В своём блоге Аю сообщила, что она выходит замуж за Мануэля Шварца (Manuel Schwarz), актёра, сыгравшего в клипах Virgin Road/Love Song/Last Angel.

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This is sudden, but
2011/01/01 1:52 am

My love for my family,

my love for my friends,

my love for my staff,

and, my love for TA.

These kinds of love and how I show them are all different, but love takes many forms.

I, Ayumi Hamasaki, as an individual, and as a woman, have found yet another irreplaceable kind of love.

We are in a place that is closest to forever**, for sure.

Mannie, who played the husband in Virgin Road, is going to be my real husband in real life!!!

**Bokutachi wa ima mottomo eien ni chikai basho ni iru, from fairyland lyrics