Oh no :( I hope she recovers just fine.

OH NO!!! Goodness, first Namie now Mika!? My prayers are with her, I hope she recovers soon!

Translation of Mika's message to her fans.

Will the album release go on as planned? I hope it'll do well without that much live promotion...

What's more important is her health, though! Focus on getting better Mika, we need you (XD) in tip-top shape! Take care of yourself ^^

GET WELL Mika !!

Is this the same condition Ayu has? O__________O....

oh no, not her ears!

I do hope she fully recovers from all of this :(

Please get better soon Mika and take care.
We'll be here waiting for you :heart

Im just shockedd....And very sad..
really hope she will heal asap but it'll probably take a few years.
She worked so hard to reach her 10th year..

Oh God!! I just noticed this. This is so bad T__T I hope Mika recovers asap

omg, how horrible! but i'm glad she's resting. i hope everything goes well for her. :)

wow..i'm shocked, i hope she get a very serious treatment...i don't want another ayu story happened again, it's just too sad

i hope the treatments work! poor mika!! :cry

get well soon Mika , this news still comes as a shock to me D:

I can predict disgruntled people will say that this's to drum up sales for STAR seeing that it will be released next Wed ~_~

but I don't like to link both news together as at the end of the day , her health's more important

Does that mean she won't be on Music Station tonight as well? :( I was looking forward to that all week :(

It's understandable, though. It's really sad to hear this... Though I've waned off of her a bit since "Candy Girl", my hope was renewed with "Ichiban kirei na watashi wo" and now she's taking a break :(

But I hope she gets better. It must be hard to have to tell your fans such a thing.

^ Indeed, both MUSIC STATION and Music Japan are cancelled.

10/24 Oshare ism
11/01 HEY!HEY!HEY! Music Champ
11/04 5LDK

All those shows were already recorded luckily..
Hopefully she'll be back by April next year. Damn it's going to be long ;___;

Well at least... my copy of STAR is in shipping progress <3

The NINKI numbers are out :

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01 140.60 Nakashima Mika - STAR
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02 100.00 SPITZ - とげまる
03 74.90 放課後ティータイム - 放課後ティータイムⅡ
04 72.30 Ne-Yo - リブラ・スケール
05 66.30 Def Tech - Mind Shift
06 60.60 Chatmonchy - Awa Come
07 50.30 Office Augusta - HOBO's MUSIC
08 36.10 斉藤和義 - ARE YOU READY?
09 32.10 グッド・シャーロット - カーディオロジー
10 27.80 東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ - Goldfingers

So sad... but somehow it's good that Mika takes care of this problem before it gets too bad. Going on a tour right now would have been suicidal for her ears. Good staff, good company.

I'm hoping that the NINKI numbers cheer Mika up somehow...
Reminds me i have to validate that shopcart at yesasia too

I wouldn't get my copy of STAR until 2 weeks later or so , since I prordered the Taiwan press / CD + DVD from 5music which will be released next Fri

I hope the booklet will contain a lot of pretty pics of Mika *__*

OMG poor Mika TT__TT

This is heartbreaking...I hope she recovers soon. <3

Here's a photo of the physical CD for STAR on Yahoo Japan Auctions:

http://i55.tinypic.com/rr4gtw.jpg
Credits: natty_hikaru @ JPM


Also I've uploaded the album in 320kbps here so you guys can go download!:
http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2532900


Too bad I won't receive my copy until Nov because I'll be leaving for Japan in a few days' time..

even though there're only 3 new songs in STAR , but I have to say they're really stellar

LONELY STAR is catchy & 16 is so nice *__*

I'm listening to SONG FOR A WISH now & it's also a really good ballad !