilation of the tracks that are collaborations with other artists and the latter is a remix album.
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Musical style
Koda's musical style is mainly Japanese Urban and R&B; however, it was only after Koda signed to Rhythm Zone that Japanese Urban and R&B became her main musical styles. But throughout her career her musical style has spanned additional styles such as rock, hip-hop, electropop and dance.
Themes
Koda has even explored the themes of sexuality and taboos in her lyrics. While listening to the music of "BUT", the first thing that came to Koda's mind was homosexuality. Regarding the theme of homosexuality, Koda said in a interview: "I'm the type of person who thinks that [in a relationship] it doesn't matter what sex the other person is. No matter who they are, it doesn't change the 'I love this person' feeling, does it?" Her forty-first single, "TABOO", while also portraying homosexuality in the video, the song had a bigger meaning than that. Koda stated the message of "TABOO" was to propound that "there is no such thing as a taboo". Further saying, "Instead of trying stuff out and experiencing it, we put up a 'No' sign, we never try to break the taboos". Koda also said, "Sometimes we shouldn't retreat into safety, we should have courage and do things. Those are the feelings in the song." Such themes are also present in her music videos: she has incorporated her "sexy" image into her videos since "Kiseki" through sexually-charged dances and skin-baring outfits. The video of "Ima Sugu Hoshii" featured two males in sexual positions, and the video of "Juicy", which also featured sexual posturing, was censored in Taiwan.
Lyrics and composition
"Yume no Uta" (夢のうた)
Play sound
The first A-side that represents the element of sadness.
"Futari de..." (ふたりで…)
Play sound
The second A-side that represents the element of happiness.
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Since the start of her career Koda has been writing the lyrics to her songs. On her second studio album, Grow Into One, Koda wasn't as much involved with the writing of the lyrics, as only four songs were written by her. Koda's control over the writing of the lyrics grew with her thirty-third single "Yume no Uta / Futari de... ". The single was originally intended to be a single song about "happy love", however Koda felt the melody had represented both the elements of happiness and sadness. She wrote the lyrics for both songs to represent the sadness and the happiness. In doing so Koda ended up creating two songs with the same melody. She remarked, "It was a first time experiment for me, but I was able to convey how happiness and sadness are two sides of the same coin." Koda lists Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, and Beyoncé Knowles as her inspirations; she has also stated that when she produces, she "is like a different person"; thus, she refers to herself in the third person and "looks at [herself] objectively".
Koda was not as involved concerning the composition of her songs. "Milk Tea" (ミルクティー ,Miruku Tii?), from Black Cherry, marked the first time she composed a song. Her involvement in the composition stage grew during the production of her seventh studio album TRICK.
Koda's musical style is mainly Japanese Urban and R&B; however, it was only after Koda signed to Rhythm Zone that Japanese Urban and R&B became her main musical styles. But throughout her career her musical style has spanned additional styles such as rock, hip-hop, electropop and dance.
Themes
Koda has even explored the themes of sexuality and taboos in her lyrics. While listening to the music of "BUT", the first thing that came to Koda's mind was homosexuality. Regarding the theme of homosexuality, Koda said in a interview: "I'm the type of person who thinks that [in a relationship] it doesn't matter what sex the other person is. No matter who they are, it doesn't change the 'I love this person' feeling, does it?" Her forty-first single, "TABOO", while also portraying homosexuality in the video, the song had a bigger meaning than that. Koda stated the message of "TABOO" was to propound that "there is no such thing as a taboo". Further saying, "Instead of trying stuff out and experiencing it, we put up a 'No' sign, we never try to break the taboos". Koda also said, "Sometimes we shouldn't retreat into safety, we should have courage and do things. Those are the feelings in the song." Such themes are also present in her music videos: she has incorporated her "sexy" image into her videos since "Kiseki" through sexually-charged dances and skin-baring outfits. The video of "Ima Sugu Hoshii" featured two males in sexual positions, and the video of "Juicy", which also featured sexual posturing, was censored in Taiwan.
Lyrics and composition
"Yume no Uta" (夢のうた)
Play sound
The first A-side that represents the element of sadness.
"Futari de..." (ふたりで…)
Play sound
The second A-side that represents the element of happiness.
Problems listening to these files? See media help.
Since the start of her career Koda has been writing the lyrics to her songs. On her second studio album, Grow Into One, Koda wasn't as much involved with the writing of the lyrics, as only four songs were written by her. Koda's control over the writing of the lyrics grew with her thirty-third single "Yume no Uta / Futari de... ". The single was originally intended to be a single song about "happy love", however Koda felt the melody had represented both the elements of happiness and sadness. She wrote the lyrics for both songs to represent the sadness and the happiness. In doing so Koda ended up creating two songs with the same melody. She remarked, "It was a first time experiment for me, but I was able to convey how happiness and sadness are two sides of the same coin." Koda lists Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, and Beyoncé Knowles as her inspirations; she has also stated that when she produces, she "is like a different person"; thus, she refers to herself in the third person and "looks at [herself] objectively".
Koda was not as involved concerning the composition of her songs. "Milk Tea" (ミルクティー ,Miruku Tii?), from Black Cherry, marked the first time she composed a song. Her involvement in the composition stage grew during the production of her seventh studio album TRICK.
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Year / Film / Role / Notes
2003 / Final Fantasy X-2 / Lenne / Video game
2006 / Cherry Girl / Kumi / Main role
2003 / Final Fantasy X-2 / Lenne / Video game
2006 / Cherry Girl / Kumi / Main role
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Studio albums
2002: Affection
2003: Grow Into One
2004: Feel My Mind
2005: Secret
2006: Black Cherry
2008: Kingdom
2009: TRICK
Compilation albums
2005: Best: First Things
2006: Best: Second Session
2007: Best: Bounce & Lovers
2009: Out Works & Collaboration Best
Remix albums
2006: Koda Kumi Remix Album
2009: Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
Number-one singles
2005: "You"
2006: "Feel"
2006: "Yume no Uta / Futari de..."
2007: "FREAKY"
2008: "TABOO"
2008: "stay with me"
2002: Affection
2003: Grow Into One
2004: Feel My Mind
2005: Secret
2006: Black Cherry
2008: Kingdom
2009: TRICK
Compilation albums
2005: Best: First Things
2006: Best: Second Session
2007: Best: Bounce & Lovers
2009: Out Works & Collaboration Best
Remix albums
2006: Koda Kumi Remix Album
2009: Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
Number-one singles
2005: "You"
2006: "Feel"
2006: "Yume no Uta / Futari de..."
2007: "FREAKY"
2008: "TABOO"
2008: "stay with me"
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Namie-Amuro-Sama Sun May 10, 2009 3:57 pm
Studio albums
Affection
Grow Into One
Feel My Mind
Secret
Black Cherry
Kingdom
TRICK
Affection
Grow Into One
Feel My Mind
Secret
Black Cherry
Kingdom
TRICK
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Compilations
Best: First Things
Best: Second Session
Best: Bounce & Lovers
Out Works & Collaboration Best
Remixes
Koda Kumi Remix Album
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
Best: First Things
Best: Second Session
Best: Bounce & Lovers
Out Works & Collaboration Best
Remixes
Koda Kumi Remix Album
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's
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Singles
12/06/2000 "Take Back"
04/09/2001 "Trust Your Love"
08/03/2001 "Color Of Soul"
12/19/2001 "The Meaning of Peace"
03/13/2002 "So Into You"
07/24/2002 "Love Across the Ocean"
03/05/2003 "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba"
08/27/2003 "Come with Me"
12/10/2003 "Gentle Words"
01/15/2004 "Crazy 4 U"
05/26/2004 "Love & Honey"
07/28/2004 "Chase"
09/08/2004 "Kiseki"
01/19/2005 "Hands"
04/13/2005 "Hot Stuff"
06/22/2005 "Butterfly"
08/10/2005 "Flower"
09/07/2005 "Promise/Star"
12/07/2005 "You"
12/14/2005 "Birthday Eve"
12/21/2005 "D.D.D."
12/28/2005 "Shake It Up"
01/04/2006 "Lies"
01/11/2006 "Feel"
01/18/2006 "Candy"
01/25/2006 "No Regret"
02/01/2006 "Ima Sugu Hoshii (今すぐ欲しい)"
02/08/2006 "Kamen"
02/15/2006 "Wind"
02/22/2006 "Someday/Boys
Girls"
03/01/2006 "Get It On"
05/24/2006 "Koi no Tsubomi (恋のつぼみ)"
07/26/2006 "4 hot wave"
10/18/2006 "Yume no Uta / Futari de... (夢のうた/ふたりで…)"
11/22/2006 "WON'T BE LONG"
12/06/2006 "Cherry girl/Unmei (運命)"
03/14/2007 "But/Aisho (But/愛証)"
06/27/2007 "Freaky"
09/12/2007 "Ai no Uta"
11/07/2007 "Last Angel"
01/23/2008 "Anytime"
06/11/2008 "Moon"
10/08/2008 "TABOO"
12/24/2008 "stay with me"
03/31/2009 "It's All Love!"
12/06/2000 "Take Back"
04/09/2001 "Trust Your Love"
08/03/2001 "Color Of Soul"
12/19/2001 "The Meaning of Peace"
03/13/2002 "So Into You"
07/24/2002 "Love Across the Ocean"
03/05/2003 "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba"
08/27/2003 "Come with Me"
12/10/2003 "Gentle Words"
01/15/2004 "Crazy 4 U"
05/26/2004 "Love & Honey"
07/28/2004 "Chase"
09/08/2004 "Kiseki"
01/19/2005 "Hands"
04/13/2005 "Hot Stuff"
06/22/2005 "Butterfly"
08/10/2005 "Flower"
09/07/2005 "Promise/Star"
12/07/2005 "You"
12/14/2005 "Birthday Eve"
12/21/2005 "D.D.D."
12/28/2005 "Shake It Up"
01/04/2006 "Lies"
01/11/2006 "Feel"
01/18/2006 "Candy"
01/25/2006 "No Regret"
02/01/2006 "Ima Sugu Hoshii (今すぐ欲しい)"
02/08/2006 "Kamen"
02/15/2006 "Wind"
02/22/2006 "Someday/Boys
Girls"03/01/2006 "Get It On"
05/24/2006 "Koi no Tsubomi (恋のつぼみ)"
07/26/2006 "4 hot wave"
10/18/2006 "Yume no Uta / Futari de... (夢のうた/ふたりで…)"
11/22/2006 "WON'T BE LONG"
12/06/2006 "Cherry girl/Unmei (運命)"
03/14/2007 "But/Aisho (But/愛証)"
06/27/2007 "Freaky"
09/12/2007 "Ai no Uta"
11/07/2007 "Last Angel"
01/23/2008 "Anytime"
06/11/2008 "Moon"
10/08/2008 "TABOO"
12/24/2008 "stay with me"
03/31/2009 "It's All Love!"
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