Ayu and Namie
 

Are they friends? How is their relationship?
I heard that they hate each other...

I only know that they joked about each other.. Ayu said something like monkey-face to Namie xD

Namie went to Ayu's and Kuu's Concert, I'm not really sure if they're really close but I think they're friends.

I remember that Music Station ending were they stand near each other, they were laughing together so I don´t think they hate each other

I highly doubt they hate each other; probably have a casual relationship. The hating each other thing is probably something fans invented, kinda like how Avex and Utada's label made it seem like Ayu and Hikki were enemies.

o.o i wanna see this!~
which episode is this?

Thanks!!! I also wanna see it jeje

8th December 2000
http://www.mediafire.com/?odzgq22o2yw

Thanks a lot!!!

but after that they were never seen together LOL


wondering why also namie doesnt like to be part of a-nation too much, because of ayu? pfft

Ah, I always hated this stupid rumour. First of all, Ayu is not the type of person who would insult somebody (at least in my eyes).
And Namie...she went to a concert of Ayu's new tour, right?! I personally would not attend a concert of somebody I don't like.

So I think, that they get along well. Maybe they're not the best friends, but I'm sure they like each other. And why not?!

What was the concert?
I also don´t thinks they´re enemies, they´re just partners

I think, it was the first concert of Ayu's current tour. Somebody who went said, that they saw Namie.

I don't think they hate eachother... I think that they have a friendly relationship, maybe not best friends or anything, but I think that they are friendly :)

I remember Namie also went to the first concert of Asia Tour 2008 ~10th Anniversary~ ^^.

if someone goes to someone's concert doesnt mean they are friends or not... enemies do check their foes out time to time lol

I honestly think that most artiste out there have friendly relationship, especially between those who have been in the industry for a really long time.

It would be nice if Ayu, Kuu, and Namie are like really close xD
LOL @people who are making it seems like they're enemies.
We have enough hatred in this world stop making your own.

dont lol @ me

i doubt that they are enemies... i dont think ayu is a hating person~

I don't think so.. Ayu even listed Namie as an artist she respects in a Cawaii 2006 interview:
from here

They don't hate each other and they aren't BBF...

No, I don't think they hate eachother :).

i remember seing that too. i wonder if ayu goes to amuro concert too ?

I heard they scissored one time... :P


I don't think they're close friends, but aren't hitomi and Ayu close?

"I heard they scissored one time... :P"
....:thud

^LMAO that's hilarious. xD

LOL. They're on the same label, avex trax... so I think they only have casual relationship, not best friend, but oh well, who knows more? LOL :laugh

I want to see Ayu's concert where Namie watched it!
Did the cameraman record Namie's face too?

^Namie watched all of her tours since 2007 if I'm not wrong
but usually she goes on the first date, and Ayu records the last

Apparently that's how Ayu's song "M" came about. Hitomi is a devout Christian, and one time they were having a chat and Hitomi told Ayu a story about the Virgin Mary and her experiences or something, which is how "M" came about. I don't know this for sure though, but it is a sweet story.

i think they must be friends but not close since they are in the same company...

i thought namie is abit r&b/ hip-hop?
so it shouldn't be her trying to take over ayu's 'crown'...?

I don't think they hate each other at all, though I don't think they're best of friends either. They're just label mates so it's probably just a casual relationship.

I don't really think they have any real reason to hate each other anyway.

As for Namie apparently wanting to take Ayu's title as 'Queen' that title is securely in Ayu's hands, in any case Namie surely isn't the right person to be going after that title, or at least I think so.

Namie is already a Queen though. xD

Well, technically..

..Ayu's the "Empress of J-pop" & Namie's the "Queen of J-pop"

^That's how I remember it. I don't know where Queen came from all of a sudden, but...


I don't think they're enemies, I've never heard them say anything negative towards each other. Plus, Ayu spoke highly of Namie in an interview.

It is said that namie said“Ayu is an excellent singer and artist and though we’re both not mature enough，she is a good competitor." I have read an aticle about this on sohu.com.