Singer Ayumi Hamasaki implicated in drug scandal

[ExodusUK]

Perhaps this explains why Ayu is sick and the tour news is delayed....
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=148

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Perhaps this explains why Ayu is sick and the tour news is delayed....
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=148

Seriously are you by any chance trying to annoy the hell out of people here? Tour news delayed? How did you come up with that?

[polka-dot-jewel]

It's interesting that the article was posted today, because this news is actually a bit old... well, parts of it are, anyway.

I remember rumors from months ago about Oshio and Mika's friendship and how it was a possibility they were doing drugs, and that everyone close to her (like Ayu) were being questioned by the police because of Oshio's death.

I don't think Ayu's involved or doing any drugs.

[dreamland2.0]

ummm we heard about this a while ago but nothing happened with it... plus it's a friend of a friend!?! I really don't get how this has anything to do with Ayu and why they feel the need to try to bring her down!?! Hopefully it will just all go away

[panda♥]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Ayu's involvement in the actual problem is basically nonexistant; it's just people in her social circle.

And it looks like they're trying to bring Ayu down with it, which I doubt will happen.

[noisy_harmony]

I just don't believe in it. Having the same friends doesn't mean that she's involved in it... I hope that won't ruin her career

[Raiu-Ayu]

To be honest I wouldn't worry about it that much. This is how news companies work. They see a title like 'MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG RELATED DEATH' and most people would just go "Oh not again" and generally ignore it but if the headline reads 'HAMASAKI AYUMI INVOLVED IN DRUG DEATH' people will read it. Its just to attract an audience and the press don't give a damn who they destroy by saying things, they just jump on the whole 'freedom of the press' bandwagon

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Perhaps this explains why Ayu is sick and the tour news is delayed....
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=148

Nahh, ayu's sickness has nothing to do with this. According to her blog, she just caught a bad flu. And nothing was said about tour news being delayed..

[non3ko]

Poor Ayu. Does the term guilty by association apply here?

I'm not sure how things like this are viewed in Japan, but I hope these 'implications' don't affect her negatively.

[Raleigh]

This seems a mixture of old news and speculation. As far as I know Ayu doesn't even hang around with those people implicated in the drug scandal. We don't see her with Mika anymore

[Luja.]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

Nahh, ayu's sickness has nothing to do with this. According to her blog, she just caught a bad flu. And nothing was said about tour news being delayed..

Plus, didn't she wear a mask in the making of BALLAD PV?
She was just, a normal sickness, I think this has nothing to do with this article.

I hope this won't affect her career in any negative way..

[njanjayrp]

^ this is old news...it already didn't affect her career in any way.

[polka-dot-jewel]

lol Exactly. Old news is old news. If this would have affected her, it would have affected her when the news was first published - back in, like, October or whatever.

[oneheart]

"If these reports turn out to be true, they would mark a sharp reversal of fortune for the 31-year-old superstar."
That line kinda scares me.

[ayumisrael]

Just a recycling and reviving old news with no proofs (or anything at all) that ayu has a connection or even knew about the incident. (even because of Mika, even if she's her best friend it doesn't mean she would tell her about every "fall" she would have or know about).

Isn't she "invistaged" since like September-October about it already? lol

As it already did a few months ago it seems uninteresting at this point.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Mr. Goto

Isn't this all normal? Seeing as Ayu was good friends with her it only makes sense that the police would at least question her...or am I completely wrong here? Being friends with druggies won't exactly sit well with Japan even if she had nothing to do with that girls death.

No, you are right. This would be completely standard. Especially if it is true that Oshio actually directly implicated her.

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

^ this is old news...it already didn't affect her career in any way.

It may be old news, but it is still definitely an ongoing investigation. The case isn't closed or anything like that.

People need to understand how slllooowly the Japanese police move due to all the beuracracy over there.

[ayumisrael]

^Then the shibuya incident's investigation is still going on as well?

Since it's already like 8 months old but since the invastigation news nothing really happened with it =P

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

It may be old news, but it is still definitely an ongoing investigation. The case isn't closed or anything like that.

I am sorry but the last sentence made me LOL, how on earth could you possibly know that for sure...it's one thing to speculate, but you seem to be 100% sure. It obviously didn't affect her career so even if it is, who cares?

[koumori]

Originally Posted by Raiu-Ayu

To be honest I wouldn't worry about it that much. This is how news companies work. They see a title like 'MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG RELATED DEATH' and most people would just go "Oh not again" and generally ignore it but if the headline reads 'HAMASAKI AYUMI INVOLVED IN DRUG DEATH' people will read it. Its just to attract an audience and the press don't give a damn who they destroy by saying things, they just jump on the whole 'freedom of the press' bandwagon

Yeah, this is basically my thoughts too...it's a lot more shocking when a huge popstar is involved. ~

Even though it's all lies and stuff, and it's only Ayu's social circle and not herself..it might have a negative effect on her all the same..

"Have you heard Hamasaki's new single?"

"The one involved in that drug scandal? I don't want to listen to her music anymore!"

etc~

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

It may be old news, but it is still definitely an ongoing investigation. The case isn't closed or anything like that.

People need to understand how slllooowly the Japanese police move due to all the beuracracy over there.

True, the Japanese police move very slowly (remember how long it took for them to actually get the move on about Ayu walking around in Shibuya?), but I think they worked on this case a lot quicker. They interviewed Ayu months ago. Whether or not the case is finished, I think Ayu's involvement is long over with.

This website may have just found out about all of this and decided to post it now, thinking it's a huge juicy story.