Ayu is 88lbs!? Whaaaat?
 

I remember seeing this a long time ago, and I forgot about it until today. An Ayu bio says that her weight is 40kg, or roughly 88lbs. That cannot be right. I realize she's short, but 88lbs as an adult at any height is risky.

Does anyone else think this is completely absurd?? :/

I remember when I first got into Ayu I told my friends she was 88lbs and they all referred to her as 88lbs girl. Also in one of the Panasonic CMs (I think the one featuring Carols) it says something about her being 15 percent body fat (or some really low number).

Actually that weight for her height is pretty acceptable for asian's standard.

But anyway, that info may be pretty outdated already. Her weight might have changed over the years, especially when she worked out so much more in the recent years.

Is hard to tell. I'm some official pics she looks skinny and in random pics she looks average (like unofficial concert pics).

There are models that weight less than that.

I'm really not surprised.

My best friend is about Ayu's height and weight and she's perfectly healthy. Besides, isn't a low weight very common with Asian females? I don't think I even know any slim Asian girls above 105lbs.

It's not really risky. Im same size as Ayu and I weight 50kg and my treiner said it's a perfect weight, so she has a little underweight I think. 45-50kg is perfect, so it's not that bad.

have you seen her in her 2001-phase? it wasn';t normal~! the foxtail alone weighed more than she did~!

I'm sure she's gained weight since that bio, but 88lbs is a tad bit underweight for her height. She doesn't look that skinny though, so she's obviously healthy.

I highly doubt her weight is the same still. She's not 20 years old anymore. It was a long time ago her young body looked like this. http://www.zyrex.org/gallery/Ayumi1/...con05.jpg.html
I think she's getting healthier with age.

40-42 kg is ideal for every asian girl (since they are quite short). now she must be like 50 kg. I kinda miss thin and young ayu.

^so she's not thin anymore? :laugh

How is she not thin now? :/

If she's fat I'm super-obese then :rolleyes. And actually body changes over the years, a 20 years girl has a different body shape than a 30 one.

I'm not even surprised, Namie Amuro is way skinny than Ayu...

Ayu is actually really thin now. She's the thinnest she's been in her career, I think, minus the crazy years where she only slept like half an hour probably, haha.

And I'd say for her height and frame, it is normal. I was like 90lbs when I was 5'2" (...like almost a decade ago) and I'm a guy. It's common to see people in Japan that are about 6 feet / 183cm tall that are extremely underweight for their height by American standards, but its really normal over there.

It's an old bio. I do believe that she was 40kg back then. She's only 156cm / 5'1 tall, so it's far from impossible. I have a friend who is 5'1 ½ and she weighs 39kg and I mean, she looks really thin, but not on the verge of starvation with like her bones popping out and stuff.

I don't believe she weighs that little now though, our metabolism changes as we get older and she was around 20 when that bio came out. I wouldn't be surprised if she was around 44-50 something. But not more than that, seeing that she is still amazingly fit and slim.

She's actually only 4'11, as she revealed on her twitter a couple months ago, so that weight would be alright.

Really?! I've been living on a lie! Damn.
That's small. And that weight for that height is totally fine.

how much is 4'11?

If true, her BMI is 18. She's underweight.

She doesn't have to be underweight because her BMI dictates so. Different rules apply to all of us, since we are all different.

4"11" at 88lbs is a BMI of 17.8, 18 is the healthy BMI for her height and weight so technically she was/is SLIGHTLY underweight. However, 18 is not underweight for her height. BMI does not apply to all people though.

I'm sure she has regular doctor visits, so she's staying healthy and fit. :)

She seems pretty healthy, so it's probably not a big issue. She has a lot of energy for concerts and always seems pretty perky, so I've always assumed that she's really healthy. Most girls who are severely underweight (that I've seen, anyway) are sickly looking, but Ayu looks just fine. :)

Also, BMIs aren't accurate indicators of whether one is healthy or not. I had/have really low body fat, but my BMI said that I was going to lead towards the heavier side.

But wow, Ayu was 4'11? Holy crap! 0.o I had no idea. But she looks really, really great, so I don't see why we should be worrying so much about whether she's healthy or not. Otherwise, wouldn't we have heard some kind of tabloid/rumour news about her being underweight and thus being anorexic or something?

Also, I think she does eat a lot once in a while; I remember her taking some pictures of her food when she goes out, and I sometimes wonder how it fits that tiny body of hers! XD

Ugh I feel disgusting.
I'm 5'0" and about 123lbs.
My BMI is normal and I don't look overweight, but seeing Ayu be so slim and have that considered "normal" makes me want to starve myself. x_x;;

40 kg is very normal for asian girls. most of my female friends do not weigh over 50 kilos.

Really? I think Ayu is much more attractive now and has been since MY STORY than ever. Younger she kind of looked more alienish (no offense). Just not as "gorgeous" as she has looked from Memorial address/MY STORY up until now.

148cm I guess. I'm just in that height and weight about the same too. I don't think 40kg is so skinny. It's just perfect for me :yes

i don't think she is around 50kg right now...
i think she is 46-47kg, but the most important thing is how much her body fat is, and i think she has a lot of muscle and her body fat is low...i prefer ayu this way, she looks sexier...

In Japan, it is not very unusual. Ayu is barely 5'0".

yeah, I think I like all her looks except Mirrorcle World and R'n'R Circus period.


wow I can't believe she's 148!! I always thought she was 156-158 :shakehead

so 40 kg for 148 cm is very very OK. and yeah, if her height is 148cm, she can't be 50 kg now :D

she's thin now of course, I meant I missed her evolution era look. that time she was super-skinny. and young :heart

http://eneabba.net/ayu/video/live/pa...lution0202.jpghttp://eneabba.net/ayu/video/live/pa...lution0208.jpg

screencaps from eneabba.net

I'm 172cm and like 48 kilos, so for her to be 40 kilos and way shorter I would say is quite expected. If we called someone "OMG FAT" instead of OMG SKINNY", heads would be rolling by now!

I think her body looked best 2009 during the NEXT LEVEL tour, she wasn't stick thin but very toned.

i'm around her height and i've never touched 100 lbs. it's hard for me to put on weight, so i fluctuate in the 90s. i think she's fine. :)

That weight is fine for her, from her Twitter we can see she eats healthily and she exercises. It would only be a problem if she was starving herself to that weight.

Too bad she will never get younger than she is now :P

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I agree with everyone who said she looks better now than when she started...

^ yeaah, now she only has to slowly get older

Wow, what a fuss : D I'm 145cm [4'9" I'm not sure if that's right, since every source says different number...] And my weight is about 86lbs.
I just went to my schools nurse, and she said that I'm skinny but completely healthy, so I think there isn't any danger for ayu either.

Asian body structure is different from western one. If a 160 cm x 40kg western girl would be look pretty skinny, a japanese girl will not. She will look thin. I know, everyone has their different body structure, of course. BUT I'm talking about average people though.

And I prefer Ayu now than when she was young too :D

I was always sure that her weight was pretty low seeing how short she is...I'm comfortable with how she looks, damn good I might say :P

People act like 32 is really old.

Don't take it too seriously, they are most likey 13, 15, 17 themselves...