- Grew up in a single-parent home with her mother and grandmother.
- As of 2002 was the highest-earning entertainer in Japan.
- Started modeling at age seven.
- Was the first artist to have four singles on the Japan top 10 charts simultaneously.
- Won MTV Asia's Best Female Artist Award in 2002.
- Has sold 17.4 million singles in Japan, the most of any female artist.
- Can write with left and right hands.
- On 1/4/08, according to her entry in her TeamAyu blog, she revealed that she became completely deaf in her left ear and that is no longer operable. The cause of this may possibly be tinnitus or Meniere's Disease, as she was diagnosed with this in 2006. Nevertheless, she decided to continue singing despite Avex experiencing a 13-yen decrease in its stock prices.
- In January 2012 separated from her husband of a year Manuel Schwarz.
- Collects Barbie dolls.
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