I don't really think it matters now because she's Ayumi now, but I know a lot of us would just like to know the truth. All this is very confusing :S

yah i think ayumi is not ayu's real name bt it is veri common in the entertainment world some chnge it for gd luck while some coz their original name nt nice mah

that's TRUE !!! Ayumi is her real name.. is that clear..??

Ayumi Name Was Better Than Kurumi !! Now Is The Importants ..... Ayumi Hamasaki :thumbsup

Kurumi Hamasaki?
 

Did ayu, really used to be called kurumi, I just can't get my head round it, is this true? and why did she change her name

1998... [correct me if i'm wrong] she came back to music with her real name Hamasaki Ayumi .. she was using hamasaki kurumi at first she enter the biz world

i got a newspaper scan and a poster with Ayu's pic and there were Hamzaki Kurumi written on em..

hamazaki..

hey mark... there was a thread made about this b4... hope this helps... hamasaki kurumi

huh, kurumi?

kurumi's nt bad a name...we're just not used to it

oh, kurumi was her cover name when she modeled back then, ayumi is the real one!

I thought Kurumi was her mother's name. :shrug

Mariko is Ayu's Mother's name :)

S'up with Ayu's name?
 

I read somewhere that Ayumi Hamasaki ain't Ayu's real name!! Is that true? Does anybody know what's Ayu's real name?

Correct me if i'm wrong... I think it used to be Kurumi Hamasaki... she had to change for modeling or something... :shrug

yeah, ayumi is her real name. kurumi was her stage name. thank god she stuck with her real name. KURU CHAN?? haha!

wow this is an old old thread :laugh :laugh

Ayumi Hamasaki is real name.
But,she don't use true kanji name since they are complicated.