Avex Divas

[oneheart]

I've been hearing that term being tossed around lately here and there, and I was wondering what exactly it is, and who qualifies to be an Avex diva.

What comes to mind are the obvious three
Ayu, Namie and Kumi...

[AyuGAME]

Ayu
Namie
Kumi

BoA and Ai Otsuka is almost there, but they are fade away...

aikawa nanase and hitomi used to be avex diva too...

[2Hurt]

What qualifies them? Well I guess they're best selling avex female artists... also they're the most famous and probably get most tie-ins and things like that?

[hpg23]

It's all about playing with bottles, having the same facial expression over and over again and loving some crazy vibratos.

j/k

for me, what describes an "Avex diva" (weird term) is a female artist under Avex with a LONG and lasting career with great success. They happen to have influenced Japanese pop culture to a certain extent and are leaders in terms of fashion, beauty styles and musical success, with long, lavish tours and PVs, an army of fans and of haters.
Only Ayu, Kuu and Amuro qualify as current Avex divas. Notable mentions from the past would be hitomi and Ami Suzuki, too.

[oneheart]

Originally Posted by hpg23

It's all about playing with bottles, having the same facial expression over and over again and loving some crazy vibratos.

Haha! That is so true!
Too bad Ami Suzuki's career died...she had good music. and still has some pretty good stuff!

[prussian blue]

Originally Posted by hpg23

It's all about playing with bottles, having the same facial expression over and over again and loving some crazy vibratos.

j/k

for me, what describes an "Avex diva" (weird term) is a female artist under Avex with a LONG and lasting career with great success. They happen to have influenced Japanese pop culture to a certain extent and are leaders in terms of fashion, beauty styles and musical success, with long, lavish tours and PVs, an army of fans and of haters.
Only Ayu, Kuu and Amuro qualify as current Avex divas. Notable mentions from the past would be hitomi and Ami Suzuki, too.

LOL!

I like how you all mention hitomi as the avex diva too she used to be so influential in the end of 90s and beginning of 00s. She might not be active anymore, but her presence did influence the music career of J-pop.

Too bad ami suzuki cant have the fans like she did in her debut era, or else she'll be the one who still can compete with ayu, namie or kuu.

[Calico]

dunno if I would count Ami as an avex diva...all her success was during her Sony days. She had a little momentum with ATW but not much I'd call it diva-ish. But otherwise I agree with most of the other names thrown around here too...Hitomi Shimatani once had potential too but her career didn't quite take off enough.

[Kingdom]

Ayumi, Namie, Kumi. They are the top three solo female artists on Avex and all happen to be very popular in japan.

It's not really about diva style, because only kuu and ayu do that. Namie doesn't really do the whole diva look for the most part!

[ストロボ・EdGE]

They're obvious- Ayu, Koda Kumi, and Amuro Namie are of course, Tsuchiya Anna and alan are obviously not.

[y_nathz]

Ayu, Namie and Kuu
Pretty obvious

BoA, Ai Otsuka, and hitomi are on the list too if you asked this years ago

[AyuGAME]

oh...i forget...

we need to count misia...she is a diva as well...

[prussian blue]

Originally Posted by ero-kakkoii

It's not really about diva style, because only kuu and ayu do that. Namie doesn't really do the whole diva look for the most part!

Well at least Namie is a cool type of diva who doesnt make controversies in the entertainment world. From what I've known, lots of divas in the world are making horrible controversy.

Originally Posted by AyuGAME

oh...i forget...

we need to count misia...she is a diva as well...

yes she is she definitely is. How about Chihiro Onitsuka? does she counted as one too?

[AyuGAME]

^i don't think chihiro is with avex...she is with sony right?

[prussian blue]

^ah yah, she's not in avex. So does MISIA, but she spent more time in avex though

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by hpg23

Avex divas. Notable mentions from the past would be hitomi and Ami Suzuki, too.

Technically ami suzuki was never an avex diva. Her popularity was nowhere near diva level when she joined avex.

I would include among the past ones Keiko as well, even if she was a part of globe.

[AyuGAME]

yeah...ami suzuki used to be sony divas, but when the scandal up in the air, and her carier go down....until now she never become big again...

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by AyuGAME

we need to count misia...she is a diva as well...

Originally Posted by prussian blue

How about Chihiro Onitsuka? does she counted as one too?

Two of the most talented underrated singers!

MISIA had quite the boom in the early 00s and Chii-chan had popularity around that time too, but I don't think they're quite the same level as Ayumi or Namie per se.

[AyuGAME]

i don't think misia is underrated...she still can hold a grand concert on big venue...
she even can perform overseas....
her last album doing pretty good too...
i think she has a lot of dedicated fans at japan, and people respect her big voice...

while chihiro is fade away, i think her popularity is gone because her hiatus...

[Nackar_91]

MISIA isn't underrated per se ... but it is weird how she was extremely popular in the 90s-early 00s and is now at a completely different level. Still selling well, but definitely not like Namie Amuro and Ayu.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Namie, Ayu and Kuu are Avex divas, no doubt.