Recently! ☆
11 February 2014. 03:31
by ayu.
TeamAyu blog. 11/2/2014. “Recently! ☆”
25 Tuesday Feb 2014
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11 February 2014. 03:31
by ayu.
03 Monday Feb 2014
Posted ayu's Twitter, ayumi hamasaki
inkero_ayu: Some cinemas are sold out for the Live Viewing tickets (=゜ω゜)ノ🎥
ayu_19980408: I hope everyone who gathers at Yoyogi, as well as everyone who comes to watch at the cinemas nationwide will enjoy themselves to the fullest- ♪( ´θ`)ノ
ayu_19980408: TA is updated –> Merry Christmas☆
ayu_19980408: A Christmas present from Santa KO ♡
ayuangel_news: Ayu will be at Buddha 2 premiere at the Louvre museum at Paris the 2014.01.27!! -http://t.co/Ive4vZTw9A via @modelpress
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu_19980408: I’ll be in Paris Jan. 27th for the world premier at the Louvre museum. It’ll be the first time in history for a film premier at the Louvre!
kayzu_teamayu: [OFFICIAL:NEWS] ayu will be attending the world premier of anime movie “BUDDHA2” at the Louvre museum in France! http://t.co/tDICIlIyW2
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [64th NHK Kouhaku Utagassen] Artist line-up is confirmed! ayu will be performing at top batter for the 6th consecutive year ☆ http://t.co/y8QES16TGb
ayu_19980408: RT
ayuchon7: ayu-chan ♡ I got Pop teen- (≧∇≦) Your bob is so cute- ♡ Your furisode is so cute- ♡ So full of feelings of the new spring~ ♬♡ So happy- ♡♬
ayu_19980408: Check it out~ ♪( ´▽`)
kayzu_teamayu: [MAGAZINE] Feb 2014 issue of “Popteen” to be released 27 Dec, featuring the interview ~Feel the love with Hamasaki Ayumi~!!! ayu’s on the cover too ♪(^_-)-☆
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu_19980408: Thank you for MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE-! Let’s aim for Yoyogi together like this-!!!
kayzu_teamayu: [COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A: Timing Info] Timings are as follows! For 29-30 Dec, GOODS sales start at 13:00 / Doors open at 17:00 / Show start at 18:00. For 31 Dec, GOODS sales start at 18:00 / Doors open at 22:00 / Show start at 23:00
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A: New Year Soba Booth “A”] New Year Soba Booth “A” is back after 3 years! Have some New Year soba before the LIVE! <Opening hours> 13:00 on 29-30 Dec, 17:00 on 31 Dec
ayu_19980408: RT
VERBAL_AMBUSH: First in the New Year, @mflo_official attended @ayu_19980408-san’s Countdown Live concert as surprise guests! Happy new year! ✨🎍🙇🎍✨ #MerryGoRound
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu_19980408: Happy new year! Our 14th Countdown Live at Yoyogi has concluded successfully-!!! Surrounded by love from the big family, we brought 2013 to the best close and started off on 2014. Please support us this year too ( ̄^ ̄)ゞ
p.s. Arashi is the best ☆ *whispers…*
02 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted ayu's Twitter, ayumi hamasaki
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ayu_19980408: Brunch time♡
kayzu_teamayu: 15th debut Anniversary special project Chapter 1! Photobook “ayu”
miccie0730: The photobook, released on the 15th, has been sold out, and a second batch has been ordered to print a few days ago ☆ For those who didn’t manage to buy it, please wait for a while more m(__)m
ayu_19980408: Please wait a little!!!
ayu_19980408: TA is updated –> December Σ(゚д゚lll)
ayu_19980408: When did morals disappear from our world?
kayzu_teamayu: [MAGAZINE] To be released on 7 Dec, “Majesty Japan” ~Private Photo Session! Special Record: Hamasaki Ayumi in LA Super Limited Edition! Comes with double-sided poster!~ ayu’s on the cover too http://t.co/qYnO6tzbOT ♪
ayu_19980408: RT
AYUril_17: I saw the free gift content of Majesty~♥ It’s all ayu-chan’s items? ♥ I want them so much~ (n*´°ω°`*n)
ayu_19980408: They’re all personal belongings from my own closet. (laugh)
Kll_: The Majesty JAPAN poster is too beautiful!!!!!! Both sides are ayu, so I need to buy another copy so I can show both sides of the poster, right? ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ
ayu_19980408: Nice idea ♡
ayu_19980408: TA is updated –> Project ISM!!!
kayzu_teamayu: [News Article: TOKYO POP LINE] “BUDDHA2” prologue complete. Hamasaki Ayumi’s theme song “pray” revealed http://t.co/gYz1nN0odM
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [News Article: BUDDHA2 Official Site] Prologue featuring character voices & Hamasaki Ayumi’s revealed!! http://t.co/t8NRCtbV8o
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [YouTube] NEW Single “Feel the love/Merry-go-round”, to be released 25 Dec, new song “Merry-go-round” PV (short ver.) officially uploaded ♪(^_-)-☆http://t.co/lzMM85sM7w
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [News Article: BARKS] Hamasaki Ayumi’s “Merry-go-round campaign” makes its rounds on animation sites http://t.co/lHDsYuRcaT
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [News Article: natalie] Hamasaki Ayumi’s Countdown Live to be streamed live at cinemas nationwide http://t.co/xLAwwyyTI5
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu_19980408: TA is updated “Announcement~ ♪”
kayzu_teamayu: [MEDIA: TV] Hamasaki Ayumi to perform at “TV Asahi 55th Anniversary Opening Commemoration, Music Station Super Live 2013”, on air 27 Dec 19:00~!http://t.co/voKtruthwW
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu_19980408: TA is updated –> countdown live 2013-2014☆
kayzu_teamayu: [TeamAyu limited: Live Viewing Tickets] Limited to TA members, tickets for “Music Station SUPER LIVE 2013” live broadcast on 27 Dec (Fri) are up for grabs! More details at the FC site http://t.co/MiihhNITQd under the “Viewing / Presents” menu! (^_-)
ayu_19980408: RT
AYU1998l: You’re in the news all the time (*^^*) ayu looks happy in the photos, and that’s great ♡ Looking forward to meeting ayu at CDL ♪( ´▽`) http://t.co/uFc6ydAnCf
ayu_19980408: Amazed at the speed (O_O) I’m back-mambo.
miccie0730: When I first saw Ebizou-sama, I thought he was someone from Prison Break. (laugh) Well, we ate cake together just now, and seeing such a tough guy eat cake was so interesting. (lol)
ayu_19980408: That’s true. (laugh)
ayu_19980408: Seriously, everyone is writing whatever they want! (laugh) Athlete Ebizou, you’re getting mixed up in this as well! (laugh)
ayuangel_news: Hamasaki Ayumi – NEW SINGLE 12.25 in store!
01. Feel the Love: http://t.co/EkVBzWVTcZ
02. Merry-go-round: http://t.co/h8I2Y8AuKn
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [NicoNico Live Broadcast] To be released 25 Dec ☆ To commemorate the release of “Feel the love / Merry-go-round”, a 24-hour special programme will be broadcast on NicoNico Live Broadcast on Xmas night (24 Dec Tues 21:00~)! More details here -> http://t.co/cbclNYNXw1
ayu_19980408: RT
ayuangel_news: “ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A” Live Viewing Announcement: http://t.co/1dR3tziUyG via @youtube
ayu_19980408: RT
02 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted ayumi hamasaki, TeamAyu blog
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30 January 2014. 14:35
by ayu.
26 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted ayumi hamasaki, TeamAyu blog
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25 January 2014. 02:21
by ayu.
26 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted ayumi hamasaki, Magazine Translations
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Scans shared by ayufan.com.
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Wrapping up the 15th Anniversary year, Ayu x ViVi 2-month consecutive print release project!!
Part 1:
First photobook since “uraayu ayumi hamasaki asian book”,
Photobook “ayu” on sale now!!
Part 1 is an exclusive photobook shot at her residence in L.A. Clad in her own fashion, the book features scenes from her real life, relaxed expressions that cannot be seen anywhere else, and photos of her wrapped in sheets in her private bedroom. An up-close and personal encounter with a smiling ayu, almost within reach, surrounded in a warm atmosphere!
Part 2:
Much-awaited LIFE STYLE BOOK now in production!!
Part 2 is a LIFE STYLE BOOK which fans have been waiting for for the past 2 years, produced under ayu’s own direction!! Starting with snapshots of ayu’s usual must-have items and personal fashion style, she also reveals her beloved cosmetics and beauty items, her private residences in Tokyo and L.A., the Hamasaki household gourmet, and recommended dream-like travel spots!
This issue!! We feature the making-of of the LIFE STYLE BOOK!! Check it out now
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making report
A special feature of the backstage of the LIFE STYLE BOOK, currently in production!
Let us introduce some scenes from the meeting to wrap up the book!
Contents: fashion, beauty, interior, food, travel, family, etc…
Captions from top to bottom:
1. All photos, such as scenes of her residence and other places throughout the world were supplied by ayu. This huge collection to be used in the LIFE STYLE BOOK had to be rearranged in order, and the process had to be repeated many times. Starting with the cover, ayu checked through every detail and item which she wished to deliver to her readers.
2. After selecting the best photos, the staff team held a meeting to review the selection and decide if some shots were to be retaken. After a long thought process, this 2-year overdue work was born.
3. All featured items belong to her private collection, as she directed the artistry behind each and every shot!!
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Ayu’s Deji Deji Diary Vol.160 January
1. Everyone, konnichihuahua. I’m having the best recording session now. The focus this time is definitely on “EDM x Ayu”!! Kyaaa- Don’t miss it
2. Everyone’s been sending me lots of questions!! The beanies I’ve been wearing lots recently are from the brand “neff”, available in Western countries. I bought mine at KITSON-.
3. This Kitty-chan iPhone case is from ninamew. It’s just so exquisite!!!! But I use it lots so it’s a little worn out (laugh) It also comes with a card holder
Next page:
1. Chanel bag, which at first glance sports a dumbbell (laugh).
2. Dolce’s square-framed sunglasses.It’s really light, and I keep wearing them these days~
3. My music comrade in L.A… VERBAL-chin from m-flo, a familiar director, and Jason, a familiar face from little bro’s single!! Love you all
4. Gucci’s leopardprint for today. Aside from the shirt I was wearing in the photos, I also bought a large clutch, sneakers and short boots.
5. I was wearing Jimmy Choo’s flat gold sandals!!
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1. This is Vegas!! I’m on a study tour.
2. For some reason, someone was holding a wedding that day, on the largest scale ever in Vegas history!!! Wow-, it was so awesome!!! The venue was as big as Saitama Super Arena… (sweatdrop)
3. Isabel Marant sneakers!! I’m an obsessed collector. LOVE Isabel Marant
4. A leopardprint stole from Saint Laurent, over Lauren’s long T-shirt, over ROW’s leather pants (laugh)
Next page:
1. HERVE LEGER’s stiletto heels with Victoria Beckham’s tuxedo dress and jacket. A beloved coordination
2. The team that creates my stage!! I really bow down to them!
12 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
inOriginal article [here].
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A year-end tradition? Hamasaki Ayumi’s history with men a result of “self-production”
27 December 2013.
An update “Announcement: I’ve gotten engaged today, 12 December L.A. time~” was made on her official site.
“Online comments have been calling this a publicity stunt, a marriage looking for attention. The announcement was made on the day tickets for her Countdown Live concert on 29~31 went on sale, and precedes a whole line-up of events like her single release on 25th and Kouhaku on 31st. She may really want attention, but selling her private life like this is too much” (variety show staff)
Hamasaki debuted in April 1998 with single “poker face”. Her self-written lyrics carried a universal message, helping her CDs reach massive sales and her concerts fully sold-out events. With her gyaru charisma, she ushered in a new age in the music industry.
“Matsuda Seiko in her heyday was also an outstanding self-produced artist. But her taste in men was hopeless and she fell into passionate relationships really quickly. Her super go-getter attitude was just like ayu’s. However, Seiko has matured with age, but ayu continues to get herself into troublesome situations” (celebrity writer)
The number of Hamasaki’s romances is excessive. Her romance with fellow idol TOKIO’s Nagase Tomoya caused a great ruckus among the media. They met during filming for a drama in 1993, and started dating in 2001. In September that year, Hamasaki revealed their relationship, which continued in good form for a long time. However, in September 2007, she made an announcement on her official site, stating that “this is sudden, but I’ve broken up with my lover”. The reason seemed to be Nagase’s involvement with another woman.
■Nagase → Jewelry designer → Manager
Then, a Korean-American jewelry designer by the name of Jason Park started getting close to Hamasaki. They met during a PV filming session in Hawaii in June 2005.
“ayu wrote him an ardent love letter stating that he was her “fated true love”, and they started dating. Park revealed that their relationship did not end in Hawaii, as he was called to Japan for a secret meeting in a 500,000yen hotel suite room in the city” (celebrity writer)
Her next relationship with Tim Mcger, her concert stylist, got to the point of them going to Tiffany’s in NY to purchase engagement/wedding rings. Their pre-wedding vacation at a 7-star hotel in Dubai was exposed in a weekly magazine, and caused a huge ruckus.
“Nagase first believed ayu’s explanation that “the magazines were full of lies, and they were just colleagues”. But a second incident was so incriminating that they had a huge fight and broke up” (women’s magazine reporter)
Her heartbreak was healed by Manager Mr. U. His gallant act of nursing a drunk Hamasaki and sending her home was exposed, and he lost his position at the company.
Her relationship with back dancer SHU-YA began during a Hawaii trip in September 2008. 2 months later, it was rumoured that she announced to her staff that they were “dating and getting married”.
Actor Tamayama Tetsuji came into the picture after her break-up with SHU-YA in December 2009. They met secretly numerous times at hotels or at Hamasaki’s residence. However, he proved not to be her “only one”, and was dismissed.
Her lightning marriage with Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz, who acted with her in 3 PVs, came in January 2011, after just 4 months of dating. Their long-distance marriage between Japan and Los Angeles lasted a year.
In November last year, she announced her relationship with back dancer Maro. After the announcement, she learned to her horror that he was caught up in a divorce, and even had a child.
“The relationship might have lasted if the fans hadn’t revolted against her mixing her professional and private life and this adulterous turn of events. They broke up after 45 days, making it her shortest relationship yet” (celebrity reporter)
Maro’s successor is a UCLA graduate student 10 years her junior, a hunk with a crewcut, and the two have announced their engagement. He seems to be an old acquaintance who used to handle her affairs at L.A. Hamasaki may seem in love now, but only god knows if this relationship will end in marriage.
12 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
inOriginal article [here].
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Hamasaki Ayumi and Matsuyama Ken’ichi prepare for world premiere of anime movie “BUDDHA2”
25 December 2013.
Hamasaki Ayumi will be attending the world premiere for anime movie “BUDDHA2 Tezuka Osamu no Buddha -Owari naki tabi-” will be held on 27 Jan next year at the Louvre Museum in France.
Based on the original work “Buddha” by Tezuka Osamu, this “BUDDHA2” movie is a sequel to movie “Tezuka Osamu no Buddha- Akai sabaku yo! Utsukushiku-“. Voice actor Matsuyama Ken’ichi, Kanze Kiyokazu, scriptwriter Yoshida Reiko, director Komura Toshiaki, executive producer Morishita Kouzou, music composer Oshima Michiru, and theme song “Pray” artiste Hamasaki Ayumi are among the guests invited to the world premiere event.
Hamasaki made the following comment with regards to theme song “Pray”. “I wrote the lyrics after reading all the original volumes and the movie script. Immersing myself in that unique world, I read the entire story all at once, and presented it in a song of my style.” She will perform the theme song at the premiere.
◎”BUDDHA2 Tezuka Osamu no Buddha -Owari naki tabi-”
In theatres nationwide from 8 Feb 2014 (Sat)
Voice actor cast: Yoshinaga Sayuri, Matsuyama Ken’ichi, Maki Yoko, Yoshioka Hidetaka, Oowada Shinya, Waraimeshi Tetsuo, Taguchi Hiromasa, Mizuki Nana, Sawashiro Miyuki, Fujiwara Keiji, Ootomo Ryuuzaburou, Shimamoto Sumi
Original work: Tezuka Osamu
Director: Komura Toshiaki
Script: Yoshida Reiko
Music: Oshima Michiru
Bamboo flute performance: Fujiwara Douzan
12 Sunday Jan 2014
Posted ayumi hamasaki, TeamAyu blog
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10 January 2014. 14:51
by ayu.
02 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
inOriginal article [here].
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Hamasaki Ayumi’s re-marriage controversy: “Commemorative photobook” release hugely unpopular
25 December 2013.
Hamasaki Ayumi (35), who is in the limelight again due to her lightning engagement to an American student (25), faces “struggles” with sales of her photoboook. To commemorate her 15th debut Anniversary, she released a photobook named “ayu” (2800yen) last month, 11 years since her last photobook, and reviews have been harsh.
Customer reviews on Amazon (average rating 2.6 stars) have been particularly critical. Comments were severe, such as;
“The book talks about an opening of her private residence, but it’s hard to tell anything from the photos”
“There’s nothing nice about looking at walls and bedsheets. Too much Photoshop. It’s a photobook of her tattoos, bedsheets and walls”
“She’s been a disappointment lately”
“An item fans buy only because of obligation”
Even so, the initial press sold more than 20,000 copies, and Kodansha’s PR department commented that “with subsequent presses, total sales reached 23,000 copies”. Seems like hardcore fans are still buying the book.
In April 2002, photobook “uraayu” (special edition 8400yen) sold up to 100,000 copies.
At that time, her romance with TOKIO’s Tomoya Nagase (35) was the hot topic, and she released consecutive hits like “Dearest” and “Voyage”. It was then that her presence as “pop princess” was strongest. However, even that premium photobook is now selling for 1yen in second-hand stores.
The plunge in Hamasaki’s popularity is obvious with this release. Will this memorial year end with nothing but news about her private life…?