Kumi Kōda (jap. 倖田 來未) are a Japanese R&B and j-Pop-Solo singer. It was born on 13 November 1982 in Kyoto, Japan. Their  debut as a professional artist had it with its single Take bakes to 6 Decembers 2000. In the United States their single appeared in March 2001. With their second single trust Your Love reached it place one the US Charts Billboard's Hot Dance Music and Maxi Singles Chart. On 7 July 2007 it arose with the Live Earth concert in Chiba.