幸田来未英语简介

Kumiko?Koda?(神田?来未子?,Koda?Kumiko?)?(born?November?13,?1982),?better?known?by?her?stage?name?Kumi?Koda?(幸田?来未?,Koda?Kumi?),?is?a?Japanese?singer?and?songwriter?from?Kyoto,?known?for?her?Japanese?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.?

Contents?[hide]?

1?Biography?

1.1?Early?life?and?music?interest?

1.2?2000–2004:?Early?career?and?image?change?

1.3?2005–2006:?Growing?popularity?

1.4?2007–present:?Decline?in?sales?and?controversy?

2?Musical?style?

2.1?Themes?

2.2?Lyrics?and?composition?

3?Image?

3.1?Awards?

3.2?Fashion?

4?Personal?life?

5?Discography?

6?Filmography?

7?Footnotes?

8?References?

9?External?links?

[edit]?Biography?

[edit]?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.[10]?From?a?young?age,?Koda?decided?she?wanted?to?become?a?singer?after?watching?her?mother?perform?in?karaoke?bars.[10]?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.[10]?She?is?also?the?older?sister?of?Misono,?current?solo?artist?and?former?lead?singer?of?Day?After?Tomorrow.?

[edit]?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.[11][12]?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;[13]?"Trust?Your?Love"?had?more?success,?reaching?the?top?spot?on?the?Hot?Dance?Music/Maxi-Singles?Sales?chart.[14]?The?single?also?charted?on?the?Hot?Singles?Sales?chart?and?Hot?Dance?Club?Play?chart,?at?#19?and?#35,?respectively.[15][16]?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.[17][18]?In?March?2002,?Koda?released?her?debut?album?Affection?under?Rhythm?Zone;?it?peaked?at?#12?on?the?Oricon?album?chart.[19]?

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.[20][21]?Koda?achieved?minor?success?with?"Real?Emotion?/?1000?no?Kotoba",?which?peaked?at?#3?after?three?weeks?on?the?charts.[22]?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.[23][24]?She?released?her?second?album,?Grow?Into?One?in?March?2003.?It?debuted?at?#11?on?the?charts,[25]?and?peaked?at?#8?in?the?fourth?week?of?its?run.[26]?

From?then?on,?Koda?continued?a?string?of?Top?Twenty?singles?with?"Come?with?Me",?"Gentle?Words"?(both?2003)?and?"Crazy?4?U"?(2004).[27][28][29]?She?then?released?her?third?album?Feel?My?Mind?(February?2004),?which?debuted?at?#7.[30]?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.[23]?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.[31]?

[edit]?2005–2006:?Growing?popularity?

Koda?started?2005?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.[3]?The?album?was?certified?two?time?platinum?by?RIAJ?for?selling?521,000?copies?total.[32]?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.[33]?

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.[34][35]?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.[36][5]?Best:?First?Things?sold?over?a?million?copies?and?was?certified?million?by?the?Recording?Industry?Association?of?Japan.[37]?

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).[38][39]?The?first?single?of?the?12?Singles?Project,?"You",?debuted?at?the?top?of?the?chart,?giving?Koda?her?first?number-one?single.[40]?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.[41]?"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.[42]?Koda's?fashion?in?this?period,?in?which?she?wore?skin-baring?clothes,?started?the?ero-kakkoii?trend?in?Japan.[43][44]?"Get?It?On",?the?thirteenth?and?last?single?of?the?"12?Singles?Project",[fn?2]?was?Koda's?first?digital?single;?it?was?followed?by?her?second?greatest?hits?album,?Best:?Second?Session.[45]?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.[46]?Like?Best:?First?Things,?Best:?Second?Session?was?certified?million?by?the?RIAJ.[47]?

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.[48]?The?single?reached?#2?in?its?debut?week?with?140,000?copies?sold.[49]?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.[50]?Koda?reclaimed?the?title?of?highest?debut?week?sales?for?a?female?artist?in?2006?with?"4?Hot?Wave";[51]?which?also?ranked?second?behind?the?KinKi?Kids.[52]?"4?Hot?Wave"?is?Koda's?nineteenth?consecutive?single?to?debut?in?the?Top?Ten?since?"Kiseki".[38]?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.[53]?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.[54]?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.[8][55][56]?

[edit]?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.[57][58]?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.[59]?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.[60]?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.[9]?

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.[61]?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".[62]?Because?of?the?controversy?instigated?by?the?comment,?Avex?released?an?apology?stating?that?as?a?consolation,?all?promotion?of?Kingdom?would?cease.[63]?Additionally,?several?of?Koda's?commercial?endorsements?were?placed?on?hiatus.?Koda?herself?made?a?public?apology?on?Fuji?TV.[62][64][65][66]?Despite?the?controversy,?Kingdom?remained?on?top?for?a?second?consecutive?week.[67]?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.[68]?

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[69]?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.[70]?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.[71]?Koda?released?her?forty-second?single?"Stay?with?Me"?on?Christmas?Eve,?which?debuted?atop?of?the?chart?selling?58,000?copies.[72]?Koda's?seventh?studio?album,?Trick,?was?another?number-one?album?for?the?singer,?selling?253,000?in?its?first?week.[73]?The?album?stay?at?the?number-one?stop?for?a?second?week?selling?56,000?copies.[74]?Although?the?album?debut?at?the?number-one?position,?this?is?her?lowest?selling?album?since?her?third?studio?album,?Secret.[fn?3]?

Koda's?forty-third?single,?"It's?All?Love!",?is?set?for?release?on?March?31,?2009.[76]?The?single?is?an?collaboration?with?younger?sister,?Misono.[77]?The?second?song?from?the?single,?"Faraway",?will?be?used?as?the?theme?song?for?the?manga-based?movie?Subaru.[76]?In?addition,?it?was?announced?that?two?albums?are?set?for?release?on?March?25,?Out?Works?&?Collaboration?Best?and?Koda?Kumi?Driving?Hit's?[sic].?The?former?is?a?compilation?of?the?tracks?that?are?collaborations?with?other?artists,?and?the?latter?is?a?remix?album.[78]

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