I te Hanuere 1, 2011, i kii a Hamasaki i tana whakaipoipo ki te kaiwhakaari Austrian me te tauira a Manuel Schwarz, i tutaki a Hamasaki i Akuhata 2010 i te huinga o tana riipene puoro mo "Virgin Road". I te Hanuere 2, i kii tana tari kua marenatia raua ko Schwarz i te United States i te ra i mua. Heoi, i te Hanuere 16, 2012, i kii a Hamasaki i runga i tana paetukutuku ka whakarere ia i a Schwarz. Ko te take o te wehenga, i te tuatahi, i hiahia a Hamasaki ki te neke ki Schwarz i te United States engari na te ruu me te tsunami
i pa ki tōna whenua i te Poutu-te-rangi, 2011, i tino hiahia ia kia kaua e wehe atu i Hapani.