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Ayumi Hamasaki BIO
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Name: Ayumi
Hamasaki
Birthday: 2nd October 1978
Star sign: Libra
Place of Birth: Fukuoka
Blood type: A
Height: 5'1" (156cm)
(B/W/H): 31/20.5/32 (80/53/82)
Weight: 88lbs (40Kg)
Producer: Max Matsuura
Record Label: Avex Trax
Interests: watching baseball and music.
Talents: Playing piano, flower arranging,
drawing, ballet, can write with left and
right hands.
Favorite Food: sashimi, Sweets, cake,
chocolate, and kimichi.
About Music: I listened to rock (Led
Zeppelin, Deep Purple) through the influence
of my older brother. Now I enjoy listening
to black music like Babyface, En Vogue, etc.
Disliked Food: Pig leg.
Favorite Actors: Rie Miyazawa, and Nicolas
Cage.
Favorite Authors: Natsuki Gin'iro, Mitsuwo
Aida.
Admired Women: Keiko (Globe), Rie Miyazawa,
Seiko Matsuda
Favorite Books: usually buy fashion
magazines, etc. Modern-day translations of
ancient Japanese poems (Manyoushuu) are
especially interesting. Silver summer life
works, Mitsuo Aida works, etc.
Favorite Singers: Keiko (Globe), Matsu
Takako.
Favorite Movies: "The Bodyguard", "Betty
Blue", and "Leaving Las Vegas"
Likes Collecting: Any white decorative
things for the room.
People she respects: Someone that has a
quality she doesn't.
People she dislikes: People who lie, and
rude people.
Take a look at the Japanese pop music charts
almost any day of the year and you’re
guaranteed to find at least one if not more
Hamasaki Ayumi singles and/or albums in the
Top 20. She’s one of a handful of young
female superstars dominating the world of
J-Pop with a string of smash hits. Fans snap
up copies of every release as soon as it
hits store shelves--from her debut single
"Poker Face" to her most recent video
release "Vogue Far away Seasons" everything
she touches is gold.
Like other Japanese divas, Hamasaki achieved
success as an entertainer at a young age.
Though still not 22 years old yet, she has
already released 16 best-selling singles and
7 smash hit albums, as well as accompanying
posters, photo albums, and videos.
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of
Japanese pop culture throughout Asia and
around the world, Hamasaki has made her name
a familiar one to non-Japanese as well.
Though insisting that she was shy and
insecure as a girl, Hamasaki loves the
spotlight these days, appearing frequently
on music programs like Hey! Hey! Hey! Music
Champ to perform her latest hits and banter
with the hosts and other performers. Every
time she takes the stage sporting a new
haircut and fashion style, the young girls
and women in the audience shriek Kawaii!
(cute!) as they take mental notes on how to
spruce up their wardrobe with trademark
Hamasaki items, like her cowboy hat.
Hamasaki is often compared with Suzuki Ami,
one of Japan’s other current pop darlings.
Both women came to the forefront of the
J-Pop scene at about the time, are roughly
the same age, and sing the same type of
songs. The Japanese media has made much of
the similarities, hinting that there is a
rivalry between the two women, but Hamasaki
brushes aside such speculation, saying that
the two of them are, in fact, friends.
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