On January 1 , 2011 , Hamasaki announced her engagement to Austrian actor and model Manuel Schwarz , whom Hamasaki met in August 2010 on the set of her music video for " Virgin Road " . On January 2 , her office announced that she and Schwarz had married in the United States the day before . However , on January 16 , 2012 , Hamasaki announced on her website that she would divorce Schwarz . The reason for the divorce was that , initially , Hamasaki wanted to move in with Schwarz in the United States but due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit her home country in March , 2011 , she strongly desired not to leave Japan
earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Ayumi Hamasaki