Mon 18
Sep
2006
I started listening to Mai Kudo about a week ago. I had never heard of her before that. Apparently she performed under the name Ruppina before her recent album Maiself (which I should be getting any day now). I managed to download some Ruppina songs the other day and listened to them in my MP3-player today as I was walking into town to vote (election in Sweden). Her voice is so nice and the songs are very good and easy listening. I’m glad to have found a new (new for me) artist that I like. I think I’m going to get her Ruppina BEST album, which is pretty cheap for a Japanese CD+DVD album.
I’ll update this post with more info later. I’m so tired right now 
Click the picture. She’s very pretty. I’m going to update my gallery script to give bigger thumbnails in the blog… tomorrow.. .zzzzzzz
update: I think I’ll put one or two MP3s here to show how Ruppina sounds. I’ll have to pick some favourites first. I’ve been in meetings all day, so I haven’t had time to listen to all the songs yet 
update: now it’s time for bed again, but I haven’t forgotten. Here are some Ruppina songs:
- Free will (9MB)
- violet flow (9MB)
- crescent (9MB)
- Proudly (8MB)
October 14th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
I love her songs so much…..she’s so great….Thanks for putting some of her songs.
October 15th, 2006 at 1:29 am
Yeah, I’m liking her more and more. I listen to her songs all the time. Another favourite is “Repent”.
Thanks for writing a comment. I appreciate it.
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
thanks very much for sharing
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 am
Hey I’m a huge fan of Ruppina I have her entire discography but I don’t have any work of her as MAI ..please can you make a torrent or something like that.. or tell me where can i get her stuff as MAI..PLEASE
this is my email if you want contact me: vegeta501@gmail.com
I will be outstanding
Thanks
PS: I’m sorry for my bad English is not my native language
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Hi Vegeta and welcome to my site.
Mai’s CDs are still available at YesAsia.
If you’re looking for music videos to check out you can look here and here. Some of the PVs are for the PSP, but I’ve posted instructions on how to play them on a PC.
I don’t intend to post whole singles or albums on the site. Only samples or individual songs. If you’re looking for full album downloads I recommend J-Pop forums (e.g. jpopsuki).
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:42 am
Yay I will check out.
Thanks for the advice
May 26th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Nice site. I like her songs, but I know there are 2 versions of her song “Free Will”. That’s the single version and album version. Before I’ll download her song “Free Will” above, may I ask the version of her song?
May 26th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I think it’s the album version.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Uhm, i’ve downloaded her “Free Will”, but it isn’t album version
The “Free Will” above same as anime One Piece’s endings, and that’s single version.
Can you help me find her “Free Will” in album version?
Also, may you upload her song again with title ” You Are”?
I just have her PV, but didn’t have her song
Anyway, thanks for uploading all above
June 20th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Sorry about that. It’s the only mp3 I have of the song. I just assumed it was the album version. I’ll have to check if it’s different from the version on her best of album. That’s the only Ruppina CD I have.