On the 8th, Ayumi Hamasaki (29) held her 10th anniversary concert celebrating 10 years since the day her first CD debuted. During the encore, the audience of 12000 people sang the song “Who…” as a surprise to Hamasaki, moving her to tears. Figure skate Mao Asada (17) was also in attendance of the celebration. *Even her left ear, thought to have lost its hearing, faced the anniversary. It was understood that she was recovering.* [I think they mean recovering from what happened, not the ear recovering.]
*Not completely clear on the grammar here
Surprised at the presents from her fans, she put her left hand to her mouth, and before long, she was wiping her eyes brimming with tears over and over. So many tears fell that her staff had to hand her a large towel.
A chorus of 12000 people. “Who…” is a song from the album “LOVEppears” (Nov ‘99) which continued to confirm her as the leader of high school girls. “From now on, that this singing voice may always reach you…” [lyrics of Who] Hamasaki, who wrote these lyrics, has put all of her feelings toward her fans in song and sang them many times. It was the reverse on this day as her fans offered the words “That we may reach Ayu.”
Ayumi Hamasaki debuted with the single “Poker Face” on 98-4-8. Since then, she has earned over 200 billion yen over ten years. Her fatigue in mind and body of running to the top is unmeasurable. At the end of lastyear, her physical health was considerably in decline, and there were even doubts about her annual new years live concert.
The loss of hearing in her left ear is not unrelated to ten years of stress. According to a specialist, “Even now her health is not perfect.” But, she faced the stage thinking, “I want to use my voice to reach out with all my might.”
At lives, she uses inner ear monitors countless times, and the specialist says “I don’t know the extent of the hearing loss, but I hear that she can hear as of now.” [I think the guy is saying she can still hear ok even with just the right ear.]
At the concert, there were unique scenes such as when Hamasaki appeared in an ornate jeweled dress as well as a pink miniskirt in the “cute girl” style of Seiko Matsuda. During the encore, an enormous 50kg cake was brought on stage. “I’m really happy to have a celebration like this.” At the very end, she placed the microphone down and shouted “Thank you!” to the audience with her own voice.
Her anniversary single “Mirrorcle World” debuted on the Oricon daily chart at first place. Already having achieved a record of 30 #1’s, it seems to add a decoration of flowers to her anniversary year. [Probably a Japanese expression.]
Quelle: ahsforum
