ayumi and hitomi: close friends? [fake article]

[Chibi_Venus]

That'd be interesting. Even though I've only heard one of hitomi's songs (yeah don't call me a big fan... ) she's awesome and so is Ayu. I think they'd be great friends. ^_^

[Ryoko]

I also saw this on wikipedia:

Despite being constantly viewed as rivals, hitomi shares a close friendship with fellow Avex performer Ayumi Hamasaki, the reigning queen of Japanese pop, which dates back to 2000. The two often get together during breaks in TV performances (like the NHK Red And White Song Festivals), and Hamasaki often goes on joyrides with hitomi through hitomi's native Kanagawa countryside, where Hamasaki often enjoys a certain degree of anonymity, either in a car or on motorbike (hitomi is qualified to drive both, while Hamasaki is not allowed to possess any driving licenses because she suffers from a form of night blindness). Hamasaki attended hitomi's wedding, as well as a family function to celebrate the first month of the birth of hitomi's twin children (a ceremony known as the 'Full Moon Celebration'), and is an unofficial 'godmother' to hitomi's children, Toru and Sumire. hitomi and Hamasaki had attempted in the past to write songs together, but the results were unsatisfactory because the two women have very different musical inclinations and directions. Interestingly, it was hitomi's ideas that led to the popular pre-concert video segments in Hamasaki's 'My Story Concert Tour' in 2005, and Hamasaki has often credited hitomi as 'the director ahead of the director'. Also, both hitomi and Hamasaki are Christians, a religious group that is in the minority in Japan where Shinto and Buddhism are dominant.

hitomi owns an expensive Spanish-made classical guitar, which was a gift from Hamasaki. Hamasaki had, apparently inspired by reading the novel The Master Of Go by Yasunari Kawabata, challenged hitomi to a game of Go, of which she was usually the superior player. If Hamasaki won, hitomi would have to buy her a German-made piano that had caught Hamasaki's fancy; hitomi did not specify Hamasaki's forfeit. hitomi won the game, but bought Hamasaki the piano anyway. Two months later, hitomi and Hamasaki were surfing the Internet when hitomi expressed a fondness for a classical guitar. Hamasaki bought the guitar immediately and gave it to hitomi, who now rarely goes two days without playing at least one full-length piece on it.

[Raleigh]

Sooo interesting. Do you have a link to the whole article? and what does hitomi own?

[Ryoko]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi

I fixed it so the whole thing should appear now.

[Coelacanth]

Wow, that's interesting.. I wonder why we've never heard any of this before. And so Ayu is Christian???

[Raleigh]

I didn't know Ayu was Christian myself.. though there were rumours. Thanks for the link Ryoko. It's very interesting.

[elepop]

Oh man, didn't know they were this close. Wow, that's awesome. (if it's true)

A duet together would be so cool! My 2 idols together?

[Raleigh]

I think since their voice has a similar tone it would be rather interesting. It seems they're very close. They're both great fans of Madonna too. Probably that is why they keep working hard to keep at the top even when they're over the average age of most popular artists in Japan.

This article is great. hitomi is indeed a great artist who has a lot of respect from me.

[Ryoko]

Yeah, it's such a great article. hitomi seems like a very interesting person.

I really do hope the information is true, because it means that one day hitomi and Ayu might have a duet!

a lot of the information is true though, I've seen various sources state that hitomi's kids names are Sumire and Toru, etc. So I'm guessing somebody got this information from a Japanese article or something.

asongforxx: hitomi and Ayu are your idols? That's cool. They're mine as well! hitomi looks soooooo good for not only her age, but for having twins!

[elepop]

Originally Posted by Ryoko

asongforxx: hitomi and Ayu are your idols? That's cool. They're mine as well! hitomi looks soooooo good for not only her age, but for having twins!

Yep, Ayu and hitomi are my 2 idols! Hehe!

I agree, hitomi still looks super hot and gorgeous for her age, plus she had twins! Who would have known that with a body like hers!? LOL!

[nmskalmn]

Anyone can edit those wikipedia entries. If I wanted to I could go change that entry to read that hitomi and Ayu are Satan-worshipers. I'm highly sceptical.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

Yep, Ayu and hitomi are my 2 idols! Hehe!

I agree, hitomi still looks super hot and gorgeous for her age, plus she had twins! Who would have known that with a body like hers!? LOL!

Yes true. She looks so fit. I can't believe she had two twins. Anyhow I agree that wikipedia is editable but it looks professionally made and there's a lot of reference to articles and stuff.

[nmskalmn]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Anyhow I agree that wikipedia is editable but it looks professionally made and there's a lot of reference to articles and stuff.

There are no sources provided. If I edit the page to read "a magazine reported that both Ayumi Hamasaki and hitomi are prominent members of the Shibuya Church of Satan" will you believe it? My opinion is that you guys are being duped.

[ImpactBreaker]

^LOL yep, the articles seem well written but there seems to be no proof they're true.

[Ryoko]

Even so, it's pretty interesting info if it REALLY is true.

If not, whoever wrote it was pretty imaginative!

[ImpactBreaker]

Yeah I agree with you Ryoko. It's an interesting read even so.

[Taishaku]

VERY interesting indeed, i can't believe my favourite japanese singers are close friends!!!

It makes me very happy to know this... It just made my day!! :B

[Deep snow]

that's good, two cute ladies are good friends...

[walking proud]

Everything on wikipedia is edited by normal users so nothing is exactly 'set in stone' like a normal encyclopedia. You must take things on wikipedia with a grain of salt (IE: can't really trust it)

If it's true, something even better.
Max stayed.
And yeah! if it's true, that would be nice.
A Song is born take 2, ~hitomi and Ayu~ rofl.