Jobless man supports 'Ayu' addiction through life of crime:
 

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OSAKA -- A 35-year-old fan of superstar singer Ayumi Hamasaki has been arrested for a series of robberies he committed to cover the cost of attending her concerts and buying "Ayu" merchandise, police said Wednesday.

Masashi Tsueda, an unemployed man of no fixed address, is suspected of stealing some 22 million yen from July 2001 to September last year.

The charges over which he was recently arrested involve a robbery in which he took about 50,000 yen from a house in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture in June 2002.

Tsueda reportedly stayed at cheap hotels and sauna bathhouses in and around the Umeda district of downtown Osaka.

When he was short of funds to support his Ayu addiction, Tsueda set out on bicycle to burgle places in Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures in the Kansai region."I made a rule of stealing no more than 200,000 yen a day," officers quoted Tsueda as saying.

He allegedly committed some 170 robberies. (Wire stories, Japan, April 7, 2004)

Source: Mainichi

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OMG... What a stupid thing to do... :mad

Although I don't blame him... :P

That redefines the meaning of a true fan o.O

That's a true fan right there, ya'll :cool

i dont blame him ^_^....

ayumi should help him lol ^_^

Wow.. with that much money, he could've bought all her CDs and DVDs, and still have enough to go to one of her concerts :laugh

hahaha He was stealing for a noble cause ;)

what the hell did he buy??? 200,000 yen a day

soooo true, if you want to own all her stuff or attend all her concert, you got to be verrrrry rich

:roflmao
supporting our poor little ayu! hahaha!

I wonder how much ayu stuff he has and if we could ever obtain a photo of the place he lived (you know, like how we show off ayu-esque rooms in this forum)
crazy!

.. you mean, WHAT THE HELL DIDN'T HE BUY!? lol :D

Where'd he keep all her merchandice if he was homeless I wonder...

Oh yea!! LOL.. maybe he carried it around in an Ayu bag? Or perhaps he kept it in storage :laugh

Ayu just made a crapload of money... from people who may or not have been fans... :roflmao :laugh

So which Ayu fan here was it?

he's my idol. :cool

a real devoted fan! the fact that he didnt have anything didn't discourage him at all...and he got away with it for awhile. 200,000 yen...that's almost $2000...is there that much to buy?? i mean with that much money on a daily basis you'd have to have like more than one of everything! where'd he keep this stuff??

Jobless man supports 'Ayu' addiction through life of crime
 

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040...dm013000c.html

OSAKA -- A 35-year-old fan of superstar singer Ayumi Hamasaki has been arrested for a series of robberies he committed to cover the cost of attending her concerts and buying "Ayu" merchandise, police said Wednesday.

Masashi Tsueda, an unemployed man of no fixed address, is suspected of stealing some 22 million yen from July 2001 to September last year.

The charges over which he was recently arrested involve a robbery in which he took 50,000 yen from a house in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture in June 2002.

Tsueda reportedly stayed at cheap hotels and sauna bathhouses in and around the Umeda district of downtown Osaka.

When he was short of funds to support his Ayu addiction, Tsueda set out on bicycle to burgle places in Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures in the Kansai region."I made a rule of stealing no more than 200,000 yen a day," officers quoted Tsueda as saying.

He allegedly committed some 170 robberies. (Wire stories, Japan, April 7, 2004)

LMAO OMG! :rubeyes that definately made my night... okay im officially not obsessed :roflmao



i admire his support tho haha i wonderw hat Ayu thought :laugh

It's funny to read, but he shouldn't really be called a true fan...it's very much against what Ayumi stands for. I suspect he was addicted to stealing, not to Ayu.

Still...considering a large proportion of Japanaese like Ayumi, maybe the jury will understand and be kind to him!

too obsessed... ^^ he cant manage his life ^^ thats not the way suppoorting someone... :D