Ayu & Mannie went back to JPN today 05.01.2011!

[alternarist]

welcome back ayu! she is a workaholic so she needs to start work asap! haha =x

and how i wish Mannie can get a good shave and have a hair cut. ARGH!

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by alternarist

and how i wish Mannie can get a good shave and have a hair cut. ARGH!

I'd like to see him changing his looks now..*_*

[Hedwigie]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...819987&theater
ayumi fb's fan page has this picture of her ring!!!!
the diamond is so big!!!!!!!
wooo!!!

[brener]

thank u

[miskiq]

more pics can be found here

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/p/2011-01-06/11023199526.shtml

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/j/2011-01-06/10593199511.shtml

[~K8E~]

..But Ayu only has one ring on!? Usually you have two ~ Engagement ring and Wedding Ring...So either she doesn't have an Engagement ring (Which that one looks like) or they aren't married yet and only Engaged. Sorry to sew the seeds of doubt >_<

And sorry to double post, but I think the long hair looks sexy My Fiance has long hair too lol

[se7entheaven]

she's showing off her bling

[ownsarai]

What a gorgeous ring, and such a beautiful couple~
I think they only called it a 'shotgun' wedding because they married so quickly. They both look insanely happy. haha Thanks for sharing~
Also, I am glad Mannie went back to Japan with Ayu. I wonder how long he will stay.
Oh and another thing, I think Mannie has to keep his 'look' for modeling jobs. The only way he can change his look would be to get the go ahead from his agency. At least I think that's how it works.

[*Ayu_Freak*]

The pics are very cute :***
I am happy, too

[Corvina]

I want Mannie to keep this look, it's exactly what I like on man.
Something rough about him with this look....that's how men should be for me!
Even if I'm the only one who likes that, Ayu has a good taste.

[Luja.]

^ I agree her ring is beautiful. simple, classy and ... with a big stone

[Peruseusu]

thx ^^

[Bubbly]

I think we also get a chance of seeing Mannie with a new look if he gets a job for which he needs to change.

But I really hope he keeps this look, too. It suits him

[AyUta]

Her ring!

[Misa-chan]

Sponichi's article. Lots of errors here which ayu clarified on Twitter. The couple were not wearing jackets, no friends attended her ceremony, and she did not make any announcement during CDL (that quote came from Twitter replies)

ayu’s Casual Shotgun Wedding Registration in Vegas
3 January 2011.



Hamasaki Ayumi and Manuel Schwarz at the boarding entrance of Narita Airport, surrounded by numerous bodyguards.

Singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) registered for marriage with Los Angeles-based Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz (30), in a chapel in Vegas, US, on New Year’s Day (2/1/2011 JPN time). Hamasaki announced this on a member-restricted fan site, the same place where she earlier announced her sudden decision to marry. That same day, the couple left from Narita Airport. Sources say that the ceremony was extremely relaxed, with the couple in T-shirts and jackets instead of the traditional haori. ayu will probably continue to have her honeymoon overseas.

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A shotgun wedding on New Years Day. According to sources, the couple reached Los Angeles at around 10am on New Years Day (2/1/2011 3am JPN time) and went straight to Las Vegas. At 6pm, they registered their marriage at the local office. And at 7pm, they held the ceremony in a chapel, with only 10 close friends and staff members in attendance.

Las Vegas isn’t just about casinos, it is also famous for its casual wedding ceremonies, including the “drive-thru wedding”. Cheap weddings costing several thousand yen and expensive ones costing several ten thousand yen can be held. Sources say that the ayu couple’s ceremony was extremely relaxed, with T-shirts and jackets worn instead of the traditional haori.

They also exchanged wedding rings. Photos of them wearing their rings have also been released. After the ceremony, ayu announced her marriage on member-restricted fansite [Read TA diary here]. The couple plan to use their New Year vacation to go on a honeymoon.

After the two met up in Japan, they could be seen flirting openly on Twitter. Schwarz tweeted that 「I’m gonna have a beautiful wife」, while ayu replied with a wink.

During CDL last year, which Schwarz attended, ayu said 「He says “Please put your fans as your first priority.” I’m not the one who says this, he said it himself」, demonstrating their closeness. As a result of the marriage, Schwarz’s Twitter gained about 10,000 followers within 2 days.

[Misa-chan]

Yahoo News article. First time we've heard anything about Mannie's proposal and ayu mum's reaction...

Hamasaki Ayumi’s Shotgun Wedding Decision based on “Mother’s Words” and 27-year-gone “Father’s Shadow”
6 January 2011. 12:29am



On New Years Day, Hamasaki Ayumi (32) announced her shotgun marriage with Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz (30). After flying to the US to register the marriage and hold the ceremony, the couple is back in Japan after 5 days.

For some time, ayu has been wanting to marry. She has often voiced declarations like “I want to marry this person”. Behind this is the girl’s hidden story.

In April 2001, ayu talked about how her parents divorced 27 years ago, and how her father left the family, on talk show “ROCKIN’ON JAPAN”. Maybe because she was wishing for her father, she voiced that she wished to marry someone “who will be with me forever”.

To that girl, Manuel proposed with the words “I will never leave you”. Her mother also told her “I will support you. I hope you will be together always” and readily gave her consent. From the beloved mother who brought up her daughter single-handedly after her husband left, these words were probably the last push ayu’s marriage needed——

[keikeiaznqueen]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

Yahoo News article. First time we've heard anything about Mannie's proposal and ayu mum's reaction...

Haha I thought about the 27 years thing: if Ayu said that in 2001, that means her parents divorced in 1974, 4 years before Ayu was even born. Ayu was conceived after her parents divorced?!

I remember from an interview that Ayu said that her father left when she was very young (like maybe 2 or 3) and she had very early memories of her and her father fishing at the pier or something. I think that was the CDTV long interview?

[~Amy~]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

Yahoo News article. First time we've heard anything about Mannie's proposal and ayu mum's reaction...

If you don't mind, could you post the link to the original source please? o.o

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by keikeiaznqueen

Haha I thought about the 27 years thing: if Ayu said that in 2001, that means her parents divorced in 1974, 4 years before Ayu was even born. Ayu was conceived after her parents divorced?!

I remember from an interview that Ayu said that her father left when she was very young (like maybe 2 or 3) and she had very early memories of her and her father fishing at the pier or something. I think that was the CDTV long interview?

I'm sure the report meant 27 years from now (2011), not 2001. ayu would have been 5-6 then??

Originally Posted by ~Amy~

If you don't mind, could you post the link to the original source please? o.o

It was from Yahoo News. The link was posted by AyUmIXx some pages back. Here it is again:

http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/artic...0301-jisin-ent

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

I hope Misa-chan can translate this one as well..
it seems so interesting!

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...000530-san-int

Gosh...

Title reads China's netizens on ayu's marriage -- "She was obviously tricked by the Westerners"

Translating more now.

[~Amy~]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

It was from Yahoo News. The link was posted by AyUmIXx some pages back. Here it is again:

http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/artic...0301-jisin-ent

Thank you! I really like this article. I wanted to save it in english and japanese. Oh and thanks for the translation too! ^_^