Kumi Koda (birth name Kumiko Koda) was born on November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan. She is a singer who became famous after the release of her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba" and became one of the best-selling artists of 2005 with "Best ~first things~".

Biography and Career :

Chie Ayado, her father, is a Jazz singer. She started her career as a pop singer in 2000 and has contracts with Rhythm Zone in Japan and SM Entertainment in Korea. Her first album was released in 2002, and it is called "affection" and besides that she released another eight.

During the years she became very popular and received many awards including "Triple Crown" at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in March 2006, for winning three awards: "Pop Artist of the Year", "Pop Album of the Year", and "Music Video of the Year". She also received the "Nail Queen" for her nail art at Japan Nail Expo.

With her talent, good look, intelligence and charm she will surely conquer the hearts of many people from now on too. She is a great singer and during the years she had the chance to prove that and did a great job. We wish her all the best and she should continue doing this because she does it great.

Trivia :

- Height: 154 cm
- Her nickname is Kuu chan.
- Christina Aguilera, Ja Rule, Fabolous and Marques Houston are her favorite artists.
- She has three octave singing voice.
- When she has free time she loves shopping.

Quotes :

- "I’ve never had anyone tell me they liked me; I’ve always been the one to take the first step."

- "People would stop to listen to [my mother] when she started singing. And watching that, I decided that I wanted to have people stopping to listen to me too."

Discography :

- 2002 affection
- 2003 grow into one
- 2004 feel my mind
- 2005 secret
- 2005 Best ~first things~-
- 2006 Best ~second session~
- 2006 Black Cherry
- 2007 Best ~Bounce & Lovers~
- 2008 Kingdom.

Filmography :

- Saiyûki (2007)
- Cherry Girl (2006) (V)
- Smap x Smap (1 episode, 2005)
- Kyûtî Hanî (2004)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) (VG) (voice: Japanese version)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) (V).
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Tags: 1982, kyoto, japan, singer, voice, popular	[edit tags]

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 28 February '08

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