Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2011, Hamasaki ta sanar da alkawarinta ga dan wasan Austrian da kuma samfurin Manuel Schwarz, wanda Hamasaki ya sadu a watan Agusta 2010 a kan saitin bidiyon kiɗa don "Virgin Road". A ranar 2 ga Janairu, ofishinta ya sanar da cewa ita da Schwarz sun yi aure a Amurka ranar da ta gabata. Koyaya, a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 2012, Hamasaki ta sanar a shafinta na yanar gizo cewa za ta saki Schwarz. Dalilin kisan auren shi ne, da farko, Hamasaki yana so ya koma tare da Schwarz a Amurka amma saboda
girgizar kasa da tsunami da suka afkawa kasarsu a watan Maris, 2011, ta yi matukar fatan kada ta bar Japan.