Koda Kumi has released more than 170 music videos since her debut in 2000. In other visual media, she has made four cameos: one in the Square Enix video game Final Fantasy X-2 as the character Lenne, one in the 2004 film Cutie Honey singing "The Theme of Sister Jill," one in the 2006 drama Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru, and one in the 2011 re-make of the Korean drama You're Beautiful, Ikemen desu ne. Kumi starred in the film Cherry Girl in 2006, a 52-minute movie filmed for her 2006 album, Black Cherry. She also acted in the 2007 film Saiyūki, the feature film version of the 2006 drama Saiyūki.
For her music videos, Kumi has actively worked with directors Shigeaki Kubo and Takashi Tadokoro, with both directing more than 15 of her videos each. From 2009, Kumi increasingly worked with directors Ryuji Seki and Hiroaki Higashi. Kumi has also worked multiple times with directors Tomoo Noda, Tetsuo Inoue and Ippei Morita. For her 2008 collaboration with Fergie, "That Ain't Cool," Kumi worked with American music video director Fatima Robinson. She enlisted the help of Robinson once more for the videos on her 2012 single Summer Trip, "Touch Down" and "LALALALALA." For the video of her cover of hide's "Pink Spider," Kumi worked with Japanese director Mika Ninagawa.
Voice, performing "Real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba"
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1 2 3 4 Week references:Secret First Class 2005年 第40週, First Things 2006年 第41週, Black Cherry 2008年 第19週, Kingdom 2008年 第44週, Taiwan Live 2010年 第12週, Fantasia 2011年 第22週, Dejavu 2012年 第8週, Love & Songs 2013年 第13週. "G-Music Audio/Video Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Retrieved December 31, 2013..
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