^
i missed something i guess, i saw the recent pic of her and Christophe and Natsuki but thought that was an old pic,

confused a bit

The one of her and Christophe when she 1st dyed her hair dark is from late March. The one with Natsuki in it is from last week when she flew to LA after the 1st 2 concerts.

yep, saw the date just now, you are right somehow, so now i understand that she was in LA when he died or maybe shes still there or maybe just flew back to japan

That's awful... ayu will probably die singing SAKURA now, but it will be like a memorial thing to do each time!

So sad to hear :(

R.I.P. Numacchi-san

tabloids...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...8jl1qbmf8z.gif

This.

perfect gif.

it's like Ayu's staff becomes family to us too, even though we don't know them (as well) as Ayu. i hadn't heard about Numacchi-san until now, but reading their tweets to each other is really heartbreaking. :(

it's terrible that he passed. R.I.P!

wondering why ayu has been going back n forth japan - LA?

She can visit with friends and shop in LA without being bothered by fans. Last time she tried simply going to a convenience store in Japan, she had to issue a public apology to the owner because of the problems caused when her fans spotted her there. If her Japanese fans would let her have a life she wouldn't leave so often.

then she's very risky to go back n forth in such short time, where she's having arena tours right now, almost every weekend? even on week days too? i hope there'll be no incidents like she couldn't catch up with flights back to japan, like once happened before.

it's weird, from what i know, japanese fans are always known for being so well mannered and respect their artists. probably, at the time, the fans just coincidentally met ayu then they were just being happy bout it?

According to his twitter, he definitely died in America.
He was in america for his birthday, that all the Ayu staff gave him.
His company's coworkers posted that he died at a hospital in America.
And then from ayu:

ayumi hamasaki ‏@ayu_19980408 21 Apr

明日迎えに行って来るよ。必ず連れて帰るから待っててね。RT @kazumahamamoto: クロムハーツの財布頼めばよかった。。そしたら買って帰ってきてくれたかな。

I'm going to go see him tomorrow. I'm definitely going to bring him home, wait for it. RT @kazuma: If I asked him for a chrome hearts wallet, would he have bought it and brought it home for us? (Like saying would he have come home safe?)

So she definitely went to bring him home.

^ thanks for the clarification.

and that rubbish article should just go die..

I red she mentioned bout this too in a magazine interview but not the recent one, cant remember which one, maybe someone can remember this.

and in SMAP Bistro she told that she rarely goes out when shes at home in Japan. I guess she just feel shes free to do anything she wants and more relaxing for her without any fans media or papparazzi following her around, totally understand that, celebrity live...

thank you! understand things better now :)

Is Ayu talking about getting his body home to Japan? Apparently it's really expensive to release and send deceased overseas.

He might have died in Vegas then and since she was in LA, she and whatever staff were still there are bringing him back to Japan.

I feel poor Ayu so much. She suffers from lots of loss :(. I can feel her loss clearly every time I listen to Untitle for her 2. Always feel teary. Hope Ayu l be ok soon. :(

the new graph search on facebook actually links you to find Ayu's facebook page :O

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

shes in oversea again! shes UK apparently now >.<

her hair color

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater