Koda Kumi's popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret, her sixteenth single "Butterfly", and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things, reaching the number-three, number-two, and number-one spots respectively.
51 Facts About Koda Kumi
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Koda Kumi's grandfather was a Shakuhachi master and her mother was a Koto teacher; she is the older sister of Misono, current solo artist and former lead singer of Day After Tomorrow.
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Koda Kumi was then signed onto the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone.
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In March 2002, Koda Kumi released her debut album Affection under Rhythm Zone; it peaked at number 12 on the Oricon album chart.
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The songs were used as the opening and ending themes, respectively, of the video game Final Fantasy X-2; in addition, Koda Kumi motion-acted the dance moves of one of the characters and voiced the character Lenne in the Japanese version of the game.
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Koda Kumi released her second album, Grow into One in March 2003.
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Koda Kumi then released her third album Feel My Mind, which debuted at number 7.
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Koda Kumi covered the theme song of the anime series Cutie Honey originally by Yoko Maekawa for the 2004 live-action film and Re: Cutie Honey.
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Koda Kumi then released her fifteenth single, "Hot Stuff", from the album.
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Shortly afterwards, Koda Kumi released her first live DVD, Secret: First Class Limited Live.
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Koda Kumi released her sixteenth single, "Butterfly", which debuted at number 2 on the Oricon chart.
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Koda Kumi released the remaining eight singles in the beginning of the new year.
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On July 26,2006, Koda Kumi 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.
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Koda Kumi reclaimed the title of highest debut week sales for a female artist in 2006 with "4 Hot Wave"; which ranked second behind the KinKi Kids.
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Koda Kumi then recorded a cover of the Bubblegum Brothers' "Won't Be Long" with label-mates Exile.
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Koda Kumi performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo on July 7,2007, and attended AP Bank Fes '07, a conservationist-themed concert, hosted by Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr Children on July 15,2007.
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Koda Kumi became the seventh solo female singer to perform at Tokyo Dome with an estimated audience of 45,000 people.
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Koda Kumi 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.
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Two months after her controversial statement, Koda Kumi released Live Tour 2007: Black Cherry Tour Special Final in Tokyo Dome, her fourth live DVD.
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The single contained "Moon Crying", used as the theme for Asahi Television drama Puzzle, and a collaboration track with The Black Eyed Peas' Fergie Koda Kumi again attended Avex's annual summer concert A-Nation '08.
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Koda Kumi appeared at all eight shows in Japan and performed with other Avex artists such as Every Little Thing, Ai Otsuka, Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ, and Maki Goto.
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Koda Kumi released her forty-second single "Stay with Me" on Christmas Eve, which debuted atop of the chart selling 58,000 copies.
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On July 8,2009, Koda Kumi released her forty-fourth single, "3 Splash".
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On January 20,2010, Koda Kumi released a new single titled, "Can We Go Back", which is a cover of a bonus track on Kelly Clarkson's 2009 album All I Ever Wanted.
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On December 5,2010, Koda Kumi held a concert celebrating her 10th Anniversary named "Fantasia", where she performed a selection of songs from all over her career.
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Koda Kumi released her ninth studio album named Dejavu on March 2,2011.
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Koda was planning to release Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 3 in March, but due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the date was pushed back to May 4.
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Koda Kumi is featured in the Far East Movement song "Make It Bump", which was only released on the Japanese edition of their album Free Wired.
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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".
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Soon thereafter, Koda Kumi embarked on the Bon Voyage Hall Tour, a series of concerts held throughout Japan to help promote the album.
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Koda Kumi embarked on a tour in 2016 which celebrated her 15th anniversary in the music industry.
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On March 8,2017, Koda Kumi released her thirteenth album, as well as her first double album "W Face ~inside~" and "W Face ~outside~".
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Koda Kumi was the second female artist in forty-years to hold the top two positions on the Oricon Album Charts, after Ayumi Hamasaki who released A BEST 2 in 2007.
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In July 2017, Koda Kumi announced her 60th single to be released in August 2017.
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Koda Kumi debuted the song on June 15,2019, with a performance at Tennoji Park in Tennoji-ku, Osaka for the "100 Days To Go" event.
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On July 20,2019, Koda Kumi released a cover of Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' la Vida Loca" via Avex's official YouTube.
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On March 11,2020, Koda Kumi released her twelfth remix album titled Re.
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On December 2,2020, Koda Kumi released her first public physical non-album in over 6 years titled Angel + Monster.
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Since the start of her career Koda Kumi has been writing the lyrics to her songs.
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The single was originally intended to be a single song about "happy love", however Koda Kumi felt the melody had represented both the elements of happiness and sadness.
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Koda Kumi wrote the lyrics for both songs to represent the sadness and the happiness.
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In doing so Koda Kumi ended up creating two songs with the same melody.
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Koda Kumi has 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".
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Koda Kumi was not as involved concerning the composition of her songs.
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Koda Kumi was a Grand Prix winner at the 39th Japan Usen Grand Prize.
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On May 26,2007, Koda Kumi won three awards from MTV Video Music Awards Japan for the second year in a row.
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Koda Kumi herself won a special award known as "Best Stylish Artist Award".
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Koda Kumi, while having success on Oricon charts with physical CD sales, maintains success on online music sales as well.
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Koda Kumi has sold more than 15 million records in Japan.
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Koda Kumi won the "Hottest Asian Artist" at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2011.
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In 2006, Koda Kumi 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.