The Koda Kumi Rate PART I: The End. Onto the next part we go

You know she's the top diva
Most beautiful, powerful, and talented girl on the planet...
Are you ready for her?? Let's GO!!




DLkhyCd.gif


14 STUDIO ALBUMS
7 COMPILATIONS
9 REMIX ALBUMS
2 COVER ALBUMS
60 SINGLES
15 MILLION RECORDS SOLD




THE KODA KUMI RATE
PART I

Q19PgOm.jpg


The year was 2005. It was a cold December and nothing could warm my little 15 year old heart that one day... Not even sweet crooning of Hamasaki Ayumi who I've discovered that past August. The routine web search for new JPop music proved fruitless until I stumbled upon a peculiar ballad titled "you". Never in my life until that moment an artist grasped my attention with a ballad. It was a beginning of my budding love for the one of the best women in music.

Yes, people, this is finally happening. I've been dreaming of this rate ever since I took part in my first one and here we are! For 17 years this amazing woman has been gracing the Japanese stage and us with her charm, uniqueness, nerve and talent. She has brought so much joy with her upbeat bops and reduced us to tears with her ballads so many times that we just have to commemorate her impact on Japanese pop music.

I know I can't put my thoughts to words as eloquently as someone like @beyoncésweave who did an astonishing job with Sugababes rate (I am still to fully appreciate it's magnificence), still I would try my best to conjure up something palpable for each elimination.

RULES
01 Please rate every single song from 0 to 10 (simple decimals are allowed).
02 You can give one song and one song only the coveted 11.
03 Provide commentary to the songs if you like or feel like it.
04 Submit your results via PM to me, @evilsin!

Here we have a list of all Kumi's songs up until her first best album (sadly exluding some really great intros and interludes), which is a hefty 75 songs. I believe this is a perfect amount of songs for the PART I so that people who are not that acquainted with her could participate as well. Thank god almost the whole discography is on Spotify. I also provided links to music videos. Feel free to PM me about any tracks you can't find, I'll try to help you in searching. You can also check this blog by amazing @otenkiame if you want to look up the translations for the songs.


qytHo3h.jpg


01 Trust Your Love
02 Go Together
03 Your Song
04 feel me
05 COLOR OF SOUL
06 My Dream
07 So Into You
08 Till Morning Comes feat. VERBAL (m-flo)
09 come back
10 TAKE BACK
11 Can't Lose
12 walk

13 STILL IN LOVE
14 It's too late

APJakd6.jpg


15 real Emotion
16 BOY FRIEND?
17 Your only one
18 one
19 One night romance
20 1000 no Kotoba (Original Mix) (1000の言葉; 1000 Words)
21 S.O.S ~sound of silence~
22 m・a・z・e
23 Ranhansha (乱反射; Diffused Reflection)
24 Pearl Moon
25 Nasty girl
26 To be one
27 love across the ocean

28 Every-After-Party -Rather Unique & Koda Kumi-
29 BELIEVE feat. Koda Kumi / DJ YUKATA

2adCjcf.jpg


30 Break it down
31 Crazy 4 U
32 Rock Your Body
33 Rain
34 Without Your Love
35 Talk to you
36 Hana (華; Flower)
37 Get Out The Way
38 Sweet love...
39 Gentle Words
40 magic
41 COME WITH ME

42 Saigo no Ame (最後の雨; Last Rain) (Original: Nakanishi Yasushi)
43 Yume With You / Yume With You (R. Yamaki's Groove Mix) (夢 With You) (Original: Kubota Toshinobu)
44 SWITCH feat. Koda Kumi & Heartsdales / LISA

yalbgL4.jpg


45 Cutie Honey (キューティーハニー) (Original: Maekawa Yoko)
46 Hot Stuff feat. KM MARKIT
47 Selfish
48 hands
49 Hearty...
50 SHAKE IT
51 Kiseki (奇跡; Miracle)
52 Trust you
53 Chase
54 LOVE HOLIC
55 24
56 Let's party
57 Believe
58 Through the sky

59 It's a small world feat. Heartsdales
60 The Theme of Sister Jill / The Theme of Sister Jill ~Love & Honey Version~
61 Yogiri no Honey (夜霧のハニー; Honey's Foggy Night) (Original: Maekawa Yoko)
62 Into your heart
63 Heat feat. MEGARYU
64 life
65 Just Go feat. Koda Kumi / JHETT aka YAKKO for AQUARIUS
66 Rainy Day feat. Koda Kumi / KM-MARKIT
67 Super Sonic -Koda Kumi & Daisuke "D.I" Imai-

77bhCYa.jpg


68 NO TRICKS
69 Butterfly
70 flower
71 Promise
72 Star
73 the meaning of peace / the meaning of peace with BoA

74 Your Sunshine
75 Taisetsu na Kimi he (大切な君へ; To You, My Precious)

THE RATE IS COMPLETED

01 Trust Your Love -
02 Go Together -
03 Your Song -
04 feel me -
05 COLOR OF SOUL -
06 My Dream -
07 So Into You -
08 Till Morning Comes -
09 come back -
10 TAKE BACK -
11 Can't Lose -
12 walk -

13 STILL IN LOVE -
14 It's too late -

15 real Emotion -
16 BOY FRIEND? -
17 Your only one -
18 one -
19 One night romance -
20 1000 no Kotoba -
21 S.O.S ~sound of silence~ -
22 m.a.z.e -
23 Ranhansha -
24 Pearl Moon -
25 Nasty girl -
26 To be one -
27 love across the ocean -

28 Every-After-Party -
29 BELIEVE -

30 Break it down -
31 Crazy 4 U -
32 Rock Your Body -
33 Rain -
34 Without Your Love -
35 Talk to you -
36 Hana -
37 Get Out The Way -
38 Sweet love... -
39 Gentle Words -
40 magic -
41 COME WITH ME -

42 Saigo no Ame -
43 Yume With You -
44 SWITCH -

45 Cutie Honey -
46 Hot Stuff -
47 Selfish -
48 hands -
49 Hearty... -
50 SHAKE IT -
51 Kiseki -
52 Trust you -
53 Chase -
54 LOVE HOLIC -
55 24 -
56 Let's party -
57 Believe -
58 Through the sky -

59 It's a small world -
60 The Theme of Sister Jill -
61 Yogiri no Honey -
62 Into your heart -
63 Heat -
64 life -
65 Just Go -
66 Rainy Day -
67 Super Sonic -

68 NO TRICKS -
69 Butterfly -
70 flower -
71 Promise -
72 Star -
73 the meaning of peace -

74 Your Sunshine -
75 Taisetsu na Kimi he -
 
Last edited:
I may make time to actually commit to doing commentary for the Queen of Live, Empress of Kyoto, Tsarina of Ero-Kakkoii and all-round Kuueen of our hearts.
 
Let me return the favour for @evilsin and be part of this. Do not expect me to do commentary for every song cause I do not have the range.

Oh and to everyone: I only know that song from the PJ favourites rate, which is lovely. So I have no idea what is considered a fan favourite.
 
reserved for ayumi is a flop gifs from 2013
You hateful wench of a person... loving the concept though.
I may make time to actually commit to doing commentary for the Queen of Live, Empress of Kyoto, Tsarina of Ero-Kakkoii and all-round Kuueen of our hearts.
We can't ignore the queen of so many thing, can we? Carly dare?
Queen of rotten amniotic fluid! Can't wait to start rating all these songs!!
YAS. You can already start rating, you know?
I'm in! Remind me when the deadline is approaching!
I surely will, hun! Glad you're on board.
I'll definitely try to do this. I like most of her singles but I've never dived into her albums.
She has some really awesome album tracks.
Let me return the favour for @evilsin and be part of this. Do not expect me to do commentary for every song cause I do not have the range.

Oh and to everyone: I only know that song from the PJ favourites rate, which is lovely. So I have no idea what is considered a fan favourite.
Aren't you a sweetheart? Which song was added to PJ favorites? Boom Boom Boys? It's a long way until we get to put it in a rate (PART IV apparently).
 
Last edited:
D

Deleted member 3416

I might do this after taking part in the Ayumi rate. We'll see though as I have never heard a Koda Kumi song before....
 
I might do this after taking part in the Ayumi rate. We'll see though as I have never heard a Koda Kumi song before....
Please do! She surely does have quite a handful of bops.
I'll make sure to get my votes in before my amniotic fluid rots.
Do you... do you even have those? This rate is going to be plagued with that awful joke about the amniotic fluids, isn't it?
fMgZLCw.gif

too late old man
Says the one with a broken hip...
I'm actually not familiar with any of Kuu's stuff so let me ruin your rate with flop taste and low scores for fan favourites.

At least @GhettoPrincess and @Sprockrooster won't feel so bad then.
I'm... shooketh. Now you guys will just have to take part, there is no other way. And the deadline is my birthday, have I mentioned that? I want presents and your scores will do.
Z5boEOO.gif
 
Last edited:
I also need to tell you how I discovered what a stan I was back in the day. I couldn't find the covers for all the albums in decent quality to use in the OP, so I decided to have a look at my folder titled "Koda Kumi" and, boy, did I find everything I needed and more! Praise the Koddess.
 
D

Deleted member 3416

I've listened to all the YouTube linked songs and I'm actually pleasantly surprised. I'll definitely try and finish this asap with my own rate coming up because I'm enjoying the majority of what I'm listening to. Watch me rate her fan fave song a low score and be the rate villain though.
 
Top