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Yubaru
She became a phenom because of her looks and voice, long before her fashion choices.
I don't blame her for wanting to retire and I wish her the best on whatever she chooses to do with her life!
Midnight Sun Tribe
Good for her. Relax and enjoy. I wish she had done this twenty years ago, but now she can finally get back with Sam and enjoy the good life.
WA4TKG
That tattoo looks like an immigration stamp.
shogun36
40 and still looking GREAT!! love it!
nedotjp
looks like R.I.P.
Guess its for her mum, murdered by her stepfather, if I remember correctly.
Michael Jackson
Bay bee don't cry
There's no way she won't stage a comeback in a year or two after she's had some time off
nakanoguy01
her voice? are you kidding me? it was all her looks. trust me.
pacint
Famous for her looks, hmm.
Not the 1st and won't be the last, looks this day are just if not more important than a good voice. Videos sell as much if not more than the song.
Don't recall many ugly ladies with a good voice that became famous.
JeffLee
A friend works in the audio production business. He told me the needles in VU meters normally bounce back and forth to reflect a pop song's dynamics and beat. When he had to deal with Amuro songs, or any others produced by Tetsuya Komoro back in the 90s, the needles would be almost like pinned far to the right, deep in red territory.
He gave this explanation when me and friends asked him why we always felt compelled to leave bars or other spots in an irritated mood within 15 minutes after said songs started to be played, which was quite often in Tokyo back in the 90s.
Correction: she can finally get back with SAM
Midnight Sun Tribe
Educaror60,
I was just being a bit silly. Mea culpa ;)
smithinjapan
Yeah, let's make a huge deal about it until then, with all fanfare and ticker tape. Then she'll come out with a new album a few months later. I like her, and I hope she does eventually come back, but they make far too much of a big deal about people "retiring" or "graduating" who always come back almost immediately after.
And is she allowed in hot springs with those tattoos? or to work in Osaka?
lostrune2
BB Charts are all idol groups nowadays
Nels Nellis
For those wondering about her tatoo she has no longer have them, back few years ago she started to lazer them off.
RonriiUrufu
For those who were wondering, the tattoo on her arm reads "My mothers love live with me Eternally in my heart".
sensei258
It was the stepfather's brother who killed her. He tried to run her down, but they jumped behind a power pole, which he crashed into. Then he jumped out and started wailing on her with a hatchet. He later died after poisoning himself.
sensei258
To clarify...The stepfather and mother were strolling together, Namie wasn't there when it happened
Michael Steven Tanzer
Whatwhatwhat?!?!?!