After ending her relationship with Tomoya Nagase, rumours about Ayumi Hamasaki dating Tomoya Nagase's junior, Jin Akanishi (a member of KAT-TUN, a Japanese boy band formed under Johnny & Associates [Johnny's]) has been on the spread.
It was reported that Jin Akanishi was seen cohabiting with Japanese model, Nishiyama Maki, before the rumour about him and Ayumi Hamasaki broke out. However, the relationship between Ayumi Hamasaki and Jin Akanishi seemed to be a known secret in the Japanese entertainment field.
When interviewed, a friend of Ayumi Hamasaki denied the rumoured relationship and thinks that since Jin Akanishi respects Tomoya Nagase a lot, it is not possible for him to fall in love with his "ex-sister-in-law".
However, an experienced reporter thinks that this rumoured relationship may be Ayumi Hamasaki's intention of using Jin Akanishi as a sensationalizing "tool". This is because, in the past, while dating Tomaya Nagase, whenever Ayumi Hamasaki had got a new released single or album, there would also be relevant rumours about her beau at the same time.
Despite so, the media too thinks that with both parties being a popular figure in the Japanese entertainment field, it is not surprising if both of them develop feelings for one another along the way.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/xin/2009123...r-3c1b9bc.html
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OK this's totally o_O o_O o_O on every single level but I saw this in the Yahoo Singapore page & being a Johnny's fangirl (still) , I think this's really ridiculous & shows just how disrespectful the local media can be when comes to jpop sometimes
For the record , Akanishi's 6 years ayumi's junior & to me , I really cannot picture both of them together at all LOL