Love Romance
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Romance
| type = EP
| artist = Koda Kumi
| cover = Koda_Kumi_-_Love_Romance_DVD_cover.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = March 2012 (JP)
| recorded = 2008–2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Japanese pop/R&B
| length = 16:00
| label = Rhythm Zone
| producer =
| prev_title = Love Me Back
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Go To The Top
| next_year = 2012
}}
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)).{{cite web|url=http://www.sankyo-fever.co.jp/special/koda3/index.html|title=SANKYO Love Romance|work=Sankyo|access-date=July 27, 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ysd8z_koda-kumi-msn-love-romance-parte-2_music|title=Koda Kumi [MSN] - Love Romance (Part 2)|work=DailyMotion|access-date=January 26, 2016}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00RCLN1T2|title=KODA KUMI NO LONGER AVAILABLE DVD|work=Amazon Japan|access-date=January 26, 2016}}
Music videos
For the DVD, an alternate version of "Brave" was utilized, which was only featured in the Pachinko game.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30pvqu_koda-kumi-fancam-pachinko-love-romance_music|title=Koda Kumi [FANCAM] - Pachinko (Love Romance)|work=DailyMotion|access-date=January 26, 2016}} 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
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = CD
| total_length = 16:00
| title1 = Moon Crying
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = Kumi Koda
| music1 = Miwa Furuse, h-wonder, Jun Abe
| length1 = 5:45
| title2 = Lady Go!
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Claude Q
| music2 = Kousuke Morimoto, Yusuke Tanaka
| length2 = 4:54
| title3 = Suki de, Suki de, Suki de。
| note3 =
| lyrics3 = Kumi Koda
| music3 = Katsuhiko Sugiyama, Shinjiroh Inoue
| length3 = 4:58
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = DVD
| total_length =
| title1 = Brave [Love Romance ver.]
| note1 = Music Video
| music1 =
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Love Romance搭載映像集
| note2 = Love Romance Automotive Footage
| music 2 =
| length2 =
}}
References
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External links
- [http://rhythmzone.net/koda/ Official Website]
{{Kumi Koda}}
{{Kumi Koda singles}}
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