Yuichi Kodama (児玉裕一, Kodama Yuichi, born August 20, 1975),[1] is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. He often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected or "tied-up" to each other, such as Perfume's "Secret Secret" and Morinaga Milk's "Eskimo Pino", or Amuro Namie's songs and Vidal sassoon's ads.[clarification needed]
In September 2013, gossip magazine Josei Jishin published an article that linked Kodama romantically with singer Ringo Sheena and stating that Sheena has secretly given birth to his first and Sheena's second child.[3] Sheena addressed these rumours publicly during her Tōtaikai concerts in November 2013, announcing that she gave birth in spring of 2013 to a daughter. As this was close to the release of her single "Irohanihoheto/Kodoku no Akatsuki," she did not feel it was appropriate to link the birth of their daughter with her single promotions, so she decided not to announce it at the time.[4] The footage of her announcement was released on her Tōtaikai DVD in March 2014.
^"【クリエイター100選】第34回 児玉裕一(映像ディレクター)" [[100 Creators] No. 34 Yuichi Kodama (Video Director)]. TECH+（テックプラス） (in Japanese). 2010-07-09. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^椎名林檎認めた！今春に第２子出産していた 女性自身報じる [Ringo Sheena admitted it! Giving birth to her second child last spring (Reported by Josei Jishin)] (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
^Sheena, Ringo (2014). 党大会 平成二十五年度神山町大会 [The Party Convention: 2013 Kamiyama Event] (Blu-ray) (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: EMI Records Japan. 念願の女の子を授かりまして、現在育児中です。ごめんなさい。 だけど、その時お報告申し上げなかったのは赤ちゃんのリリースと、椎名林檎最新シングルのリリースが、見事にバッティングしており、折角の真っ新な命を図らずも親の商売の宣伝に駆り出す恰好にしてしまうような事態を、危惧したためです。 [I was gifted my hearts desire, a little girl, who's currently nursing. I'm very sorry. However, I didn't say anything at the time because the release of my baby, and the release of my new single were amazingly scheduled for the same time. I was worried about having a long-awaited brand new life unexpectedly tangled up with her parents' publicity for work.]
