On January 1, 2011, Hamasaki akazivisa kuroorana kwake wokuAustria mutambi uye muenzaniso Manuel Schwarz, uyo Hamasaki akasangana muna August 2010 pamusoro yakatarwa ake mumhanzi vhidhiyo "Virgin Road". Musi waJanuary 2, hofisi yake yakazivisa kuti iye naSchwarz vakanga varoorana muUnited States zuva rakanga rapfuura. Zvisinei, musi waNdira 16, 2012, Hamasaki akazivisa pawebhusaiti yake kuti aizorambana naSchwarz. Chikonzero chokurambana kwacho chaiva chokuti, pakutanga, Hamasaki aida kugara naSchwarz muUnited States asi nemhaka yekudengenyeka kwenyika netsunami
kuti yakarova nyika yokumusha kwake muna March, 2011, aida zvakasimba kusasiya Japan.