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Oh, and about her reasoning for going to Los Angeles, like I said previously...she was previously in New York for a PHOTOSHOOT but the photoshoot went over by a day so the schedule was ruined. (She also met up with tons of fans that live in New York and signed autographs/took photos!) Her manager also completely botched their flight plans so there was no way for them to get home due to a lack of flights.

She decided to try to go home to LA (where her husband, Manuel Schwartz is) to stay with family and find a flight to Japan... however she was not able to get home in time for MUSIC STATION. :(

It's out there on her Twitter ( http://www.twitter.com/ayu_19980408 ), Chinese weibo, and fan club blog. If you are unable to read her Japanese tweets, you can find them translated if you know where to look. I'm sorry if you guys don't believe me, but I'd just like to bring the truth to the forefront instead of having people go around misinformed about what she's done and what she hasn't done.

And she has addressed that surgery-thing recently with "I don't have the time for it." which makes sense since she's had no time at all to get as much surgery as people claim that she's had. There's nothing she can do to change people's opinions about her so there's no point in defending herself. It's kind of sad, but people are gonna think what they think.

Yes, she fixed her teeth in Hawaii like 5-6 years ago, but that's about it.

To clear things up, this was translated from a tabloid which blew details out of proportion and left out certain information as well.

Ayu was in New York for a 2012 calendar shoot with Leslie Kee. The shoot went over by a day and she was stranded in New York for a while due to a botched flight plan. (Her manager or whatever booked the wrong flight time or something.)

Because Fashion Week was wrapping up, there was no room left on flights to Japan for her [and her staff as well] to board.

She found a flight to LA to try and get home but unfortunately, she was not able to find a flight back there to Japan in time for MS. Basically, she was stuck in America with no way of getting home. I'm surprised they didn't find a private jet for her/her staff but eh. Ayu tried her best to get back home... she even fainted from exhaustion from not eating or sleeping during this entire ordeal. Also, her husband lives in LA atm as a working model.

I doubt AKB had any influence over her being completely helpless during this situation. Though in my opinion, I'd be offended if anyone thought any decision I made was because of AKB. That group is such a joke.

Hmm, just for the sake of doing so, I want to clear up some things said here.

Yeah, Ayu had her teeth fixed, but it was back in 2005 between releases. At some point during her month or so long stay in Hawaii, she had some cosmetic dental work done and got veneers. I don't believe she's had them redone since then since they look the same as they did six years ago.

The last time she appeared in public like this (not in transit to a concert or on the way to a shoot) was in 2008 for the promotion of a photobook she had released. However, I believe that didn't go as planned since thousands of people showed up and clogged streets in Japan which is probably why they avoid doing that nowadays. This meetup that she attended was restricted to TeamAyu members only and was decided upon via lottery, I think?

About the photos taken of her, I am pretty sure they're exaggerating. I know many people who have met Ayu when she was in LA at Record Plant and L'ermitage or when she was in Europe and they were free to snap photos as they wished. I guess it was probably surprising that since it was a private event that they would allow everyone to use their digital cameras?

As much as people would like to believe that Ayu is disconnected from her fans or unappreciative of them, the situation right now is anything but. She interacts with some fans on a first name basis via Twitter and is rather gracious during any fan encounters. People meet her at train stations (in Japan) or airports and she interacts with them normally. I believe that she knows she's where is today thanks to the fans and her staff and that is where a lot of her 'love' goes. (second to her husband anyway)

gogogo, it's probably not very smart to lie on the Internet. I'm sorry, but your claims of Ayu 'not being a songwriter' despite having written lyrics for all 170+ of her songs and melodies/compositions for a large handful of those tracks as well (sometimes assisted by Dai Nagao). It's clearly obvious from the way she speaks in blog entries and Twitter that she is in fact the lyricist behind all of her tracks and even if it's a bit sketchy sometimes with her compositions including the collaborations, I give her the benefit of the doubt. I don't like Utada Hikaru at all, but I know she writes all of her stuff and am not going to try to lie to people and say that she doesn't, because that's just ignorant.

I understand why people might think Ayu is 'manufactured' or 'fake', she really is anything but. So before you say that 'it's not her on Twitter' or 'she's not actually posting those blog entries, it's an intern', you should actually see for yourself instead of assuming otherwise.

And about working with that artist and that contract you signed... if it's not a big deal, why did you even mention it? Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't it normal to sign a contract in those circumstances?