The 40-year-old Japanese queen Namie Amuro will retire on September 16, leaving the stage where she has worked hard for 26 years and made her shine. She will perform on stage in Taiwan this Saturday and Sunday. Amuro's parents divorced when she was 4 years old. The two most important people in her life are her mother Emiko and her son Onta. In 1997, when the 20-year-old Amuro was at the height of her popularity, she had a flash marriage to Sam Fongko, a dancer from the "TRF" band who was 15 years older, which caused a sensation. The following year, she gave birth to Onda. When she was preparing to come back to the music scene the following year, her mother Emiko was deliberately murdered and died tragically. , the murderer’s motive is still unknown, leaving behind unbearable pain and unsolvable mysteries in Amuro’s life.
Namie Amuro will retire from the music scene on September 16.
On March 17, 1999, Amuro returned to the music scene after taking a year of parental leave and released her 13th solo single "RESPECT the POWER OF LOVE" since her debut. Unexpectedly, at 10:40 in the morning that day, her mother was hit by her remarried husband's younger brother while she was crossing the road in Ogimi Village, Okinawa Prefecture. The uncle then got out of the car and attacked Amuro Namie's mother with a sickle-shaped weapon. Her husband casually grabbed an iron pipe to resist. People nearby gradually gathered after discovering it. The uncle quickly drove away. Finally, Amuro Namie's mother was sent to the hospital. He died at the age of 48. Four hours after the incident, the brother-in-law who committed the crime was found dead on the mountain by drinking pesticide. No one knows why he committed suicide.
Amuro's mother, Emiko, published a semi-autobiography "Promised to My Daughter" in 1998, which mainly focused on Amuro's growth experience. Amuro Namie》
Amuro in Tokyo was originally scheduled to attend the beverage endorsement conference at 2 pm that day. At noon, her agent told her that something had happened to her mother. She hurriedly called her sister in Okinawa, but she could not be reached until 1 pm. Da was finally confirmed, and TV news began to cover it extensively. The press conference was crowded with media, and the event was urgently canceled. She and her husband took a flight back to Okinawa for the funeral. Three days later, Amuro appeared at the farewell ceremony, looking haggard, frequently wiping tears with a handkerchief. Eight days after the incident, she issued a statement via fax, saying, "I will continue to work hard to complete the scheduled work, because my mother should also want this."
20-year-old Amuro (right) had a flash marriage with Sam Fongko, a dancer from the "TRF" band who was 15 years older than her husband, in 1997.
12 days later, she made her first public appearance after losing her mother. She appeared on Fuji TV's variety show "Hey!" Hey! Hey! "In the live broadcast, he said: "I've made everyone worried, I'm fine!" The way he kept his spirits up was heartbreaking. In 2002, she had her mother's birthday and memorial day tattooed on her left arm, as well as the English words "Mother's Love Will Always Be in My Heart", and the Roman pinyin of the University of Vancouver's name "HARUTO" underneath. However, both tattoos were removed in 2012.
On March 17, 1999, Amuro, accompanied by her husband Sam at the time, appeared at Haneda Airport preparing to go to Okinawa for funeral
Amuro’s grandmother worked at the US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and dated the US military stationed there. She gave birth to Amuro out of wedlock. Her mother is Emiko, so Amuro is a quarter of foreign descent. Emiko got married at the age of 20 and gave birth to 2 girls and 1 boy. Namie was the third child, with an older brother and an older sister. Namie was born on September 20, 1977. When she was born, she was a large baby weighing 3980 grams. Her mother liked the Japanese drama "Kasana no Hana" very much, so she named her after the starring actress Reiko Ohara in the drama. Namie" named her daughter.
Namie Amuro As a child, looked cute, but had a very shy personality.
Emiko published a semi-autobiography "Promised to My Daughter" in 1998, which mainly focused on Amuro's growth experience. Namie Amuro", the book reveals that when Amuro was born, she would vomit every time she drank milk. When she went to the hospital for examination, there was no abnormality, so she had to be fed juice instead. When Amuro was a child, her skin immediately turned dark as long as she was exposed to the sun. She was often teased by her brother: "You are a black child!" He is a mixed-race boy from an ordinary family who has opinions and the relationship is never harmonious.Emiko has a bad temper, often quarrels with her husband, and her mental state is often unstable. The nanny at the nursery is very worried about Namie and takes her home to take care of her from time to time. Amuro's parents divorced when she was 4 years old, and her mother raised three children on her own. She worked in a kindergarten during the day and ran a bistro at night. She worked until 2 a.m. every day before going home. Amuro used to pick up her sister's old clothes and wear them when she was a child. Maybe she has maintained her civilian style after becoming famous because of this. Her former agency president Taira Tetsuo said: "After she became popular, she went to Los Angeles to work. When she saw clothes she liked, she picked them up, looked at them and put them back on the shelf. When I asked her what gift she wanted for her birthday, she Everyone said no, it’s really rare.”
Namie Amuro has always been attached to her mother Emiko since she was a child, and the mother and daughter have a very good relationship.
When Amuro was in elementary school, she went to an acting school in Okinawa to visit her friends’ practices. The principal, Masayuki Makino, felt that she had potential, so she introduced Amuro to her. Her mother said: "The tuition is free, and she will definitely be successful in two years!" But the family did not have any extra money, so she asked her to pay 780 yen for the round-trip fare to attend classes three days a week. At a young age, Amuro walked there and back. Spending an hour and a half each shows how determined she is.
When Amuro was in elementary school, she participated in a karaoke competition on Okinawa TV
Three months after taking classes, she signed up for a local karaoke competition in Okinawa without telling the school. She always hid in the corner of the classroom and practiced quietly at school, and won the championship with a bang. Also won the opportunity to form a group to debut. In order to improve her family's finances, she chose to sing to make money. Later, she performed more and more and had almost no time to attend classes. She missed as many as 100 days of classes in high school and gave up further education after graduating from high school.
Amuro (third from left) debuted with the girl group "Super Monkeys" in 1992. She was only 15 years old at the time.
Emiko said in her semi-autobiography that Amuro decided to go to Tokyo to develop her career in March of that year in middle school. On the morning of departure, Emiko snatched her away. Mother and daughter quarreled over this, and Amuro shouted with tears in her eyes: "I will definitely return home successfully!" Emiko knew that her mind was made up, so she had to let go and send her daughter out. In 1992, 15-year-old Amuro debuted with the girl group "Super Monkeys" with the single "Love Cupid/Mr. USA" and performed in the Japanese drama "Strawberry White Paper". The sales of the single were unsatisfactory, but her potential attracted the attention of NHK. At the end of 1993, she made her first appearance at NHK's annual event "Red and White Singing Contest", dancing for Hiroko Moriguchi. In 1995, she performed a solo cover of the European and American dance song "Try Me", which became a hit The song sold 700,000 copies, starting her career as a queen.
At the end of 1993, Amuro (lower left) appeared for the first time in NHK's "Red and White Singing Contest" as a dancer for Hiroko Moriguchi.
In 2002, Amuro got a tattoo of her mother's birthday and memorial day and the English "Mother's Love Will Always Live In My Heart" on her left arm.
