Where I live, Ayu isn`t popular at all. No Japanese artist is popular. Everyone`s into Hip Hop, Pop Rock and R & B. I only know like 3 people who are actually into Jpop like me. And none of them know anything about Ayu. One of my friends, she has heard of Utada Hikaru but she`s never heard of Ayumi Hamasaki. That irks me. How could you not hear of Ayumi Hamasaki? She`s the Queen of Jpop. I mean, shouldn`t you know about her before any other Jpop artist? Not to be mean or anything, but the fact that some people know about Hikki and not Ayu irks me. That`s just how I feel.