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Ayu Twitter Updates

02 Sunday Jan 2011

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By Mannie: Wedding in las Vegas 1.1.11

By ayu: It will soon be daybreak here ☆

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Ayu Marriage Article on Sponichi

02 Sunday Jan 2011

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Shotgun Marriage between Hamasaki Ayumi and a younger Austrian actor!

Singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) will marry this month. This was announced on New Year’s Day by Hamasaki herself, in a message dedicated to fans on her official fanclub site 「TeamAyu」. Her groom is Manuel Schwarz (30), an Austrian actor based in Los Angeles 2 years younger than her. They met in August last year on a film set and started off from there. After 5 months, the couple has decided to have a shotgun marriage.

An established songstress, Hamasaki performed in the important NHK Kouhaku Utagassen event dressed in a wedding dress, with a 30-metre long veil attached. It seems like we will be seeing her don the dress in her personal life soon too.

According to sources, the couple met in late August. Hamasaki went to Los Angeles to film the music video for wedding song 「Virgin Road」. After that, Hamasaki returned to Los Angeles again for a month, from October~November, to produce her album and shoot more videos with Schwarz. They had plenty of free time in the evenings, and spent the time getting to know each other more. She seemed to make her decision to marry in early December, and announced it to avex CEO Matsuura in mid-December.

Schwarz was a local actor who participated in the audition for the casting of Hamasaki’s video, in which the final pick was made by Hamasaki herself. In the video for 「Virgin Road」, the two held a wedding ceremony, perhaps a foretelling of events to come. A Keanu Reeves lookalike with his good features and beard, Schwarz is a good-looking Caucasian standing at about 180cm tall. Sources tell that “The staff members think well of him too. Because he knows he does not match what the Japanese people may feel to be Hamasaki Ayumi’s type, he has also talked about it frankly with Hamasaki.” They mostly converse in English.

Hamasaki has announced to her fans that [TA entry here]. The registration for marriage seems to be set for this month, and it may take place either in Japan or the US. She is not pregnant and will continue working. The wedding ceremony has not been planned. Even though Hamasaki plans to spend 3-4 months in Los Angeles to prepare for her future works, the two do not plan to settle down together, and will travel between Japan and the US to see each other.

In July 2007, Hamasaki broke up her 7-year relationship with 「TOKIO」’s Tomoya Nagase (32). Though they have survived many downs in their relationship, Hamasaki made a decision in the end, talked the whole thing through with Tomoya and separated from him. After that, there were rumours that she had an affair with a US-based designer.

From Sponichi Entertainment news.

Love songs blog. 2/1/2011. “A HAPPY NEW YEAR ☆”

02 Sunday Jan 2011

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Soon after the start of 2011,

Hamasaki Ayumi’s happy news rocked the whole of Japan!!!

There are probably lots of people who are shocked,

especially those of you from TA, but because you all are Hamasaki Ayumi’s beloved and understanding fans

I’m sure you will all watch over her warmly.

Please also continue to support the A troupe, who will be evolving more this year too m(_ _)m

OK, OK, OK!

Did everyone enjoy the special line-up counting down to the New Year → Kouhaku Utagassen + CDTV Special + COUNTDOWN LIVE??

I’m sure you all did, but we still did all we could to put up the best show!!

Right now, our hearts are full of achievement and a little bit of exhaustion.

Of course, with so much dancing, we’re bound to get tired (-“-;…

So after this COUNTDOWN LIVE, the special tune:up branch at Yoyogi got lots of customers again!!

I took lots of photos of the dancers relaxing their bodies here (← I hope they didn’t mind. (laugh))

So please take a look at this healing process ↓

Relaxing into lethargy,

Is that MARO-san… Nah, it’s KAZUMA-san. (laugh)

“Feels good~” coming from ZIN-san.

EKKO-san, a new addition to the A troupe for this concert.

So fresh~

Next…

!?

A very interesting-looking MIDORI-san. (laugh)

Was that good? (←What?)

To everyone at tune:up, thank you so much for reinvigorating us and getting us ready for the busy year ahead!!

A-STAFF Minazou

Selected ayu tweets

02 Sunday Jan 2011

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Selected tweets that answer some burning questions for all ayu fans.

s_ayumilky: ayu-chan’s followers have reached 330k! (((;ʘдʘ)))
ayu_19980408: Hubby’s followers have also increased by 8k overnight.

eri_ayuyu: Where will ayu be flying off to?? (;_;)
ayu_19980408: I’ve said this before. I’m standing here as myself, in a place that doesn’t exist. I’ve always been here, always will be here. Nothing will change.
(ayu quotes SURREAL lyrics)

emina283: Will ayu be spending lots more time overseas from now on??
ayu_19980408: I’ll spend lots of time in Japan ☆

omitsumin: Will your name remain as Hamasaki Ayumi??
ayu_19980408: Yes ♪

airippp: Will ayu dancers no longer appear in PVs? (;_;) That’ll be sad (;_;)
ayu_19980408: Nope, they are still active, this year too ☆

taijn: There are rumours that you’re pregnant…
ayu_19980408: I’m not. I did dance lots yesterday, right? (laugh)

keisui_: You didn’t have any New Year’s dishes? (laugh)
ayu_19980408: I did– (*^^*) Daddy served us some ♪
(Daddy??)

e198612ri: You won’t change even when you’re married, right ☆ ayu is ayu, Mannie is Mannie, and TA is TA. Please don’t change and continue running ok?? ☆
ayu_19980408: You are so right ☆

naana26: I want to sing Virgin Road to my mother when I get married ☆
ayu_19980408: When I was at Kouhaku, I was thinking of mummy-chan and singing to her (*^^*)

chan__chiii1127: What is ayu-chan’s goal for this year?
ayu_19980408: To continue singing.

Ayu_Emi: you found your second wing and your last angel dear
ayu_19980408: I still have only one wing.Its never gonna change till i die.

TA_yukinoco: Is hubby jealous of TA?
ayu_19980408: He says “Please put your fans as your first priority.”