^I'm pretty sure Ayu would get more TV dates and perform at A-Nation if she wanted to. She is most likely the one deciding not to.

I think so too.

I don't think Ayu would ever leave AVEX. She's a big shareholder of the company. She gets to do whatever she wants there.

Is she a shareholder, too? How interesting, where did you hear that? Is there an article or something talking about Avex shareholders? I wonder if Kuu-chan and others are shareholders too!

Yes. I remember a while back, there was an article that says she owns some percentage of AVEX. It's not that shocking considering she's basically investing in herself since she was the face of the company.

While this is news to me, at least in the sense that this isn't something I had seen discussed before, the fact that she's a shareholder in Avex isn't much of a surprise. It doesn't infer that she owns a significant number of shares however. For example, here in Canada, as an employee, I own shares in the tiny company I work for. I don't know about Japan, but over here, it's really nothing unusual.

Asia tour is possible

Hongkong, Taiwan, China. That's totally possible and maybe one small show in Singapore. But not for the world.