Did you see M station with Utada Hikaru and Hamasaki Ayumi
Utada sings Ayumi Hamasaki songs at Karaoke
And they were laughing and finishing each other's sentences at the end of the program, and Hamasaki laughs on her shoulder.
It was really like they were best friends~~~ awww.
And when the announcer asked if Ayumi sang her Utada songs, she said "it's too difficult! those thin and delicate sounds just don't come out." ahaha

i heard some rumour when ayuXtomoya broke up, akiko was like saying bad thing about ayu in a TV programme? and she praised how good was tomoya to ayu while ayu wasnt doing anything good to him. idk, it might be a false news too

Haha yup posted earlier in this thread. good video!

Ohhh~
It was because she thought Ayu was blocking her calls.
But I think they resolved it now,
Because sometimes Wada Akiko mentions Ayu in her program and things.
And yeah, at Kouhaku, she was really cheering Ayu when she was announced.
So I think everything is fine.

p.s. do you know, she went on a rampage about Kouhaku!! ahaha
"Perfume and GIRL NEXT DOOR was LIPSYNC!!! what is criteria about this kouhaku program?!" she said.
Ahaha I love Wada Akiko.
She was so mad at her team~

Thanks for your answers, I am not surprised, that the japanese/asian celebs don't hate Ayu. Ayu is so cute, you can't do not like her^^

Does anyone know what GACKT is thinking/saying about Ayu?
I am very interested in this^^

Lol yeah Kuu is a very genuine person. What you see is what you get. She's not some dirty **** people make her out to be nor is she some fake person trying to put on a cute act.

The whole Morning Musume thing is very interesting lolol. I don't know if she'd despise them for what they did though. Ayu herself was quite a rebel back in the day. Though I have no idea of whether she smoked back in the day, these actions seem to belong in the same category of things Ayu did when she was young. Probably not as bad though lol.

Doesn't namie and ayu have nicknames for each other?

Yeah, I was about to mention Wada. Also I would say Akina Nakamori - she praised Ayu although it was on a tv show and Ayu was right next to her, so even if she didn't like her, I doubt Akina would say it.

Beyond these examples though, I've surprisingly heard Ayu mentioned very few times by other artists. The ones that seemed to look up to her the most were actually many of the girls in Hello Project.

It was written in a news article (who knows how reliable it is though) that Ayumi called Namie "The Monkey" and Namie called Ayu "The Makeup Monster." Pretty funny if its true, but I highly doubt they would be open about a distaste for each other.

Perfume is obvious, but I really didn't suspect Girl Next Door. I would love to read Wada's comments though. Do you have a link?

They haven't mentioned each other at all in years though unfortunately.

I remember reading somewhere that Ayu sent Utada some flowers when she had to have that cyst/tumor or whatever it was removed. I thought that was nice. ^^;;.

Yes! The monkey and makeup monster nicknames. I coulda swore it was mentioned on this forum or on some fan website I browsed. I just couldn't find it anymore and was questioning if I actually saw it or not :laugh

I dont remember anything....except seeing on youtube when BoA said something about how Ayu bowed to her and she thought that was nice????@_@ weird....and then Hikki said something like "shes so cute" in some radio interview...oh yeah...and then theres that time....I dunno what Koda Kumi was thinking....theres this one YT vid where...ayu goes to the premiere of Mr. and Mrs. Smith or something like that....and then Ayu goes to sit down...and Kumi just sorta stares at Ayu with wide eyes...like "talk to me!"....but then Ayu just sits down. @_@ Thats all I remember

You know today on Mixi group, this very conversation was revived.
I saw many names, and many proofs about it.
Like most of the Johnny's Groups, KAT-TUN (Akanishi Jin and Kamenashi Kazuya especially), NewS (especially YamaPi), Arashi members.
Also EXILE (especially Hiro, Ayu said once in an interview "I am very glad to have met Hiro so long ago.")
And there's a story of them dancing to Trauma. ahaha like the dance of Trauma.
Also the members of winds, Porno Graffitti, and the Southern All Star's gutarist guy.
There are so many names, and places where they have said "I like Ayu"
I felt really proud of it~

And of course in that same topic, Koda Kumi vs. Hamasaki Ayumi came again,
Many saying "Koda insults Ayu" and then "Ayu neglects Kumi" etc.
So annoying


Also, many net celebrities have posted photos of them going to PCDL.

Oh she knew Hiro of EXILE? EXILE has been around for quite a while so I guess it's not that big of a surprise. If I'm not mistaken he's their leader no? Overall all those artists you mention are pretty genuine people and very well-respected themselves. I think it's only natural they can understand one of their own and where she's coming from and the nature of her work. They might have a better understand than her fans themselves.

I really enjoyed that video of Boa commenting about when she met Ayu. So nice! I remember hearing that radio show after it first aired and I downloaded it and burned it to a CD to listen to one day while cleaning my room, ha ha. Yeah, now that you mention it, it doesn't seem like Hikki really knows too much about Ayu. I guess she's not a "fan". I don't know how you can't be one. Lol. She's got material for everyone.

Lol. I can just see this, Ayu having people to do this sort of thing for her:

Ayu-chan: "Hikaru-chan is in the hospital? Send her flowers immediately."
Staff: "Yes Miss Ayu!! How many would you like to send?"
Ayu-chan: "Whatever they have in stock."
Staff: "Oh! Hai!"

About the Kuu vs. Ayu thing. Obviously we have no proof they like or don't like each other but I remember Ayu was really cold to Koda Kumi during the Mr. and Mrs. Smith premiere. It was kind of weird, haha.

Of course, as fans, we have no idea who don't like/like each other in this media. Just because they made nice comments about each other in a TV show does not mean anything and tabloid articles are not reliable either.

^it's like the rumour ages ago that ayu dislike namie....but there's no proof and we all know tabloid like to make up stories...

She gave a lil bow to Ayu for greetings and Ayu gave this gigantic bow back to her. She said she felt honored that Japan's biggest music star was so polite to someone that had not even made a debut yet.

I remember that Hikki interview. It was so nice of Hikki to say that, but it was so rude and stupid of that fan to ask Hikki of when Ayu would make her U.S. debut lol.

BoA is also one of my favorite singers.:P