倖田來未 (Koda Kumi), born November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan, is a female Japan… Read Full Bio ↴倖田來未 (Koda Kumi), born November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan, is a female Japanese solo R&B and pop singer. She is the older sister of singer misono. She had dreamed of becoming a singer ever since she was in elementary school. She was eventually noticed by Avex Trax and began releasing pop music with an urban feel.

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.

Wicked Girls
倖田來未 Lyrics

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Monday 少し伸びた前髪 little cut
Tuesday 携帯の着信mm,, まいっか
Wednesday
目に入ったsaleへ飛び込む
Thursday 今日は1日休みたい気分
I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now
〈the place of friends〉

I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now
〈the place of friends〉
I gotta go 全て置き去りで
I want you woo
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Friday
トレンドをInstaでcheck it!
Saturday
朝からベッド抜け出せない
Sunday USドラマで現実逃避
Everyday
Lineの中ではガールズトーク
I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now
〈the place of friends〉
I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now
〈the place of friends〉
I gotta go 全て置き去りで
I want you woo
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Ok stop!
What's the hurry?
Don't stop to worry
Don't stop to worry
Stepping to steps,
oh stepping to steps
There's is no rule no rules
Shake it shake it
Tic tic cut cut
1234
悲しい気持ちは
We say good bye!!!!!
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
All the wicked girls
Throw your hands in the air

All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh

Overall Meaning

The song "Wicked Girls" by Koda Kumi is an upbeat and catchy pop song that talks about the lives of young working women in Japan. The song begins with the artist listing her daily activities, from getting her hair cut to checking her phone notifications and going on shopping sprees. The weekend seems to be the only time she can relax as she talks about staying in bed and watching TV series to escape from reality. She then mentions having conversations with her girlfriends through Line, a popular messaging app in Japan.

The chorus of the song repeatedly calls out to all the wicked girls, asking them to show what they've got and throw their hands in the air. The middle section of the song features a playful rap where the artist talks about there being no rules and that everyone should just shake it and have fun. The song ends on a high note, with the artist urging all the wicked girls to show her what they've got.

Overall, the message of the song seems to be encouraging young working women in Japan to let loose and have fun whenever possible, especially on the weekends. It's a fun and empowering anthem that celebrates the lives and struggles of young working women in Japan.

Line by Line Meaning

Monday 少し伸びた前髪 little cut
On Monday, I just trim my bangs a little bit.

Tuesday 携帯の着信mm,, まいっか
On Tuesday, I don't care about the phone ringing 'mm,' it's okay.

Wednesday 目に入ったsaleへ飛び込む
On Wednesday, I jump into the sale that caught my eye.

Thursday 今日は1日休みたい気分
On Thursday, I feel like taking a day off.

I gotta go now I-I-I I gotta go now 〈the place of friends〉
I have to leave now, I have to go to meet my friends.

I gotta go 全て置き去りで
I have to leave everything behind.

I want you woo
I want you, yeah.

Show me what you got All the wicked girls All the wicked girls All the wicked girls Throw your hands in the air All the wicked girls Oh ohh ohh oh oh
All the bold ladies, show me what you got! Raise your hands up high!

Friday トレンドをInstaでcheck it!
On Friday, I check the trends on Instagram.

Saturday 朝からベッド抜け出せない
On Saturday, I can't get out of bed from the morning.

Sunday USドラマで現実逃避
On Sunday, I escape from reality by watching US dramas.

Everyday Lineの中ではガールズトーク
Every day, I have girl talk on Line.

Ok stop!
Okay, stop!

What's the hurry?
Why the rush?

Don't stop to worry Don't stop to worry
Don't worry, don't worry.

Stepping to steps, oh stepping to steps There's is no rule no rules
Stepping with steps, oh stepping with steps, there are no rules.

Shake it shake it Tic tic cut cut 1234
Shake it, shake it, tic-tac, cut-cut, 1234!

悲しい気持ちは We say good bye!!!!!
Sad feelings, we say goodbye!

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Kumi Koda/Yuka Otsuki

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4y↑30

【20周年イヤー記念スペシャル　＜MVフル尺大公開＞】
KODA KUMI（倖田來未）の20周年イヤーを記念し、
これ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

【最新リリース情報】
[KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2019 re(LIVE) ~~Black Cherry~~ & ~~JAPONESQUE~~
ライブDVD＆Blu-ray]
2020.03.11 On Sale!
約35万人が熱狂した伝説のライブ「-Black Cherry- / -JAPONESQUE-」を2019年にre(LIVE)と題し復活させ、今回もチケットが即完売となったライブが早くもライブDVD＆Blu-rayになって登場！
スペシャルパッケージのFC盤 / Loppi・HMV盤にはライブの裏側を追った「Behind The Scenes」を始め、倖田來未とダンサーらが送るライブ本編の副音声や、ファンから収録の希望が多く寄せられたライブMC集・NG集、そして写真集など、豪華盛りだくさんの内容をお届け！

[re(MIX)]
2020.3.11 On Sale!
2019年11月13日に発売されたアルバム「re(CORD)」をリミックスし、"k," から始まり "k," で終わる "KODA KUMI"セットリストとして仕上がったアルバム「re(MIX)」が、ライブDVD &Blu-rayと同日発売！
リミキサーにshadow、KATFYR、KAZBONGO、Adolfo De La Torre Casmartiño、iamSHUM、Toki、Kiyoshi Sugo、MATZ、BUNNY、DJ Shimamuraなど先鋭のクリエイターたちを迎え、EDMからラテンまで、アルバム「re(CORD)」とは一味も二味も異なる新しいアルバムに。

詳しくは倖田來未、re(LIVE)特設サイトを要チェック！
https://rhythmzone.net/koda/relive/

@user-vk5lq4rq3b

4y↑1

めっちゃめっちゃ大好きです💕
憧れの存在の１人です
くぅちゃんの歌で癒されたり
励まされたりテンションあがったり……共感の曲がありすぎて…
聴くたんびに元気になれます
いい歌をありがとうございます！

これからもめちゃくちゃ応援してます
くぅちゃんやくぅちゃんの家族
他の皆さんも体調に気をつけて
頑張って下さい！🐻💕

@user-od3uk1fc8f

4y↑6

〜歌詞〜

少し伸びた前髪 little cut
Tuesday　携帯の着信 mm,,　まいっか
Wednesday　目に入ったsaleへ飛び込む
Thursday　今日は1日休みたい気分
I gotta go now

I-I-I I gotta go now＜the place of friends＞
I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now＜the place of friends＞
I gotta go　全て置き去りで I want you woo

Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh

Friday　トレンドをInstaでcheck it！
Saturday　朝からベッド抜け出せない
Sunday USドラマで現実逃避
Everyday Lineの中ではガールズトーク
I gotta go now

I-I-I I gotta go now＜the place of friends＞
I gotta go now
I-I-I I gotta go now＜the place of friends＞
I gotta go　全て置き去りで I want you woo

Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh

Ok stop！
What's the hurry？
Don't stop to worry
Don't stop to worry
Stepping to steps, oh stepping to steps
There's is no rule no rules

Shake it shake it
Tic tic cut cut
1234
Boom boom boom pow
悲しい気持ちは
We say good bye！！！！！

Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh

Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh
Show me what you got
All the wicked girls×3
Throw your hands in the air
All the wicked girls
Oh ohh ohh oh oh