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Kumi Koda
Kumi Koda, born Kumiko Kōda on November 13, 1982) is a Japanese pop singer from Kyoto who debuted in 2000 with Take Back. She is the older sister of pop singer Misono. Koda did not achieve major success until the release of her seventh single, Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba. Her popularity reached a new level in 2005 after the release of Secret and Butterfly. Later that year she became one of the best-selling artists of 2005 with the success of Best ~first things~.
Koda began 2007 with three releases: But / Aishō, Best ~Bounce & Lovers~, and a DVD release of her second tour "Live Tour 2006 ~ 2007: Second Session" in Japan. But / Aishō, her thirty-fifth single, debuted second and sold 63,692 copies. Best ~Bounce & Lovers~ charted second as well, selling 161,458 copies. Her tour DVD fared better on the charts; it debuted first, selling 75,000 copies.
Her second single of 2007, titled "Freaky", was released on June 27, 2007 and features four songs, with only "Freaky", and "Run For Your Life" having a promotional video. The other two songs, "Sora" (Sky) and "girls" were used as Japanese television commercials for her Fever Live in Hall pachinko marketing campaign.
Koda also performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo on July 7, 2007. in addition to attending ap bank fes ‘07. an environmental preservation themed concert, hosted by Kazutoshi Sakurai of Mr. Children on July 15, 2007. She performed hits "Cherry Girl", "But", "Freaky", "Kiseki", and "Girls".
Her third single of 2007, titled "Ai no Uta", was released on September 12, 2007 and was described as a "love ballad delivered straight to the person she loves," and also features the theme song to the World Judo Championships 2007, "Come Over". Despite low physical sales, the song reached number 1 on most of the download charts across Japan.
Koda’s 38th single was a collaboration with Korean group Tohoshinki, released November 7, 2007, titled "Last Angel feat. Tohoshinki" and was the image song for Resident Evil: Extinction. The single also included a B-Side titled "Dear Family".
On December 1, to mark Koda’s 7th year anniversary in the music industry, she held a special finale performance at Tokyo Dome for her 3rd nationwide (1st Arena tour) live tour. Koda became the sixth solo female singer to perform at Tokyo Dome with an estimated audience of 45,000 people. She also got to perform "I feel Love" with the Blue Man Group on this day as well.
Koda’s 39th single anytime was announced to be released January 23, 2008. This single would be released a week prior to her 6th studio album entitled Kingdom on January 30, 2008.The album contains Koda’s 2007 A-side singles: But / Aishō, Freaky, Ai no Uta, Last Angel, and anytime.
