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Kumi Koda is a Japanese singer, seiyū, dancer, and musician born in Kyoto in 1982. Her birth name is Kumiko Koda, and she is also known by the name Kōda Kumi. She is a member of the Japanese ethnic group and holds citizenship in Japan. Koda began her work period in 2000 and is associated with the record label Rhythm Zone.
Her musical genres include J-pop, contemporary R&B, electronic dance music, Hi-NRG, dance-pop, and electropop. She plays the electric guitar and uses her voice as an instrument. Koda speaks, writes, and signs in Japanese. She has a sibling named Misono and is sometimes referred to by the nickname Kū-chan.
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Film & TV
Kyoto, Japan
Known for
- KODA KUMI 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2025 -De CODE- — Self2026
- 倖田來未特集2025
- Super Hero Festival: KAMEN RIDER×SUPER SENTAI LIVE & SHOW 2025 — Herself2025
- Change Street — Self2025
- Super Hero Festival: KAMEN RIDER×SUPER SENTAI LIVE & SHOW 2024 — Self2024
- KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2023 ~angeL~ — Self2024
- KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2024 ～BEST SINGLE KNIGHT～2024
- billboard classics KODA KUMI Premium Symphonic Concert 2022 — Self2023
- KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2023 ~monsteR~ — Self2023
- KODA KUMI Holy Fallin' Night — Self2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1982
Discography
- TAKE BACK2000
- COLOR OF SOUL2001
- the meaning of peace2001
- Trust Your Love2001
- affection2002
- love across the ocean2002
- m・a・z・e2002
- So Into You2002
- 7 SPIRITS2003
- COME WITH ME2003
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 135,865
- Total plays
- 18,266,623
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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 and ending Beyoncé 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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Key facts
- Born
- Kumiko Kōda ( 神田 來未子 ) , ( 1982-11-13 ) November 13, 1982 (age 43) , Kyoto , Japan
- Occupations
- Singer actress entrepreneur songwriter voice actress dancer
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Works
- Discography
- Spouse
- Kenji Kuriyama ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 )
- Genres
- J-pop pop R&B
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Rhythm Zone , Orpheus (United States)
- Website
- rhythmzone .net /koda
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kumiko
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kyoto
- Sibling
- Misono
- Occupation
- dancer
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Award
- Japan Record Awards
- Genre
- Hi-NRG
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Rhythm Zone
- Discography
- Koda Kumi discography
- Official website
- rhythmzone.net/koda
- Image
- Kumi Koda Con 2005.jpg
- Height
- 154
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Kumi Koda
- date of birth
- 1982-11-13
- Commons gallery
- Kumi Koda
- topic's main category
- Category:Koda Kumi
- name in kana
- こうだ くみ
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- name in native language
- 倖田來未
- topic has template
- Template:Koda Kumi
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- nickname
- くぅちゃん
- birth name
- 神田 來未子
- social media followers
- 273000
- writing language
- Japanese
- pseudonym
- Kumi Koda
- described at URL
- rhythmzone.net/koda
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Encyclopedic overview
Kumiko Kōda (神田 來未子, Kōda Kumiko; born November 13, 1982), known professionally as Koda Kumi (倖田 來未, Kōda Kumi), is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.
After debuting with the single "Take Back" in December 2000, Koda gained fame in March 2003 when the songs from her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2. Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two, and number-one spots respectively.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kumi Koda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.