15th Anniversary Best Live History DVD Book

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15th Anniversary Best Live History DVD Book
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Koda Kumi
ReleasedMarch 26, 2015
Recorded2005–2015
Genre Pop, R&B
Length1:04:07
Label Rhythm Zone
ISBN   978-4800239969
Producer Akihiro Kubo
Koda Kumi chronology
Hall Tour 2014: Bon Voyage
(2014)		15th Anniversary Best Live History DVD Book
(2015)		 Live Tour 2015: Walk of My Life
(2015)

15th Anniversary Best Live History DVD Book (stylized as 15th Anniversary BEST LIVE HISTORY DVD BOOK) is the first compilation DVD book released by Japanese R&B-turned-pop singer Koda Kumi. The DVD book ranked No. 1 on the Rakuten Books Weekly Ranking in the pop/rock division.

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Koda Kumi Japanese singer

Kumiko Kōda, known professionally as Kumi Koda, is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.

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Contents

The DVD book was available nationwide in bookstores and convenience stores.

Information

15th Anniversary Best Live History DVD Book is the first compilation DVD book released by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi on March 26, 2015 and published by Takarajimasha. [1] Due to the compilation being advertised as a DVD book and not a standard DVD, it did not chart on Oricon and was given the ISBN of 978-4800239969. [2] Instead, the DVD book ranked No. 1 on the Rakuten Books Weekly Ranking in the pop/rock division. [3]

Takarajimasha, Inc. is a Japanese publishing company based on Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books.

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

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The DVD book was available in bookstores, convenience stores and EC sites nationwide.

While being released a year prior to her 15th Anniversary LIVE The Artist DVD, both had their cover art taken at the same times, with Koda Kumi on the same set in the same ensemble, with only slightly different poses. [4] The art direction was very similar to that of her twelfth studio album, Walk of My Life, which had been released a week prior on March 18. [5]

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<i>Walk of My Life</i> Album by Kumi Koda

Walk of My Life is the twelfth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi. It was released a year after her previous studio album, Bon Voyage, on March 18, 2015. Continuing her streak of chart-topping albums, which began in 2005 with Best ~first things~, the album debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts. The album remained on the charts for fourteen weeks.

The footage interviewed several people who have worked with Kumi. They would tell their favorite dances, stage setups, backstage moments, working with Kumi, and then a short clip of whichever performance was shown. Those featured were dancers SHUN, OOBA, KAICHOU, U★G and MINAMI, stage director MASAO, stage set coordinator Hideyuki Ohtomo, camera operator Yoshio Muroi, visual crew member Masataka Watanabe, lighting designer Tetsuya Takahashi, manipulator Mikio Mogami, flying coordinator Satoru Inagaki, illumination designer Tosimitsu Kaihara and make-up artist Tomoyuki Onishi.

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Camera operator professional operator of a film or video camera

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Track listing

  1. "Koda Kumi Live Selects 2005–2014: Part I"
    • "Interview with MASAO" (Total Staging Director)
    • "Interview with OOBA" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with Hideyuki Ohtomo" (Stage Set Coordinate)
    • "Interview with KAICHOU" (Dancer)
  2. "From Here...Backstage Group Circle Collections!"
  3. "After That...LIVE MC Treasure Collection"
  4. "Live Selects: Part 2"
    • "Interview with Yoshio Muroi" (Live Camera Switcher)
    • "Interview with Masataka Watanabe" (Visual Crew)
    • "Interview with SHUN" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with Tetsuya Takahashi" (Lighting Designer)
    • "Interview with MASAO" (Total Staging Director)
    • "Interview with OOBA" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with SHUN" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with U★G" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with Tomoyuki Onishi" (Koda Kumi Make-Up)
    • "Interview with Mikio Mogami" (Manipulator)
    • "Interview with Tetsuya Takahashi" (Lighting Designer)
    • "Interview with Satoru Inagaki" (Flying)
    • "Interview with Tosimitsu Kaihara" (Illumination Designer)
    • "Interview with Masataka Watanabe" (Visual Crew)
  5. "From Here...LIVE Costume Collection"
  6. "Backstage After LIVE"
  7. "Live Selects: Part 3"
    • "Interview with KAICHOU" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with U★G" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with Tomoyuki Onishi" (Koda Kumi Make-Up)
    • "Interview with MINAMI" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with Satoru Inagaki" (Flying)
    • "Interview with KAICHOU" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with sammy" (Guitar)
    • "Interview with SHUN" (Dancer)
    • "Interview with MASAO" (Total Staging Director)

Charts (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak positionTotal sales
March 26, 2015 Rakuten Books Weekly 1400,000

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