Hamasaki Ayumi announces her engagement to an university student

Hamasaki Ayumi announced through her fan club's website on 13 December that she is currently engaged to a  Los Angeles-based U.S. medical student who is 25 years old and attending UCLA. According to the statement, the engagement was completed on 12 December in Los Angeles and Hamasaki had asked for everyone's quiet support for them as her fiance is still a student and not someone in showbiz.

Hamasaki was previously married to an Austrian actor when they held a wedding in January 2011 but the couple separated in just one year. At that time, Hamasaki did not register her marriage in Japan so the marriage with her ex-husband was not recognised by the law in Japan.

Source: Sanspo