[tabloid] Ayu in Oriental Daily (HK newspaper) on 5/10/04

[extepan]

Here's a translation:

Ayumi's love life has always been in the spotlight. there are constant rumours that she will marry Tomoya Nagase, but there are also constant rumours that she has fallen for another guy.

according to the japanese magazine <<modern weekly (?)>> that was published yesterday, when ayu had her national tour earlier this year, she has fallen for a middle aged crew member who is in his forties. this crew member looks very much like the kinki kids guy Koichi Domoto. his looks can rival tomoya nagase's. in addition, this crew member's relationship with ayu is truly extraordinary, hence Tomoya Nagase is facing a tough competition.

actually, when ayu went to the gay bar in 2nd district of shinjuku (?) getting drunk, someone has witnessed her breaking down crying in the bar. it is said that the owner of the bar looked like the baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. hence she was curious and went there with her gay friends to look at this guy. this shows that she is very lonely deep inside.

(the second part of this article is not about ayu, but about a japanese actor 樁隆之)

on the other hand, the male leading actor in "mased superman sword (?)" 樁隆之 (i dont know his japanese name) is recently found to have starred completely naked in a gay video. this has led to discontent in his agent company and the TV station. this piece of negative news has affected the righteous image of superman. 樁隆之 has lost a lot of children fans, but on the other hand he has gained a lot of gay fans in both hong kong and in japan. manygays are in a shopping spree for the tapes of "superman". this lead "masked superman sword(?)" to become the most popular among gays in the superman series.

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[Corybobory]

okey dokey.

wow. that's hot.

[Ibitsu Kokoro]

Originally Posted by y2687

wow. that's hot.

whats hot?

[Echiko]

T__T poor ayumi...so that's why she went to the gay bar..and she cried...v_v But don't cheat on Nagase ayumi..that's not right..REALLY...*sighs* But otherwise I feel bad for her..But don't cheat..o_o

[ohsixthirty]

Nice how everyone conveniently looks like somone famous.

And "someone" saw her crying?

Hrm...must be true if "someone" say so.

[LeButler]

Thanks for working on the translation extepan, very readable.

It seems these lightly scandalous articles are contageous. This one doesn't present any concrete evidence so I don't think we need to take it seriously yet.


PS She looks so young in the Carols picture, that's a heck of a lot of photoshop time

[tinyppl]

O.O Can I believe this? I really dunno.

[HanabiChick]

Thanks for the translation... tabloids are nothing but bad speculation...

[lolo66]

yeah yeah.. the same old news again.. and she released a official appology (stupid traditional society) on her Team Ayu fanclub... blah blah

[Nu-NRG]

blah...chinese newspaper will WRITE anything to artists on headline just to BOOST sales..nothing but stupid stuff..pity

[kournikova]

thx for the news....

[..:DisarO:..]

Thanks for the info and translation.

[tetsuo69]

i'll go with what she said.. in TA

nothing serious...

[JimmyKoria]

no one can be hotter then nagase

Ayumi may just have downplayed what happened at the bar, as lolo66 says, Japan is really traditional. I'd hate to apologize for having fun though...
Also a reminder, the news from the Chinese papers recently are all sourced from Japanese ones so don't think they're the only ones capitalizing on this.

[mei-mei]

Umm... hong kong newspapers........ don't trust, always have lots of uncomfirmed gossips.

[extepan]

Originally Posted by mei-mei

Umm... hong kong newspapers........ don't trust, always have lots of uncomfirmed gossips.

this time they are quoting from a japanese magazine. they even gave the name of the source. so dont blame it on oriental daily this time

[liechin]

thanks for the info

[Kazuko]

KYAH!!! WHAT?!! O___o;; nooo!!!! she's not cheating!! you're wrong!! you're all wrong!!!

aww... poor ayu.. *pats imaginary ayu* XD humm.. i wonder why she was crying.. -___-;;