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, known professionally as , is a Japanese singer from
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, known for her
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and R&B songs. After debuting with the single "
Take Back "Take Back" is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda, taken as her debut and lead single from her first studio album '' Affection'' (2002). It was released on December 6, 2000 via Rhythm Zone in two physical editions; a CD sing ...
" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, "
Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba is a double A-side single by Japanese singer Koda Kumi. The single contains the songs "Real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba", which were featured in the game ''Final Fantasy X-2''. This was Kumi's first single to chart in the top 10 on Oricon, comi ...
", were used as themes for the video game ''
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''. Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album ''
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'' (2005), her sixteenth single "
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" (2005), and her first
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album '' Best: First Things'' (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two, and number-one spots respectively. Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, she has become a fashion leader among young women, setting trends such as the ero-kakkoii style. In 2006 and 2007, Oricon named Koda as the top selling artist of the year.


Life and career


Early life

Koda was born into a family of musicians. Her grandfather was a
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master and her mother was a
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teacher; she is the older sister of
Misono , publicly known mononymously as Misono (stylized as misono), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and TV personality. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and is the younger sister of singer Koda Kumi. Career In 2000, Misono participated in the summer v ...
, current solo artist and former lead singer of Day After Tomorrow. Inspired by her mother, who performed in karaoke bars, Koda, from a young age, had aspirations of becoming a singer. Her school years were unhappy; she described her junior and high school years as "obscure times", as she was ridiculed due to her "fatness", "shortness", "ugliness", and other factors related to her appearance. 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
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sub-label
Rhythm Zone (RZN) is a record label in the Avex Group that releases urban contemporary Japanese music. History The label was founded in 1999 by Max Matsuura with a focus on urban music, signing M-Flo as its first artist, then followed by Exile. In 2000, ...
. Koda's first semi-biographical book, ''Koda-shiki'' ("Koda-style") was officially described as "a story about a girl who was filled with inferiority complex pursuing her way".


2000–2004: Early career and image change

Koda debuted on December 6, 2000, with the single "
Take Back "Take Back" is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda, taken as her debut and lead single from her first studio album '' Affection'' (2002). It was released on December 6, 2000 via Rhythm Zone in two physical editions; a CD sing ...
"; it was followed by "
Trust Your Love "Trust Your Love" is a song recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi and was used as the second single from her debut album ''Affection'' (2002). It was released on May 9, 2001 via Rhythm Zone in two physical editions: a CD single and 12" ...
", "
Color of Soul ''Color of Soul'' is the third Japan single by Japanese artist Koda Kumi. It charted No. 29 on Oricon. The single became her first to contain a booklet with an inlay. It was her first single to not have a North American counterpart, whereas Kumi ...
" (both 2001), and " So into You" (2002). "Trust Your Love" and "Color of Soul" were both Top 30 singles; the former reached number 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 number 18 on the
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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 No. 19 and No. 35, respectively. After the
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, Koda recorded the charity single " The Meaning of Peace" with Korean singer
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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 number 12 on the Oricon album chart. After the release of ''Affection'', Koda released three singles. " Love Across the Ocean", "
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" (both 2002), and "
real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba is a double A-side single by Japanese singer Koda Kumi. The single contains the songs "Real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba", which were featured in the game ''Final Fantasy X-2''. This was Kumi's first single to chart in the top 10 on Oricon, comi ...
" (2003). "Love Across the Ocean" and "Maze" peaked at the number 19 and 25 positions. Koda achieved minor success with "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", which peaked at number 3 after three weeks on the charts. The songs were used as the opening and ending themes, respectively, of the video game ''
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''; in addition, Koda motion-acted the dance moves of one of the characters and voiced the character
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in the Japanese version of the game. She released her second album, ''
Grow into One ''Grow into One'' (stylized as grow into one) is the second studio album released by Japanese pop and R&B singer Koda Kumi, released on March 19, 2003. It barely peaked in the Top 10 on Oricon, coming it at #8, and charted for 43 weeks. The album ...
'' in March 2003. It debuted at number 11 on the charts, and peaked at number 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 ''Gentle Words'' is Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi's ninth domestic solo single. The single charted at No. 15 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for ten weeks. The b-side "Saigo no Ame" (最後の雨 / ''Last Rain'') is a cover of Yasushi ...
" (both 2003), and "
Crazy 4 U "Crazy 4 U" is singer-songwriter Koda Kumi's 10th domestic solo single. It charted at No. 12 on Oricon and remained on the charts for six weeks. Information "Crazy 4 U" is Kumi Koda's tenth single and last single released before her studio album ...
" (2004). She then released her third album ''
Feel My Mind ''Feel My Mind'' (stylized as feel my mind) is the third studio album by the Japanese pop and R&B singer Koda Kumi, released in February 2004. The album charted in the Top 10 on Oricon at No. 7 and stayed on the charts for thirty-five weeks, sel ...
'' (February 2004), which debuted at number 7. Koda also covered the theme song of the
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series ''
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'' originally by Yoko Maekawa for the 2004
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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, "
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" and " Kiseki". During her image change, Koda stated her concern about what her parents would think. When they approved and supported her, she chose to keep the style that would become infamous with her name: "ero-kakkoi".


2005–2006: Growing popularity

Koda's first release of 2005 was her fourteenth single, "
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" (January 19). Less than a month later, she released her fourth album, ''
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''. ''Secret'' debuted at number 3 and became her first album to debut in the Top Five. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for selling 521,000 copies total. Koda then 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 released her sixteenth single, "
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", which debuted at number 2 on the Oricon chart. "Butterfly" was followed by "
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" and "
Promise/Star Promise/Star is the first double a-side single by Japanese artist Koda Kumi. It was the final single released before her first compilation album, '' Best ~first things~.'' It managed to chart at #4 on Oricon and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks. ...
"; both peaked at number 4 in the weekly chart. In September, Koda released her first
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album, '' Best: First Things''. The album debuted at number 2 on the chart in its first week but 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
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. 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, "
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", debuted at the top of the chart, giving Koda her first number-one single. Koda then released "
Birthday Eve ''Birthday Eve'' is a limited edition single by Japanese R&B-turned-pop artist Kumi Koda. It was the second release in her ''12 Singles Collection'' and charted No. 6 on Oricon, remaining for four weeks. The single became the first release to b ...
", "
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", and "
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" 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 "
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", "
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", " No Regret", "
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", "
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", "
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". On the same day as she released the last single from the project, she released digitally
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, which includes remixes of songs from project. "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",{{#tag:ref, Although "Get It On" is the thirteenth single from the project, the cover art is marked with 00., group=fn was Koda's first
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; 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
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's ''
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''. Like ''Best: First Things'', ''Best: Second Session'' was certified million by the RIAJ. After ''Best: Second Session'', Koda released " Koi no Tsubomi" which reached number 2 in its debut week with 140,000 copies sold, and eventually topped 1 million downloads. This was the highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006, until
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surpassed it with her single "
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". On July 26, 2006, Koda released her first
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, ''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
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. "4 Hot Wave" is Koda's nineteenth consecutive single to debut in the Top Ten since "Kiseki".{{cite web, url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/23367/, title=Kumi Koda breaks own record with drama 'Ugly Love' theme song!, publisher=
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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.{{cite web, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529064749/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/idol/ka/koda_kumi/20060825.html, archive-date=May 29, 2007, url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/idol/ka/koda_kumi/20060825.html, title=Kumi Koda writes 2 songs with 1 melody! Ballad filled with happiness and sadness, publisher=
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Koda then recorded a cover of the Bubblegum Brothers' "
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" with label-mates
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Cherry Girl/Unmei ''Cherry Girl / Unmei'' (運命 / ''Fate'') is Koda Kumi's 34th single under the Rhythm Zone label. This was her last single released before the release of her 2006 album, '' Black Cherry.'' The single charted No. 2 on the Oricon charts. The son ...
" was the last single Koda released before releasing her fifth album ''
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'' in December. ''Black Cherry'' became the first female studio album to stay atop the charts for four weeks since Ayumi Hamasaki's album ''
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''. 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
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declared her to be the most-searched female artist and tenth most searched term overall in 2006.{{cite web, url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/061221_04.html, title=Annual hit chart special – 2006 artist total sales ranking big announcement!, publisher=
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2007–2010: Commercial peak and controversy

On March 14, 2007, Koda released her thirty-fifth single ("
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"), 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
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in Tokyo on July 7, 2007, and attended
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'07, a conservationist-themed concert, hosted by
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on July 15, 2007. At the end of 2007, Koda released two singles, " Ai no Uta" and "
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", a collaboration with Korean boy band
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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
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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.{{cite web, url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2271, title=Koda is best-selling artist of 2007, publisher=Tokyograph, date=December 18, 2007, access-date=January 5, 2009 Koda released her thirty-ninth single " Anytime" on January 23, 2008; it was followed by her sixth studio album ''
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'', which was released in the same format as her previous album. With a little over 420,000 copies sold in its first week, ''Kingdom'' debuted atop the Oricon. On January 31, Koda hosted ''
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''; discussing her manager's recent marriage and plans on having children, Koda remarked that "When women turn 35, their
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goes rotten, so I'd like them to have a child by 35".{{cite web, url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2495, title=Kumi Koda comment goes "rotten", suspended for month, publisher=Tokyograph, date=February 2, 2008, access-date=January 3, 2009 Because of the controversy instigated by the comment, Avex released an apology stating that as a consolation, all promotion of ''Kingdom'' would cease.{{cite web, url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5htiYmFz6W0J2PPi7Sn1Js16SsS7g, title=Japanese diva in hot water over 'rotten' womb gaffe, agency=
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Additionally, several of Koda's commercial endorsements were placed on hiatus. Koda herself made a public apology on
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. 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 ''Kumi Koda Live Tour 2008: Kingdom'' commenced on April 12, 2008. Koda's fortieth single "
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" was released on June 11, 2008. Like "Freaky", "Moon" contained four tracks. The single contained "Moon Crying", used as the theme for Asahi Television
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''Puzzle'', and a collaboration track with
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' 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,
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, Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ, and
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. In October, Koda released her forty-first single, "
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". 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, ''
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'', was another number-one album for the singer, selling 253,000 in its first week. The album stayed at the number-one spot 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 fourth studio album, ''Secret''.{{#tag:ref, In its first week ''Secret'' sold 186,377 copies., group=fn On March 25, Koda released two albums, '' Out Works & Collaboration Best'' and ''
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. ''Out Works & Collaboration Best'' and ''Koda Kumi Driving Hit's'' debuted at number 7 and 6 respectively. Koda's forty-third single, "
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", was released on March 31, 2009. The single, a collaboration with her younger sister Misono, debuted atop the Oricon, making the sisters the first siblings to have a single top the chart in its initial week. The second song from the single, "Faraway", was used as the theme song for the
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On July 8, 2009, Koda released her forty-fourth single, " 3 Splash". The single debuted at number 2 on the charts making it Koda's thirty-third Top 10 single. Following the release of "3 Splash" was her forty-fifth single, "
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", which took the number-one spot on the single charts.


2010–2011: Tenth anniversary

On January 20, 2010, Koda released a new single titled, " Can We Go Back", which is a cover of a bonus track on
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's 2009 album '' All I Ever Wanted''. On February 3, 2010, Koda released a new best album, ''Best: Third Universe'', and her eighth studio album, ''Universe'', which are packaged together under the name of '' Best: Third Universe/Universe''. On July 7, 2010, she released her 47th single, "
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", which peaked at number 4 on the Oricon chart. On September 22, 2010, she released her 48th single " Suki de, Suki de, Suki de./Anata Dake ga" , two ballads and a re-recorded version of "Walk". The DVD release of her tour "Kumi Koda Live Tour Universe" was released on October 6, 2010. A week later Koda released her first cover-album '' Eternity: Love & Songs'', on which she covers songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Koda didn't release a number-one single in 2010, her first time since 2004 not to do so. On December 5, 2010, Koda held a concert celebrating her 10th Anniversary named "Fantasia", where she performed a selection of songs from all over her career. The concert was filmed for DVD release and held at Tokyo Dome.


2011–2012: ''Dejavu'', ''Japonesque'', marriage and motherhood

On February 2, 2011, her 49th single "
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" was released and on February 23, 2011, Koda released "Eternity -Love & Songs- at Billboard Live" an audio DVD of her performance at Billboard Live Tokyo in October 2010, where she performed many songs from her ''Eternity: Love & Songs'' cover album. She released her ninth studio album named '' Dejavu'' on March 2, 2011. Koda was planning to release ''
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'' in March, but due to the
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, the date was pushed back to May 4. Koda is featured in the
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song "Make It Bump", which was only released on the Japanese edition of their album ''
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''. On May 18, 2011, Koda released the DVD of her "Fantasia" concert entitled "Kumi Koda 10th Anniversary: Fantasia in Tokyo Dome". Alongside DVD, the concert was also released in
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format. Her previous concerts were also re-released in Blu-ray format. Koda's 50th single was released August 17, 2011. The single is titled " 4 Times" and includes four songs as well as four music videos to accompany them (Such as her previous 2006 summer single, " 4 Hot Wave"). Since it is Koda's 50th single, it was released in two different special limited edition commemorative versions. One comes with 50 Kumi Koda 50th Anniversary post cards and the other with a special digital camera. Immediately after the release of " 4 Times", it was posted on her official website that her 51st single, "
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charts. On November 29, Koda became the only Japanese star to perform at the
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. On November 30, 2011, her 52nd single, "Love Me Back", was released, debuting at number 5 on the Oricon charts. On December 7, 2011, Koda's tenth album was announced for release on January 25, 2012. The album is entitled '' Japonesque'' and comes in four different types: CD, CD+DVD, the DVD containing music videos, a limited edition featuring a B4-size, 32-page booklet and a CD+2DVD edition which would features additional live content alongside the music videos. On August 1, 2012, Koda released a remix album called ''
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'', which included a new song and a new music video, titled "Whatchu Waitin' On?" This was the first release of any content since Koda gave birth. It was at this time that Koda announced a nationwide arena tour of Japan in 2014 for the album ''Japonesque''. It was announced in August that "Go to the Top" would be released as Koda's 53rd on October 24, 2012. The single went to number 1 on the Oricon charts, her first in three years to do so. Her 54th single "Koishikute" was originally set for December 5, 2012, but was pushed back to December 26, 2012. However, it had been released on iTunes Japan the original date; and subsequently peaked at No. 7 on the Oricon chart when the physical single was finally released.


2013–2016: ''Bon Voyage'' and ''Walk of My Life''

In February 2013, Koda released her 2nd cover album ''
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'' fronted by a cover of late rock-singer Hide's hit "
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"; as well as other popular hits such as
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's "Shake Hip!" and
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's "Lovely". The album peaked at No. 3 on the Oricon chart and charted for 17 weeks. Furthermore, in March, continuing the ''Driving Hit's'' series, Koda released her 7th remix album ''
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''. In March, Koda embarked on a Japan-wide arena tour for the album ''Japonesque''. Following the release of two new singles, "
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" in July 2013 and "
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" in November of the same year, Koda announced her 11th studio album, titled '' Bon Voyage'' which was released on February 26, 2014. This was immediately followed by the release of the 6th entry in the ''Driving Hit's'' series, her 8th remix album ''
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''. Soon thereafter, Koda embarked on the Bon Voyage Hall Tour, a series of concerts held throughout Japan to help promote the album. On August 6, Koda released her yearly summer single called "
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". In November of the same year, Koda became the first singer in the world to use the
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technology to shoot the music video for her first digital single " Dance in the Rain", which coincided with the start of the 15th anniversary celebration since her debut as a singer, nicknamed 'KXVK'. This was followed by a special concert held on December 6 at STUDIO COAST, called the 'Koda Kumi 15th Anniversary First Class 2nd Limited Live' during which she performed 62 of her songs. As part of her 15th anniversary celebration, Koda's 12th album, called ''
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'' was released on March 18, 2015, followed by a Japan-wide Walk of My Life 2015 Tour supported by
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. The album reached the number 1 position on the Oricon charts on its release day becoming Koda's 8th studio album to achieve this feat and continuing her trend of managing to hit the number 1 spot with her studio albums for the 8th time in a row since ''
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''. Koda also embarked on a tour in 2016 which celebrated her 15th anniversary in the music industry.


2017–2019: ''W Face'', ''AND,'' and ''DNA''

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who released
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in 2007. In July 2017, Koda announced her 60th single to be released in August 2017. It will be a limited release and only sold at concert venues and the Japanese music site, mu-mo. The single was the first of three planned singles released for the year, with her 61st single released in October and her 62nd single released in December. On August 2, 2017, Koda released her 61st single "LIT", and on October 4, 2017, released her 62nd single "HUSH". After the release of "Never Enough" in December, she released her fourteenth studio album ''
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'' on February 28, 2018. The album was one of two albums planned for the year, with the second album, titled '' DNA'', released in August. ''DNA'' was promoted via a special website created by Rhythm Zone. ''AND'' debuted at No. 2 on Oricon and dropped in ranking throughout the week to take the No. 6 slot. This became her first studio album since ''
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'' to not take the No. 1 position. ''AND'' was predominately released for her fan club ''Koda Gumi'', which was evidenced by her holding a fan club-specific tour for the album, titled ''Fanclub Tour 2018 ~AND~''. Two different performances would be released: her April 29, 2018 performance at DRUM LOGOS in
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was placed on CD+3DVD edition of ''DNA'', while her June 9, 2018 performance held at
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was placed on the 4DVD edition of '' Live Tour 2018 ~DNA~''. Her second studio release for 2018, '' DNA'', fared better on the charts. While it also debuted at No. 2, it remained in the top ten throughout the week, giving it the weekly ranking of No. 3. The album held a corresponding tour, ''Live Tour 2018 ~DNA~'', which would be released on DVD and Blu-ray in March 2019. The performance utilized on the DVD and Blu-ray was of the concert performed at the Kanagawa Prefectural Hall on Koda's 36th birthday on November 13, 2018. Her eleventh remix album, '' Driving Hit's 9 -Special Edition-'', was released on February 20, 2019, debuting at No. 24. It was released as a 3-disc set with the first disc composed of songs from her album ''DNA'' and the second and thirds discs compiled with previous remixes.


2019-present: ''re(Cord)'' and COVID-19 "stay-at-home" response

Beginning in July 2019, Koda began a string of digital releases, the first being "Eh Yo" released on July 3. The song was used as the Hanazono support song for the
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. Koda debuted the song on June 15, 2019, with a performance at
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for the "100 Days To Go" event. She released two more songs in the month of July, "Summer Time" on the 10th and "Do Me" on the 17th. On July 20, 2019, Koda released a cover of
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's hit "
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" via Avex's official YouTube. Three weeks later on August 13, she released the song "Goldfinger 2019", which was the Japanese version of the song. Both versions received music videos with only slightly varying scenes. "Put Your Hands Up!!!" and "OMG" were released in September on the 13th and 18th respectively. The final three songs were released in October. "Strip" (October 16) and "Get Naked" (October 23) would later receive music videos, though they were only released on the 3DVD fan club edition of her '' Live Tour 2019 Re(live): Black Cherry/Japonesque''. The final song, "Again" (October 30), was about the past and future, with the music video recalling many of her prior styles. All nine of the songs were placed on the album ''
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.'' It was released the same day as her concert DVDs/Blu-rays of '' Live Tour 2019 Re(live): Black Cherry'' and ''Live Tour 2019 Re(live): Japonesque''. In early 2020, Japan issued a " stay-at-home" order due to the
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. Many Japanese artists took part in releasing music created at home to encourage citizens to remain at home and to take necessary precautions when in public. On April 19, 2020, Kumi and her husband Kenji03 took part in the song "Be One ~Bokura ni Dekiru Koto~" (僕らにできる事 / ''What We Can Do''), along with various other Japanese artists, including
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, KEITA, KM-MARKIT and
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among others. Continuing her involvement, Koda released the song "Puff" as a digital single on June 26. That same day, an accompanying music video was uploaded to
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's official YouTube. In the video, Koda and several of her
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s perform a dance in their own respective homes, consisting of various
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. An alternate version of the video was uploaded with Koda in front of a blue screen, encouraging fans to input their own backgrounds and tag the videos as "MADE93". On December 2, 2020, Koda released her first public physical non-album in over 6 years titled '' Angel + Monster''. It became her sixth official EP since ''Gossip Candy'' and debuted at No. 5 on Oricon. All of the songs were recorded in her home studio due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which she said gave her more opportunity to work with many Western writers and composers. On February 15, Koda, along with various other artists, took part in the song "My Hero ~Kiseki no Uta~" (奇跡の唄 / ''Miracle Song''). The song was the theme song for the charity concert ''Live Empower Children'', which was held to support childhood cancer treatment on International Childhood Cancer Day (February 15). In 2022, Koda collaborated with band
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release the new song "Trust・Last", which was used as the opening theme of the 33rd entry of the ''
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Musical style

Koda's musical style is mainly Japanese Urban and R&B music; 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,
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and dance.


Themes

Koda has even explored the themes of
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and
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s in her lyrics. While listening to the music of "But", the first thing that came to Koda's mind was homosexuality.{{cite web , url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/070314_02.html, title=Kumi Koda's Latest Single is Closing in on the Best Ballad in a Long Interview Special!, publisher=
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Regarding the theme of homosexuality, Koda said in an interview: "I'm the type of person who thinks that n a relationshipit 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?"{{#tag:ref, Original text from Oricon Style: 私は相手が異性であろうと同性であろうと関係ないと思うタイプなんです。相手が誰であろうと“人を愛する気持ち”に変わりはないでしょ?, group=fn The video for "Taboo" portrayed homosexuality and other "taboo" subjects to deliver Koda's message of "there really is no such thing as a taboo". She also said of "Taboo"'s themes, "Instead of trying stuff out and experiencing it, we put up a 'No' sign, we never try to break the taboos" and "Sometimes we shouldn't retreat into safety, we should have courage to do things. Those are the feelings kin the song." Such themes are also present in her music videos: she has incorporated her "sexy" image into her videos since "Crazy 4 U" through sexually charged dances and skin-baring outfits. The video of "
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" featured two males in sexual positions, and the video of " Juicy", which also featured sexual posturing, was censored in Taiwan.


Lyrics and composition

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Since the start of her career Koda has been writing the lyrics to her songs.Some of the lyrics are either co-written or written by others. 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."Original text: 「初めての試みでしたが、幸せと悲しみが表裏一体だってことが表現できた」 Koda lists
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as her inspirations.{{fact, date=July 2021 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 erselfobjectively". Koda was not as involved concerning the composition of her songs. {{Nihongo, "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 co-composed "Bling Bling Bling", "Just the Way You Are", " That Ain't Cool" and "This Is Not a Love Song". Koda's songwriting credits for other artists include contributing lyrics for Faky's 2019 digital single "New Age".


Image


Awards

Koda won her first award at the 47th Japan Record Awards for ''Butterfly'' on December 31, 2005, and was awarded "Triple Crown" at the Japan Gold Disc Awards on March 10, 2006, for pocketing three awards: "Pop Artist of the Year", "Pop Album of the Year", and "Music Video of the Year". She continued to win more awards for this song; on May 27, 2006, the MTV VMAJ's awarded Koda with "Best Female Video" and "Best Video of the Year" for "
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", and "buzzASIA from Japan" for "Trust You", a track from her album ''
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''. Later in 2006, her song "Yume no Uta" from her 33rd single, " Yume no Uta / Futari de...", garnered Koda more awards. She was a Grand Prix winner at the 39th Japan Usen Grand Prize. On May 26, 2007, Koda won three awards from
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for the second year in a row. "Yume No Uta" was nominated in three categories and won "Best Female Video and "Best Video of the Year". Koda herself won a special award known as "Best Stylish Artist Award". At the 2007 Best Hit Kayōsai Koda's "Ai no Uta" earned her the Grand Prix in the pop category, also winning one of the golden awards for the 49th Nihon Record Taishō. Koda, while having success on Oricon charts with physical CD sales, maintains success on online music sales as well. It is reported that twenty-two of her music videos chart the top 100 most downloaded videos, with four of her videos dominating the top five, and having " Koi no Tsubomi" top the Overall Downloads Chart, which thirteen of her other songs chart. She has sold more than 15 million records in Japan. Koda won the " Hottest Asian Artist" at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in 2011."2011Mnet Asian Music Awards part 1"
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Koda and director Mika Ninagawa won the "Music Short Excellence Award, Cinematic Award" for "Pink Spider" at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2013 (abbreviation: SSFF &ASIA).


Fashion

Koda has been known for her "sexy" image. In 2003, she started a cleavage-baring trend when she appeared in advertisements wearing a metallic bra. Her 2004 work with the anime movie ''
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'' continued this image, and in 2005, she began the "ero kawaii" or "ero-kakkoii" trend in Japan and was partially responsible for making the wearing of lingerie in public more acceptable in Japan. Koda's image has inspired other artists: Korean singer Ayumi Lee and American Japanese expatriate model-singer
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'' suggested that her sexy image was responsible for her sales—she outsold "reigning J-pop queen"
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in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, Koda began winning awards for being a new trendsetter in Japan, including the "Best Jeanist Award" on September 4, 2006, and the title of "Nail Queen" for her nail art on November 21, 2006, by Japan Nail Expo. In 2006, when the popularity of Japanese singers was declining in Singapore due to the rising popularity of the Korean Wave, Koda's sexy image garnered her popularity in the region and renewed interest in J-pop. James Kang, marketing director for
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in Asia, noted that Koda's sexy image is popular not only with men but also with women, even " Japanese aunties", because she uses her image to "make a feminist statement ..She's constantly telling women to believe in themselves and do what they want to do". In 2007, it was proposed that the term "ero-kakkoii" be added to the Japanese Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words.


Personal life

In August 2007, it was rumored that Koda was dating
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. The media questioned the artists' agencies on the matter; neither agency had confirmed or denied the rumors. In September, during a variety show that Nakai was a semi-regular on, socialite
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was discussing her ideal boyfriend and mentioned that Nakai and Koda were dating.{{cite news, url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20070916pb.html, title=They're fey, maybe not gay, but anyway, the 'talent' are coming out to play, first=Philip, last=Brasor, work=
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It was also rumored that the two would get married before Koda's 25th birthday. In the December issue of ''Josei Seven'', it was "confirmed" that the two were dating. The couple was dubbed as the "national couple", a nickname last used in the early 1960s when actor
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. However, some denied that the relationship was real, claiming that
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orchestrated the relationship to move SMAP to the Avex label. On December 12, 2011, Koda's official website announced that she was engaged to Kenji03 from
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. Koda then announced on December 16 that she was eight weeks pregnant; after returning from the
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in Singapore. The two married on December 22, and Koda gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, on July 17, 2012.


Discography

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Studio albums

* '' Affection'' (2002) * ''
Grow into One ''Grow into One'' (stylized as grow into one) is the second studio album released by Japanese pop and R&B singer Koda Kumi, released on March 19, 2003. It barely peaked in the Top 10 on Oricon, coming it at #8, and charted for 43 weeks. The album ...
'' (2003) * ''
Feel My Mind ''Feel My Mind'' (stylized as feel my mind) is the third studio album by the Japanese pop and R&B singer Koda Kumi, released in February 2004. The album charted in the Top 10 on Oricon at No. 7 and stayed on the charts for thirty-five weeks, sel ...
'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2008) * ''
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'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2010) * '' Dejavu'' (2011) * '' Japonesque'' (2012) * '' Bon Voyage'' (2014) * ''
Walk of My Life ''Walk of My Life'' (stylized in all caps) is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released a year after her previous studio album, '' Bon Voyage,'' on March 18, 2015. Continuing her streak of chart-topping a ...
'' (2015) * '' W Face: Inside/Outside'' (2017) * ''
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'' (2018) * '' DNA'' (2018) * ''
Re(cord) ''Re(Cord)'' (stylized as ''re(CORD)'') is the sixteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released on November 13, 2019, which coincided with Kumi's 37th birthday. It was released in four editions: CD only, CD+DVD, CD+ ...
'' (2019) * ''
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'' (2022) {{col-3


Compilation albums

*'' Best ~first things~'' (2005) *'' Best ~second session~'' (2006) *'' Best ~Bounce & Lovers~'' (2007) *'' Out Works & Collaboration Best'' (2009) *'' Best ~third universe~'' (2010) *''
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'' (2015) *'' Winter of Love'' (2016) *'' My Name Is...'' (2020) *'' Best ~2000-2020~'' (2021)


Cover albums

*'' Eternity ~Love & Songs~'' (2010) *''
Color the Cover ''Color the Cover'' (stylized as ''Color The Cover'') is the second cover album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, following her 2010 cover album '' Eternity ~Love & Songs~.'' It came in at No. 3 on Oricon and remained on the charts for nin ...
'' (2013) {{col-3


Remix albums

*''
Koda Kumi Remix Album ''Koda Kumi Remix Album'' is the first remix album by Japanese pop- R&B singer Koda Kumi. It was released on February 22, 2006, the same day as her last single from ''12 Singles Project'', '' Someday/Boys♥Girls''. It was only available as a dig ...
'' (2006) *'' Driving Hit's'' (2009) *'' Driving Hit's 2'' (2010) *'' Driving Hit's 3'' (2011) *'' Driving Hit's 4'' (2012) *''
Beach Mix ''Beach Mix'' is Koda Kumi's sixth remix album, out August 1, 2012. It is her first album to feature a playbutton - the album contained on an mp3 player in a button. It comes in three editions: CD, CD+DVD and CD+DVD+Playbutton. ''Beach Mix'' beca ...
'' (2012) *'' Driving Hit's 5'' (2013) *'' Driving Hit's 6'' (2014) *'' Driving Hit's 7'' (2017) *'' Driving Hit's 8'' (2018) *'' Driving Hit's 9'' (2019) *''
re(Mix) ''re(Mix)'' (stylized as ''re(MIX)'') is the twelfth remix album released by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi on March 11, 2020. It charted at No. 33 on the Oricon charts. It was her third remix album to not be under the ''Driving Hit's'' ser ...
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Filmography

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Concert tours and live videos

* Koda Kumi Live Tour 2005: First Things (2005) *
Koda Kumi Live Tour 2006–2007 Second Session ''Koda Kumi Live Tour 2006–2007 ~Second Session~'' (stylized as ''Live Tour 2006–2007 ~SECOND SESSION~'') is the third concert tour DVD by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It became her third concert DVD to chart at No. 1 on Oricon. Inf ...
(2006–2007) * Live Tour 2007: Black Cherry (2007) * Live Tour 2008: Kingdom (2008) * Live Tour 2009: Trick (2009) * Live Tour 2010: Universe (2010) * 10th Anniversary: Fantasia in Tokyo Dome (2010) * Live Tour 2011: Dejavu (2011) * Live Tour 2013: Japonesque (2013) * Hall Tour 2014: Bon Voyage (2014) * Live Tour 2015: Walk of My Life (2015) * Live Tour 2016: Best Single Collection (2016) * Live Tour 2017: W Face (2017) * Live Tour 2018: DNA (2018) * Live Tour 2019 Re(live): Black Cherry (2019) * Live Tour 2019 Re(live): Japonesque (2019) * 20th Anniversary Tour 2020 My Name Is... (2020)


Bibliography

* 2006: {{Nihongo, ''Maroc Koda Kumi Photobook'', Maroc 倖田来未写真集} {{ISBN, 978-4-8470-2942-4 – photography by Leslie Kee
deluxe edition (2007), {{ISBN, 978-4-8470-2953-0{{citation needed, date=December 2013 * 2006: {{Nihongo, ''Koda-Shiki Koda Kumi Style Book'', 倖田式 Kumi Koda Style book {{ISBN, 978-4838717569{{cite web , url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOBK-395492 , title=Koda Shiki Kumi Koda Style book Kumi Koda [BOOK] , work=CDJapan , publisher=Neowing , date=December 28, 2006 , access-date=December 26, 2013 * 2009: {{Nihongo, ''Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 Behind of Trick Live Book'', Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 TRICK裏 倖田来未ライブブック {{ISBN, 978-4847042072 * 2010: ''Brazil'' {{ISBN, 978-4847043314 – photography by Leslie Kee, released for 10th anniversary, second photo book
deluxe edition (2011), {{ISBN, 978-4847043321 * 2011: ''Koda Reki'' {{ISBN, 978-4062167628 – lifestyle book * 2013: ''Koda Kumi Parparazzi!!'' {{ISBN, 978-4800203953 * 2016: {{Nihongo, ''Bibody no Shuukan - Customs of a Beautiful Body'', 倖田來未流 美ボディの習慣} {{ISBN, 978-4799319826 * 2021: ''WALK'' {{ISBN, 978-4074494217 – photostyle book{{cite web , url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-2658110 , title=Koda Kumi WALK , publisher=CDJapan, date=November 13, 2021 , access-date=September 25, 2021


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External links

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