English Stage Name:
Ayumi Hamasaki
Japanese Stage Name:
浜崎あゆみ
Birth Name:
Ayuki Hamasaki
Nickname:
Ayu, A
Origin:
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
A
Height:
156 cm ( 5 ft 1 inches )
Weight:
46 kg ( 102 lbs)
Marital Status:
Married
Husband:
An American medical student, residing in Los Angeles
Children:
None
Family:
Mother
Past Relationships/ Ex-Boyfriends:
- Tomoya Nagase
Officially dated from 2001 to 2007
- Syo-ya, dancer
Officially dated in 2008
- Tetsuji Tamayama, actor
Rumored to have dated in 2009
- Manuel Schwarz
Married from 2011 to 2012
- Maro Uchiyama, dancer
Officially dated in 2012
Hobbies：
Cooking, Baking, Drawaing, Watching baseball games, Listening to music
Pets:
Chihuahua, Dachshund
Personality:
Ayumi is said to be;
- emotional and easy to cry, according to herself.
Trivia:
- Ayumi has initially debuted as a child model in her hometown, Fukuoka city, when she was in elementary school.
- Ayumi’s stage name as a child model was Kurumi Hamasaki.
- Ayumi’s father left home when she was little, and she was raised by her mother.
- Ayumi’s family name, Hamasaki is often mispronounced by Japanese people as Hamazaki, however it should be pronounced as Hamasaki.
- In 2000, she started losing hearing with her left ear. Her doctor advised her to stop working and concentrate on surgeries and rehabilitations, which she refused due to her busy work schedule. By the end of 2007, she completely lost her hearing with the left ear.
- Ayumi’s nickname, Ayu came from her mother, who has been calling her so, since she was litte.
- Ayumi considers composing music as her hobby, not work.
- Ayumi used to learn classic ballet, when she was little.