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....................
