Japanese Pop 2 - Koda Kumi

I continue my look at J-Pop stars with the successful Koda Kumi

KODA KUMI

Born on November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan, Koda Kumi is a Japanese solo R&B and pop female singer and also the older sister of J-pop star misono, of the former J-Pop band day after tomorrow. Although Kumi Koda debuted in 2000 with her debut single "Take Back," massive success didn't come until 2003 with the release of her seventh single, titled "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba," which became a huge hit song mainly because the songs of the single were theme songs of popular PlayStation 2 videogame Final Fantasy X-2 and since then, Kumi's career has taken off.

In 2005, she was one of the best-selling artists because of her compilation of singles album titled "Best ~First Things~," and in 2006, she reached the top of the Oricon singles charts with the first single of the "~12 Single~ Collection," the single titled "you."

Her style is referred to in Japanese as "sexycute".

Thanks to Wikipedia.

http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/index.html