After 10 years, she became one of the best-selling artists of the decade and one of the most popular and influential artists in Japan.
Koda officially debuted with the single TAKE BACK in December 2000.
In 2002, after the release of several singles, she released her first studio album affection, which charted at #12.
Some success came her way when she was asked to do the main songs for the video game, "Final Fantasy X-2", with real Emotion/1000の言葉 (1000 words), Koda also provided the voice for the character Lenne in the Japanese version of the game as well as the character, "Yuna's", opening sequence dance via motion capture. The single proved to be a success, debuting at #3 and becoming Koda's first release to enter the top ten. It sold 282,734 copies and became the #24th highest-selling single of 2003. A few weeks later, Koda released her second studio album, grow into one, which debuting at #9.
In 2004, Koda released three more singles before the release of her 3rd studio album, feel my mind which again showed Koda's determinated progress, charting at #7.
From here on, Koda's success increased and her popularity rose with the release of her 11th single, a cover of 1970's anime opening, キューティーハニー, debuted at #4. This single also marked the start of Koda's to be trademark, new style: "ero-kakoii" (or "ero-Kawaii") which roughly translates as: "sexy-cool" or "sexy-cute". Koda's fourth album secret was released in February 2005. The album debuted #3 with 505,600 copie sold, making it the #22 album of 2005.
With Koda's popularity reaching new heights, she held her first live show, "secret ~FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE~", (later becoming one of the top 10 selling DVDs in Japan) and released her sixteenth single, Butterfly. Debuting at #2, it became her highest charting single of her career to date and was very well received by the Japanese public. Following this success, she released her first best-of compilation, BEST ~first things~. This is the album which is said to have skyrocketed her career, reaching #1 on the weekly charts and selling 1,207,793 copies, making it the #6 album of the year and the highest selling female album of 2005.
In December 2005, Koda Kumi began her 12 Singles Project in which she released one single each week for twelve consecutive weeks. The first single, you, became Koda's first ever #1 single. Each of the remaining singles from the project charted in the top five of the weekly singles chart. The success of the project was celebrated with the release of Koda's second best-of compilation album BEST ~second session~ which sold over a million copies in just over a week. It became the #2 album of 2006 with 1,768,628 copies sold. During this time, Kumi also won the 47th Nihon Record Taishō (best award prize in Japan) with Butterfly.
Her 30th single, 恋のつぼみ, the first single to be released since the 12 singles project, was released in May 2006 and debuted at #2 with 140,000 copies sold. The track became one of the most downloaded single of the year, with more than 2 millions legal downloads in just a few weeks. After the release of several successful singles, including 4 hot wave (a maxi summer single) and 夢のうた, which had become her #1 and #2 best selling singles with more than 300,000 copies sold, Koda released her fifth studio album, Black Cherry which remained at the #1 position for four weeks, selling more than 1 million copies. By the end of 2006, both BEST ~first things~ & BEST ~second session~ had nearly sold two million copies. Koda Kumi became the highest selling female artist of the year.
In 2007, Koda Kumi released several singles including 愛のうた, which became one of the most sung songs in Karaoke and one of the biggest hits from Koda’s discography. On the December 21st 2007, Koda Kumi became the seventh Japanese female artist to hold a solo concert at Tokyo Dome. During the concert, she celebrated the 7th year anniversary since her debut in front of 35,000 fans. By the end of the year, Kumi became, for the 2nd time running, the highest selling female artist of the year.
In January 2008, during the promotion of her 6th album, Kingdom, Kumi appeared as a guest on TBS radio show, "All Night Nippon". During which Koda mentioned her manager had recently got married and that she had asked her manager, "whether or not they would have children". When her manager replied that they wouldn't for the time being, Koda responded with her opinion that they ought to have children as soon as possible, as, "when women are around 35 years old their amniotic fluids go bad."
The comment was deemed so offensive that many radio shows and newspapers received angry complaints from women around the country. Koda's official website was shut down, along with endorser websites featuring her. Despite the public backlash, the album reached #1 on the Oricon charts for two weeks, selling over 600,000 copies.
4 months later, Koda made a return to the market with Moon Crying. Through the song, Koda expressed her real feelings and her apologies. The song quickly became a success and Koda was able to make a return to performing her songs on TV and radio. Shortly after the release of her 40th single, Koda released the upbeat single TABOO (to become one of the most popular song with her overseas fan-base) as well as the winter ballad single stay with me (which reached 2,000,000 downloads in few weeks) before the release of her 7th album : TRICK, which topped the Oricon Charts at #1 for 2 consecutive weeks.
In 2010, Koda celebrated the 10th anniversary of career beginnings, making it know that she wished to make the year special for her fans, the first project of the year was the release of her 8th album, UNIVERSE, coupled with a best album containing the biggest hits from her 2006~2008 works. During the year, she released several singles, including Lollipop & 好きで、好きで、好きで。, the later became her biggest digital success since 2008. She later released her first cover album, ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~, and held her first Stadium Tour in Summer 2010. In December, 2010, Koda Kumi hold a special concert in Tokyo Dome, for the 2nd time, in order to close the first chapter of her career with her fans.
Koda released her ninth studio album named Dejavu in March 2011. Shortly after its release, the singer started her national tour. Although Koda decided to perform in hall in order to be closer to her fans, this live tour is so far her longest tour to date with 72 dates from April to October.
Koda's 50th single was released August 2011 titled 4 TIMES. It included 4 songs as well as 4 music videos (first time since Summer 2006). The main song of the single is Poppin' love cocktail feat.TEEDA, a summer song produced by the pop rock band BACK-ON. The same year, she released 2 more singles where Koda shows the sexiest image of herself. In November 2011, Koda performed in Singapore for Mnet Asian Music Awards. She was the only Japanese star to perform and won the "Hottest Asian Artist" award. Koda's tenth album album was announced on December for a release in the beginning of 2012. Entitled , JAPONESQUE, the album includes a music video for each song, 17 in total. In the same time, Koda surprised everyone by writing on her official site that she is engaged to Kenji03 from BACK-ON. She announced her wedding by the end of the year. Few days after, Koda also confessed that she was 8 weeks pregnant.
WIND
倖田來未 Lyrics
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どんな 辛いこと あっても
明るい未来が そこにあるから
つかみとることを描いて
幸せへと一歩ずつ
進んでいこう oh yeah
季節が変わる 時計が回る
流した汗も 白い吐息もどこかへ oh oh, yeah
夢は夢って 諦めかけた
そんなときもあったけれども
諦めたって 何も変わらない
例えば 糸がほどけたとしても
心でいつも つながってたいよ
そんなの 当たり前のことだから
僕は誓いを立てたりしない
風に向かって 走るんだ
どんな 辛いこと あっても
明るい未来が そこにあるから
つかみとることを描いて
幸せへと一歩ずつ
進んでいこう oh yeah
誰かよりも 上だ 下とか
本当は関係ないんだ
自分らしく精一杯やることに
意味があるんだ
自分のことを もっともっと
好きになってみればいつか
新しい何か見つかるかもしれない
つまずいたときは 顔をあげてみて
手を差し伸べる友達がそこに
みんなは君の味方だからそう
信じてもう一度 立ち上がろう
風が僕に告げたんだ
僕らの夢を揺らしたんだ
揺れも 迷いも かき消すように
切ない予感に say good bye
あふれる希望 抱きしめたい
この手で この胸で
風に向かって 走るんだ
どんな 辛いこと あっても
明るい未来が そこにあるから
つかみとることを描いて
幸せへと一歩ずつ
進んでいこう oh yeah
風に向かって 走るんだ
どんな 辛いこと あっても
The lyrics of Koda Kumi's "Wind" encourage listeners to face life's difficulties with hope and determination. The song encourages us to look into the future and chase our dreams, no matter what obstacles may come our way. The opening two lines translate to "Run towards the wind, no matter how hard things may be, because there is a bright future waiting for us, let's hold onto it step by step".
The chorus emphasizes the importance of holding onto hope and bright future. It tells us to draw the picture of our ideal future, hold onto it firmly, and move towards happiness one step at a time. The lyrics urge us to stay positive through all of life's challenges and to never give up on our dreams.
The verse reflects on the passage of time and the need to take control of our own lives. It reminds us that everything we do, every decision we make, ultimately leads to a better or worse future. Though we may have doubted our abilities, struggled with failure, and felt lost or alone, we must keep moving forward and believe in ourselves.
Overall, the song inspires listeners to stay focused on their goals, face the challenges that come their way head-on, and work towards a better future.
Line by Line Meaning
風に向かって 走るんだ
Keep moving forward towards your dreams, even if it's difficult.
どんな 辛いこと あっても
Never give up, no matter how tough things get.
明るい未来が そこにあるから
You'll find a bright future waiting for you if you just keep going.
つかみとることを描いて
Always visualize what you want to achieve and then go for it.
幸せへと一歩ずつ
Take one step at a time towards your happiness.
進んでいこう oh yeah
Let's keep moving forward and never look back.
季節が変わる 時計が回る
Time waits for no one, it keeps moving forward no matter what.
止まることなく流れてゆく
Time keeps flowing without pausing or stopping.
流した汗も 白い吐息もどこかへ oh oh, yeah
Whatever you have gone through, whether it's sweat or heavy breaths, has now passed and it's time to move forward.
夢は夢って 諦めかけた
Sometimes it's hard to hold onto our dreams, but we should never give up on them.
そんなときもあったけれども
We all face difficult times, but we should always persevere.
諦めたって 何も変わらない
If we give up, things will never change for the better.
例えば 糸がほどけたとしても
Even if things fall apart, we must still hold onto hope.
心でいつも つながってたいよ
We should always remain connected in our hearts, even if we are far apart physically.
そんなの 当たり前のことだから
Staying connected in our hearts is something that should come naturally to us.
僕は誓いを立てたりしない
There's no need for me to make any promises as being connected in our hearts is the most genuine bond there can be.
誰かよりも 上だ 下とか
The idea of being better or worse than someone else doesn't matter.
本当は関係ないんだ
What really matters is being true to yourself and doing your best.
自分らしく精一杯やることに
Taking pride in who you are and giving it your all, that's what truly counts.
意味があるんだ
It has meaning and purpose.
自分のことを もっともっと
We should spend more time learning to love ourselves.
好きになってみればいつか
The more we love ourselves, the greater chance we have of discovering something new within ourselves.
新しい何か見つかるかもしれない
We may even come across something that we've never realized before by learning to love ourselves more.
つまずいたときは 顔をあげてみて
When we stumble, we should look up and see that there are always people that are ready help us back up.
手を差し伸べる友達がそこに
No matter how hard the journey may be, our friends will always lend a helping hand when needed.
みんなは君の味方だからそう
We will always stand by each other's side, through everything.
信じてもう一度 立ち上がろう
Believe in yourself once more and stand back up again.
風が僕に告げたんだ
The wind has something to say.
僕らの夢を揺らしたんだ
It's trying to shake us up a bit, to test how far we're willing to go for our dreams.
揺れも 迷いも かき消すように
As the wind tests us, it is also there to dispel all our doubts and fears.
切ない予感に say good bye
Let go of any feelings of sadness or regret.
あふれる希望 抱きしめたい
Instead, let's embrace overflowing feelings of hope.
この手で この胸で
With these hands, within our hearts.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Kousuke Morimoto, Kumi Kouda
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@user-od3uk1fc8f
〜歌詞〜
※風に向かって 走るんだ
どんな 辛いこと あっても
明るい未来が そこにあるから
つかみとることを描いて
幸せへと一歩ずつ
進んでいこう※
季節が変わる 時計が回る
止まることなく流れてゆく
流した汗も 白い吐息もどこかへ
夢は夢って 諦めかけた
そんなときもあったけれども
諦めたって 何も変わらない
例えば 糸がほどけたとしても
心でいつも つながってたいよ
そんなの 当たり前のことだから
僕は誓いを立てたりしない
(※くり返し)
誰かよりも 上だ 下とか
本当は関係ないんだ
自分らしく精一杯やることに
意味があるんだ
自分のことを もっともっと
好きになってみればいつか
新しい何か見つかるかもしれない
つまずいたときは 顔をあげてみて
手を差し伸べる友達がそこに
みんなは君の味方だからそう
信じてもう一度 立ち上がろう
風が僕に告げたんだ
僕らの夢を揺らしたんだ
揺れも 迷いも かき消すように
切ない予感に say good bye
あふれる希望 抱きしめたい
この手で この胸で・・・
風に向かって 走るんだ
どんな 辛いこと あっても
明るい未来が そこにあるから
つかみとることを描いて
幸せへと一歩ずつ
進んでいこう
風に向かって 走るんだ…
どんな 辛いこと あっても…
@Risa.92
『WIND』
2006.02.15 RELEASE
29枚目のシングル！
12週連続リリースシングル第11弾！
TRACK.1「WIND」
夢に向かって、自分の道を
一歩ずつ歩んでいく人に捧げる応援歌。
落ちた時に聴くと
くぅちゃんの声と爽快なメロディーに
元気付けられる曲♪
当時くぅちゃんファンになって
まだ一年も経ってなかった
中学生の頃
この曲が発売された時に
歌詞に触れて
この人(倖田來未)に
一生ついてゆこう！と決めた！
だって綺麗事なら誰でも書ける。
でもくぅちゃんは
幼い頃からの夢を長い下積み時代を経て
実現した人やから
歌詞に説得力があった。
そして今思う、あの時感じた直感で
倖田來未についてきて良かったと。
当時は、”エロかっこいい”という
ワードから新しいスタイルで
注目されたアーティストやったけど
ただ”エロかっこいい”だけじゃない！
辛かった過去も良い経験に変えてるし
喋ったらこんなに面白くて
愛嬌があって親近感があって
しっかり自分も芯も持ってて、
なんてかっこよく
人生を謳歌してる人なんや！と思った。
未だに思うよ。
素晴らしい歌声を
そして歌詞に込めたメッセージを
ありがとう。
わたしは倖田來未というアーティストの
音楽に支えられて生きてきたよ！
ダラダラと長くなってしまったけど
ジャケット写真は
「イタリア🇮🇹」をイメージしたもの。
MVもどのカットの
くぅちゃんもラムてぃんも
可愛すぎて癒される❤︎
もー、マジ天才！笑
倖田しか勝たん❤︎
長文失礼しました！
@KODAKUMI_official
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【20周年記念スペシャル ＜MVフル尺大公開＞】
KODA KUMI（倖田來未）の20周年イヤーを記念し、
今までの楽曲のリリース日に合わせて、MVのフル尺を大公開！
今だに進化し続ける国内トップのパーフォーマーKODA KUMI（倖田來未）
20年間を振り返りながらお楽しみください
@user-zf2kx9kb3c
この、歌を聴いてどんな辛くても、乗り越えようと、思いました☺️応援してます☺️くーちゃん大好き💕
@user-iz8tw8qj5h
@user-re7tq4xb4n
倖田來未の曲の中で1番好き!
元気 勇気もらえる曲！
@shiomi4969
この歌めっちゃ元気出るから好き
@user-gp2jg1kh8c
当時高校生で不登校でバイト行く前に聴いてめちゃくちゃ励まされた
@blink6881
凄く元気になれる曲なのでめっちゃ好きです☺️
倖田來未さんめっちゃかわいい🥹✨
@user-zw5ix7qe1s
倖田來未さんの歌の中で、みんなを一番元気にする歌だと思います。
@2bull716
この曲未だに好き
@user-sm9ng6xy5w
何年も寄り添ってくれる曲❤