from the game THOUSAND ARMS.. then got hooked since jan 2001 when i saw evolution on Channel [V]

It actually started with my dad and brother in the car. They played SEASONS (Acoustic Single Version), and at the time, I didn't know anything about her, so I thought it was SPEED. I was browsing our computer, and stumbled upon it when looking for CAN YOU CELEBRATE? by Amuro Namie, and really liked the soft harmonization she did. I listened to the Original Mix, and I got pretty muched hooked after that.

BUT

I lost interest after a while, and almost fell fully back into American music, until my friend let me borrow her RAINBOW album since she found Endless Sorrow on my CD, and said it sounds really different from her now (I guess that was true). After July 1st on the album, I got hooked again, this time not to be released.

I was an anime fan and had listened to the Inuyasha songs, but I didn't really pay attention to Ayu until I downloaded evolution from an anime/J-Pop rotation site - then I had to find out more about the artist responsible for such awesomeness.

I learned of her music from Inuyasha. It was the dreadful spanish version with the bad vocals. In spite of that, I liked the melody. Then, while watching the english version i recongnized the melody and heard Ayu singing it. I thought her voice sounded so sad and beautiful...

In the summer of 2002 I had just gotten my own desktop and was desperate to find Japanese music not tied to an anime or seiyuu (Inuyasha had not aired on American TV yet). Ayu was a random download on some old P2P program that's not around anymore.

Around the time of Rainbow and A Ballads, I really couldn't stand her. The & single (I downloaded "ourselves" from a music rotation) brought me back and she's been my favourite singer since.

i know ayu from thousand arms games at 1998...from there i love her so much
i dont think butterfly singers voice sound similar to ayu voice

I got introduced to the Japanese culture through Anime. I started watching Pokemon and from there, after a few years...BAM! Here I am now. I fan of many aspects of the Japanese culture.

same reason for me! (surprisingly). that is, my friend made an AMV playing evolution and i downloaded it. Up until recently I hadn't downloaded much of her stuff until I watched some of here PVs

my bro showed me Evolution Gold Scan mix in some street fighter an video we liked it, so i limewired her stuff enjoyed it and got my bro to buy me my first cd =D MY STORy + DVD 1st press :D

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was at another forum (not ayumi, was an anime forum). They make a fan vid of that anime and ayumi's song was inside. fell in love with this first tune!

I was given the opportunity to download an Ayu album and took a listen and didnt give it much thought as i didnt really like it.

But thought the music was intresting so researched her and saw what an icon she was, and i just had to listen to more material. And got hooked

Well... I'm interested in Japan first. A friend send me "Forever love" from X-Japan. And.. I liked it. So, I wanted to know more about Japanese Music and watched in the Internet. And.. there I found her.

Anime. Stupid, stupid anime. Hahaha. I was looking through my friends' anime CDs, then looked at her jpop cds, and saw a song called, "M." I then squealed, "M FOR MEG!" (Megan is my name.) From then on she was my favourite.

I heard about her from other people. I was really into morning musume, and after hearing everyone talking about her, I hated her!

Well i did an exchange program in Japan and bought an aiko CD just to give different culture's music a try and whatever. I liked aiko, so i looked up a few other artists when i got to America. I bought (m)u online without having heard any of Ayu's music and was instantly in love lol.

well I found abozt her from Inuyasha loved the spanish version they did for dearest and looked for it to download, and that is how I got into Ayu, downloading the japanese version of the song, fell in love with it right away and decided to look her up, first PV I found of her was Real Me and that is when I got really into Ayu

I was on youtube a year ago looking up Avril Lavigne's "My Happy Ending" MV the results came back w that vid & w Ayu's AT'05 "Happy Ending" performance out of curiosity I clicked on it started 2 watch it & was like, meh. I was gonna close the window when I saw Ayu come up & started 2 sing, as I heard the song I started 2 like it even though I did not know wat she was saying. By the end of the performance I loved the song & Ayu. I saved that vid in my favs & everyday I would watch the performance & more & more I liked Ayu, till 1 day I was like this girl is beautiful, she has a great voice & I love this song, so I decied 2 search her on the internet learn more about her & her music saw some pics & was like WOW!!! she is beautiful, heard more of her music & then on saw my 1st Ayu PV I dont 'member if it was "Moments" or "Ladies Night" so yeah thats how it happened, "Happy Ending" became my fav. song Ayu introduced me to Japanese music. I guess I was instantly an Ayu fan & L8er became a hardcore fan :-) I would have never thought that I would like J-Pop music & that Ayumi would become 1 of my fav singers along w Avril & Llinkin Park.


oh yeah it was so kool when I found out that Ayu was the Queen of J-Pop, GO AYU!!!!!!!!!!

probably internet, friends?

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I heard that my fav band Linkin Park were gonna duet with a Japanese singer on a website (this was like 5 years ago when I was getting hooked onto Playstation games - anime) and I checked out the singer - Ayumi Hamasaki - I downloaded a visee CM with Naturally and I became a Ayu fan!! ^^