OMG!!! This is such a shocker!!! WOW! What a way to end the new year!

I'm quite shocked and surprised at this! First Ayaka and Hiro Mizushima, then Ai Otsuka and RIP SLYME's SU, now Ayu and Mannie! I hope this last for the rest of their lives, despite different nationalities...

omg. im so happy. i hope she's taking the right choice ^^

thx ^^ OH MY GOSHHHHHHHH! CONGRATS TO AYUUUUU AND MANNIIIIIIIE!!!!!

LMAO :roflmao

i thought she would marry another japanase man after nagase...
really shocking news!!!

I don;t think it matters whether he is foreign or Japanese, as long as ayu is happy that's all that matters to me. I think they make an amazingly gorgeous couple and I wish them both nothing but happiness. ♥

it just will and she ain't coming down here either

OH MY GOD! That's great ayu! Congrats!!

i wonder if this is actually as fast as everyone thinks it is. we are just assuming that ayu met him during the filming of Virgin Road but they could have known each other for a long time

Err... I'm shocked... *o*
Well, I dont know if i'd be happy to hear this news.
They know each other just a few months right?
But i hope she'll be happy with her choice. :)

omgomgomgomg. CONGRATULATIONS AYU! :D

Shocked does not even properly express what I feel right now... What I feel is what shocked wants to be when it grows up!

Aaah! I'm so happy for them! I pray they are both happy together. <3 Congrats Ayu & Mannie!!

I don't really think it is for us to judge whether it was too fast or not..We don't know how long they have actually known each other. As long as they are happy with it, that is what matters. :yes

You never know how much powerful love is. You can fall in love with someone in a heartbeat. I know couples who was engaged for few months and they're married since many years. Maybe Mannie is the one, for Ayu and Ayu is the one for Mannie :yes. How much fast they've met doesn't matter, the most important thing is how much they love each other.

OH MY GOD. Congratulations Ayu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo happy for her <3 <3

So thiiis is why she sang M :D

^yep...maybe thats the reason she sang M and Virgin Road in TV

No offense, but she was never gonna go to Tennessee anyway...

sorry people in Middle America...but...that's just...truth lol

You are weird...you do realize Mannie lives in LA right? Which means pretty much that she will visit the US again. Just stop being so emo. Ayu getting married has no impact on your personal life whatsoever. If you think it does, you really do have some serious issues you need to work out.

WHOA. HOLY SHIIIII--- just, WHOA.

I feel utter shock now. Hahahaha. WHOOOAAAAAAAAA. I can't stop laughing and tearing up, this is so... whoa.

OMG
yay~ ayu do it =D
now....I'm so happy for both *-*
they're such a kawaii pair

and his an austrian =D he's like a german xDDDDDD

I cannot wait to see some pics of the wedding *-*

woooo.omedetou~~~~~~
kinda sudden,but i'm happy that she finally found her true love!congratz to mannie and ayu.hope that they don't have problem in communication :P

WOW. Finally!!!!

But i am happy that ayu is going to marry to a hot white guy.

Is going to move to US with Mannie?

Word. I'm interested in hearing one of their conversations with each other. xD

Wow! This is for real finally!
It's a bit sudden... a wedding after just some months! I hope it will last.

I guess she want to settle down, she's 32(?) after all.
I just don't want her to have babies in the upcoming years!

Why am I crying so much? :laugh/:weep I'm such a loser lol

I'm so so so happy for her.

I'd feel better about the sudden news if this were the case :yes It'd make sense as to why she wrote "Virgin Road" in the first place, too.

Aww! So happy for them both. When you know it's right it's not sudden. I was engaged to my husband 3 months after we met and we've been married nearly 2 years and we're still madly in love. Go Ayu. You deserve this. Congrats to them both

OMFG!! So fast?? I wonder if they actually known each other already for a long time before this, maybe they were dating underground but we didn't know XP
But Im still happy, I have faith in ayu's decisions, PLEASE BE HAPPY TOGETHER!! :D
Congratulations Ayu!! The best news of 2011!! :)

Is this why the CDL was sombre?? Bidding her single life good-bye?
She might be going through some emotional transitions, thinking about how she is going to tell us and handle all the press XD
Or just rushing to the church right after the CDL to tie the knot straight away!!

congratulations to Ayu & Mannie! i'm so happy for them! :)
it does seem sudden, but i'm going the optimistic route. they are very cute together!

i think because Tomoya Nagase being in Johnny's had a strain in their relationship, me thinks. i don't think it's easy to be in a relationship with an idol, especially when he's a very popular & well known too.

They could have a long engagement, too! Nothing's set in stone until she walks down the aisle. :yes

^that's true! some people think that just because someone is engaged that they're going to walk down the aisle a week later. :laugh

You need to change your username to whining_attentionseeking_baby because that's all you ever do.

Disgusting how you could even say something like that.

^ ^ aaaaw true, but I want her to get married next week!! :(

So sudden, did not see this coming!! So happy for her.

LOL that is hilarious! xD

Oh my..so lucky US fans..
she's gonna in US for many times now..hikss..
envyy!!

the news really suprised me...but my feeling about this is kinda blank right now...
there is a lot of question in my mind...
i'm worried that they move so fast...i mean...ayu is soooooo big...become her husband is not easy...a lot of pressure will come...i just hope that mannie already aware about this and prepare himself to face a lot of things...
i wonder what is mannie thinking after watched ayu CDL, i believe he is shocked to know that ayu is so big and has a lot not just a lot...but so many fans...
maybe ayu will fly to Austria soon as well to meet Mannie parents and family....
i think ayu is a faithful type of person...so we will see...i hope they will last forever...

i believe ayu will held a glamorous wedding party...can't wait for that...

Still in disbelief since last night but am hoping everything will work out fine for her... Hope mannie doesn't turn to some b*****d that breaks her heart.

Again, I'm so glad for them!
I wonder how this happened, they knew it already and waited to announce it now? Or maybe Mannie proposed after CDL? I really wanna know *_*

Just like her releases, her marriage is rushed too!!! LOL .JK

O[]O Uso!!!! Marry!!! Is that too fast!?

CONGRATS, AYUxMANNIE!

Happy New Year to Ayu

That's very unexpected o_o
But I wish Ayu all the happiness this marriage may bring her.

After hearing about this announcement, I wish was I married or going to be :weep
I'm really, really, beyond happy for her and for Mannie.

oh.my.god

YEAH!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!

Bless~

OMG!

Omedetou for ayuXmannie!!!

If You really really think about it, Both ayu and mannie are very private people. You never see ayu up tweeting "OMG!!1!THISHAPPENEDTOMETODAYGUYS" going on and on. Celebrities are entitled to their personal life and we don't know if her and mannie ever talked on the phone, met more times than what we are aware of, or anything.


I think half of you all need to just stop ******ing and let her live her life, TBH. but ANYWHOOO. Just my two cents. :D

^I'll bet they talked on the phone daily after she left LA. And as I said, and others also, she could have known Mannie a lot longer than we know of...the whole 'nice to meet you' in VR PV could have been staged.

Exactly!

I want her to get married on Nov 11 this year though....announce engagement on 01.01.11 and marry on 11.11.11.....AyuxMannie are always No1! :innocent

Oh wow This is great news :) Omg Great :) news I'm sooo happy for ayu

eh!? O_O.............

OMG..!!!! o.O

she's gonna get married!!! :D :D

congratz ayu, finally you've found your true love...!!! :heart

i'm so happy... :cry

Yay!! I'm so excited and happy for them both!! YAY!!! CONGRATS AYU AND MANNIE!!!! ♥♥♥

omgsh.... I saw the tweet earlier thinking Ayu was just playing but no...

Mannie really hit the jackpot.

Can't wait to see mini Mannies and Ayus running around.

^Yea, I thought "Oh Mannie is playing with us again." XD

haha yay!!congrats to my idol. she betta hurry up and make some babies <<<LOL ....seriously

http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000066780

Woah, is BARKS allowed to post her entire entry from TeamAyu for all to see?

With the language barrier - Do they actually understand each other that well to the stage of planning to get married? Don't mind me but i'm just afraid that things might not turn out well :|

Congrats to Ayu, and much happiness! Oh, wow, I just got home and my mom told me just now. Holy dang, what a surprise!

You guys do realize that people that don't share native languages get married all the time and are quite happy? Be a little more optimistic. XD

Avex has already stated that Ayu is not pregnant...

OMG YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Did they release a statement? Where?

All of the news articles released have said that she is not pregnant according to management at avex.

She is over 30 and independent... It would be totally ridiculous and make no sense to marry just cuz she got pregnant....

As long as Mannie can give Ayu happiness, I'm happy for her.

Mannie is such a lucky guy to have Ayu as his wife. Awww!

I second that! :D

i can already see this ending in a divorce like hikki, they hardly know each other and i doubt mannie ready to take the japanese press on. not to mention this seems so rushed, it would had been better if she said she would start dating him but she skipping that and leaving many with the WTF look.

why can't everyone just be happy for Ayumi its her life

^
^that's what i'm scared off the mostt~~
oh please don't..i hope for ayu x mannie, things will work out well..

@tetsou~ Are you a psychic or something? Because obviously you are looking into the future, so you know all, huh?
No one knows what Ayu and Mannie have been experiencing. She spent the entire month she was in LA with Mannie. You can become quite close with someone when you spend a whole month with them.

This sentence is in many of the Japanese news articles: 妊娠はしておらず、仕事は続ける。 It basically means that Ayu is not pregnant and will continue working. :)

This is also interesting, from the Sponichi article: １２月初旬までには結婚の意思を固めていたとみられ、中旬には所属するエイベックスの松浦勝人代表取締役Ｃ ＥＯにも報告した。 It seems like back in early December Ayu told Max about her intentions of getting married? So Avex has had a month to digest the news lol.

WOWOWOW. This was so fast!!

But honestly I'm excited. They're gorgeous together. And Ayu is 32 now, it's about time she found someone to make her happy!

BUT.

A thought occurred to me. This likely won't happen but the scenario is funny. If she takes his name, she'll be Ayumi Schwarz. xDDD That's too much. It's sounds so bizarre.

Really though I hope all goes well for them. I'm also worried about her career as she has to remain in Japan for a huge chunk of it, so running off to the US all the time won't be easy. Will she be able to do both at once? I hope so..

@Chibi~ wow, that's awesome. xD She's like *walks in* MAX...Mannie and I are getting married, you have 1 month before I announce it. Deal with it. *walks out*
@Sirea~ as of now he lives in Los Angeles, CA...so it won't be that bad. More chances for US fans to meet up with them. ^^

It's time for Ayu to get married. She's no longer young. Ayumi is our queen. Just hope that Mannie can give her happiness and doesn't break her heart. This is what we wish right? Ayu is happy, we should be happy for her too.

they get married, i wonder where are they gonna live together?
this is so not easy..ayu/mannie is going back n forth between JPN-LA?
wow that's exhausting..

LOL, ownsarai! That's hilarious! But she and Max are fairly close, so it was probably more like a daughter asking for her father's permission to marry her lover. Awww... :luv2

Part of me honestly thinks that Ayu will move to Los Angeles... and part of me really hopes that she will. She truly does deserve a break with lots of rest, and getting away from Japan could provide that for her. Plus given all the fan support she has in the US and seeing how much she enjoys coming to America, it makes more sense for her to move to the US instead of making Manuel move to Japan.

The comments on Japanese news blogs and whatnot are all over the spectrum. Everyone seems shocked, of course. Some people say congratulatory things like "おめでとう!" while others bluntly say "なんか離婚しそうだがな" or other things about divorce. Many of them keep negatively emphasizing how Ayu is marrying a "white" guy or a "foreign guy from Los Angeles." And there are some people saying that Manuel is only marrying her for money. Japanese tweets, on the other hand, seem fairly positive and supportive, so... :shrug

OMG OMG OMG i'm so happy !! , as long as ayu happy i'll be happy for both of them <3 !! best news of the year <3

^ Isn't Mannie pretty well-off himself? I mean, I thought he was a supermodel... and he doesn't seem to need money at this point. :P

^he doesn't need money, he makes money on his own being a model.
Some fans are just being pessimistic about the whole thing. I wish people would just be happy for Ayu.

this makes me further believe that they've known eachother longer than when Virgin Road was being filmed.

some fans still need time to accept it, coz it's really too sudden..
so yeah let them be.. sooner or later, they still gonna accept it..

Ugh, I knew the Japanese would make a big deal out of the whole foreigner thing.

i'm shocked when i first knew this.i'm happy for her because she finally found her prince.on the other hand,i am worried (if ayu really takes a break for honeymoon etc) if mannie can afford to provide her a luxury life(like how she's doing right now).you know,she can spent without looking at the price tag :P

I'm so happy for them... I was hoping this would happen and I want to see Ayu's wedding so bad. :heart

I wonder how hard a hit her popularity will take because of her marrying a foreigner. Though, honestly... I still think it's some kind of weird prank, haha. =P

I'm so happy for both of them!!
I was seeing people tweet about this and I thought they were joking around at first.

Yay!! So happy for both of them. I don't believe it was quick. When it's the right one you just know. I dated my husband for 3 months before he proposed and we've been married nearly 2 years and have a 5 month old son. We're still madly in love. I say "GO AYU AND MANNIE! REACH FOR THE SKY". I wonder where they'll live. Tokyo or LA??

I hope Mannie will take her to Vienna, Saltzburg, and even Prague one day. I can only imagine Ayu's reaction to seeing a Viennese opera or ballet... New music inspirations!

I'm shocked but also very happy!
In the beginning I've thought that the news was false, but then I went in a konbini and 3 newspapers talked about it. I've bought one XD

Ok.

Initial shock... Passing.

First off, given the fact that she's a huge mega-star, I sort of see him moving to Tokyo rather than her to LA, he can easily model from there.

And secondly... The languge thing. I'm sure it's fine for now, if they're in love and all. But what happens when they need to make big decisions about their children's education and so forth?

I really do wish her and them all the best, and I hope our fears and doubts are proven wrong. ^^