He was only in one Bold & Delicious performance last year. Ayu even commented on that during the CDL saying how Yoshio was traveling with some other group for his own career. It isn't anything to be worried about.

OMG I hope not. I bet he' s just been recupperating from an overload of awesomness. I can't wait to see him again cause I love Yo-chan. :love

Oh come on, I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt anything is wrong. He DOES have his own band, so I'm sure that or something else took him away from that one performance. I'm sure everything's fine!

omg, yochan is fine! worry about ayumi, if anyone is not fine right now its her. :(

yeah he did not appear for most of the Bold & Delicious performances and appeared for Born To Be... performances with straight hair.. :P

probably he decided to not go on TV to change his hairstyle again.

OMG my brother, dont quit!!!

Perhaps he's just sick.

But yes, I think for fans like us, it's kind of a routine thing to see the Enrique-Princess-Ayu-Peco-Yo-chan line up. Feels weird to not see him around. He's really great!

^^haha yea, they make a perfect team.

Not everyone agrees with Princess and Peco's incessant appearances with Ayu!
Sometimes it looks like they're part of a girl group of 3. >_<" Peco annoys me a lot, she wants to steal Ayu's thunder by singing way more outrageously than her sometimes XD

Back on topic though, I've never seen a live without Yo-chan so it was really weird seeing a red-haired guitarist filling in for him XD Maybe some of the newer fans are just weirded out, older fans wouldn't be bothered by his other commitments lool

You guys do know that the band isn't actually live right? They're just acting like they play on those TV performances... some of them atleast.

Yar, they do that on Music Station. It's obvious that the music track isn't coming from the band at all.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...202/yochan.jpg
:D

^ Odd pic of him... o__o;

I love Yoshi. Really. His hair OMSC.

I dun really like PECO either...

Hm.. when I think about it.. I havent seen him too :( But I guess he`s sick or took a week or something of... I doubt he quit or something, he`s been with Ayu since forever :yes And I love him <3 :D

I think Yo-chan is just fine xD Isn't he married? I'm pretty sure I saw a wedding ring! Maybe he needs to spend time with wifey :yes xDD Whatever, I don't think Yo-chan would bail on everyone.

Edit: I forgot about his actual band xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

he must have something to do with his band..
or other project...
he's not only working for ayu/avex but other bands too.. especially his own..
Enrique also..the other too...even the backup singers..

I love it when they do that. :D Shows that Ayumi isn't a diva and lets the people who aren't normally in the limelight have their moment as well. :P

^ I hate it! I don't want to watch Peco and Princess strutting their stuff when I'm supposed to be watching an Ayu performance xD!

Peco's alright. I don't think she tries to steal the spotlight, I just don't understand why everyone loves her so much ("P3CO!!!~!!!11!").

Anyway, I think I have to agree: There's nothing really worth worrying over about Yo-chan. I'm sure if something was wrong or serious, we would've heard news about it (from Ayu possibly). If she announces new dancers, she would most likely say something about the band, no?
Yes, that's true. :(
I think it's quite funny. :laugh At least Ayu's singing live. ...or so we think.