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由濱崎步穩坐多年的日本流行教主寶座，今年出現2位強而有力的競爭者，一位是目前SONY一姐 中島美嘉，另 一位則是去年火速走紅的艾迴超級新人大塚愛，兩人近來廣受各家日本女性時尚雜誌邀約，登上封面 的頻率直逼濱 崎步，流行教主接班人今年呼之欲出！日本眾女歌手中要當流行教主，不光要歌藝好，還必須具備獨 特引領風潮的 個人造型特色，例如濱崎步或YUKI，這兩位歌姬的造型，總是和她們的歌聲一樣令歌迷著迷，但 YUKI已經 32歲，濱崎步也26歲了，從年齡上看來，已經又到了新流行天后登場的時候。出道以來，冷艷、酷酷 的氣質特 色自成一格的中島美嘉，雖然曾被冠上「不笑歌姬」的封號，但她毫不理會繼續堅持自我本色的態度 ，贏得許多同 世代時髦女性的喜愛及認同。去年竄起的大塚愛，可愛俏皮的模樣，加上愛畫插畫、搭配服裝的特色 ，引起廣大高 中女生開始追隨，「Sweet」、「mina」、「Zipper」等各主要年輕時尚雜誌，去年 開始已經逐漸 成為兩人競爭流行教主寶座的重要舞台。

Ever since Ayumi Hamasaki secured her throne of the Japan's Trend Leader, she had 2 new challengers coming at her way this year: Mika Nakashima from Sony Recordings and Otsuka Ai, the super new fave from Avex, who coincidentally under the same roof with Ayumi.

Recently the duo often appear as cover models on most of the leading japanese female fashion magazines so much that the frequency are nearly as much as Ayumi does.

To become "The one", one female singer must not only procure a good talent and a good pair of voice to sing, she must also be able to lead the fashion trends and senses of Japan, such as Ayumi herself or Yuki. However, The former has already hit 26 and the former is getting on towards 32 year old, therefore it seems a good time changing the faces for a new generation.

Ever since her debut, the icy-cool-style Mika Nakashima, nicknamed as "frown songstress", but her don't-care attitude didn't pulled her down but even pushed her to higher grounds, where she gained a lot of popularity among the females about her same age.

Otsuka Ai, the new cutie teenager who were founded last year, her cute looks plus her talent in painting and also unique fashion matching sense also starting to drag in a lot of attraction from local high school girls. Popular girl magazines such as "SWEET", "MINA" and "Zipper" has slowly become the stage of their competition for the throne of the next Japan's Trend Leader.