Hamasaki Ayumi makes more money than Utada Hikaru
 

Japanese taxpayer info was released on May 16. Ayumi paid 377,610,000 yen in taxes. Her estimated income is 1,027,300,000 yen (US$8,860,000), which is about 10% less than what she made last year. Hikki paid 343,580,000 yen in taxes. Based on this her income is estimated to be 935,300,000 yen (US$8,060,000). Ayu is the 37th biggest taxpayer in Japan (last year she was 39th). Hikki's rank is 51. Ayumi's boyfriend Tomoya Nagase made about 75,190,000 yen (US$ 648,000).

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../05/17/03.html
http://chuspo.chunichi.co.jp/00/hou/..._____000.shtml
http://www.sponichi.com/ente/200305/17/ente116607.html
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...003051701.html
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...003051702.html
http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/enter...0517-0005.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/geino...0030516_10.htm

thats all he made? :P if he and ayu ever got married, she'd have to support him XP

yeah she certainly does make more than him but compared to what i make thats a whole lot of money.

She's 37th biggest taxpayer in Japan, but she's the #1 singer taxpayer in Japan. haha No other singer pays more taxes than she. Hikki is #2.

Who is the number 1 taxpayer in Japan?

oh, i wanna know who is the number 1 tax payer in japan! these stats are so interesting to know!! ayu makes a lot of money!! LOL..

yeah i wanna know who's the 1st!!! i gonna lure that person :evil:

thanks for the info , that is an awful lot ^-^

thanks for the info - I didn't realize Ayu made so much money :)

OMG!!! that's a hell lots of money!!!!!!~~~ O_O

Nagase's income is no where near Ayu's!
lol...
geez...
that's a lot of money Ayu makes...

ayu's income is like so high that nagase will never get up to her in a million years haha.

Dats cool.. thnx for the info

thanks for telling us~ :)

The number 1 taxpayer was the chairman of Zenyaki Kogyo Co., Ltd (a privately-held pharmaceutical company).

http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/t-2003_05/1t2003051617.html

woow !! so much money !!

i thought hikii made more money than ayumi..considering her debut album sold more than 10 million.

does this include what she makes from all teh commercials? i mean.. im pretty sure she makes a bundle off tu-ka, panasonic, etc etc... i mean.. right?

thnx for the info