By Nathan Phua

Ayumi Hamasaki’s exclusive posters printed by a TV station to promote the live telecast of her concert at Yokohama on Jun. 03 were stolen for 30 times at the Shoukoku bus station. Though authorities have stepped up security by using 30 nails on the posters, the strong desire of possessing Ayumi Hamasaki indirectly is unstoppable.

About Ayumi...

Ayumi Hamasaki (21) was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. At a tender age of 7, she shot her first advertisement. Upon completion of high school, she adjourned to Tokyo and joined Sunmusic to start her acting career. Initially, she acted in TV dramas and appeared in variety shows that did not gain her fame apparently. To achieve hype, she often clad in swimsuit for photo-shoots. Despite those reveals, it was singing that actually made her well-known. In Sept. 1995, she changed her image and released a single, “Nothing From Nothing”. It had mostly RAP songs that were then popular and thus an immense boost to her singing career. She even went to New York in the summer of ’97 for vocal lessons. Her confident return resulted in the release of her debut maxi single, “Poker Face” in Apr. 1998. Her singing career then advance. The first part of “Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000A” has already begun on Apr. 28 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall that will feature songs found in the album, “LOVEppears”. Whereas, the second part of her concert tour starting on Jun. 21 at Yokohama Arena will see her singing songs since her debut to the latest maxi single, “Seasons” in the form of Broadway Musicals.

These days, is “no” for her to earn popularity by wearing skimpy clothings but rather in Mar. this year, she daringly released 4 remix albums continuously. In Apr., she struck attention again by releasing three new maxi singles, “Vogue”, “Faraway” and “Seasons” each in a new month. Success may not come easy for her but she still stick with this rule – “No usage of English lyrics but only in song titles”. As she firmly believes and prefers to express feelings honestly in a fluent language.

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