http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/5-7.jpg

those are her band members. the first one's the drummer, the second guy plays the piano and the last one the keyboards.

lol i find it kinda strange that you don't know them XD:P

oh i didn't know..are they still with ayu now?
i only know yo-chan, enrique(typo), the guy playing the organ thingy during kiss o kill

the drummer (eguchi nobuo) is still with her. the piano guy was with her waaaay back, but came back on the last CDL, and the guy that's playing keyboards isn't with her anymore^^

ah! no wonder~ i think i only recognized the drummer, but i've never seen the piano and keyboards cause i haven't watched concerts from way back, what year were the piano and keyboards with ayu originally?

i'm not sure XD it's been a while since i've watched her older concerts... but the keyboard guy was with her in 2003 or 2004 i think, but don't take my word for it because i'm really not sure now...

5th pic, like luna and ren said they're her band member, Eguchi Nobuo(drummer, since around 2002), Kobayashi Shingo(Keyboard, since 99-00, and he also sometimes arrange ayu's music) Tomonari Yoshihiro(keyboard, been with ayu since DomeTour2001),

oh i see! for shingo, do you happen to know what songs he'd arranged for ayu?

he arrange ayu's LOVE~destiny~, teddy bear, girlish, untitled~for her~, HEAVEN, JEWEL, and ... idk if there's more...

Kobayashi is the highest ranking member of the band today. He's no longer on stage but is with the technical crew in the middle of the audience making sure the music sounds the way they want it to sound.

She looks so upset in the picture. :(

oh i love those ballad! thanks for all the info
the person probably took weird angles of the screencaps~

I know his name, I just couldn't think of it at the time. Annnd, Nagoya rhymes with Tomoya. XD

the first one is from her "URA AYU" asian photobook

2002 I think

she went to HK for those photoshots

^^

That guy is Ryuichi Sakamoto

This is ayu with her co-host from HIP (Hot Information Press), Yamamoto Harumi (if I'm reading the kanji right)

But the photo has been reprinted in various magazines during ayu's aidoru-era, and in coverage of her aidoru-era in more current (1999 and later) magazines, I'm not sure where this black & white scan is from specifically.

She looks not so happy here...

By the way the picture is from the 2002 stadium tour photobook.

what's their connection/story behind this photo????
i know the guy's very famous and all, but what's his connection with Ayu?

I know the Ryuichi Sakamoto photo is from a rock music magazine, but I honestly can't think of which one. But it was a photo taken specifically for an article in that magazine.

Here's a small pic of it in context (unfortunately you can't really see the details of the article):

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2...1600ej3.th.jpghttp://img210.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

Ayu takes a photo with Ryuichi Sakamoto?
Wow..really lucky :D