CAN YOU CELEBRATE? Maxi-single because of marriage

AyuHamasaki01 · #1 22nd April 2007, 04:18 PM

Hi there!

I was just looking around for some Namie Amuro albums and singles and I saw this awesome thread where you could download all albums and singles...

I also saw the maxi-single CAN YOU CELEBRATE? and that it was a maxi-single because of Namie's marriage

So now my question:

Is Namie Amuro (still) married? and to who?

(sorry if this has already asked before but I just got into Namie's music and stuff and I was just curious

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Keishi · #2 22nd April 2007, 04:34 PM

She was married to Sam from the band TRF, but she has divorced for quite a long time. I think Wikipedia has better explanations about it.

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In the fall, Amuro shocked Japan when she announced at a press conference that she was three months pregnant and had gotten married to Sam, real name Masaharu Maruyama. Sam was already a familiar name to the public as part of the popular group, TRF. At the end of the year she would win the Grand Prix Award again and make her final appearance before a one year maternity leave on Kouhaku Uta Gassen.

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1998-2001: Decline
After taking a hiatus for the majority of 1998 to have her child, Amuro returned to the music scene with the single "I Have Never Seen" (1998). She made her first televised appearance on Kouhaku Uta Gassen days later performing a tearful rendition of her hit Can You Celebrate? (1997). On the first week of the Oricon year, the new single debuted at the top position.

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2004-2005: Return to prominence
In May, Amuro had both professional and personal gains. Following a three year split from her former husband SAM, she took back full custody of their child, Haruto. They had previously agreed that SAM would be the child's sole guardian.

AyuHamasaki01 · #3 22nd April 2007, 05:16 PM

Okay, so:

she was married and she devorced?
And she has a child?

And that's reason why she needed to cry at Kouhaku because she had a child?

Keishi · #4 22nd April 2007, 06:50 PM

Err..., that, or the song was emo.

Yeah, she was married and has a son Haruto. His name is imprinted on one of her tattoos.

kayokyokufan · #5 23rd April 2007, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AyuHamasaki01

Okay, so:

she was married and she devorced?
And she has a child?

And that's reason why she needed to cry at Kouhaku because she had a child?

I think Namie once addressed the crying in an interview. She cried because she was so warmly welcomed back by fans after her long absense. It was touching.

AyuHamasaki01 · #6 23rd April 2007, 02:56 PM

aha I see, thank you guys