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Welcome to the Ayu Historical Society wiki

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Where to Start Browsing

Want a list of everything in chronological order?

Career Timeline: Complete career timeline. Includes nearly everything of note, organized by era.

Prefer to browse by category?

Discography: All Ayu's music releases.
Videography: All Ayu's home video releases, music videos, etc.
Bibliography: Ayu's published magazine and book appearances.
Commercials and Collaborations: Commercial campaigns & collaborative merch that Ayu has been a spokesperson for.
Other Releases: Commercially-released products that don't fall into any of the above categories.
Gigography: Ayu's tours and one-off headlining shows. Includes Ayu's a-nation appearances.
Events & Appearances: Television appearances and in-person media events, including non-headlining live music performances.
Past News: Old news headlines, with links to articles preserved at Archive.org when possible.
TeamAyu: History of Ayu's fan club, including an informative list of exclusive content & merchandise.
People: People Ayu has worked with or been associated with, including musicians, photographers, remixers, artists, and writers.
Mysteries and Lost Media: Evidence of merchandise or media appearances where the source is unknown or the media is lost.

Informational Links

For more details on Ayumi Hamasaki's career history, we recommend any of the below links.

Ayumi Hamasaki Merch Museum (link forthcoming!): History of Ayu's various collaboration products, concert goods, and pre-order benefits, among other merchandise.

Ayu Gallery (link forthcoming!): High-quality scans of Ayu's magazines, posters, flyers, flat & scannable merch, and other printed materials.

monochrome: Japanese fan site, and a huge source of info for this wiki.

Hamasaki Ayumi yo, kaze ni nare!: Japanese fan site. Although not updated since 2008, a great source of analysis & info on Ayu's early career.

Ayu archive (X.com): 4K Upscale videos of Ayu's concert performances.

QueenAyu4K (YouTube.com): 4K Upscale videos of primarily Ayu's TV live performances.

WeebUpscales (YouTube.com): HD Upscale videos of some Ayu live performances.

collect ayu (YouTube.com): Short clips of Ayu's history, including pre-debut, ayu ready?, and TV interview clips.

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+Only approved & manually added people can edit; this wiki is not open to new user registration at this time.
-== Getting started ==
+Editor? Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
+== Where to Start Browsing ==
+Want a list of everything in chronological order?
+[[Career Timeline]]: Complete career timeline. Includes nearly everything of note, organized by era.
+Prefer to browse by category?
+* [[Discography]]: All Ayu's music releases.
+* [[Videography]]: All Ayu's home video releases, music videos, etc.
+* [[Bibliography]]: Ayu's published magazine and book appearances.
+* [[Commercials and Collaborations]]: Commercial campaigns & collaborative merch that Ayu has been a spokesperson for.
+* [[Other Releases]]: Commercially-released products that don't fall into any of the above categories.
+* [[Gigography]]: Ayu's tours and one-off headlining shows. Includes Ayu's a-nation appearances.
+* [[Events & Appearances]]: Television appearances and in-person media events, including non-headlining live music performances.
+* [[Past News]]: Old news headlines, with links to articles preserved at Archive.org when possible.
+* [[TeamAyu]]: History of Ayu's fan club, including an informative list of exclusive content & merchandise.
+* [[People]]: People Ayu has worked with or been associated with, including musicians, photographers, remixers, artists, and writers.
+* [[Mysteries and Lost Media]]: Evidence of merchandise or media appearances where the source is unknown or the media is lost.
+== Informational Links ==
+For more details on Ayumi Hamasaki's career history, we recommend any of the below links.
+Ayumi Hamasaki Merch Museum (link forthcoming!): History of Ayu's various collaboration products, concert goods, and pre-order benefits, among other merchandise.
+Ayu Gallery (link forthcoming!): High-quality scans of Ayu's magazines, posters, flyers, flat & scannable merch, and other printed materials.
+[http://monochrome0408.web.fc2.com/PC/index.html monochrome]: Japanese fan site, and a huge source of info for this wiki.
+[https://www.calvadoshof.com/artist/HamasakiAyumi/index.html Hamasaki Ayumi yo, kaze ni nare!]: Japanese fan site. Although not updated since 2008, a great source of analysis & info on Ayu's early career.
+[https://twitter.com/ayuarchives Ayu archive (X.com)]: 4K Upscale videos of Ayu's concert performances.
+[https://www.youtube.com/@QueenAyu4Ktube QueenAyu4K (YouTube.com)]: 4K Upscale videos of primarily Ayu's TV live performances.
+[https://www.youtube.com/@weebupscales9605/videos WeebUpscales (YouTube.com)]: HD Upscale videos of some Ayu live performances.
+[https://www.youtube.com/@collect_ayu/shorts collect ayu (YouTube.com)]: Short clips of Ayu's history, including pre-debut, ayu ready?, and TV interview clips.
+== Getting started editing ==
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