When I first met a lot of the people who are now my best friends, they thought it was odd that I liked Ayumi and J-Pop. Usually they would say things like, "Well as long as you aren't an anime fan" (which I used to be). I have a few friends who do like Ayumi and like J-Pop but most of my friends don't think much of it as they know that it's part of who I am. Plus, I wouldn't really care even if they made fun of me because I would just go around singing Ayu in front of them alot anyways. Well actually, I do that now regardless
