TeamAyu Magazine History

Between 2001 and 2014, TeamAyu issued an official print magazine intended to be published on a seasonal basis, but in practice published rather irregularly. Below is a list of issues with their cover art & a list of contents in each issue.

1st Vertical Format Era (2001-2005)

TeamAyu Magazine #1

Issue #1 (June 2001)

Contents

• TeamAyu History
• Today's Photo SPECIAL (Reproduction of images & text from Today's Photo numbers 1-50)
• Message From Ayu Vol.1 1999/09/18 -- 2000/02/27 (Messages posted by Ayu on the fan club BBS)
• Off-Shot Photo Collection (new behind-the-scenes photos, not previously shown on the TeamAyu website. Includes one page of a Dome Tour 2001 meeting and one page of Ayu working on her Vivi Porapora Nikki column that month.)
• Perfect Discography Vol. 1 ~Single Collection~
• Newsletter Publication Commemoration Big T-Shirt Giveaway (Where fans can enter to win one of 14 T-shirts ayu bought in Hawaii)
• Message from Ayu (Handwritten note from Ayu about the physical newsletter finally being made, hoping fans enjoy it, etc)
• Notice from TeamAyu Office (General info about contacting the club, the projected magazine publication schedule, etc)
• Top Page Collection (Screenshots of the TeamAyu home page between LOVEppears and Endless sorrow. Sadly doesn't include the original Boys & Girls era pink & gray monochrome era)

TeamAyu Magazine #2

Issue #2 (August 2001)

Contents

• Tour Message ~OPENING~
• Tour Report ~2001/07/07 at Tokyo Dome~
• Off-Shot Photo Collection (Dome Tour 2001 studio rehearsals, then venue rehearsals)
• Mister Kaz's Tour Diary!?
• Tour Special: All Not-For-Sale Items! Super Rare! Staff-Exclusive Ayu Goods ~LIVE & CONCERT TOUR edition~ (concert photos & images of staff T-shirts, passes, and other items)
• Written by Ayu From BBS Vol. 2 2000/03/08 -- 2000/05/30
• Perfect Discography Vol.2 ~Album Collection~
• Message From Ayu (Handwritten message from ayu summing up the contents of issue 2 & thanking fans)
• Notice from TeamAyu Office
• Tour Message ~"SEASONS" ENDING~

TeamAyu Magazine #3

Issue #3 (December 2001)

Contents

• INFORMATION & PRESENT (Info about upcoming releases, and giveaway items including perfume, posters for ayu's 2001 releases, and a teddy bear)
• New Album "I am..." Special Interview
• ayumi hamasaki in L.A. ~Polaroid Special~ (Behind-the-scenes from the "Dearest" jacket and video shoots, and the 2002 calendar shoot)
• TV-CM Report (Shoot reports for Panasonic Lumix CM and Tu-Ka "Recording Studio" CM)
• Written by Ayu from BBS Vol.3 2000/06/04 -- 2001/02/16
• Perfect Discography Vol.3 ~DVD & VIDEO Collection~
• Message from Ayu (Handwritten message from Ayu hoping that 2002 will be better than 2001, very subtly referencing 9/11)
• Notice from TeamAyu Office

Issue #4 (March 2002)

Issue #5 (September 2002)

Issue #6 (January 2003)

Issue #7 (February 2003)

Issue #8 (August 2003)

Issue #9 (August 2003)

Issue #10 (January 2004)

Issue #11 (February 2004)

Issue #12 (May 2004)

Issue #13 (July 2004)

Issue #14 (September 2004)

Issue #15 (December 2004)

Issue #16 (March 2005)

Horizontal Format Era (2005-2010)

Issue #17 (June 2005)

Issue #18 (October 2005)

Issue #19 (December 2005)

Issue #20 (March 2006)

Issue #21 (November 2006)

Issue #22 (December 2006)

Issue #23 (July 2007)

Issue #24-25 (October 2007)

Issue #26 (December 2007)

Issue #27 (February 2008)

Issue #28 (April 2008)

Issue #29 (April 2008)

Issue #30 (December 2008)

Issue #31 (April 2009)

Issue #32 (April 2009)

Issue #33 (July 2009)

Issue #34 (January 2010)

2nd Vertical Format Era (2010-2014)

Issue #35-36 (May 2010)

Issue #37 (January 2011)

Issue #38 (January 2011)

Issue #39 (February 2011)

Issue #40 (April 2011)

Issue #41 (Spring-Summer 2011)

Issue #42 (Autumn 2012)

Issue #43 (Spring-Summer 2012)

Issue #44 (Autumn-Winter 2013)

Issue #45 15th Anniversary Issue

Issue #46

Issue #47