lol....Ayumi Nagase sounds ugly to me too...Nagase sounds like a girl name for some reason. I think ayu will keep her last name for her work.

As a highprofile singer im sure she will choose to keep her own name

Nagase Ayumi sounds better than Ayumi Nagase. :3 but i think she'll keep the Hamasaki, for her music career. like everyone said, her name is really important in the music industry and i don't think the public will ever get used to the name "Nagase Ayumi".

but, as for a nickname, i think just plain old "Ayu" would be good.

I dont want her to change her name.... :(

lol i'd still call her "ayumi hamasaki, "ayu", or "ayumi". and i'm sure her stage name would still be ayumi hamasaki if she gets married. but her marriage name would probbably be her husband's last name.

I don't know...but probably not...

Do they automatically change their name there? o__o Psh. I don't anything.

Not to mention what if they got *gasped* divorced later on. That might be awkward, haha.

I think Mamasaki takes the cake. That's just way too good! :laugh

Yeah... This thread is making aim for funny nick name, and some of the post is really serious.. (Ayu plain is good, etc etc) LOL

mamasakkiiiiiiI!

it's just the same.."Ayuuu"

spanish people doesn't change their surnames when they get married... >_< everyone has two surnames, their father first surname and then mother first surname!! and there's no other...

also it is legal to change the order of the surnames...

it's complicated but seems the best way to me ^^

(is this post a bit off topic? xD sorry :P)

Ayunaga, was what I came up with, but I can't see myself saying that anytime soon in reference to Ayu. I'll just keep calling her "Ayumi" or "Ayu".

In Japan, there is no tradition of taking your husband's name as in America. Remember: it's an entirely different culture, peeps. You can have your name legally changed if you wish, but it isn't the norm, and not a part of the marriage process.

mama, mama...

immagine both her children and her fans calling her mamasaki at the same time

lolx

ayuya...! hahaz

ayuya doesnt sound good :no :no :no :eviltongu :eviltongu

sounds like kukukaka lol:innocent

Ayumoya Hamanaga?

lol it sounds funny ^^