Kumi Koda is a Japanese pop star with a 20+ year career. She debuted in 2000 with "TAKE BACK". I discovered her music around 2007, her Black Cherry era, and I've been a die-hard fan ever since. (∩˃o˂∩)♡

She's the only celeb I've ever been super obsessed with but never felt the desire to ship or write fic about. I'm not sure why. It's not a bad thing, just a different sort of relationship to the music/star than I'm used to partaking in.

I've never seen her live in concert, though it's on my bucket list. JAPAN IN 2025 BBY LFG!!!

I made a best live compilation to celebrate her 22nd anniversary! (click the popout icon at the top right corner to watch in a new tab; for some reason the actual play controls don't work =___=)

Kumi is the "Queen of Live", and I live for her live performances. With a live band, she can turn songs I didn't originally like into absolute bangers. Most of her live perfs aren't on her official YT channel, so drop me a line if any of the videos here become unavailable. Here are just a handful of my favorite live Kuu performances (that I can find on YT).

Ballads/Chill:

Pop/Dance/EDM:

Rock: