Hot Pepper 2013 April: ayu Feature Article
29 Friday Mar 2013
Posted in ayumi hamasaki, Magazine Translations
Author Archives: Misa-chan
ayu Tweets 1/2/13~3/2/13
23 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in ayu's Twitter, ayumi hamasaki
ayunews: [NEWS] The very best live for her memorial year!!! “ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~” has been announced!!! ＊ku (PC) http://t.co/aA8QGfE9 #ayuDay
ayu_19980408: RT
sugiko_19940606: @ayu_19980408 ♡ayu-chan♡, you’ve hit the news again ☞☞☞ Hamasaki Ayumi to hold 15th Anniversary tour “together with all the fans” http://t.co/HTnvvqoC
ayu_19980408: Giggle ♡
kayzu_teamayu: [Because it’s this year, ayu, come to my hometown! LIVE venue suggestion! ①]; How to participate: Tweet your city and prefecture name, together with hashtag #ABESTLIVE, to @kayzu_teamayu, if you wish for ayu to add a show there!
ayu_19980408: RT
kayzu_teamayu: [Because it’s this year, ayu, come to my hometown! LIVE venue suggestion! ②]; Feel free to send in your passionate~ thoughts to ayu and everyone in the ayu staff too!!!
Let our voices reach out. Let our dreams come true.
ayu_19980408: RT
ayu Tweets 20/1/13~31/1/13
23 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in ayu's Twitter, ayumi hamasaki
ayu_19980408: Dull? Am I dull?
kazumahamamoto: Really? Are you serious?
ayu_19980408: I thought so, but it’s influenza, dammit ( ꒪Д꒪) Come and visit me soon, dammit ( ꒪Д꒪)
kayzu_teamayu: [Magazine Info] ayu is on the cover of March’s issue of ViVi, to be released 23 Jan ♪~ Congrats on 15th Anniversary debut! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY with Deji Deji Diary #150!~ Check it out~ (^_-)
ayu_19980408: RT
AQUARIUS – HIM / Ginga no chikai – MAX
21 Thursday Mar 2013
from AQUARIUS single + HIMAX! GREATEST HITS AND MORE album + HIMIX A2Z album.
Covered by MAX as 銀河の誓い (Ginga no chikai) – The galaxy’s promise
in Ginga no chikai single + MAXIMUM COLLECTION album + PRECIOUS COLLECTION 1995-2002 album.
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AQUARIUS, the frozen
Sun shines out
Let’s journey to the glacial desert
Along the caravan’s path
AQUARIUS, heal
This too-intense pain
I want to be loved by you, a love deeper than the sea
Dancing skilfully, the snow fairies hurry down to earth
Cheers and desire, all are buried in this night’s ball
In just 1 second, love and future, all is changed
Ahh, just to have met, I want to be embraced
AQUARIUS, lost
In this galaxy
Watch me, and only me
Until the world ends
AQUARIUS, in this era
We can’t even see tomorrow
But I want to burn bright, like the shining comets
To a mirage of you, after the white blizzard has passed
Clad in a crimson dress, hope draws out a trace
I want everything now to burn in your eyes
We will surely reach it, a true love
AQUARIUS, save
This trembling soul
As long as the universe lives
I won’t forget this promise
AQUARIUS, tell of
This frozen loneliness
I want you to protect me, more gently than anyone else
AQUARIUS, the frozen
Sun shines out
Let’s journey to the glacial desert
Along the caravan’s path
AQUARIUS, heal
This too-intense pain
I want to be loved by you, a love deeper than the sea
AQUARIUS, lost
In this galaxy
Watch me, and only me
Until the world ends
AQUARIUS, in this era
We can’t even see tomorrow
But I want to burn bright, like the shining comets
——
LOVE DESIRE – MAX
21 Thursday Mar 2013
from MAXIMUM GROOVE album.
——
As if stirring up the heart so much more
Love always wishes for drama
When we get too used to kindness
The excitement abates
Our hearts resound together as we share a hot kiss
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Embrace me tighter
As we love each other
You become essential
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Surrounded by passion
Even if this world
Is destroyed, it doesn’t matter to me
It’s alright to cool down a bit
Even happiness wishes for thrills
Mundane ways of love
Will turn tedious
There is surely a love that only we can have
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Don’t let go of the heartthrobs
Because right after intimacy
Love starts to get cold
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Show me your everything
This mystery which can’t be easily solved
I want it to burn me up now
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Embrace me tighter
As we love each other
You become essential
I’m in LOVE DESIRE
Surrounded by passion
Even if this world
Is destroyed, it doesn’t matter to me
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Many Happy Returns – CHAGE
21 Thursday Mar 2013
from Many Happy Returns album.
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Woo Woo Today too, the weather’s nice
Woo Woo Tomorrow too, it’ll be even better
When nothing interesting happens in the morning, let’s start with a beer!
And then, let’s go in search for something warmer
Fragrances from the bakery, the crybaby from next door
Flowers blooming in the alley
Barked at by a wolfhound, I beat a quick retreat
Avoiding a falling flowerpot at the same time, that was lucky
“I’m sorry”, and I looked up at the balcony
That girl, the town belle waiting in my dreams
Swaying in the train, I took a nap
And before I knew it, it’s Waikiki, my heart says “Aloha”
Such happiness, let’s share it with everyone
I mean, this is just Many Many Happy Returns
Woo Woo Today too, the weather’s nice
Woo Woo Tomorrow too, it’ll be even better
Even on stormy days, with just one umbrella
Sharing it with my beloved you makes it happy and fun
I’ll think about yesterday’s misses two days later
By then, things will probably be going well
Delicious meals make me smile
When I’m depressed, I eat some Loco Moco and listen to the waves’ serenade
This happiness, granted to me by everyone
Makes me want to dance, Many Many Happy Returns
I mean, this is just Many Many Happy Returns
I feel so loved, Many Many Happy Returns
Just sing a song, Many Many Happy Returns
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Mainichi ga Special – Takeuchi Mariya
21 Thursday Mar 2013
Posted in lyrics, Takeuchi Mariya
毎日がスペシャル (Mainichi ga supesharu) – Everyday is special
from
Mainichi ga Special single,
Bon Appetit! album,
Expressions album.
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Everyday is special, everyday is special
Everyday is a special day
A weekday that begins with rain is the seed of melancholy
Messy hair, low spirits
Undone homework, a careless word from the boyfriend
Just remembering these discouraged me again
But I’ve realized that taking a breath as I wake up in the morning is happiness too
Even if the weather’s bad, even if it isn’t a holiday
Even if my daily horoscope isn’t “lucky”
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Special day for everyone
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Everyday is a special day
A cinnamon roll stuffed in my mouth, I hurried to the station
But late by 5 seconds, the train had gone
With loafers dirty and heavy with rain
I felt like crying at that moment
But I know that life depends on how my heart sees things
So even if I’m not an honours student, even if I’m not popular
Even if I don’t have a nice body
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Special day for everyone
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Everyday is a special day
Everyone is growing older bit by bit
So every boring day is actually really precious too
Even if today’s not my birthday, even if it isn’t an anniversary
Even if it’s not payday
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Special day for everyone
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Everyday is a special day
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Special day for everyone
Everyday is special, everyday is special
Everyday is a special day
Very very special day!
——
15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~ Logo Revealed!
21 Thursday Mar 2013
Posted in ayu news, ayumi hamasaki
This tour logo is a revamp of the 10th Anniversary’s logo, based on an idea suggested by a fan.
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【DATES / VENUES】
13 April (Sat) Saitama Super Arena
14 April (Sun) Saitama Super Arena
24 April (Wed) Nippon Gaishi Hall
25 April (Thu) Nippon Gaishi Hall
3 May (Fri/PH) Marine Messe Fukuoka
4 May (Sat) Marine Messe Fukuoka
11 May (Sat) Yokohama Arena
12 May (Sun) Yokohama Arena
15 May (Wed) Osaka Jou Hall
16 May (Thu) Osaka Jou Hall
25 May (Sat) Sanwa Arena (Aomori Ken Ei Skate Jou)
26 May (Sun) Sanwa Arena (Aomori Ken Ei Skate Jou)
1 June (Sat) Sun Dome Fukui
2 June (Sun) Sun Dome Fukui
8 June (Sat) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena
9 June (Sun) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena
22 June (Sat) Kobe World Memorial Hall
23 June (Sun) Kobe World Memorial Hall
29 June (Sat) Nippon Gaishi Hall
30 June (Sun) Nippon Gaishi Hall
7 July (Sat) Sekisuiheim Super Arena (Grande 21)
8 July (Sun) Sekisuiheim Super Arena (Grande 21)
13 July (Sat) Hiroshima Green Arena
14 July (Sun) Hiroshima Green Arena
20 July (Sat) Osaka Jou Hall
21 July (Sun) Osaka Jou Hall
27 July (Sat) National Yoyogi First Gymnasium
28 July (Sun) National Yoyogi First Gymnasium
Fly high – ayumi hamasaki
16 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in ayumi hamasaki, lyrics
from Fly high single + LOVEppears album.
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I’ve always been unable to let go
Because of the scenery which I’ve become used to seeing
Even if I come to this place again someday
Will I still be able to look at the same sky
In the same way and say that it looks beautiful?
Maybe I’m just thinking too much
So let me sleep a little, before rushing off again tomorrow
Those ‘one step’s which I never took because I was afraid
Has all come together to form a long, long road
And it’s all too late now
So I thought about the place where I am now
And concluded that it’s not such a bad place afterall
As I came up with excuses for myself
In truth, I had never understood a single time
I just pretended that I knew it all
I’ve always been unable to let go
Because of the scenery which I’ve become used to seeing
Somehow, everything seems so small
Looking like small clumps to me
Maybe because the sky I looked up at
Was so endless and too wide
Maybe because I was by your side
In my head, I did understand
But I still turn around to look at that someone from somewhere
As they passed me by, and feel envious
Just how long more do I have to face these ridiculous demands?
I thought this way, because I met you
Everything must surely be in this hand
I can’t leave my dreams at this place
Everything must surely be in this hand
I don’t need a predetermined future
Everything must surely be in this hand
If I don’t move on, nothing will move
Everything must surely be in this hand
If I don’t start out, nothing will begin
——
LOVE LETTER – Noriyuki Makihara
16 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in Kawaguchi Kyougo, lyrics, Makihara Noriyuki
from
Noriyuki Makihara Songs from L.A. album,
THE CONCERT-CONCERT TOUR 2002 “Home Sweet Home” DVD.
Covered by
Kawaguchi Kyougo in Kimi wo suki datta ano koro album.
——
The setting sun pauses
At the fence along the railway track
Just the word “employment”
And you’ve become an adult
Each time the rapid express
Passes by on the opposite platform
The intermittent shouts of “good luck”
Soak into the gravel
I’ve come to the platform to send you off
Mixing in with your friends
You surely can’t see me
I love you, I love you
Unable to say it
You are leaving for a faraway city
The letter which I’ve rewritten
So many, many times
Remain inside my pocket
Wishing to pass you a tape
I spent all night compiling
I flew along the night roads on my bike
To see you
Entrusting the words I could never say
To these songs
If they can stave off boredom on your long journey
Then it’s enough for me
Taking off my helmet
You laughed as you touched
My messy hair, I will never forget that
I love you, I love you
Unable to say it
Even though you are leaving for a faraway city
The letter which I’ve rewritten
So many, many times
Remain inside my pocket
Every sunset, as I push my bicycle home
And pass by this station
I stealthily gaze at your profile
Thrown in darkness by the mesh fence’s shadow
I love you, I love you
I’ve always felt it
Because you are leaving for a faraway city
The letter which I’ve rewritten
So many, many times
Will always remain inside my pocket
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