Kumi Koda

Kumi Koda silent on who she will spend Christmas with

Sunday 22nd November, 03:40 AM JST

TOKYO —

Singer Kumi Koda, 27, turned on the lights at Seibu Ikebukuro department store’s Christmas display this week, but lost her sparkle when asked about her plans for Christmas.

Koda posed for pictures beneath the display which was designed to look like snow falling from the sky, and recalled memories of a Christmas past. “I’ve been in love many times since elementary school. I remember one time I asked Santa Claus for a photo of a boy I liked, and I was happy when it appeared under my pillow on Christmas Day.”

Koda was less convivial though when asked about this year’s Christmas. Rumored to be seeing SMAP’s Masahiro Nakai, 37, Koda was asked who she would be spending this Christmas with, but she didn’t reply, and just continued smiling for the cameras.

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LoveUSA at 08:30 PM JST - 22nd November

I am not going to spend Christmas with her. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ, not the anniversary of the "invention" of the love hotel.

Lol, you might end in a love hotel even without Kumi, so do not promise anything, nobody knows the future.
boboh at 08:47 PM JST - 22nd November

Yawn
bobbafett at 08:57 PM JST - 22nd November

Lol, you might end in a love hotel even without Kumi,

LOL, either that or a member of SMAP.
LoveUSA at 09:35 PM JST - 22nd November

LOL, either that or a member of SMAP.

masaka!!!
medievaltimes at 04:47 AM JST - 23rd November

I hope she maintains her silence on the subject as I have less than zero interest, nor should any Japanese. On my Christmas wish list is: fewer 'news' headlines such as this rot.

I love it when these type of comments surface. See, the point is that you cared enough to take the time to post a comment about it. Mission accomplished for the web site. More hits for their site, more hits for this story, and more posts.

If you really dont care...dont post/read these kinds of stories.
ultradodgy at 12:31 PM JST - 23rd November

I don't care and I will continue to post that I don't care. Not sure why the website "wins" if I post these thoughts.
kitzrow at 06:25 PM JST - 23rd November

Why is this such big news .... wasted print ... I guess my only comment would be ... she better reserve her 'love' hotel pretty soon ... as that is where so many couples spend their Christmas Eve. Or, how about this? With her family?
stirfry at 09:55 PM JST - 23rd November

who she will spend Christmas with

actually it's with me
Blue_Tiger at 11:05 PM JST - 23rd November

Who cares?
Sarge at 11:33 PM JST - 23rd November

"Koda was less convivial though"

I can't imagine Kumi not being adequately convivial.
Junnama at 12:24 AM JST - 24th November

Ku-chan's career depends on being convivial (and dancing around like a stripper but with clothes on)...
Good_Jorb at 12:48 AM JST - 24th November

as that is where so many couples spend their Christmas Eve. Or, how about this? With her family?

Christmas and New Years Eve are opposite in Japan. Christmas is when you hang out with friends and New Years is when you hang out with family.

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ, not the anniversary of the "invention" of the love hotel.

Going out on a limb here but she probably isn't Christian.

She's 27, which means that she is already an expired Christmas cake.
medievaltimes at 03:21 AM JST - 24th November

I don't care and I will continue to post that I don't care. Not sure why the website "wins" if I post these thoughts.

--You are certainly free to do as you wish. But if two people read the story and one ignores it and moves on, and the other has an emotional response evoked and then posts about it...I would say the person that moves on didnt care.

--The website "wins" becuase it brings more traffic to the site, which means more clicks on advertisements.
timorborder at 01:41 PM JST - 24th November

Who really cares what this bint thinks?
thomyorke at 10:29 AM JST - 25th November

A lot of lonely housewives and pathetic fanboys, thats who.