Love Romance
Love Romance (stylized as Koda Kumi Love Romance Pachinko CR) is a special EP by Japanese artist Kumi Koda. The album was released as a promotional campaign for Sankyo's pachinko game, Love Romance, which is Koda Kumi's third installment (priors were Fever Live in Hall (2007) and Fever Live In Hall II (2009)).[1] She would collaborate with SANKYO again for the 2014 released of Fever: Legend Live. Koda Kumi released a promo for its official release on available pachinko games throughout Japan.[2]
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| Released | March 2012 (JP) | |||
| Recorded | 2008-2012 | |||
| Genre | Japanese pop/R&B | |||
| Length | 16:00 | |||
| Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
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The EP was only sold at promotional events. It only consisted of three previously released songs, but carried a new version for the music video of "Brave", which was originally on her Japonesque album.[3]
Music videos
For the DVD, an alternate version of "Brave" was utilized, which was only featured in the Pachinko game.[4] The music video told the story of a mermaid, who fell in love with a human. Given a potion by a witch, she lives different lives with the man she fell in love with. The lives include an assassin who takes revenge on the ones who injured her lover, a genie who saves him from a possible execution and a fairy who meets him underneath the glow of moonlight.
During the gameplay, each song had differing videos:
- "Lady Go!" was an animated dance with an animated Koda Kumi and back-up dancers.
- "Butterfly" showed live footage of her during Dream Music Park concert.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Moon Crying" | Kumi Koda | Miwa Furuse, h-wonder, Jun Abe | 5:45 |
| 2. | "Lady Go!" | Claude Q | Kousuke Morimoto, Yusuke Tanaka | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Suki de, Suki de, Suki de。" | Kumi Koda | Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinjiroh Inoue | 4:58 |
| Total length: | 16:00 | |||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Brave [Love Romance ver.]" (Music Video) | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Love Romance搭載映像集" (Love Romance Automotive Footage) |
References
- "SANKYO Love Romance". Sankyo. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- "Koda Kumi [MSN] - Love Romance (Part 2)". DailyMotion. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- "KODA KUMI NO LONGER AVAILABLE DVD". Amazon Japan. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- "Koda Kumi [FANCAM] - Pachinko (Love Romance)". DailyMotion. Retrieved January 26, 2016.