waahhh... that isaac's ayu duty poster, my friend gave it to me as a birthday gift, but it's wooden board.. i dunno..
anyway... you should search about 'kurumi hamasaki' in yahoo or google.. many websites have explanations about it...
and ayumi used 'ayumi' only (without the hamasaki) in the 'nothing from nothing'... well

bai bai

ayuswissfan there is no "a clips" dvd, the one which corresponds to your request (earlier PVs) is simply entitled "Hamasaki Ayumi" and has a black and red cover with Ayu's face on it. You can easily get it from ebay for 15 USD, so don't spend more on it!!! There is also a VCD version which contains a bonus documentary.

Ayumi/Kurumi
 

I heard from somebody that Ayu's real name should be Hamasaki Kurumi... does anione noes bout it?

Isnt Hamasaki Kurumi a member here???:confused

Yo!
Kurumi? U mean Ayu's alternate name? Hmm... never heard of it before. Where did u read it?

Kurumi is a gal's name, right?

"Kurumi" was her stage name. It means "walnut" and is one of the pretty names of Japanese girls.

i like the name Kurumi! Like on Stell Angle Kurumi ^_^! I like Kurumi better than Ayu, but when you think Kurumi you don't really think "music". i dunno

Here is my prettyful pic of Ayu in her schooling!!!

Thnx... it should be Ayumi... Phew:trout

____________this is what it could be if it's KURU__________


"any1 bought K-Ballads????and what cover did u guys get???
i heard some of u guys got the cover where KURU chan r huggin each other...lucky u....mine kinda poor souls...i got the one which KURU was lying...anyway...have u guyz heard bout the sales margin between K-ballads and K-best... hope Kuru dun feel so sad bout it...Ganbare KURU....

love,

ku_ru_volution

p/s: does any1 got Ku-ru-ro mix...pls msg me cuz i want to exchange with my Kuru-mix 4...or u can email me :
ku_ru_volution@yahoo.com "



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rainbow...then how u got 2 vote just now???

hmmm i swear it said on sum ayu site that her real name is kurumi and she changed her name 2 ayumi at the age of 7??

aha!! i got it:

F a c t s A b o u t A y u

Did you know that . . .

- Her first name was Kurumi but was changed to Ayumi at age 7.

- She did some modelling for a local Fukuoka bank at age 7.

- She grew up in a single parent home with her mom and grandmother.

- After secondary school she left Fukuoka and went to Tokyo for highschool. Her high school is also home to some popular Japanese celebrities such as Kyoko Fukada and Ai Kato.

- At the age of 15, she got a chance to go to New York for bussiness.

- Ayumi dropped out of High School at age 16.

- Ayu is a dog lover. She has 5 pet dogs, chihuahuas and a bulldog. Crea, Marron and Ringo are names of her pet dogs. She thinks Crea looks like her the most.

- Ayu uses the code name CREA when she composes music. "M" is the first song she has composed.

- Ayu was the first artist to have 4 CDs in the Oricon top 10 charts simultaneously. The CDs were ayu-mi-x II US+EU (#2), ayu-mi-x II Acoustic Orchestra (#3), ayu-mi-x II JPN (#6) and SUPER EUROBEAT present ayu-ro mix (#10)

- During her 2001 DOME TOUR concert, Ayu declined an interview with TIME magazine. They were prepared to do a cover feature but Ayu said she was too focused "on doing my concerts".

- In a magazine poll, she was voted "ideal girlfriend".

- Ayumi's single "H" was the only single to break the million units mark in the year 2002.

- She has won the Nail Queen Award three consecutive years in a row. From 1999 to 2002.

- She has won the Grand Prix at the "ALL JAPAN Request Awards" three consecutive years in a row. From 1999 to 2002. On 2003 she lost for the first time to rival Hikaru Utada.

- Ayumi shares the same birthday as Gandhi.



credits to site: Ayu-mi-llennium



well i dunno....................:think

i had seen that too megumi. It's kind of confusing about Ayumi and Kurumi:shrug

lol not to mention we'd have to change this to KHS instead of AHS :laugh AHS sounds so much better

wow very nice info megumi!! veryu very nice thanx!

ummm i read that her real name was kurumi but that her mom change her real name to ayumi when she was young....

AYU or KURU???
 

well, this thread going mix up, and make me confuse. But, I just believed that Kurumi is her real name. And, why can't we say Rumi instead of Kuru??? Rumi is cooler enough than Kuru. This thread, somehow, is also posted in JPOPMUSIC.com Here's the link:
http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22776
There, said that her father gave name Kurumi, but her mother did changed it to Ayumi. And also, picture from a fan site whit Hamasaki Kurumi written there. The hiragana is right read as Kurumi.

Re: AYU or KURU???
 

It's not true. Don't worry. Early in her acting career she used "Kurumi" as a "stage name" then later on in her career she went by her original name "Ayumi." Ayumi is her real name. The picture they posted with her name as "Kurumi" is obviously from when she was much younger. And like I said, in her early career she used "Kurumi" as a stage name in her early acting career, but Ayumi is her real name.

ahhh!!! this is very confusing!!!!!!:confused :think

Well, don't know whom I supposed to believed. Ayumi or Kurumi?????? But, may be one who joined Team Ayu can tell us? Is there anyone? Uh, if I could join Team Ayu.