One of the reasons for Namie Amuro’s retirement revealed, deteriorating vocal cords

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On NHK a special documentary was aired titled “The Last Confession of Namie Amuro“, which is part of a special set of shows celebrating the end of the Heisei era.

A previous interview aired back in August 2018, just a month before Namie Amuro officially retired from the entertainment industry. When her retirement was originally announced back in September 2017, no official reason was ever given. Some fans simply speculated that she just wanted to enjoy the rest of her life out of the spotlight.

While that still may be one of the reasons, in the program a new reason was exposed for the very first time. Around 7 tears ago Namie damaged her vocal cords, forcing her to cancel parts of her PAST>FUTURE concert tour. This gave her a lot of anxiety, making her self conscious that her voice wouldn’t sound right. “Is this the limit?“

Namie’s hectic tour schedule may have played a part, between her PLAY, Best Fiction, and Past>FUTURE tours she performed over 200 concerts. Additionally, for her LIVE STYLE 2016-2017 she set a brand new record by performing over 100 times.

Despite having to leave her fans behind, Namie is happy that she was still able to retire in a “good†state, and doesn’t have regrets with how she handled her 25 year career.

 

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[UMJI MOODS]

I wish her well in retirement. So many years and so many great songs.

[typo.]

I'm glad she's happy. she had a great career 

[evil4life]

i dont buy it since even if they were deteriorating that would only make her cut back on tour time and make her take on a Celine Dion regime of protecting her voice from further damage since its not like all the buzz on the internet before she quit was how awful she sounded live now

[iJungwha]

I wish her well in retirement. So many years and so many great songs.

[Mandilinn]

 

i dont buy it since even if they were deteriorating that would only make her cut back on tour time and make her take on a Celine Dion regime of protecting her voice from further damage since its not like all the buzz on the internet before she quit was how awful she sounded live now

She did over 100 concerts for her final Live Style Tour in 2016-2017 and I never heard complaints about how she sounded from anyone. She likely had an episode with her vocal chords during Past < Future, had it taken care of properly, and then it stayed in the back of her mind after that. Namie's always been a very careful person, so she would've cut back on activities or retired a lot sooner had her vocal chords been a huge problem.

[Namie-Knowles]

She did over 100 concerts for her final Live Style Tour in 2016-2017 and I never heard complaints about how she sounded from anyone. She likely had an episode with her vocal chords during Past < Future, had it taken care of properly, and then it stayed in the back of her mind after that. Namie's always been a very careful person, so she would've cut back on activities or retired a lot sooner had her vocal chords been a huge problem.

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