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Originally Posted by kaito_moonlove
Ok, maybe this is the truth and the reason.
So how about the Kouhaku ? Namie is hot enough to appear in this TV show !
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Namie used to appear at Kouhaku every year but she started declining the invitations sometime in the early 2000s because she didn't want to 'force' herself on the public anymore (I think these were her words or something).
At the height of her popularity she was recording shows 24/7 year-round (probably even doing MORE shows than Ayu at her height) and so she probably felt that the public wouldn't want to be suffocated with her image lol.
I'm not sure why she doesn't attend it now days, but I feel like it's one of those very traditional events for a singer and so when you start to decline the invitations, they're inclined to snub you, no matter your popularity.