Translated by Mandilinn
July 2017

Namie Amuro (39) continues to reign as a top artist without decline, celebrating her 25th anniversary this year. During the period of the Amura phenomenon, she shocked the world when, at the age of 20, she announced her marriage to the TRF dancer SAM. Their son is now 19 years old. From elementary school, he attended an international school in Tokyo, and in high school, he transferred to a Japanese school that specialized in English education. He also had a short-term study abroad experience at an American high school, and entered a prestigious university this spring.

“Amuro-chan would tell her son, ‘Until you graduate from high school, I’ll be your mother. But after you graduate, you have to make your own path’. She would also caution him, ‘Challenge yourself. Take responsibility for your actions and don’t break the law’.” (Entertainment Official)

She would not work after 6PM or on weekends, she would wake up every morning at 6AM to make her son a boxed lunch, she would pick him up from school as often as possible, and when she was had a long break from work, they would go on trips. She is known as a very involved mother. In an interview with an English magazine, she said, “I have to persevere for my son. It’s worth living for. The media tends to exaggerate, but it doesn’t matter what people think. I will continue singing for myself and my son.”. Her words show her strong affection for her son.

Recently, pictures of the two walking around in Shibuya surfaced, causing people to remark that it looked like a date.

“Her son has already introduced his own girlfriend to Amuro. He’s been in that relationship a long time, with it continuing even while he was studying abroad.” (Same entertainment official)

Amuro is making money so her son never has to be worried about it for the rest of his life, but he was raised with strict rules when it came to money.

“Concerning education, she doesn’t mind spending it on her son studying abroad. She told him if he’s going to study, she’ll spend as much as he needs, but she is educating him on how to use it responsibly to live on.” (Same entertainment official)

Now that her son is independent, it is said he is enthusiastically attending lessons with the intent of advancing into the American market. People have witnessed Amuro attending his lessons at the practice site of Avex’s Harajuku office.

“He is practicing dancing and singing enthusiastically on the same floor as other students, though they are separated by a partition. He has a hope of working on composition, and recently has been playing in his own style on piano.” (Avex Official)

As her son is walking towards his second life as an artist, as a mother, Amuro must be cheering him on.