tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post1773120902347229368..comments2022-03-01T07:07:53.329-07:00Comments on AMIYUMIDAS - PUFFY AMIYUMI: Ayumi - The real history of PUFFYWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394347494360697764noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-42326503404107304832008-09-14T08:12:00.000-06:002008-09-14T08:12:00.000-06:00Nice! I didn't know about all this history... I ju...Nice! I didn't know about all this history... I just knew about the solosolo part and that Ami have been on Sony for a while, but not all this =D<BR/><BR/>They could even make a movie about it huahauahuahu xD<BR/><BR/>The phrase "everything in this book is a lie!" remembers me the end of RUN!PUFFY!RUN!...<BR/><BR/>and I think Kaz real name is Kazuhide ^__^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07534807168483847058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-3489825727924369752008-09-14T08:07:00.000-06:002008-09-14T08:07:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-68898014605184997982008-01-08T11:13:00.000-07:002008-01-08T11:13:00.000-07:00Hi Phil:Honestly, I do think they talk about the l...Hi Phil:<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I do think they talk about the left/right thing in the book, but I don't know what it says. We sort of skimmed through the book together at one point, my wife and I, and I remember talking about it, but now I don't remember where in the book it was. She's not really as huge a fan as I am so she's not going to sit there reading through the whole thing looking for it.<BR/><BR/>I do remember that there's at least one part of one of the interviews where one of the girls points out that they're on the wrong side in whatever picture they're looking at. So they're obviously totally aware of it, and they <B>have</B> made mistakes before. There are some well-publicized photos of them where their positions are reversed.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-14436676619226789252008-01-05T19:21:00.000-07:002008-01-05T19:21:00.000-07:00This is very interesting stuff - I'm glad to get t...This is very interesting stuff - I'm glad to get the real story about how Puffy came to be. I knew that Ami had been in a group called Hanoi Sex and I've tried to find info online about it but nada. I wonder if they ever recorded? <BR/><BR/>I wonder if you can shed light on how the "Yumi on the left, Ami on the right" came to be? It's amazing how they stick to that even in interviews. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your blog. I really enjoy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-46023836623513117742007-12-18T08:11:00.000-07:002007-12-18T08:11:00.000-07:00Vu: He goes by "Kaz", not "Kazu". That's how he s...Vu: He goes by "Kaz", not "Kazu". That's how he spells it himself.<BR/><BR/>But I changed the spelling of his family name; thanks for that correction.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-66348143950552392532007-12-18T07:10:00.000-07:002007-12-18T07:10:00.000-07:00It's "Harada," not "Hirada".And if you want to be ...It's "Harada," not "Hirada".<BR/><BR/>And if you want to be even more technical, it's "Kazu" and not "Kaz," although I like "Kaz" better, so I don't blame you for using it. Actually, I think his first name might even be longer, though I can't remember. Something like "Hirokazu" or something like that... I might be thinking of someone else.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I really enjoy your blog! It is so informative. I did not know some of this pre-PUFFY history (I knew the Ami band part from your other post earlier)!!! <BR/><BR/>I think we really need to make it known how PUFFY really got started! I actually bought into to the "executives paired them together" tale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-32767835589886572312007-12-17T09:09:00.000-07:002007-12-17T09:09:00.000-07:00Vince: Thanks, I aim to please :)yom1970: Yeah, ...Vince: Thanks, I aim to please :)<BR/><BR/>yom1970: Yeah, that makes sense. I wonder if it's the case then that Yumi brought Kaz with her to Puffy and Ami brought Tamio. Yumi started with SMA.<BR/><BR/>Hit & Run has been around since a lot earlier than 2006, though - was it just a division of SMA before that?<BR/><BR/>I guess I'd better read more of the book! I'm sure this is all in there.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-64659559848446523722007-12-17T07:54:00.000-07:002007-12-17T07:54:00.000-07:00Vince here.Real nice. yours is the only P.A.Y. sit...Vince here.<BR/>Real nice. yours is the only P.A.Y. site i've bookmarked since you keep tabs on all the other sites. Love it. Thanks againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042059814869113492.post-16926245698272101992007-12-17T06:03:00.000-07:002007-12-17T06:03:00.000-07:00> The one major part of the story I'm missing> is ...> The one major part of the story I'm missing<BR/>> is when manager Kaz Hirada and his company<BR/>> Hit & Run became involved.<BR/><BR/>In order to answer the question, what should be noted is that Kaz was an employee of Sony Music Artists then.<BR/>At that time, SMA was adopting a company organization which divided the company into several divisions, each of which, lead by a senior manager, was responsible for working for the customer musicians assigned to it.<BR/>Kaz was one of the senior managers, and his division was called "Hit & Run Division."<BR/><BR/>I guess his relationship with Puffy began no later than Tamio's involvement in Puffy. As the most important customer for his division was Tamio Okuda, it was natural promotion of Puffy also became his division's responsibility.<BR/><BR/>In 2006, SMA reformed its company organization; in order to give more power to the divisions, it spinned them off to make subsidiary companies and the senior managers became presidents of them.<BR/>That made what we see now -- Kaz is the president of his company Hit & Run, Inc., and Tamio Okuda and Puffy are his company's customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com