Ayu has donated 35 million yen to disaster relief

[gogirlanime]

Originally Posted by love in music

what stuffed bear? I thought that was utada's thing.

Here: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...highlight=diva

Originally Posted by Chibi_Venus

The title basically speaks for itself. Ayu seems to be such a diva, what with her taking up three seats on a plane just for her own comfort, and then some for her beloved teddy bear!

[ownsarai]

The amount was revealed by mika john and not Ayu herself. She wanted it to be a secret. So it's not like Ayu is looking for the attention here, she just really wants to help her people in this time of need.
I'm very glad that Ayu is doing everything she can to help, whether it be donating/raising money, tweeting hopeful messages, blogging to her fans, etc. She's such a beautiful person.

[ALfromHELLSING]

Somebody tweeted it. Well I'm not surprised, it's Ayu after all. We all can do more than pray for Japan, it's so easy to make donation nowadays. Every single donation is important if it's big or small.

[love in music]

^ohh I was looking for a better source than just a random AHS post

[truehappiness]

The source is from devilayu's translations of Ayu's talk show appearances, I believe.

Oh, wait a minute. It's a tabloid rumor.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...ighlight=plane
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...light=suitcase

Though I don't think she does this now. She may have done it at one point though. I think she talked about it at some point during a talk show too... something about a suitcase of bears?

Originally Posted by devilayu

I can buy that because she has mentioned that she brings at least one bear with her on trips (she has been known to bring a whole suitcase of them).

Just for reference, is there a scan or link to this article?

This is the link I thought it came from, but it wasn't from here, haha. I do remember it being said though.

[TeamAyu2004]

Have you ever flown across the ocean in airplanes?? lol.. I would buy the entire row if i could

[rakeru]

Take that, haters!

[truehappiness]

I wonder what people who normally say Ayu is greedy would say to this, haha.

"You're donating too much! Show off!"

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I wonder what people who normally say Ayu is greedy would say to this, haha.

"You're donating too much! Show off!"

Or, "you're just trying to get attention by announcing it."

I honestly think that because of Ayu's diva image, there would have been a backlash against her regardless of how much she donated and/or when she announced her donation.

[Mayayu]

Aww... I can't even count up to 35 millions

How generous, I hope Ayu didn't feel compelled to do it because of haters, but anyway I hope they will shut up now that she clearly has donated a lot of money.

[AyumiAi]

^sad but probable

[Bigtop]

I donated only $10 (still sufficient for a person like this) just because I'm a student in high school. At least that because Ayu's a celebrity she donates quite a lot to support the victims of last week's earthquake. Maybe she can donate even more with the T-shirts on sale for the rest of the month as well as a possible charity concert...

[elvesword]

Thanks for the sharing~

WOW....Sugoi.....

[ohsixthirty]

of course she donated a lot. ayu cares about her country and i honestly don't know how anyone could have doubted her desire to help.

that said, i think its crappy that donation amounts have to be released. its a private matter unless you choose otherwise.

[Ayu_Love]

Wow! God bless Ayu, she's so amazing. Not just for donating but because off the support and help she has tried to give since this started She's a star. <3

[brener]

she's so cute!!

[Yuukiru Imai]

woow... so manyy.. XD ♥

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Oh God why does this subject have to go on.

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

of course she donated a lot. ayu cares about her country and i honestly don't know how anyone could have doubted her desire to help.

that said, i think its crappy that donation amounts have to be released. its a private matter unless you choose otherwise.

mhm, all of that.

[Masamune]

any amount will be appreciate it but Ayu did fine all the way!