[Article] Pop Music Emergency: Ayumi Hamasaki Moving Towards Becoming Completely Deaf!

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Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

A Musician’s Sacrifice: Ayumi Hamasaki and 9 other Japanese artists with hearing damage
I had no idea that other artists like Mika Nakashima had hearing problems at any point in time. Interesting.

MIKA hasn't just had hearing problems. She also almost permanently lost her voice around the end of 2010. She went on indefinite hiatus just before the release of her album STAR.