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Bigtop 26th November 2012 06:18 AM

ayu's twitter thread ~part 27~
 
This thread is for discussion of Ayu on Twitter and Weibo social networking sites (SNS) ONLY, NOT TeamAyu blogs. Do NOT repost TA blogs (from Misa-chan, TA site and/or somewhere else) here.

And PLEASE BE CIVIL with the discussions.


ayu's twitter
http://twitter.com/ayu_19980408

I checked Ayu's Weibo, and it seems it's NOT updating. (That lost password issue...) As a result, I'm NOT posting it here. Back to Twitter discussion only.

Other twitter accounts related to ayu
Spoiler:
Quote:

Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2862050)
Revised 9th May 2012
Making some additions.

AYU, FAMILY, & MAJOR STAFF
Ayu - http://twitter.com/ayu_19980408
Mika 'Mikajohn' Noguchi (her "mama") - http://twitter.com/mikajohn
Hidetomo 'Kome' Yoneda (her audio director) -http://twitter.com/rice20000
Koji Morimoto (one of her main mixers) - http://twitter.com/koji_morimoto
max matsuura - http://twitter.com/masatomatsuura
Mr. Kaz (former? head of TeamAyu) - http://twitter.com/mrkaz0704
Manuel 'Mannie' Schwarz (Ayu's ex-husband) - http://twitter.com/Mannie69
Stanley 'Izumi' Kim (Ayu's friend and location scout) - http://twitter.com/sikepro
Mariko Hamasaki (Ayu's mom) - http://twitter.com/hanabistaff
Sou Nagashima (Ayu's trainer) - http://twitter.com/sou_02
Jun Kamitoku (Ayu's manager) - http://twitter.com/matsutakeboy
Ryohei Chiba (CSO of avex) - http://twitter.com/MAZINGER_DRAGON
Endo "Jackie" Hideki (a CEO of avex?) http://twitter.com/GUTS_RUSH
Takashi (another manager of Ayu's) - http://twitter.com/COCOTAKASHI
Shingo 'Minazou' Sano (Ayu's (former?) nailist and manager) - http://twitter.com/mina_zo_mina_zo
Naoya Urata (Ayu's 'brother' / AAA member) - http://twitter.com/UN1982
Katsutaka 'Numacchi' Numakura (Ayu's driver) - http://twitter.com/numacchi_72
Natsuki (Ayu's best friend) - http://twitter.com/Natsukikey
AIKO (Ayu's current nailist) - http://twitter.com/AIKO_esNAIL
Mappy (Producer of LANDS OF Eden. and a friend) - http://twitter.com/mapimapimappy
Miccie (Ayu's cousin, manager, and backup vocalist) - http://twitter.com/miccie0730/

AYU'S DANCERS
AKI-chan - http://twitter.com/yoneaki1019
KAZUMA - http://twitter.com/kazumahamamoto
GO-MI - http://twitter.com/gomi_sweet
2-YAN - http://twitter.com/22yan22
SUBARU - http://twitter.com/sodeepsubaru
MARO - http://twitter.com/ma_ro_ka
ZIN - http://twitter.com/ZIN19791126
SHU-YA - http://twitter.com/SHUYA_Mizuno
SATORU - http://twitter.com/satoru_desu
SYU - http://twitter.com/syu_33
KO - http://twitter.com/Benjamin_OHBOY
CHISA-chan - http://twitter.com/chisanse

AYU'S MUSIC STAFF
CMJK (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/principalcmjk
Yuta Nakano (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/soundtrucker
Kazuhito Kikuchi (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/kazuhitokikuchi
Tetsuya Komuro (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/Tetsuya_Komuro
ENRIQUE (bassist) - http://twitter.com/RIQUEENISM
KIKU (guitarist) - http://twitter.com/KIKU69camino
tasuku (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/tasuku_tohyama
Miwako 'PECO' Hamada (chorus) - http://twitter.com/peco10221208
Kaoru Abe (keyboardist) - http://twitter.com/Kaoru_Abe
Tom Tamada (drummer) - http://twitter.com/TomTamada
Shingo Kobayashi (keyboardist and music director) - http://twitter.com/shintacos2
Yusuke Miyazaki (keyboardist) - http://twitter.com/FenderRhodes73
Yasuhiko Hoshino (composer) - http://twitter.com/magic_bus_
Akimitsu Homma (classical arranger) - http://twitter.com/akimitsuhomma
Kunio Tago (composer) - http://twitter.com/TAGOOOOO
Keiji Tanabe (composer) - http://twitter.com/KG_Tanabe
Manaho Mori (vocal coach) - http://twitter.com/mmanaho
Masahiro Muta (former drummer) - http://twitter.com/muta_masahiro
Tim Wellard (chorus, composer, starring role in PVs) - http://twitter.com/timwellard
Yumi Kawamura (chorus) - http://twitter.com/yumikawamura

AYU'S VISUAL STAFF (videos, photos, etc.)
Masashi Muto (PV director) - http://twitter.com/MasashiMuto
Luis 'Ishii' Hernandez (PV director and location scout) - http://twitter.com/ishiiluis
Kiyoshi 'Mizumo' Utsumi (General video director for all videos) - http://twitter.com/Mizumo_u
Leslie Kee (photographer) - http://twitter.com/lesliekeesuper
Ryan Chan (photographer) - http://twitter.com/nootak
Masaru "Tacky & Ricky" Takigami (concert video director) - http://twitter.com/golf___baka
Keita Haginiwa (photographer) - http://twitter.com/leica9haginiwa



Anyways, the thread before the previous one took about a month and a half to fill up. The previous one took less than a half a month! Whoa, that trip around the world - especially Europe - and the Maro tie-up quickly filled up the previous thread fast...

Αyumi 26th November 2012 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004 (Post 2937790)
To the so called beloved ZIN?
I wonder what thats supposed to mean?

Seeing as she's talking about her dancer ZIN, there's nothing wrong referring to him as 最愛 (さいあい / saiai) after they've known each other for so long. You can use it for people close to you that you really care about, and doesn't necessarily have to be romantic. She called him -san so she already implied it's formal and not a loose term. She's just saying it because she cares about him as a friend, and he's important to her. :3

(Originally posted it in the old thread first - sorry.)

JackieRos 26th November 2012 08:26 PM

I thought zin was something else.

C+R+E+AYUMI 27th November 2012 12:30 PM

LOL :lech

Bad Wolf 28th November 2012 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Αyumi (Post 2937913)
Seeing as she's talking about her dancer ZIN, there's nothing wrong referring to him as 最愛 (さいあい / saiai) after they've known each other for so long. You can use it for people close to you that you really care about, and doesn't necessarily have to be romantic. She called him -san so she already implied it's formal and not a loose term. She's just saying it because she cares about him as a friend, and he's important to her. :3

(Originally posted it in the old thread first - sorry.)

thanks for the explanation!

AyuWorld 29th November 2012 09:06 PM

Ayu just updated TA at 3am in the morning Japan time! this woman i dont know just when she goes to bed early xD

btw im interested to know if theres something important,see fans tweeting her like,"we will wupport you bla bla,"

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 09:10 PM

^Anything juicy, or just "A Classical, look forward to it!!" kinda stuff? Or maybe "cutting toe nails and thinking about the meaning of life" kinda stuff again.

Aderianu 29th November 2012 09:18 PM

I can't understand her message =( but I'm sure it's not as stupid as happiholic said

seems like she got a lot of bad messages, but they don't hurt her anymore

Quote:

だから私は笑うんだ。
泣きながらでも、笑うんだ。

結果、皆で笑い合うんだ。

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aderianu (Post 2939952)
I can't understand her message =( but I'm sure it's not as stupid as happiholic said

seems like she got a lot of bad messages, but they don't hurt her anymore

Rude much? :rolleyes

Aderianu 29th November 2012 09:34 PM

as you wish. just wrong time for bad jokes

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aderianu (Post 2939957)
as you wish. just wrong time for bad jokes

I'm sorry, I'm supposed to realize that somehow Ayu is going through something devastating from AyuWorld's post, while they are using terms such as "blah, blah"? That usually signals that things are not highly serious. Fans say "we will support you" for a plethora of reasons. Even if I was being rude, you could say that without calling me stupid.

VegetaLove 29th November 2012 09:47 PM

^ I read it as they were saying "I hope Ayu didn't tweet something stupid, as happiholic also hopes it's not such". I didn't read that as you being called stupid, rather that they also hope what you hope (that the tweet wasn't something stupid)

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 09:51 PM

^Sorry, but that's not how I read it, and their follow-up post didn't exactly attempt to correct the situation.

AyuWorld 29th November 2012 10:07 PM

err sorry for that "bla bla" things i just dont want to continue the sentences,and sorry if i caused any "chaos" here,

just to say that i understood that Aderianu said, somehow the post about Ayu by Happiholic is stupid not referring to the person though

back to the topic, so a japanese fan said that Maro had a baby but not from him and his ex-wife now! but from other woman and it seems that woman is MikaJohn's friend.

duh why so complicated :thud:thud:thud

TeamAyu2004 29th November 2012 10:07 PM

^^ i dont think what you said was stupid... ayumi has been known to tweet... weird things before.

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyuWorld (Post 2939970)
err sorry for that "bla bla" things i just dont want to continue the sentences,and sorry if i caused any "chaos" here,

just to say that i understood that Aderianu said, somehow the post about Ayu by Happiholic is stupid not referring to the person though

back to the topic, so a japanese fan said that Maro had a baby but not from him and his ex-wife now! but from other woman and it seems that woman is MikaJohn's friend.

duh why so complicated :thud:thud:thud

It is not your fault, at all!

Oh, would Maro's baby's mother happened to be name Saki Namba by your friend? In some thread on here someone said that was who it was. Don't know if that's true, she's never mentioned having a baby, and I've been following her for years. Also, I don't know if Saki knows MikaJohn. But, if she is friends with Mika, wouldn't that make her a mutual friend of Ayu's? If it is true, of course.

And thank you TeamAyu2004 :)

AyuWorld 29th November 2012 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2939980)
It is not your fault, at all!

Oh, would Maro's baby's mother happened to be name Saki Namba by your friend? In some thread on here someone said that was who it was. Don't know if that's true, she's never mentioned having a baby, and I've been following her for years. Also, I don't know if Saki knows MikaJohn. But, if she is friends with Mika, wouldn't that make her a mutual friend of Ayu's? If it is true, of course.

And thank you TeamAyu2004 :)

I dont know,she didnt tell me the name, but really looked like the japanese fans really hate Maro now

happiholic★ 29th November 2012 10:42 PM

As long as he and Ayu are happy I'm happy for them. Even if there is drama, their happiness is what is important.

Also, I get the feeling that Maro was probably having some trouble in his marriage, perhaps a baby (who knows?), while Ayu was going through her divorce and that's what brought them together. Not that Ayu was ruining a marriage, or that Maro is some sort of jerk.

truehappiness 29th November 2012 10:50 PM

http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/nikkan/...211290002.html
http://getnews.jp/archives/275737
http://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/ent...0121129_123601
http://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2012/11/29/98526.html

I think these are the articles people have talked about (sourced from Josei Seven which published something yesterday/today)? Or something similar. It mentions the ex-wife and a model. The model apparently gave birth late last year? I don't think he's been with RYON RYON for a while since he changed his name back to his own family name years ago so it was after they separated.

If anything, this is just unraveling drama around Maro and Ayu just so happens to be a part of it and will probably take most of the criticism since she's the 'star' of the couple. They also bring up Mannie and his comments about "Ayumi is my wife / We are not divorced" earlier this year.

AyuWorld 29th November 2012 10:51 PM

yeah im more interested to see ayu's big plan for her 15th anniversary rather than this stupid drama and what makes her career go down the hill >__<

somehow this is even worst than Mannie,at leats he's a single guy, but maro woaah,hes married and had a baby with another woman,and Ayu now had to confront this problem with fans, even its not hers but since shes the one who announced their relationship at this moment,the woman is strong and mature enogh to deal with this,

Delicious n Bold 29th November 2012 11:48 PM

To be honest, this maro fiasco has not bothered me/does not bother me

I just want moar music.

TeamAyu2004 29th November 2012 11:56 PM

Maro fiasco?
OMG! I forgot all about it, lol :p

emi♡ 30th November 2012 12:00 AM

I'm still more interested in Mannie and his psycho tweets lol

VegetaLove 30th November 2012 12:06 AM

^ me too, actually. I want to know more about what the heck he was talking about.

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 12:07 AM

^ is this recent?

AyuWorld 30th November 2012 12:10 AM

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.co...inment+News%29

just a coincidence? also remember about the rumours of Ayu and Nagase met again,and Ayu brought his favorite meal,and also about Ayu's mom didnt like her getting back with nagase;

mizuki-7 30th November 2012 12:19 AM

So much drama with Ayu ... Japanese journalists want ruin her 15th anniversary ? sad lol

happiholic★ 30th November 2012 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2940018)
I'm still more interested in Mannie and his psycho tweets lol

Right?? He seemed so psycho at the time, I honestly thought there was no way it was possibly him.

saigodansu 30th November 2012 12:56 AM

^^ Japanese journalists didn't start the mess. The things that were in that weekly magazine that "forced" them to post on their blogs only had one source and that was Avex. And for all the rumors to make Maro out to be some kind of playboy, there's no sign of that model ever being pregnant. There's still more proof he's gay than straight. And what a coincidence his blog disappeared same as Shuya's did when Shuya blogged about being gay.

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 01:03 AM

^ no one forced them to publish it.

And as the 'proof' for being gay, there is none.

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 01:11 AM

the ayu & maro relationship topic covers this~

Hydeki 30th November 2012 01:35 AM

I didn't know anything about Mannie saying "Ayumi is my wife, we are not divorced" nor the psycho tweets O_o when did this happen?

Delicious n Bold 30th November 2012 01:37 AM

I remember those 'we aren't divorced' tweets
Messy times.
Ugh, so messy.

saigodansu 30th November 2012 01:44 AM

BTW, check Saki Nanba's blog like another AHS user said they had been watching for years. She never was pregnant, so Maro had no baby with her last year like what was reported.

Back to actual TWITTER topics. Japanese fans are now tweeting and TA messaging for Maro to be removed from A-Troupe or Ichiza as they call it.

JackieRos 30th November 2012 02:15 AM

lmao really?!

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 02:22 AM

people need to move on and just let ayu do what she wants, the sooner people accept they don't get a say in her career and life, the better they'll probably feel

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 02:24 AM

^ uh, hello, we are her fans, of course we should control and neat pick at everything.
I buy her albums! I have the RIGHT!

(all this is for joking matters before anyone actually takes it seriously... :rolleyes)

emi♡ 30th November 2012 02:43 AM

Japanese fans need to get over themselves.


That country in general needs to get over themselves.

jang-kun 30th November 2012 02:58 AM

^BEST POST IN RECENT TIMES.

wtf japan :rolleyes

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 02:59 AM

Don't judge a whole country by autistic fans >.<

MeltingCORE 30th November 2012 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2940072)
Japanese fans need to get over themselves.


That country in general needs to get over themselves.

LOL TRUTH

saigodansu 30th November 2012 03:04 AM

What japan needs changed is the owner/slave relationship companies put on those in entertainment and in many cases in the workplace in general and put in proper employer/employee boundaries. This subject just came up in my chat group on facebook and it is much worse than I imagined it was for those in enterainment especially. A member of AKB48 was just fired for deciding to sleep at her boyfriend's place.

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 03:06 AM

It's different for idols, artists like Ayu, Utada and Namie are allowed to do what they want in their personal lives as we've seen. I don't know why anyone would choose to be an idol.

happiholic★ 30th November 2012 03:07 AM

^Money, fame?

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2940079)
^Money, fame?

The girls in AKB48 probably between them get paid the same of an average office worker, most idol contracts are 80%/20%. It's not worth the scrutiny imo~

saigodansu 30th November 2012 03:15 AM

Big names don't get as much freedom as you think.

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 03:16 AM

Please elaborate ~

saigodansu 30th November 2012 03:20 AM

In entertainment in Japan, the company decides if you can date, how often and with who. How famous they are decides nothing.

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 03:23 AM

Okay thanks for letting me know~

YuriChan 30th November 2012 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saigodansu (Post 2940087)
In entertainment in Japan, the company decides if you can date, how often and with who. How famous they are decides nothing.

Remember that it also depends on the company. Like GIZA for instance, Koshi Inaba and Tak Matsumoto from B'z are both are married and have kids. :) The artists from that company have a life outside of the spotlight. So, not every record company in Japan is like that. O.o;

saigodansu 30th November 2012 03:28 AM

Doesn't mean they're different, it just means those 2 got approval from them. They also could have said no and made them choose between their spouse or their career.

ExodusUK 30th November 2012 03:30 AM

We don't know for sure, this is just assumptions and theories~ I really don't think Avex would have chosen for Ayu to get married and divorced to some random foreigner or Namie to marry, get knocked up by, go on hiatus and then divorce at the peak of her career~

emi♡ 30th November 2012 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExodusUK (Post 2940074)
Don't judge a whole country by autistic fans >.<

I have my reasons.

JackieRos 30th November 2012 03:50 AM

I remember some record deals don't let them date at all.
I think it was arashi or kinki kids.

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 04:01 AM

well, arashi is an idol group... the other dont know, dont care (not trying to be rude)

happiholic★ 30th November 2012 04:01 AM

I think that if fans weren't so delirious that these things wouldn't be an issue. Some fans seem to think that they own their favorite singers.

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 04:08 AM

^ true that.

I get some of the whole idol thing, because if they are single, then clearly you have a chance with them, lol.
But... i dont know... if they want to do this whole image, then go with what the people know.

happiholic★ 30th November 2012 04:19 AM

^I know I have no chance with Joseph Gordon Levett. I would LOVE to marry him, but I know its not going to happen. If he gets married I will be happy for him and hope for the best. I don't think its healthy for entertainment companies to promote the delusion that the fans have a chance with their idol by forcing them to be single. Although, I guess its those fans who buy anything and everything an idol puts out, go to every concert, buy all the swag with the idol's face plastered all over it.

And on some level I don't really want to meet Joseph. He's not the person that my mind perceives him to be, I might actually hate the real him.

TeamAyu2004 30th November 2012 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2940109)
^I know I have no chance with Joseph Gordon Levett. I would LOVE to marry him, but I know its not going to happen. If he gets married I will be happy for him and hope for the best. I don't think its healthy for entertainment companies to promote the delusion that the fans have a chance with their idol by forcing them to be single. Although, I guess its those fans who buy anything and everything an idol puts out, go to every concert, buy all the swag with the idol's face plastered all over it.

And on some level I don't really want to meet Joseph. He's not the person that my mind perceives him to be, I might actually hate the real him.

Good choice... lol (my secret passion is tay-tay and kellan... :sigh)
But there are crazy's out there... I mean look at all those Beaver fans... oops, I mean Bieber.. =)
Bieber FEVER!!!

not to single out any sex or anything, but teenage girls are just... :tired:tired kinda crazy.

pommy48 30th November 2012 04:30 AM

I would think solo singers would be different from idols

Avex even encouraged alan to get a boyfriend :laugh

emi♡ 30th November 2012 04:39 AM

They probably wanted her to marry a Japanese so that she wouldn't be so...foreign....lol

Andrenekoi 30th November 2012 04:49 AM

Considering people like Ai Otsuka, Koda Kumi, Hitomi or Keiko from GLOBE actually married and some divorced or got pregnant or both, I really doubt Avex tries to control their stars personal lifes, like saying to who should they marry or anything like that. Obviously this works for Ayu too.

happiholic★ 30th November 2012 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004 (Post 2940117)
Good choice... lol (my secret passion is tay-tay and kellan... :sigh)
But there are crazy's out there... I mean look at all those Beaver fans... oops, I mean Bieber.. =)
Bieber FEVER!!!

not to single out any sex or anything, but teenage girls are just... :tired:tired kinda crazy.

Teen girls really are. I was never one of them. I never got into boybands. I've never understood those girls. My gay friends tell me that my taste in music is that of a gay man: female pop divas. When I was a kid I was all about the Britney and X-Tina, with a hint of Daft Punk. Then I discovered Cee Lo and J-Pop.

Kazeyomi 30th November 2012 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2940124)
Considering people like Ai Otsuka, Koda Kumi, Hitomi or Keiko from GLOBE actually married and some divorced or got pregnant or both, I really doubt Avex tries to control their stars personal lifes, like saying to who should they marry or anything like that. Obviously this works for Ayu too.

I think it's quite different for Ayu.
Ai Otsuka and hitomi's careers can't really being compared to Ayu's and Kuu always had a sexy-independent appereance more than Ayu (talking about japanese male fans though). About Keiko I don't know 'cause I never cared of GLOBE, honestly. Maybe avex it's not so strict like other labels, but I doubt they didn't set any limits to Ayu during her peak. Her relationship with Nagase was so private, that sometimes I forgetting she was dating him at that time lol.

Now she have reached a position where she can do whatever she wants. Well, not at all since she's still under a contract but I think she's free now to live her life more than when she was popular.

But some fans can't change and still thinks about Ayu as a avex's product. Or in a more creepier way: a their own product. I understand when people can't get into Ayu's musical changes, but when you cannot accept she's a human being like you.. I have bad news for you :no

ava_dreams 30th November 2012 07:52 AM

Not sure if its still the same, but back in the day Johnnies boys were not allowed to date until they were 25. If they were caught they would get put on activity suspension.

Isnt it just bad business if a star stays single too long into old age, then people start asking strange questions.

tasking 30th November 2012 08:42 AM

You know what? I was watching 2NE1's NOLZA concert with my friend last week, and during one of the MCs, Dara said something like, "One more year before I can date!" and her and Bom were getting all excited. Though Dara and Bom are 28 now, I guess it's the same for YG artists?

Bigtop 30th November 2012 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2940072)
Japanese fans need to get over themselves.


That country in general needs to get over themselves.

Quote:

Originally Posted by saigodansu (Post 2940087)
In entertainment in Japan, the company decides if you can date, how often and with who. How famous they are decides nothing.

Agreed :yes

Andrenekoi 30th November 2012 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazeyomi (Post 2940137)
I think it's quite different for Ayu.
Ai Otsuka and hitomi's careers can't really being compared to Ayu's and Kuu always had a sexy-independent appereance more than Ayu (talking about japanese male fans though). About Keiko I don't know 'cause I never cared of GLOBE, honestly. Maybe avex it's not so strict like other labels, but I doubt they didn't set any limits to Ayu during her peak. Her relationship with Nagase was so private, that sometimes I forgetting she was dating him at that time lol.

Now she have reached a position where she can do whatever she wants. Well, not at all since she's still under a contract but I think she's free now to live her life more than when she was popular.

But some fans can't change and still thinks about Ayu as a avex's product. Or in a more creepier way: a their own product. I understand when people can't get into Ayu's musical changes, but when you cannot accept she's a human being like you.. I have bad news for you :no

Kuu always had a sexy image, but her overall control over her image and creative direction was very little compared to Ayu's during her peak if I'm not wrong... I remember she saying for some years she wanted to tune the sexy thing down a little and get a more "serious" direction until she finally could do it. Still.. now she is married with a baby.

Ayumi dated Nagase for most of her career and their relationship happened during her peak, still, it was serious enough for them both getting pairing tattoos.... Keeping a relationship private (something Ayu still does nowadays) is not an Avex thing, more like a Japan thing.

Still, all of those girls married way past their peaks, so, there was no reason for Avex to control them. It's not like most of the japanese people really care about their personal lifes at this point.

JackieRos 30th November 2012 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tasking (Post 2940171)
You know what? I was watching 2NE1's NOLZA
concert with my friend last week, and during one of the MCs, Dara said
something like, "One more year before I can date!" and her and Bom were
getting all excited. Though Dara and Bom are 28 now, I guess it's the same for
YG artists?

I think it depends on the record deal

Catzi 1st December 2012 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2940095)
I have my reasons.

I'm very curious of these reasons.

This dating control seems really odd.

saigodansu 1st December 2012 06:41 AM

There are some that break the rules of their contract, risking their career, Namie and Kuu took very big risks in that area. But those rules are very common in every company in Japan and they don't change their rules based on your popularity. With the 100s of examples known by those I talk with on Facebook, who have been in these contracts themselves, the company can sue you for all their potential earnings for the period remaining in your contract if you break it. In the case of one I spoke with, she wanted out of her contract for over a year but the millions she had made in her career were not enough to pay the lawsuit they would file against her if she left early. And that company even went so far as to force her on the dates they chose to be seen out with the person on dates lasting 2 hours.

setsuka 1st December 2012 07:14 AM

I think people over-exagerrate sometimes when it comes to agencies power but I do think if you are actor/actress especially you are at their whim (due to how castings in Japan work and stuff) and if you are idol of course

singers,especially ones that are mega-huge and aren't selling ~ the dreamy you can one day marry me in your day dreams~ factors like some Vkei bands and male soloists acts do all the time

then I do think they can date whoever they please since I fail to see how that will affect their fanbase or image

anyway for Ayu, I don't think avex controls that aspect of her image since she has long passed those days of being a major spokesperson for companies and other stuff

and ummm, idek how this conversation came up.......lmao are her Japanese fans still pressed about Maro

saigodansu 1st December 2012 11:20 AM

Yes her japanese fans want him removed from the troupe. And as for over exagerating, I found I was underestimating it extremely when I talked to some japanese actresses and film makers on facebook. My post above is taking from their experiences of themselves and friends and one of their friends is Erika Sawajiri.

ll moments ll 1st December 2012 12:20 PM

as someone who's had experience dealing with idols and their fans...dating is still a rather grey area to me. sometimes i think i understand why companies are so controlling of their clients, but at the same time, they're really restricting and caging them. they're protecting their well-being from a certain group of fans (trust me...i've read some horrible stories!), but then again their using their "pure" image for profit. it's definitely a strange aspect to the industry.

honestly, i think it's different for everyone. it sort of depends on a person's relationship with their company. Tomoya Nagase began dating ayu when he was young and it was a private and long term relationship too. i don't think Johnny's made a big fuss over it because perhaps Nagase did everything right with the company. it contrasts so differently with other Johnny's, like Jin Akanishi. i'm pretty sure he is black-listed now and his whole career stopped overnight. he had a different situation tho with knocking-up Meisa Kuroki, so..... :P

i definitely think ayu has control of her love life. someone who had a boyfriend (a Johnny even!) during the ultimate prime of their career and not let it affect their work is sort of an anomaly. she is definitely not as big as she used to be, but i think because she's well, ayumi hamasaki, people are still invested in who's she's dating and they will talk and gossip. but ultimately...she's had it easier than others, IMHO.

BlackSilence 1st December 2012 01:03 PM

I think that companies go after personal lives of the celebrities in japan only if they feed on their pure/single/innocent image like idols tend to sport, who basicly have less talent and depend more on the label and producers than any other musicians. i mean how many idols actualy have great voices and musical skills? Very few. They sell purelly on their image.
I think with artists like Ayu, GACKT (who's in Avex too) etc. they get more respect (and sure thing you have to earn that respect) from labels and far more freedom than idol groups cuz they are grown up people, and have more of a last word in everything they do with their carrer, HOWEVER i was a little surprised when some time ago GACKT said he wanted his hair color back to black but said that company told him to keep it like that for a little longer and didn't want him to change it.

In general i think veteran artists, or musicians are more likelly to have more freedom with their labels than idols and idol groups.

AyUmIXx 1st December 2012 02:09 PM

^ you are right about that, specially ayu has already been in the industry for 15 years already. i doubt avex still has control over their life.

happiholic★ 3rd December 2012 04:08 AM

Ayu's stopped tweeting like she used to. I'm assuming its because of all the Maro drama?

TeamAyu2004 3rd December 2012 04:14 AM

i wouldnt be surprised at all. People are so rude to her...

happiholic★ 3rd December 2012 04:21 AM

Probably. I'm sure faceless people on Twitter give her their full opinion of her personal business.

TeamAyu2004 3rd December 2012 04:23 AM

^ they do here, why not to her face? lol

ayu_fantasy 3rd December 2012 05:16 AM

Poor ayu!!! Who are they to comment on her life? Faceless twitter people, who are they to tell off a artist that is top in Japan?

truehappiness 3rd December 2012 05:19 AM

She's probably also busy. Sometimes she has periods of time where she just doesn't post before starting back up a few weeks afterward.

ExodusUK 3rd December 2012 09:00 AM

She's busying perfecting CDL!!

xLuna&1LOVE 3rd December 2012 05:23 PM

^ most likely! I'm looking forward to hear the last releases live. However, I am a bit worried about her vocals. She sure would be improved, but they weren't really amazing this year's summer. Oh well, she has amazing costumes too...

Bigtop 3rd December 2012 06:08 PM

Even with HEY!x3 (presumably her final one there) being aired, I don't see ayu active on twitter... That's quite weird, but I do have to agree with this a bit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExodusUK (Post 2941366)
She's busying perfecting CDL!!


Suteisi 3rd December 2012 08:03 PM

If I was being attacked on Twitter because of my relationship, I wouldn't want to be tweeting either.

But as truehappiness stated, she comes and goes. It might just be that she's busy and it has nothing to do with all the drama...

happiholic★ 3rd December 2012 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suteisi (Post 2941588)
If I was being attacked on Twitter because of my relationship, I wouldn't want to be tweeting either.

But as truehappiness stated, she comes and goes. It might just be that she's busy and it has nothing to do with all the drama...

So, perhaps a bit of both, then?

Suteisi 3rd December 2012 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2941596)
So, perhaps a bit of both, then?

Either or both. There's really no way to know at this point. Lol

Αyumi 4th December 2012 05:34 AM

Sorry, I don't mean to mock the person and I'm sure it was tweeted without bad intentions..
But this entire tweet made me laugh because of how bad it looks.


http://i.imgur.com/4WDsI.png

TeamAyu2004 4th December 2012 05:49 AM

^ its kinda funny.

C+R+E+AYUMI 4th December 2012 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2941275)
Probably. I'm sure faceless people on Twitter give her their full opinion of her personal business.

I agree on you, I don't stand people taking care and claiming opinions on other people's private life, but isn't it what twitter is supposed to do anyway?
It's a way to communicate and increase your popularity, but among compliments and supportive messages it's quite normal to receive even judgements as soon as your private life becomes public domain.
It's a must-accept compromise, to deal with polite, educated people but with rude, hater too.

Anyway, since in our brain we have a judgement for every single little thing that it happens to us or that we get in touch with, it's quite uncommon not to have opinions LOL
I admit sometimes I prefer people judging her choices (not haters, don't misunderstand, I refer to costructive criticism) than accepting everything's coming from her uncritically because too many things got to be accepted acritically in this world.

I don't know If I expressed myself well

MeyChan 4th December 2012 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Αyumi (Post 2941738)
Sorry, I don't mean to mock the person and I'm sure it was tweeted without bad intentions..
But this entire tweet made me laugh because of how bad it looks.


http://i.imgur.com/4WDsI.png

O_o ROLF?

Chibi-Chan 4th December 2012 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Αyumi (Post 2941738)
Sorry, I don't mean to mock the person and I'm sure it was tweeted without bad intentions..
But this entire tweet made me laugh because of how bad it looks.


http://i.imgur.com/4WDsI.png

xD

channy 4th December 2012 07:30 PM

^ Am I the only one that gets a strong Tetsuya Komuro vibe from this twitter message? :minno

Refix 4th December 2012 09:02 PM

About that pic twitter. Guess means that even a criminal is a fans of Ayu. I pictured a criminal with a big body like Stalone, singing Ayu song in jail... lol

Αyumi 4th December 2012 09:23 PM

If you're all curious, just search the exact same text as his tweet on Twitter and you'll run into his profile.

Related, there are so many creepy tweets at her - poor woman.

Chibi-Chan 4th December 2012 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by channy (Post 2942018)
^ Am I the only one that gets a strong Tetsuya Komuro vibe from this twitter message? :minno

eh? I don't get that. xD What has Komuro to do with it...???

TeamAyu2004 4th December 2012 11:27 PM

^ he was in jail for awhile.

AyuWorld 5th December 2012 11:16 AM

Quote:

ayumi hamasaki ‏@ayu_19980408
FNS歌謡祭はじまったよぉ ー(^-^)/♪
Ayu tweeted this!

Chibi-Chan 5th December 2012 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004 (Post 2942115)
^ he was in jail for awhile.

Oh, I didn't know. Does anyone know why?


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