Ayumi Hamasaki Divorced Manuel Schwarz on 16 January 2012!

On 4 January 2012, when Ayumi landed in Hawaii for work, reporters called out, “Congratulations on your one year anniversary!" With a smile, Ayumi replied, "Thank you. I’ve received many messages from my fans.” She also commented, “After my stay in Hawaii for work, I will go to another place in 2 or 3 days.”

Then on 16 January 2012, Pop diva Hamasaki Ayumi, 33, made an official announcement through her official fan club, Team Ayu, that she is divorcing her Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz, 31! The couple wedded in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day of 2011.

This was what she posted:
"To my overseas fans,

I wish to inform you that I, Ayumi Hamasaki, instructed my lawyer to file for divorce on my behalf in the united states today.

At the time of our marriage, my husband and I decided to live in the united states. However, approximately two months later eastern japan was struck by a huge earthquake. As a result of this tragedy, I felt an overwhelming need to stay in my home county, and was forced to leave my husband alone for a long time.

My husband and I have made every effort to reach a compromise;
However, as time has passed we have grown apart. I no longer feel the same desire to move to the united states. Instead I feel that I must ask myself what I can continue to do for my country, here in japan. This has eclipsed the future I had originally envisaged with my husband, and it is for this reason that I have made this difficult decision.

It was with a grateful, but heavy heart that I read all the messages I received form my fans and the press congratulating me on my 1st wedding anniversary at the beginning of this month. It was then that I realized I had to face up to the inevitable truth that I had been avoiding.

At present, my husband is in Los Angeles pursuing his career as an actor in Hollywood. I would ask that my fans to respect his privacy and refrain from sending him messages or contacting him to ask for comment.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Ayumi Hamasaki"


Despite her effort to make things clear to the public, alot are still wondering if the Japan's March 11 earthquake the real reason on why Ayumi decided to divorce her husband. Many netizens have also attacked her for pushing the blame for this split on the quake.

But Japanese website Arts Focus said Ayumi was actually very mad with Manuel Schwarz for putting out a pictorial, Supermanuel, in November 2011 featuring himself half naked and in raunchy poses without informing her. See some of the photos below:



Her divorce application was successfully accepted on the following Tuesday in Nevada, Las Vegas. Ayumi performed at a New Year countdown show this year, singing a new ballad, 'How Beautiful You Are'.

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