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Originally Posted by yamogi

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It turns out on the 28th that Ayumi Hamasaki (26), a singer, withdraws from
the "46th Japan record grand-prix" of New Year's Eve this year. It is her
decision although she is the first in history to attain a three-year
continuation grand-prix award from 2001 to last year and also being remained
in the last nomination as a major candidate this year. Hamasaki is inclined
to graduate not only from Record Award but from a "prize race", and aims at
a start new as one artist. In addition, an examination meeting will be held
on the 29th and 12 sets of a grand-prix candidate's Gold Award will be
announced.

The queen of a Japanese pop community will pull the body from Record Award.

According to the persons concerned, the Hamasaki side declares to withdraw
before the examination meeting on the 29th. Not only Record Award, inclining
to participate in no year-end prize events, she also declines to participate
in the "best hit song festival" (Old cable grand-prix = EXILE's grand-prix
award on the 27th), which is held by "cable broadcast networks", the largest
stockholder of the affiliation record company "Avex". It seems that it does
not appear on "the Japanese cable-broadcasting grand-prix" (sponsorship KYAN
system) in December.
Declining from a prize race was decided by Hamasaki's own intention.
Although the staff was advancing preparation of a prize race as the ordinary
year at the beginning, it is said that Hamasaki decided saying "I want to
decline this year." It seems that it became one pause by having won three
first successive victories in history at Record Award according to the
persons concerned. Moreover, it is also said "To also feel a sense of
responsibility" (persons concerned) as an affiliation singer's
representative to have confused the fan on the internal trouble play of Avex
of this summer.

In addition, next year or subsequent ones is fundamentally said to a prize
event as the schedule which does not participate. It seems that begin three
successive victories of Record Award and it runs up the stairs to a star by
winning many prizes, and the restart in the field different from a prize
race is expected although the importance of a prize is permeated and felt
for the body.

SMAP's "being only one flower to the world" and 2 sets of leading artists
called the Moriyama 直太朗 of "Sakura (solo)" having also announced
declining from the last nomination in Record Award last year. Although an
examination meeting will be held on the 29th and 12 sets of a grand-prix
candidate's Gold Award are announced, Hamasaki's declining is likely to call
a ripple.

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