Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki has written on her fansite on Friday (Jan 4) that she would continue singing despite losing her hearing in her left ear.
Ayumi said that an ear examination last year has confirmed her hearing loss… she started to lose the hearing in her left ear in the summer of 2000 when momentary deafness forced her to cancel several concerts.
Ayumi will start her Asia concert tour in April to mark the 10th anniversary of her singing career.
Japanese celebrity couple Ayumi Hamasaki and Tomoya Nagase have split after 7 years of relationship.
Ayumi announced the split on her official website; the actual reason of the separation is not revealed, but it’s said that they split peacefully and will remain friends.
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Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is in Hong Kong to film a music video for her latest single Glitter/fated.
Ayu arrived at Hong Kong airport on Saturday (June 1) and is expected to stay until June 8.
Singer Koda Kumi is the highest earning Japanese female artist for the past 12 months; she made an estimated USD20 million over the period.
2nd on the list is Ayumi Hamasaki, 3rd is Hikaru Utada.
Yukie Nakama tops the actress list with estimated USD3 million (far behind Koda Kumi). 2nd on the list is Kou Shibasaki, while Korean actress Choi Ji-woo is 3rd.
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Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki held her Shanghai concert on Sunday night (Apr 22).
Japanese pop diva was too drunk from a post-concert party in Hong Kong that she missed her return flight to Japan. Hundreds of fans and press that tried to bit her farewell were left disappointed in the airport.
Korean pop star Kwon BoA tops Japan Oricon chart again with her latest Japanese album Made In Twenty.
This is BoA’s 5th album in a role to hit #1 on Oricon charts since making her debut Listen To My Heart in 2002. It will be her 6th if her compilation album Best Album is included.
This put BoA on the 2nd on the list of #1 albums in a role. The current record holder is none other than pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki.
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A Japanese report wrote that Ayumi Hamasaki was diagnosed with sex disease last month (December 2006) but was not hospitalized because the problem was not too serious.
It’s still unclear if it was plain rumors or with solid proof, but the news is pretty shocking for Ayu’s fans at the moment.
Speculations are that Ayumi got STDs from her visits to some gigolo bars. It’s pretty common for Japanese stars to visit gigolo bars, and Ayu is one of the frequent customers.
Japanese pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Dec 20) for the promotion of movie Confessions Of Pain, which she sings the theme song, Secret.
Secret, latest song from Japan pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki ’s new same titled album will be used as theme song for Hong Kong movie Confession of Pain.
