Ayu's blood

Originally Posted by Jer Sieu

A star lying? Everybody knows if a star lies, there is a high chance that people won't listen to her music anymore... I'm sure Ayu doesn't want that...

And there is always not enough prove to prove that Ayu is pure japanese or half american/japanese.. However the chance that Ayu is speaking the truth is incredibily high... If she is half american/japanese and doesn't wants to reveal it, she may keep quiet to that question instead of lying...

Actually, stars lie a lot on profiles. Most profiles are even created by their companies to uphold an image. At the end of the day, as a record company's product, it is all about upholding an image as designed by the company. I know from first-hand experience that Japanese companies, in particular, are strict with this.

Originally Posted by alternarist

haha. i doubt her father is an american. her surname is hamasaki! and whats her previous name? i heard its kurumi _____? lol. but the points raised are rather logical. hmm.

No, actually in Japan, women traditionally don't take their husband's name. It has become a very modern, but still rare trend, to legally change your name to reflect your husband's, but it is still not widely practiced (at least as far as a 2004 television documentary I saw, and the input of a recently-married Japanese friend).

Besides, Ayu's mother and father don't necessarily have had to have been married.

As far as physical evidence, I don't think it's particularly strong. You really can't tell, as much as you'd like to, what a person's lineage is, by the naked eye.

[Dreamland]

but about the subject i personally dont think she is mixed with anything i think she is all japanese though you've brought up good points and i'm sorry dont have any information that might say she is all japanese but my thoughts

[Coelacanth]

Judging by Mika Todd and Olivia Lufkin, I doubt she's half American.

Ayu's voice too, is very..... Japanese. I don't know how else to say it. AI is half-Italian and her deep/raspy voice really shows it.

I think some interesting points were brought up though. I think it'd be pretty cool if she had some other blood in her.

Originally Posted by Phantoma

Judging by Mika Todd and Olivia Lufkin, I doubt she's half American.

Ayu's voice too, is very..... Japanese. I don't know how else to say it. AI is half-Italian and her deep/raspy voice really shows it.

I think some interesting points were brought up though. I think it'd be pretty cool if she had some other blood in her.

It's all about the enviorment the person grew up in. Ayu grew up with two Japanese women, hence why she speaks like a Japanese. When you're young, you mimic the tone of voices that you hear and your vocal chords adjust to it.

[nmskalmn]

highly unlikely

[Jer Sieu]

already at 2nd page??? wow...

@immel : Don't trust wikipedia? But It is still true that it is hamasaki... I guess

@evolusean : Name me some? I'm not sure about that cuz I haven't seen any artists lie.. YET!

Sorry people, my post now is short cuz i am quite busy

[Dreamland]

^you dont have to apologize for that

[immel]

Originally Posted by Jer Sieu

@immel : Don't trust wikipedia? But It is still true that it is hamasaki... I guess

The "Don't trust" part was more aimed at kurumi, which was discussed recently in some other thread.

Also, don't apologize, please don't take my "the value of your posts" too seriously . It was more like something refering to the statement "what matters is what's on the inside".

[CREA.tive]

@Jer Sieu: wikipedia can be reliable sometimes because all the infos can be edited by everyone.

[ohsixthirty]

omg. you guys really don't get sarcasm.

[Dreamland]

didnt sound sarcastic...

[immel]

Originally Posted by touchedstar

omg. you guys really don't get sarcasm.

Heh, I thought your post was funny, but the replies you got was even funnier

[Jer Sieu]

@dreamland & immel : Hehe... Alright... Thanks... I apologize because I have more to explain yet I don't have the time just now... Bzzz

@immel : erm, may i know where is the thread please? I wanna know more about ayu!! thanks...

@creative : Wait... Did you just said everyone??? I never realise it till now... Wow... Thanks for the info creative..

EDIT : And yes, I don't find it sarcastic...

Originally Posted by touchedstar

omg. you guys really don't get sarcasm.

I knew your post was sarcastic lol Which is why I explained it so people not fluent in english wouldn't get confused.

[immel]

Originally Posted by Jer Sieu

@immel : erm, may i know where is the thread please? I wanna know more about ayu!! thanks...

It's in a recent one, I don't remember which one. It was I who mentioned something about "kurumi" being the name she was given by her father, but I was corrected and told that this was only the name she briefly used when she was a model.

[Jer Sieu]

^ I'll check it out... Thanks for the info... I think we are kinda going off topic... hahaha

[norain]

Umm...I say she's fully asian...not american...a mixed blood asian is possible...but she should know, hello, she has a mother..the public wouldn't need too much on her

[alternarist]

Originally Posted by Jer Sieu

@alternarist : i've seen singaporean dramas are mostly they call their mom "mother"... hehe...

haha.. as you said. its in dramas. not in real life.

[ame-no-koe]

there are many examples of halfies in the industry, i'd say if she had mixed blood, then her characteristics are alot like kaela kimura, who is half english and half japanese. at first when i saw kaela kimura i never thought she is mixed until i heard her english lyrics, even though they aren't that great because she is not fluent at english herself and ofcourse then reading about her being half english. other halfies are like anna tsuchiya, olivia, ai, beni arashiro, that singer dude from hoobastank, devon aoki, and a few more i can't remember, there are those with only fourth different blood then japanese like sowelu and namie amuro as well. who knows what ayumi's daddy is. i don't. but there are endless possibilities.

kaela kimura

anna tsuchiya

olivia

AI

beni arashiro

singer from hoobastank doug robb

devon aoki


sowelu

namie amuro

Echoing some other posts, it's so unlikely that she is of mixed blood. Keep in mind that she uses a lot of make-up to make her look the way she does.

Having big eyes isn't something that is limited to being half Japanese/half something else as it's not like all Asian people have small eyes. Also, Hirai Ken has much stronger features that make him look like he's of mixed descent but he's also 100% Japanese. Not everyone fits the mold of that of some who "looks Japanese"