is it true..?

[rainday]

Why is it a big deal if she smokes/drinks/got plastic surgery/whatever? These things are not illegal, and she's a grown woman who's certainly entitled to do what she wants to do.

[+Etra]

Originally Posted by rainday

Why is it a big deal if she smokes/drinks/got plastic surgery/whatever? These things are not illegal, and she's a grown woman who's certainly entitled to do what she wants to do.

Because tomorrow morning she could wake up, be rushed to the hospital, and come out with one of those "nifty" holes in her throat. I'm sure that'll help her singing career. ;] It's just flat out moronic to smoke if you depend on your vocal skills for your lively hood.

It's just dumb to smoke overall.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by +Etra

Because tomorrow morning she could wake up, be rushed to the hospital, and come out with one of those "nifty" holes in her throat. I'm sure that'll help her singing career. ;] It's just flat out moronic to smoke if you depend on your vocal skills for your lively hood.

It's just dumb to smoke overall.

Yeah I think it is dumb to smoke especially for health reasons. I hope she only smokes on rare occasions if she does.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

Yeah I think it is dumb to smoke especially for health reasons. I hope she only smokes on rare occasions if she does.

I think Ayu, being as health crazy as she is, probably chooses to not smoke anymore... As a rebellious teenager, there is no doubt that she probably smoked and such, but that's what teenagers in her position did in Japan at the time :| She was a "delinquent" kinda... but now, people look to her for inspiration and comfort. So I think that perhaps... she stopped smoking a while after hitting it big?

Her voice has always seemed to be pretty unique, so I don't think that people's reasoning for her voice being the way it is = smoking...

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think Ayu, being as health crazy as she is, probably chooses to not smoke anymore... As a rebellious teenager, there is no doubt that she probably smoked and such, but that's what teenagers in her position did in Japan at the time :| She was a "delinquent" kinda... but now, people look to her for inspiration and comfort. So I think that perhaps... she stopped smoking a while after hitting it big?

Her voice has always seemed to be pretty unique, so I don't think that people's reasoning for her voice being the way it is = smoking...

I hope you're right since smoking is not something I admire in people.

[Dustie]

Gosh, this is so sad some people can't understand the simple fact that everyone's facial features change throughout the years... People keep comparing pictures taken years apart... Usually pictures taken before and after the very peroid in life (ages 15 to 20-something) when people's looks can change drastically...

Like many other's have pointed before, we've recently had plenty of pictures/footage of Ayu without makeup that proves her eyes have barely changed.

[Mari-chan]

The picture on the left is indeed Ayu, but she was like 16/17/18..

Sure she is it. Look to all her old pictures.. she looks like that.
It is a very old picture... when she was maybee 16.

[Ayumi_lover]

no she isn't, look at videos from Idol on Stage. Of corse they both looks similiar, but they are not. When i'm looking very to this picture and video now i can say that it isn't one person, of course i can be mistake now....

[Mari-chan]

no she isn't, look at videos from Idol on Stage. Of corse they both looks similiar, but they are not. When i'm looking very to this picture and video now i can say that it isn't one person, of course i can be mistake now....

Isn't it a picture of one of her old photobooks. I forgot that name... something with K... Kermisal....or so0mething like that... I'm sure, you know, what I'm thinking about.
And.. I saw that picture really often, and it always say, it is Ayu.
I think, she looked like in Idol on Stage.
Ok.. maybee, that shot is not very good taken... so she looked a little bit different.

[ImpactBreaker]

The fact ayu is healthy is not a proof she doesn't smoke. We all know most of the diseases caused by smoking are chronic, after the person has smoked for over 30 year +. Many smokers manage to keep "healthy" and have a healthy appearance for years even if they smoke a lot, and maybe that's one of the reasons they won't think about quitting, because they won't be really be bothered about the consequences since they only appear late.
Some singers smoke and manage to keep their vocals fine. Again, not a proof.

There's no real proof whether she smokes or not. None of the speculations are solid enough. The pictures available are all blurry and unclear. The most reliable fact I'd mention is that most likely ayu isn't a heavy smoker (if she's a smoker). If she smoked heavily, we'd have already seem much more evidences than just those questionable ones.

I think half of us need to grow up and realize that she's human too and can do whatever the hell she pleases

[Bad Wolf]

^ .. And that people can have varying opinions about her decisions as an adult.

[Eddie Z]

Hi! Being new here, I guess I will put in my 2 cents. I had downloaded a vid of her singing in 1995. She was young, and her eyes looked very similar. BTW, that pix on the left in the 1st mv (52s) def did not look like her, esp knowing I had that video.
With her hearing gone in her left ear, she might consider quitting smoking anyway(even thou they aren't related.