Ayu - This year's #1 artist taxpayer in japan

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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).

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