Ayu's interview in United News
 

source: http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT5/1274404.shtml

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summary & translation:

Ayu had been a very pop jpop star even since her debut 5 years ago, she had faced many challenges and criticisms but she continues to face new things everyday and work on new ideas, shez been a singer, tv host, even appear in movies.

"ppl say once you've reached the age of 20-25, you start having dreams", said ayu, "I do and I have many dreams. 5 years have passed now and i think i've gained a lot but also lost many things. The greatest thing that I've gained, I believe, is that i've gained the support of many support and help." Ayu's quick climb to the top of jpop has gained her many unfavourable criticism, including her bad temper etc etc, but she won't wanna talk about that. "when i first started being a singer, i thought, this is just an unhuman job! how could somebody do things like this, my schedule is sooo tight, i was thinking to run away from all this, but now i'm used to it and i've adjusted my pace of live, i even think itz an interesting job."

she would give herself a mark of 70% for being a TV host for ayuready. "i wanna do sth more than wat traditional tv hosts do, and i always welcome audicence comments."

"my top priority now is to learn better english. ever since i set foot in other parts of the world last year, i've always been using japanese and english to express myself. i hope one day i dont' need a translator when i go overseas."

Thanks for the translation!

wow. that good to hear from ayu. thanks for translating!:)

Oooh, thankies! Very interesting!

Cool thanks for the translation.

Re: Ayu's interview in United News
 

wow !! learning English !!

One day, Ayumi may be able to visit our forum !!! that's my dream .........

yeah!mecha holiday...

ayu learn english...good...good/...
then she can go to other places more...and perform there...
thnxc mimika...

...kinda off topic...

BISCUIT....really love your ava...and sigs...ayayayaya...r sooo kawaiii and playful...really love themmm.....

Yeah!Mecha Holiday...

Thnx for the translation

Ayayayayaaayyyy.... Ayu wanna learn english, and I wanna learn Japanese. I hope, one day she will have a tour in my country. Yuhuuuuu!

thanx for the translation.....
yEAh yEAh!!!! ayu trying to learn english !!!
yESHhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

thanks for that its really cool:) thanks very much ^_^

Oh my! She wants to learn English ^___^ Let's give her lessons! ;) Thanks for the translation Mimika!

Thanks for the translation mimika! Oooh thats cool how she wants to learn more english, maybe someday she will come out with a english album ^^

Thanks so much Mimika! That was a really nice article!!!! So now we know that Ayu is trying really hard to learn English! That's kinda cool. :)

Here I am trying to learn Japanese, and then there's Ayu trying to learn english :P lol Thanks for the translation! :)

Thanks for the translation. INteresting stuff from Ayu there :D

HA! I knew she was planning on going here!!!! I figured it out from her TIME interview!!!! YAY!!!
We will greet her and we all must make giant ahs banners!!!!

thanks for the translation mimika!

i hope ayu would come to canada one day too!!! and i'd like to be able to communicate with her!! i think ayu is workin very hard to learn english which is a language unused by many japanese...go ayu go!!

great translation!!Thanks for that!

cool...
such determination...
i wish her all the best!

Didn't Ayu study english when she went to NEW YORK when she was 17, i thought she study music in NY for two years and came back to JAPNA

I don't think Ayu was in New York for that long. She went to take vocal lessons and then returned to Japan, so I don't think it was 2 years (but I could be mistaken). She might have gotten a little basis in English while she was in NYC.

thanx for the info!

Hey Ayu! Need an English tutor? Pick me pick me pick meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

thanks!

yeah!!!~
hope that her english will be as good as hikaru~

Yay!!!Ayu is trying to learn English!!!!!I think that Ayu was in New York City for about eight months actually, I could be wrong though.

ayu only gives herself 70%...oh well...she knows that no one is perfect and she's trying to learn more english so she can be an international singer so that's great! she's very optimistic and thats what i like about her!

English is hard for most of the Japanese to learn. If you look at it, the subject goes first in Japanese.. and it's the other way around in English.. the verb's in blah, such and such places. XP .. I'd love to be fluent in Japanese and Chinese.. muah! .. Yeah, I think Ayu knows basic English, I'm glad to hear that she wants to learn it though XD.. I mean hey, she sang a little English in,"Real Me," right? :D And I read someplace that she communicates in her concerts in English sometimes.. I think Ayu learning English would be a big accomplishment for her.. I do not know if it was a requirement when she went to school.. (I know she dropped out when she was in 10th grade)

thanx fur da translation and info !!!

at first i wondered if when she dropped out, she was either bricking it thinking ~have i made the right decision? am i gonna end up as an o.l?!~ or if she was just like ~i dont give a **** i can do anything~ but then like, byt then shed already done modelling & acting so she might have thought that was kind of a safety net for her, however trepidous that particular industry may be...
her storys kind of like madonnas tho... moving from some little area to the big city [michigan ~ new york / fukuoka ~ tokyo] and becoming like the most famous woman in that country... they were of similar ages as well... onaji unmei no you ni...

in fact she never like school in japan...she just fax a sheet to school saying "I quit"

that's how she dropped out

I wouldn't blame her for not liking school, especially in Japan. No free time during the day. Study. Study. Study. :weep

It appears Ayumi is really set on learning English !! Thats excellent !! An english album? Nah, that would be too wierd !! I'm glad about her efforts to learn english !! This is excellent news, thank you for sharing !!

Thx alot for the translation~! Gambatte Ayu-chan~!

oooooooo thanks for the translations!

very interesting! I know you can do it Ayu! btw, good job mimika!

:evillaugh heheheeh yeh ayu is learning english then she can do a world tour :comfort

:thumbsup Yes, i'm so glad hearing that she wanna learn english!
I really hope ayu can do everything smoothly and so she wont get criticized again. ;)

Here comes ayumi!!!! YAY!!! I will go to her concerts!!!!
I hope she has one in Sacramento California!!!!

I would love for an english album. With Hikaru's supposdly coming out soon and BoA becoming more and more interested in English, as other artists, maybe we could have an "Asian Invasion" XD

Yet.... what would be scary, is that maybe if an English album was to be... Would people in Japan accept her wanting to be an international star? Or would they feel that she sold Japan out for English speaking people? That's something that she would have to worry about.

Either way I'm just glad that she's done as much as she has, and will continue to do more. :)