Date of birth: October 2, 1978 (Libra)

Blood type: A

Birthplace: Fukuoka Prefecture

Favorite Female Entertainers: Keiko (Globe), Rie Miyazawa, Seiko Matsuda

Musical Influences: Listened to rock music as a child, on account of influences of a relative. Now prefers soul music.

Favorite Actors: Nicolas Cage, Rie Miyazawa

Favorite Movies: The Bodyguard, Betty Blue, Leaving Las Vegas

People She Respects: People who have things she doesn't have

People She Dislikes: Liars, people who don't say hello

Current Interest: Collecting white things for her room

Favorite Food: Biscuits, cakes, chocolates, kimchee

Favorite Things to Read: buys most of the fashion magazines. Modern-language translations of the Manyo tanka poems. Poems of Natsuo Giniro, Mitsuo Aida, etc.

Lessons: Piano, Japanese calligraphy (fifth rank), abacus calculation, Japanese flower arrangement, Kumonshiki study system

About Her Lyrics: "I like to try to view my own and my friends' experiences objectively, and put my honest feelings into words. If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times."-Ayumi Hamasaki