KOOan

じょんて☆もーにんぐTV生ライブ！JONTE' LIVE TV SHOW! in JAPAN!!

2009-09-26T10:15:00.002-04:00

ついにやってきた！！！！！！！！！じょんて！JONTE'!!!!!!!!!

This is his live show in Japan TV show!!!!!!!!! Aha-----------!!!!!!!!!

First Live Performance in Japan TV show!!!

Ya!Who? and Shut the fuck up! Special Remix for Campus Night Fuji!

this DVD will be release on Oct 7th exclusively from AMAZON. So go check it up!!

Link is here----- ahe-------------　

Amazon.co.jp: じょんて・もーにんぐ: DVD

and this is the TV show on Youtube----　and if you like this video post it on your blog too wooooooooo!!!!!!!

UKAWANIMATION! ZOUNDTRACK

2008-10-30T15:59:00.004-04:00

←KOOanの作った服だよーーん☆

服のテーマ★ウナギ

2008年10月28日発売、京都造形芸術情報デザイン学科教授、現代美術家、VJ、PV監督、漫画原作者と様々な顔を持ち、ヴィジュアルアーティストとして最も自由な表現活動を行っている宇川直宏が、UKAWANIMATION！名義でバンドを結成,ファーストアルバム、その名も「ZOUNDTRACK」☆DVD/CDのカバー＆PVにKOOanの服が使用されました☆

参加ミュージシャン：石野卓球 × 萩原健一、iLL × MEG、TOBY × JONTE、 DJ NOBU、HANATARASH（Eyヨ）、ALTZ、田中フミヤ、MERZBOW、STRINGRAPHY、ABRAHAM CROSS　ほか

　　　　　　　　　　　　　内容はというと、大爆笑。。。

11曲収録中10曲のPVが含まれており、、、最初から最後までみると色んなつじつまがあったり、びっくりしたり・・・。作品は音楽的にも映像的にも社会的にもいろんな意味で、、、、ハードコア☆好き嫌いはあるかもしれませんが、自分は大好き。

こんなDVDのカバーに服使ってくれてくれてありがちょーーー宇川さん☆

あとJONTEおつかれーーーーー☆ありがちょーーー☆

KOOan UNAGI--- LOOK, FUJI ROCK 2008 JAPAN!

2008-08-05T06:56:00.002-04:00

Shi----t! hahahahaha. so finally, something MAJOR in JAPaaaaaaaaan!!! haha.

July 27th, it was final day of Japan's Biggest Live Show called "FUJI ROCK 2008" and guess who closed the whole event???

Do-----------------n! JONTE'!!!! in KOOan!!!! Yeah----!!!!! the show started with outfits by KOOan+CRAYON 3rd collaboration work as seen in ma fashion show in the past if u ever seen ma show btw,,,, but. hahahaha.

It's sooo much presure to have this oppotunity-- yea---h, and plz fix ma English if it's wrooong. hahahaha.

so this is the UNAGI----- outfit. in English it's ELL! it's cooked one btw. and has a bit of POISON--- yeah-- food poison food poison!hahahaha.

OK, so let me explain what it is. It's Not fucking KOI FISH, Shut da fuck up! It's Cooked ELL with a poison flavor--- from ma heart--- that I cooked in NY Japanese Restaurant--- how bout that! a--ha----n!? and this ELL is "JINKOU FUKA de",in English "by Artificial Incubation"
So, now you know "de" is "by" JINKOU is Artificial, FUKA is Incubation ha? U learned something, so plz teach me some worth English to me like GattaLight GattaLight--- haha.

That pic that you saw is took at the video shooting that will be video(shiiit, ma English is so rediculous here) and will be sold in Japaaaaan----, so u all got a go to Japan to get that shi---t.

He (JONTE') is collaborating with Videographer Mr.UKAWA, who made so many Major music videos in japan and known as really well done CG, and this DVD will be Mr.UKAWA as UKAWANIMATION's FIRST album to release with so crazy like ma favorite artists like DENKI GROOVE, OMG, DENKI GROOVE is da shit. I am sooooo excited for JONTE'.

this is another pic from the shooting. "KOOan+CRAYON or CRAYON+KOOan" 's outfit is also used in this video--n.

hummm. and this is pic from the live---- FUJIROOOOOOCK!!! 2008!! JAPaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

That's all. Let's go to JAPaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan with me. please get an air plain for me, and I will drive da shit. You know? Air plain accident is less % than Car Accident! I made an Car Accident in Japan 2003 when i was driving, But then maybe I won't crush da air plain. who knows, let me drive it!

KOOan

thank you all my people always!

2008-03-21T10:34:00.002-04:00

these day, i had a time to think how lucky i am to be around the people who choose to be around me in every single way.and wanted to thank everyone here.

i have re_recognized that so many people love me, and it is really apliciate that fact that my personality and talent has been love, and thought i have to learn more what i need to learn from experience in life to make what's been loved even better! so you can like me more more more! woo!

I was sooo home sick for like 2 weeks, the biggest reason i can think of is that my grand mom has die January 5th in japan, (the day after she receaved the NY LookBook that i was in.)

I have talked about my grand mom story before here (or on myspace blog), cause i felt soooo much power from her. Although she was in coma (for half a year) she had power to bring me back to japan with me chancelling the big fashion show (july), but still it was and is hard to accept the person's death. I knew that i don want to accept it, so i didn wanted to talk about it here, but it is also important to let you all know that she left to another world. i feel like she brought a lot of people i feel like... with her, i mean..it was many people dieing the half year specifically at the place that she wanted to go, NY, Brazil, etc.

its creazy to believe some of the thing happen that makes me think that these things happen in a reason, but who knows these thing, u know? what the hell. However, i believe in a power in each people, and that make something possible to happen or you bring ur "life road" to where you want (im just trying to say her power didn kill anyone but she is around some crazy shit u know? what the hell. and aslo it was very sorry to know people die any where always but you will die some times in your life right? so enjoy till it last! woo!)

when i feel power of people, thats when people feel my exsistance, and it could be any way, when you like what i do, that is big apliciation, when you see me on the street and wanna hit me, that is still apliciated because they recognizing my exsistance. and when especially positive power comes to me, that brings me to next level. I live for that.

do u think u can live in Mars by ur self? no. but i can live there with my friend. i love ppl! but im not good at composing sentence, so i came to the point i don know how to finish what im talking about, but all im saying is that thank you so much everyone who knows and will know me at this point and in the future. some like that right? hehehe.

and please try to pronounce my name right. (oh well, its too bad that i miss spell it but i love it! so im keep in it, so you pronounce like KO O a n (KOOan), well this douesn explain well, isn it? what the hell? im gonna tape my voice soon and link the pronouceation or something.... maybe if u use it as ring tone, i will annoy ur life.. hahah, so KO O a n!

However, at the same time, i love the fact many people pronounce KOOan in their own way. its like " thank you for new version!"myoooo

JONTE' GRAMMYs 2008 !

2008-02-19T04:06:00.003-05:00

JONTE' w/ Beyonce====
This bottom link is Japanese web site that has JONTE' Grammys 2008 video. This site's video gets their comment on the video, like it scroll on top of the video. looks so funny. but you got to sing up or somehing, and its in japanese. so good luck. its free. sorry for inconvinience. etc. and shit! he got more pic. WITH CHAKAKAAAAan! sorry if i spelled wrong.

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2324426"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;【ニコニコ動画】グラミー賞50周年記念ビヨンセ、ジャネットジャクソン、JONTE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

FORD Super model 2008. hosted Andre J.

2008-01-23T16:40:00.000-05:00

Myo----- Last Wednesday. Yes, te day I got sooooooooooooooo drunk, out of 3 glasses of drink......
I think i throw up more than 50 times..... here is pictures before i lost my mind......

ohhh i forgot to blog...

2008-01-19T11:59:00.000-05:00

well, like i said before, maybe not but, I never continue this blog thing this long time,, no more than 3 days... But this time it seems different ya? no? well, anyway.

Manything happen in this 2008 already and couldn even post shit at all till now.

My New Years EVE was at PIANOs (sorry if the name is wrong) in Lower East Side,
too bad that i don have pic for that but ya, i went there right after i did my last blog, the wireless shit. JONTE' had his performance there with Rhapsody Company's dance event.
It was sooooooooooooooooo HOT dancers and dancers and dancers!!!
HANAJI buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

and,, they had Ramon special!! it was sooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!! video will be up soon.

ya and JONTE was crazy as hell as usual. Like as soon as he comes on stage, all i thought was

"WHAT THE HELL, why he is already taking the NEW outfit that i made!"

and

"Oh! SHIT! he got another KOOan outfit inside!! woo!!"

What the hell!? right? and his ASS was out there...... like OUT THERE, u know?

whatelse happen,, well, i guess above event i will include in 2008 event, cause dance started after mid night. right?

I will talk about FORD fashion show at next blog, if i don forget. buuuuuuu
oh, and i got many pics from the show to post.

KOOan

KOOan Wireless Project! Done!

2007-12-31T08:42:00.000-05:00

Aloaaaaaan! Tomorrow is 2008!
So I tout,,, SIT! Icannot type,,,,,, after "I",,,, wat te ell, everyting is missing this word!!!!! I Heloo--!! Oh! I fixed! Why??????? YES, H was missing from my key board i don know why,,, for like 3 mins... anyway.

So, I just finished this wireless project,
I recentry talked about my CELL PHONE works as Modem for my Lap top connecting by Bluetooth, So after that, i felt like i shouldn have any line for my laptop anyway. So, now, color laser printer is ready print from Kitching or Bathroom or from the loft bed! and scanner, and this is most exciting that Out side HARD DISK is WIRELESS!!! so its always big hard disk as long as im home......

SO, its basically, I bought this shit call, USB WIRELESS HUB, it was like a bit 100 dallor, and this is just like USB HUB, and its bigger than usual USB HUB cause of some type of technology inside more than just USB HUB, it conects to Wireless Lan Router and those USB Codes that you conect usually to Laptop to this machines hole, and Talaaaaan!!!!! its conecting to your computer--- !!!!!!!! No line! Well, if this is just like 2005 shit or so, ppl sorry i m not the latest person, but this shit works!

I thought it would be more usefull to have wireless net work like that for big apartment, but it still work for small apartment really well, cause When Im doing something such as some project in my room, Its small as hell here so its not alwasy everything is placed to be like,,, u know what i mean. like have to find place to use PC..... Da,, when i have people here, thats over. there is no space to sit..... Yeah--- Big Party here soon maybe--!!!!!!!! Anyway, its all good

SUPER KUDO to Nancy's Father--------- I have no more wire---. except for when chargingg my laptop....

KOOan

THanks God JONTE' Audition is over!

2007-12-22T08:03:00.000-05:00

This Audition/Workshop was CRaZY.

U go in to this regular Dance studio, starts with clothing store in the front by Luam by wildChild, yes its wild, its store there with LUAM picture!!

on the back, There were a Make Up Room for JONTE and his dancers, coverd by pink Fringe Curtain decorated by Japanese WIndow Displayer Satomi Iketani! My moms friend was here from japan.

And about 10 special Judges like Andre J, KOOan,,,,, etc cute judge table, hell ya we actually brough own trees,, with ladders,,, etc...

and it was JONTE art board on the back of the wall, but because of un sespected number of people singed up, because of the heat and stuff 2 of them fell.... yes i video taped it!

Everyone was there at the end and it was so cuuuuuuute audition!!! will see who is dancin on the stage with jonte soon!!!!!

KOOan and Crayon Coat back on KOOan in NYC Dec 17th version

2007-12-17T18:40:00.000-05:00

alohaaaan. Today me and my friend just couldn stop..... u know how it is.....

my Super cell phone US

2007-12-09T12:13:00.000-05:00

Yeah---, im proffesional cell phone looser. but im a stiil cell phone lover...

I have no idea how many time i lost my phone, this year i already bought 2 phones,,,
fist one of 2007's battery dead after i used 11 months(it might be longest in my history of my US phone) and i got new phone like March? and forgot the phone in Japan in Aug, came back to US in a week, and end of Aug, i forgot it in TAXI....

I was a abouto change my voice mail but didn, and lost again in Nov.... well i found it in 11 days..

ANYWAY, THATS NOT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY

My phone now is pretty great (except for video program, its not as smooth as I-phone when i see Youtube on my phone...)

ok this is Fanction that i used in my phone that some ppl might didn know.

1. I can watch Time Warner cable TV show (including HBO, Showtime ondimand, everything that I have access from home by remote controler, is able to access and watch from cell phone)
SlingMedia has special machin to connect to TV cable box and Internet, and I watch my cell phone accesing through internet to the TV cable box that located in my APT, and watch it. Crazy right? TV on cell phone was sooooooo long time ago in Japan.... but never thought i can watch everything on cell phone in japan...

2. This is something that i was dump and didn know, so as long as I have a cell phone in my pocket or bag or close to me, MY LAP TOP PC IS ALWYAS ON LINE!!!!! through bluetooth, my cell phone is called "BlackJack" by Samsung, and AT&T's 3G service is not too slow compare to other service in US, and unlimited plan, so I don have to care looking for Wi-fi for internet outside... ( but my battery is dead, so my PC has to be on plug.....)

3. ppl are talking about Oh--- U finally can watch Youtube on i-phone, Yes you can but You can watch by this phone too. well i really didn know till 3 days ago,, so don complain.

4. Key board------- i like phone with key board.

well, I guess it was not that special,,,,,, I even forgot what i was talking about so...
can we at least make a payment using cell phone????? Not yet? subway too. we shouldn waist the Metro Card shit. It should be fine by cell phone.........

JONTE’　New Song Performance Video!!!

2007-11-27T02:18:00.000-05:00

Nov　６ｔｈ　At Carnival NYC 2007.
Its a video that i found online--. The video I record is still been edited somewhere, not in my hands.

This is soooo funny, actually this is something reeeeally inspired me and couldn stop laughing for a while,,, Yes I have no idea but JONTE is speaking in Japanese SO WELL, and HEY this is New York--------......

He speaked right before the show and right after,,, so naturally comes out from his american mouse...

Did u know...

2007-11-26T06:29:00.000-05:00

That Im still sick as hell, what the hell.

So i couldn sleep so i watched all night Parental Controle on MTV till like 6 am, and still some stuff is on TV..... time to change to Nicologi0n!!!! Yeah----!!!!

And time to get Break Fast at Macdonalds!!!!!!!!!

I like the Mac some Pankace sandwitch shit with what shu ma call it, bacon and cheeze and Egg.
This Mac some some shit, its a bit sweet, but actually taset like plastic after you eat, like tast very,,,,, chemical? But i like it.

And My New English!!!!!!!!!

"Ummmmmn, Nage!"

When something is Yummy, u can use it. right?
If somethig wrong with it, Please Let KOOan know the truth......

2004 The day I got Mugged in Elevator with TV and Video set

2007-11-25T02:51:00.000-05:00

It was winter like 2004 Feb or March?

I was moving my TV and Video set that my friend gave it to me,

it was like 1 am? It was a few blocks away from my apt,

and when i came back to my apt, this guy try to help me to carry,

u know cause i look so small, and TV was kinda big.

And I said, its OK, cause im pretty strong. Yeah---

This guy came in to building with me, and waitting for the elevator with me,

I usually don use it, cause i live on 2 floor, but I had TV and Video shit

So Elevator Door Opens, I got in, TV and Video got in, He got in,

And im trying to push 2F,

All the sudden, this guy bother for me not be able to push 2F,

and next moment, he has this HUUUUUGE Nife on his hand!!
wooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nife? how do you spell? KNIFE? thank you my roommate. what the hell

So, He asked me for money, so i try to put my hand to my pocket of my vintage coat,

ANd next moment, this Knife was on my NECK!!! hyo-------------

and I opened my wallet, and gave him probably about $80 + Subway Metro Card another half month left in it.

And I had a Japanese 10,000 Bill ($90)

so, I was like,

"Hi, This is Japanese Yen!! Do you want it??"

He said

".........."

and runway, and I went home, and set up TV, and Video and tried to think that i just spend about $115 ($80+1/2monthly Subway pass) for TV and Video......

I didn get hurt! Thank you for worry=-====-=-==-=

But this funny, cause Next day i told my friend, well i went to Zoni Language Center on 34th st Next to Empire, and I told my friends what happen, u know.

The class there is like morning? 8 to 12, i was taking there and I was working there at the time as Student Service Representative ? on campus job, I hope i spelled right, So i get off work like 5 30pm and had a class at FIT 6 20, was taking a part time class or something.

So, i told my friends or class mate what happen yesterday and stuff,

and I went to my class, at FIT, and people were talking about

"Hey, did you hear about Last night one asian kid got mugged in Elevator in Up town and his TV and Video was stolen?"

so I was like

"Oh shit? how do they know?"

so she told me she over heard from some one at coffee shop or something during the day, (cause FIT class was on evening) and I think i told maybe a lot of people in Zoni in the morning,,,,, well, I talk a lot you know, and especially when it comes to some funny shit(well, cause i didn get hurt, so im thinking that was the luckiest thing) And, so i think i got excited and told everyone what happen last night,,, U know how i do anyway.

So, anyway, what happen is, what happend in 1 am in my apt story came back to me in the evening......

Cause Zoni, has a looooot students.... and everyone looks defferent, different country, and u know its funny, im not trying to advertize them but, www.zoni.com

And, So Anyway, i told my FIT class mate,

"OK, but His TV and Video wasnot stolen, how you gonna escape with Big TV!?"

and

"Well, I heard he threw his TV and He catched and he runway?"

What the hell, it was kind of funny. Such a small world in NYC........

KOOan

KOOan

KOOan is on TV on TLC-- now its on YOUTUBE

2007-11-20T19:57:00.000-05:00

yeah--- finaly it has been on Youtube---
"Ive Got Nothing To wear!!"

KOOan is sewing,,, and go home in the middle to watch cartoon.....

These reality show, really, after 30 mins later, you really forget that there were video camera.....
But I tried to be nicer... so its not total broken KOOan. I speak a bit better than KOOan too the 3 days.....

And you can see the 2 complete outfits on other video on www.youtube.com/kooan or you might be able to click on Menu on this first video and they might be link to next video.

JONTE' with Super Dancers

2007-11-20T06:41:00.000-05:00

So I get a call like 6 pm, "Hey, I have a show tonight at bla bla bla, can you make it?"
and im like, yes i saw the internet add about the show and im already pack that shit and ready to leave, what time is the show starts?

Thats how the day start. And this Time, im gonna spell speciphic peoples name, so don be afraid to tell me to erace ur name if you read and didn like it. This story includes, Jonte' Ramon Johan Nancy TJ Durrel....

So, I get to place usually with 2 suits case. open the shit and Now I finally know who is dancing tonight, and think think think think think!!! but usually ended up every one same shit, cause it looks best for each other, really! But I try to put something else sometimes, to see how different they r, and u know try something new.

So Usually who is ready first, TJ usually alreay there and i try some other stuff besides Painted jumpsuits, everything else looks good too but this Painted Jumpsuits is gooood. fit well and this is painted by water color, and He doesn Sweat! Lucky him. so its always safe and cute.

by the time i m deciding TJ's outfit, Mr. Yohan comes, He always actually wanna wear the wool jacket or Denim Jacket, but whenever he tried to get something, it usualy ended up to Durrel, and he goes "This is my favorite one, Im gonna be wearing this from now all the time!" and always get some other outfits that Yohan wants.....Its funny, cause im just passing around the these outfits that will look good for both of them but it always goes to Durrel. But Yohan is the one who can wear my Ski Wear outfit! He look soooo cute in it. He should wear Panda. I asked him he said no. So i will ask him again.

Ramon always have sooooo cute outfit already, and comes with bunch of other cute outfits in his suitscase!!!! and When he wear anything, i never falls off or Move, for example, Hat, They never fall unless he take it off. And if you dancing close to him, even ur outfit get screwed up and came off or something, he will fix behind you in second while you dancing! Its Crazy!

Nancy look so goood in Afro!!!!! It actually comes out when she is dancing!!!!! Shiiiit!!! I think its soooooo cuuuuuuuuute----!!!!!yeaa!!!! i found out that she is reading my blooog so im gonna write somthing nice about her yeah---------, and she likes Pop Corn! Me too!!!!! Congratulation for new Kathy's Video--!!!

JONTE', he move very unespected, means the clothe will break the way you don think of. He dancing, and when you notice, ?? Oh?? I didn know that this jacket was sleeveless? >> WHere is Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve---!!!! That was KOOan and Crayon's Big Shock in 2007 Feb at Room service..... He wear what he wants to wear, and knows what he will look good in it.
Latest look of him was on the KOOan and Crayon Bubble Coat, and he was singing on Live show, it look soooooooooooooooo good that i just have to go home and do prepare for photo shoot with him with the out fit. It was soooooo good. they should use for Jacket Cover of the JONTE New Song, KIDS,

So how it ends, ,,,,, yeah-------

KOOan

So I think I should,,,

2007-11-20T01:18:00.000-05:00

so i think i should talk about something funny,,, u know, other wise there are no readers.....

When it comes to think what i should talk about funny, it always turn me off and realised in a month later that i stop blogging an all that a month ago.....

So, I mean, I was writting a book before for like 3 days u know, and don't even remember where the file is, so i think i started bloging at the time for another 3 days, and, u know i repeated several time and now, i have more to write about my life.

Things about the last time when I was writting a book, it was all about my Drama. I m very tend to get in to drama deeply without notice and realize Ohuuu!! My House is on FIRE!!!! Call 119!! Oh It don ring! Cause in AMERICA, ITS 911 ass hole!!! OK, and wear my rabit jacket and leave my house, over 7 fire fighter cars came and Distroy my Apartment! Who Put the Fire, was French Guy who run away, i don know where he is, type of drama, i have Tons of them,

However Now i got more Good drama and stuff, But matter of fact, even when i seccess something there is always drama behind, fight with my life u know.

So far, Lincoln Center, Parsons New School, St.Kitts, NY LOOK BOOK, There is so much to talk about, and its so fucked up and funny. but so much thing is so, how do you say, like u know, if i talk shit about everyone, i be really bad, but i so want to, cause its soooooooooo fucked up how ppl are these day. EVEL!!! how do u spell,, evil? anyway.

I ended up talking about nothing for a while, sorry for reader for this post........ Im gonna talk about something at least at next post...

KOOan

KOOan St.Kitts Fashion Weekend Video

2007-11-14T14:33:00.001-05:00

video by www. runwaynews.com

KOOan Interview!!! @ runwaynews.com

2007-11-13T08:43:00.000-05:00

Alohaaaaan! woo! my interview by runwaynews.com is UP now! (actually it was up since Nov 3rd, but i didn know...) i just copy the article here.

And thank you so much to RUNWAYNEWS.COM

Designer focus: KOOAN
Saturday, 03 November 2007
ImageFresh off of the Runway of St. Kitts Fashion Weekend, KOOAN was a name to remember for extremely innovative and creatively charged collections. Runwaynews was able to catch up with KOOAN to get a closer look at what makes his collectionos so hot. They were even featured in a recent Beyonce video! Find out more information about this designer and see photos & video of his collection! ...

RUNWAYNEWS SPEAKS TO DESIGN HOUSE: KOOAN

RN: How did you get into fashion designing?

I always liked to dress the way I wanted to, and also wanted my friends to dress the way I wanted. There were no stores that had what I wanted, so I started making my own clothing. My grandmother taught me how to sew when I was in high school.

RN: What inspires the style and looks you put together?

It's inspired by KOOan and KOOan's people! I create the looks me and my friends like to wear. Yes! I put it all together, right now, the KOOan factory is being run by myself at the moment.

RN: What would you say seperates your designs from others out there?

I have a lot more jump suits than others and I like playing with fabric, so you will see more fun in ways of fabrication.

RN: What type of consumers are you looking to wear your clothing?

EVERYONE! I'd love to have many different consumers, but for now I am most concentrating on women and men 18-39. But I have a lot of friends in age of 40-70 so I think when the time comes, I would like to do more variations. Soon!!

RN:You said you are currently working with the artist "JONTE". Tell us about that experience.

JONTE is a crazy dancer,singer,performer,artist. He presents some of my outfits the best way, definetly one of my big inspirations lately. I work as I watch his work and life and create something cute for him to perform and he wear from "KOOan's Closet" as we style together every other day. He is an upcoming singer who danced for Janet, Madonna, and is currently Beyonce's choreograher. We are also working as a package of Choreographed Dancer with Super Outfits!!

So please looking forward to seeing what we are woking on now when it comes out!

RN: In Beyonce's video "FREAKUM DRESS" the artist Jonte was wearing your creation. How did that come about?

I had a collaborative fashion show with theater people in Lincoln Center and I was told Lincoln Center never had a fashion show before? (I'm not sure) and I asked my friend, JONTE, to model one of my outfits, it was totally him and needed to be him. We knew each other as crazy persons in the world, but we never looked at each others work until that day, and he saw my collection at the show and he liked it.

He told me he was doing Beyonce's video , so I was like take whatever you can fit in and dance, and we found out all my clothes were dancable!! My whole collection moved to LA for reharsal, and Beyonce and her mom liked it, cause he was wearing different KOOan outfits everyday. When they came back to NY for Freakum Dress, it was Boom! Let's do with these outfits! JONTE and Ramon had my outfits (collaboration with Crayon Lee)

RN:Is there a siginificance to the name KOOAN?

It's soooo mis-spelled, probably should have been KOAN but It spell it KOOan. KOOan. KOOan. KOOan!!!!!
It means KOOan!!!! I named it to English when I didn know English much.... so. what!?

RN: Whats next for KOOAN?

I was working in my factory in my APT but now im getting my production done, so you will see my stuff in stores really soon!!!! wooooo!!!!!!!

Kooan with Miss Universe 2007

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RN: Where can we get more info or see more images of KOOAN?

www.myspace.com/kooan
Original Article is avairable here
http://runwaynews.com/content/view/2135/62/

oh shit

2007-11-11T02:24:00.001-05:00

Im sick

almost 5 years ago, i triped around the world twice in 96 hours!

2007-11-08T04:10:00.000-05:00

i just talked about it but i just decide to put this part separate. This story happen almost 5 yearsago when I was coming back to NYC at Detroit.

KOOan

Yes, I couldn come in to US twice in 5 years ago....
Here was the thing. they basicaly thought that i was working in the US illigally, and I didn even had a job in US, buti also didn have a bank statement to prove that i have enough money so i don have to work,(cause foreign student cannot work in US except on campus)anyway, my the most idiot roommate in the history was one of my roommate at the time and thouht it would be better to tell them that i have a job when the immigration guy calleded him, just because the roommate didn have a job.

anyhow, this crazy roommate went to jeil later on dur to tring to put fire on my apt in front of my other roommate at the time.

On top of it when i couldn get in to US, immigration told me to get in to this air plain so i can go back to Osaka in Japan. So i got in, air plain took off, and i gotback my pass port and tickets that they changed, and looking around other peopl in the air plain, and no japanese, but is it going to OSAKA?////

I asked ppl close to me "Hi!, are you going Osaka?" and he goes"ha? im going Amusteldum" and I asked to other one saying "Im going Holand"
so i thought to my self like "fuck this shit, i don even know where the hell im going----"

I got to where the plain landed, have no idea where the hell i was.

I asked to the air port center ppl where the hell i am, and told me here is NETHERLAND. I was like im OVER<,,,
WHRE THE HELL AM !I!? Nether land or Holand or Amusteldum! not Osaka righty????

she told me that Amstelduam is in Holand which is in Netherland......

so i ended up triped around the world in 48 hours, yes i got back to OSAKA.

BUT on top of in, in 7 days after, i got in to Huge Car Accident, the doctor toldme that it was mirracle that i didn die. I just got Afro perm at the time that protected my head from the accident!!

My car was really small geep type car by Suzuki, i love driving off road, and the car had vinyal roof by zipper and u can take it off woo!!!

But when Mitsubish big car attacted my car from right side (and japanese car is right handle...) my car jumped 270dgree and spin around and my face was btwn door flame of the car and the street.

I was so lucky that my car was so small and it jumped and spined so much that went so far and it was on side walk. so btwn my face snwitch by door and door flame didn crush to the street like 3 more inches.

and i broke my colorbone and sholder bone, but didn get sergery and it became fine--- it hurted but i skied a lot at the time so my muscle helped me a lot and it didn hurt that much.

anyhow, 3 weeks from the car accsident, i left japan to US with right document etc,, and Detroit immigration rejected me again and went back to Japan through Amusteldum again-------

SO i got soooo much milege from the air plain company that i was usuing, and got many free trips-- wooooooooooo!!!!!

KOOan

Im back in NYC---- wooo

2007-11-07T21:35:00.000-05:00

So, I finally up from jetlag(jetrag?jetrug?, i have no idea) but
I have a presentation on Nov 17th for Japanese press, but if u r any press interestead please contact to KOOOan@gmail.com this is new address for press due to other e-mail punked....its 3 O so KOOOan just for e-mail.Im still KOOan..... so.....

By the way, Everytime i comeback to US, I always send to "oter room" when i try to go through imigration. this time wasnt too bad. they asked me about my almost 5 years agos story and i was like ha?

Yes, I couldn come in to US twice in 5 years ago....
Here was the thing. they basicaly thought that i was working in the US illigally, and I didn even had a job in US, buti also didn have a bank statement to prove that i have enough money so i don have to work,(cause foreign student cannot work in US except on campus)anyway, my the most idiot roommate in the history was one of my roommate at the time and thouht it would be better to tell them that i have a job when the immigration guy calleded him, just because the roommate didn have a job.

anyhow, this crazy roommate went to jeil later on dur to tring to put fire on my apt in front of my other roommate at the time.

On top of it when i couldn get in to US, immigration told me to get in to this air plain so i can go back to Osaka in Japan. So i got in, air plain took off, and i gotback my pass port and tickets that they changed, and looking around other peopl in the air plain, and no japanese, but is it going to OSAKA?////

I asked ppl close to me "Hi!, are you going Osaka?" and he goes"ha? im going Amusteldum" and I asked to other one saying "Im going Holand"
so i thought to my self like "fuck this shit, i don even know where the hell im going----"

I got to where the plain landed, have no idea where the hell i was.

I asked to the air port center ppl where the hell i am, and told me here is NETHERLAND. I was like im OVER<,,,
WHRE THE HELL AM !I!? Nether land or Holand or Amusteldum! not Osaka righty????

she told me that Amstelduam is in Holand which is in Netherland......

so i ended up triped around the world in 48 hours, yes i got back to OSAKA.

BUT on top of in, in 7 days after, i got in to Huge Car Accident, the doctor toldme that it was mirracle that i didn die. I just got Afro perm at the time that protected my head from the accident!!

My car was really small geep type car by Suzuki, i love driving off road, and the car had vinyal roof by zipper and u can take it off woo!!!

But when Mitsubish big car attacted my car from right side (and japanese car is right handle...) my car jumped 270dgree and spin around and my face was btwn door flame of the car and the street.

I was so lucky that my car was so small and it jumped and spined so much that went so far and it was on side walk. so btwn my face snwitch by door and door flame didn crush to the street like 3 more inches.

and i broke my colorbone and sholder bone, but didn get sergery and it became fine--- it hurted but i skied a lot at the time so my muscle helped me a lot and it didn hurt that much.

anyhow, 3 weeks from the car accsident, i left japan to US with right document etc,, and Detroit immigration rejected me again and went back to Japan through Amusteldum again-------

SO i got soooo much milege from the air plain company that i was usuing, and got many free trips-- wooooooooooo!!!!!

KOOan

OMG! KOOan woke KOOan's grand Father in Japan!!

2007-10-29T04:41:00.000-04:00

KOOan is in Japan now.

Its crazy.

Oct.25 2007, I got a call from Japan, and was told my grand Father is really in danger of death.
His right side has been paralised like 10 years ago, and when I got a call, I heard that my grand father's whole body was totally paralised according to doctors, nothing is moving anymore. They were already talking about how they should stop anymore,,, how do u say, like anymore machin and other stuff to keep him alive, u know cause he cannot move at all, he survived 10 years of hospital life, (However, his favorite thing is to watch TV forever, and he don really like going out or talk, unlike me... but he is crazy artist, he paints really good unlike me... I make clothes.. i think..) and if he cannot even watch TV or hear any thing. My family almost decided to let him go.

Well, I went back to Japan the same day, and got to japan the night of the next day (cause of time difference)
My mother's yonger sister told him that im coming back from New York, and........

OMG------------ the morning of the day i come back.....
HE FUCKING WOKE UP!

I got to my city after the hospital closed for the night, so i visited him the next morning. And I was like, "Hey==== Alohaaaaan!! How r uuuuuuuuu!?" to my grand father. ANd he was like, "Ah? Oh." and wave his hand from the bed.

and my mother and her sister were soooooo suprising, cause they have not heard his voice for so long or have not seen him moving is left body......

He is a bit stable and getting better, so is his wife which is my grand mother, but they @ different hospital,,,, I hope my grand mom will wake up tooooo!! im still screaming wired sounds from my voice mixed with Japanese Language and English and KOOan some other own language......

Myo----------------

KOOan

True Story about "NEW YORK LOOK BOOK" BOOK PARTY

2007-10-27T15:49:00.001-04:00

OK, this is funny. I actually already announced that I was on New York LOOK BOOK issued by New York Magazine. And it was Huge ass Mirror of KOOan! Many other KOOan pics in Berfdofg Goodman for the Book party (sorry goodman ppl, i really don know how to spell nothing. Im KOOan....)

Well, this picturrres, take a look first and read whatever I just typed below. Its pretty fucked up what happen there, cause of KOOan....

However,,,,well, it was my miss understanding etc happen.

THE INVITATION SAID i think it was like cock tail hour 7-9. so i was like oh--- open bar 7-9 and party starts from 9 probably.

Hell no the event was only 7 to 9 pm,,,, and i got ther like 8:55

u know. it was OVER...........

WHo the hell didn tell me that it was gonna be the big Pictures like that, i mean especially when they DON have other ppl's Big pic anywhere..... and my pic is the Center of the Window display on fucking 57th street 5ave.
I went there at least a bit fashionably late if someone had told me....

Well. VIP always come at the end.. so i came there the last how about that.
But I was there too late that Daaaa i didn get any interview what so ever
SO I FUCKING VIDEO BY MY SELF----- how bout thaaaaaa
and i will put in on youtube soon....

KOOan

I've been FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-24T07:35:00.000-04:00

OMG, I have a roommate. im not gonna say who that is but i live with one of my friends now. Dah, we fight for every single stuff, just cause we are sooooo different...... and we fucking don't care shit when we start arguing.. omg. its terrible.
We got Playstayon3 not too long ago with vercia Fighter5 sorry (fighting game,i cannot spell shit) and Resistance or something(shooting game). Anyway, i win the fighting game, cause im japanese, i mean we play game like life when we are kids. and we get adicted and never sleep like japanese adult ppl who work everyday. Japan is busy so game is busy. OMG, when Dragon Quest series comes out, we use some "toy store connection" or someshit and reserve ur game(cause it was so popular that they get sold out very quick unless you have to be on crazy line from 4am or something) anyway, and i get the game and go home and play till midnight, acted like i went to bed and after making sure my parents went to bed and i go back switching the TV and play game till morning, and go to school and go home and play,,, do this like 3 days and finish everything....

Anyway, so He cannot win to me, my roommate, so he conplains that I play sneaky.

we fight so much, but when i think of it what it was, only thing i can actually recall was the game one....... which is the most recent....... well, i will come back to this subject when i remember---

But Because of that, actually a lot of people have told me that my English sounds a lot better--- how bout thaaaaaaaaa~!!t

bye-

KOOan

KOOan St.Kitts Trip Detail

2007-10-13T19:58:00.001-04:00

So, I thought I was DONE. u know. I just thought "WHAT THE HELL, nothing is what i was expected or told..." WHatever,,, I was supposed to leave Oct4th. Thursday. I got call on Monday night....."Hey! Your flight is Oct3rdWed 530am. I answered the phone so nicely, and all i said was "sure! No problem" Yes, it as many problems but...

So im like, i don't have a time, i have 1 less day than i thought, thats long time 24 hours.....

Anyway, changes started right about the time, and Wed,,,, Its too ealy so i decided to be up all night. and got a call 1 or 2 am, flight will be on 1 40PM instead of 5 30am.
So i was like, Unpack everything again, and started working and packed everything again, and went to air port.....

As soon as I got to Air port,,,, "Ur flight is 4:30pm.

By the way, all this time, I m getting all the confirmation from American Airline .com or someshit.

And i tried to get stand for 1 40pm air plain, and I was lucky to get in.
HOWEVER- They changed the location as well as time... I was supposed to transfer at Miami.. Guess what, it flighted to SanJuan in PR.
Ontop of it, It was not enough ppl to have 1 more air plain or something( i really don know what was real reason) So i got stuck in PR one night. BY MY SELF....

I was with bunch of other ppl from New York, u know fashion show clews like models, photo ppl, directors...... They got in to the air plain... and 4 other ppl couldn getting in, but they tried for standing so we werenot together, and i was already in Hotel in air port looking for place to get BuckWild---!!!!! And they went to hotel that they been told that its been reserve for them, but i had 4 suits case, so i stayed at air port...

Anyway, what the hell im talking. Yes, Somehow i thought i got to St.Kitts. Hell no, i was still in St.Nevus It was soooooo collorfull houses in St.Nevus, St.Kitts have many colors and charactors on buiding but St.Nevus color was more ramdam to me, and i loved it.

So because of all this delay,,,,,, I met, Angel, India, Sabina, to trip together from SanJuan to St.Kitts, Nadine and Jade at the St.Kitts Down town, and I missed the all the casting cause of this delay, But Because Of that, i had best models in my collection...... I was able to have this Jump Suits Celebration Collection in ST.KITTs with Carrebean models!!!!

It was definettly more than I was expecting from this show.
And Angel, India, Sabina, Jana, Naeon and other models from New York for this show, St.Kitts. Please contact me to my e-mail and lets do more shooting--!!!

KOOan St.Kitts Fashion Weekend

2007-10-11T01:08:00.000-04:00

my dress pic is on this article!!!!!
Just had a fashion show in ST.KITTS and Super Model Nadine Wilis walked for me== 2 outfits! one for ending of my collection one for the finale of the event.

Myuuo------p
and they are talking about how fool i was on the stage.... haha

http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/3611

Beyonce Freakum Dress

2007-04-24T12:21:00.001-04:00

Beyonce + Ramon + JONTE' in Freakum Dress
(Ramon+JONTE' outfits by KOOan and Crayon)
Thank you Beyonce, Ramon, JONTE' and Beyonce mom for choosing the outfits!!!

Beyonce - Freakum Dress
hotlikeu

KOOan Fashion Show

2007-03-15T22:15:00.000-04:00

KOOan spring summer 2008 collection

KOOan 2007 Lincoln Center Fashion Show

2007-02-20T03:58:00.001-05:00