Ayu's Twitter/Weibo discussion #34
 

Hi, I couldn't find any new twitter discussion thread since the last one was locked. So I made one since I want the discussions revived.

Copy and pasted from the last:
Remember to keep posts on-topic and constructive. This is a thread primarily for the topics of Ayu's posts and presence on social media sites such as Twitter and Weibo. Feel free to talk about her activities on other websites as well.


AYU, FAMILY, & MAJOR STAFF
Ayu - http://twitter.com/ayu_19980408
Mika 'Mikajohn' Noguchi (her "mama") - http://twitter.com/mikajohn
Hidetomo 'Kome' Yoneda (her audio director) - http://twitter.com/rice20000
Koji Morimoto (one of her main mixers) - http://twitter.com/koji_morimoto
max matsuura - http://twitter.com/maxmatsuuratwit
Mr. Kaz (former? head of TeamAyu) - http://twitter.com/mrkaz0704
Mannie Schwarz (Ayu's ex-husband) - http://twitter.com/Mannie69
Stanley 'Izumi' Kim (Ayu's friend and location scout) - http://twitter.com/sikepro
Mariko Hamasaki (Ayu's mom) - http://twitter.com/hanabistaff
Natsuki (Ayu's best friend) - http://twitter.com/Natsukikey
Sou Nagashima (Ayu's trainer) - http://twitter.com/sou_02
Jun Kamitoku (Ayu's manager) - http://twitter.com/matsutakeboy
Ryohei Chiba (CSO of avex) - http://twitter.com/MAZINGER_DRAGON
Endo "Jackie" Hideki (a CEO of avex?) http://twitter.com/GUTS_RUSH
Takashi (another manager of Ayu's) - http://twitter.com/COCOTAKASHI
Shingo 'Minazou' Sano (Ayu's ex-nailist and ex-manager) - http://twitter.com/mina_zo_mina_zo
Naoya Urata (Ayu's 'brother' / AAA member) - http://twitter.com/UN1982
Keita Maruyama (designer of Kouhaku 2011/2012 outfits) - http://twitter.com/keitamaruyama

AYU'S DANCERS
AKI-chan - http://twitter.com/yoneaki1019
KAZUMA - http://twitter.com/kazumahamamoto
GO-MI - http://twitter.com/go_mi_sweetback
2-YAN - http://twitter.com/22yan22
SUBARU - http://twitter.com/sodeepsubaru
ZIN - http://twitter.com/ZIN19791126
SHU-YA - http://twitter.com/SHUYA_Mizuno
SATORU - http://twitter.com/satoru_desu
SYU - http://twitter.com/syu_33
KO - http://twitter.com/Benjamin_OHBOY
KATSUYUKI - http://twitter.com/katsuyukikasuga
CHISA - http://twitter.com/chisanse
KAYANOCCHI - http://twitter.com/kayano44
TOMOKI - http://twitter.com/tomokifujita

AYU'S MUSIC STAFF
CMJK (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/principalcmjk
Yuta Nakano (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/soundtrucker
Kazuhito Kikuchi (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/kazuhitokikuchi
Tetsuya Komuro (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/Tetsuya_Komuro
KIKU (guitarist) - http://twitter.com/KIKU69camino
tasuku (arranger and composer) - http://twitter.com/tasuku_tohyama
Miwako 'PECO' Hamada (ex-chorus) - http://twitter.com/peco10221208
Kaoru Abe (keyboardist) - http://twitter.com/Kaoru_Abe
Enrique (bassist) - http://twitter.com/RIQUEENISM
Tom Tamada (drummer) - http://twitter.com/TomTamada
Shingo Kobayashi (keyboardist and music director) - http://twitter.com/shintacos2
Yusuke Miyazaki (keyboardist) - http://twitter.com/FenderRhodes73
Yasuhiko Hoshino (composer) - http://twitter.com/magic_bus_
Akimitsu Homma (classical arranger) - http://twitter.com/akimitsuhomma
Kunio Tago (composer) - http://twitter.com/TAGOOOOO
Keiji Tanabe (composer) - http://twitter.com/KG_Tanabe
Manaho Mori (vocal coach) - http://twitter.com/mmanaho
Masahiro Muta (former drummer) - http://twitter.com/muta_masahiro
Tim Wellard (backup vocals and composer) - http://twitter.com/timwellard
Miccie (backup vocals, manager, and Ayu's cousin) - http://twitter.com/miccie0730
Yumi Kawamura (backup vocals) - http://twitter.com/YumiKawamura

AYU'S VISUAL STAFF (videos, photos, etc.)
Masashi Muto (PV director) - http://twitter.com/MasashiMuto
Luis 'Ishii' Hernandez (PV director and location scout) - http://twitter.com/ishiiluis
Kiyoshi 'Mizumo' Utsumi (General video director for all videos) - http://twitter.com/Mizumo_u
Leslie Kee (photographer) - http://twitter.com/lesliekeesuper
Masaru "Tacky & Ricky" Takigami (concert video director) - http://twitter.com/golf___baka
Keita Haginiwa (photographer) - http://twitter.com/leica9haginiwa

Yeah, where's the discussion recently? Seems like a bit uninspiring compared to the old days!

I mean, it's a different Ayu that we have today than, say, four years ago...

Ayu at esNail
http://i.imgur.com/kAM1iJTl.jpg

Birthday party after rehearsal
http://i.imgur.com/rcCAQXrl.jpg

Great you made a new thread, thanks!

She looks quirky in the first pic! Love it!

People saw Ayu at Namie's concert yesterday~

That's so awesome!!! I know the reverse has happened a ton of times, but how cool for Ayu to show up and support Namie :heart

^she's secretly gathering up info on why Namie sells like f.... >D (jk jk)

Really? Glad to hear this :D

hahaha thought that too. Maybe she will be inspired, seeing different lives from her own.

I don't know, but somehow I like that Ayu goes to concerts of artists that I love <3

I always wonder what she thinks of her own concert after seeing all the cool dope stuffs namie and kuu have in their concerts.
Her legs make me feel jealous in the esNAIL pic lol

^um as many performances from concerts as i have seen of both they are far from beating Ayu. Maybe that ipad screen thing in Kuu's would be something, but namie.... all she does is dance, there's nothing really that fancy about her concerts at all.

LOL? Ayu has the best concert. Kuu is ok, for me she is the queen of lives, but in general Ayu's shows are 100000000000000000 times better than Namie. She only sing and dance in a scenary... boring for me. Kuu and Ayu have a lot of dances, histories, magic tricks and they are incredible performers, Namie isn't a great performer at all, she has a monotonus voice and an unique expression.

As much as I like Namie, I have to agree

I like that Namie and Kuu don't crowd the stage with dancers. That is something I wish Ayu could take note of...

^Namie has dancers almost all te time as well. The only parts where she doesn't is the ballads. And Ayu seemed to keep those clean as well till this year i think.....

Ayu does not have to learn by namie in the concerts but in the promotions and marketing XD

‏@ayu_19980408:さて今日も1日フルアウトしますっ‼︎ 大好きなダンケンも見守ってくれてるし ♡ You are the sweetest dog in the world!!! Duncan♡
http://i.imgur.com/rKxH6ePl.jpg

There are dancers in ayu's ballad segments, but not in every song. Ex. Hello new me in PSC and JEWEL in ABL vs. CAROLS-momentum in CDL 13-14 and TO BE in PSC

Yeah but they're actually dancing lol

ooooh..... i see what you did there xD

Yesterday was the last day of rehearsal in LA!!! Time to go back to Tokyo for more http://i.imgur.com/HcQ2GXC.png

http://i.imgur.com/kMxaAKwl.jpg

I like the t-shirt of the guy on the middle

I hate the fact that when I learnt all the names of her crew, they start leaving and she keeps including new ones wich I can't remember xD

You guys can debate who is the best performer until you're blue in the face, but its always going to be subjective. Some people love dancers, effects and lasers burning out their retinas, others like just the singer with their guitar and their stinky bare feet.

Thanks for the esNail pic!!!!!
I really love the first pic!!!
Ayu looks good pretty!!!

That's so cool! Thanks

Yeah... I may be the biggest Ayu fan on earth who hates how much "stuff" there is in her concerts. I'd really like to see ayu do a more natural performance again - Concert Tour 2000 was the right balance of a more naturally performing Ayu and showmanship. She still had dancers & screen videos & cool lighting & a story, but Ayu expressing herself naturally was the real focus of the show.

I like those brief moments when she's just up there singing and moving naturally, especially during rock songs cuz she looks really badass. Whenever I feel like she's really expressing herself, rather than being choreographed, that's when I love her the most. :D Most of the time the "stuff" on stage - effects, stage setups, dancers dancers dancers - just seem to be drowning her out.

For me..stadium is the best for that kind of thing. The highlight of the whole show is just Ayu singing her heart out. Plus the stage is big enough for all of her dancers, plus no obnoxious backing up vocals.

^Our cute Ayu sleeping! Reminds me of No way to Say with that coat of hers. haha.

LOVE that pic. so sweet :heart

Her eyes look so huge in the pic, love them!

That coat looks very warm...

Ayu asked to post a selfie with purchased new single

huuuuuge eyes and no make up, just blush
http://i.imgur.com/hEwFyqBl.jpg

^ Wait I don't get the first sentence..

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LOL @ "if you're lucky enough to pick one up!"

:roflmao

Well I tweeted her my pic! Wish she interacted more with fans these days though.

from LINE
http://i.imgur.com/qGc9q1Kl.jpg

she did but with japanese fans coz they are the main target to buy her single in japan now

if you're lucky enough to pick one up!

lol maybe Avex only printed 30k x

maybe she thought it's gonna sell 200k+ on it's first day

Actually, I'm pretty sure that thought never even crossed her mind. :rolleyes

Well, her western fans are more likely to go on twitter to tell her she doesn't know how to do her work properly...

Yoko posted this photo

http://i.imgur.com/XYBG6MCl.jpg

Those dolls on the right look like pushing their boobs up.

Ayu with designer Daichi Miura
http://i.imgur.com/Jy3fdRdl.jpg

she looks good with this hair

^i agree, it relly really suits her much better that blond.

have you ever heard a thing called sarcasm? oh dear :shakehead

Ayu always made a person next to her looked so gigantic LOL

yea I loved how she looked so beautiful and young here, I hope she can realize one day that at her age now she looked good in brunette, NO blond :no:no:no

This hair looks great on her but I really love the blonde too!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5tlG8MCEAEddnV.jpg

Apparently the guy's name is Riki and he's a new member of the troupe!

She's adorable here!

:yes its impressive how many copies her hardcore japanese fans buy
http://s11.postimg.org/ljdk36phr/146...37742493_n.jpg

Which is not to say they can't get pretty nasty to her at times. That's certainly not the norm but man, some of the stuff they say is especially hurtful.

looks like she lost much weight

http://i.imgur.com/4l65nGHl.jpg

I really love her kitty cat wink! :) She is so gorgeous

OMG she looks perfect!!

She's been looking really good lately

just the dress and angle.

Love this medium hair!

I think Daichi Miura mentioned that this is his design http://instagram.com/p/xE4XFvC01R/
http://i.imgur.com/4pqKPRAl.png

She's stunning here with this casual look and natural hair... She is not trying to look younger, to look fake and she is gorgeous this way. Her recent look reminds me this stunning photoshoot in NY for CDdata if I'm not wrong when she was promoting (m)u.

I also agree she's been looking really good lately thanks to her dark hair but also her fit/slim figure.
She also prevented us from seeing horrendous photoshop images. But it may be easier as she is not promoting anymore.

Its so weird that she can just wink without the rest of her face changing. Unless its just me who does that.

Dont wink as u will use ur muscle while doing that. Instead, close bot of ur eyes n open 1~ then just smile =D

I can wink any of my eyes and keep the rest of my face expression completely unchanged if I want to lol
It's like simply closing your eyes, but doing it with just one... I don't even have to close both before opening one like kinix mentioned.

You people are magical, lol. I still can't do it.

I'm wondering the same thing! I can't do the single eye wink either...
It's so manga lol

Things change
But one thing never changes
And that's our feelings for you
Be with us in 2015.

http://i.imgur.com/xKKgCK6.jpg

Omg. Beauty and grace.

funny that ayu's friend Christophe Choo use fanmade logo instead of official :/
http://i.imgur.com/jpdR3RO.png
https://twitter.com/Christophechoo/s...51404878860288

This one is 10x better anyway so I'm glad. I hope she sees it.

Isn't that a pic made by a member in here? No credits?

I hope she sees it and appropriates it for the DVD cover. It's the only way it'll look good. Unless her graphics team royally Fs up in recreating it. I wouldn't put it past them

I hope she will use different logo for tour

I still think that marek's logo with moon will be perfect
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...c4c4532cb4.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mPub8RR.jpg

Or a very very close to the design's that were posted here from members here. It was the first thing that came to my mind, thinking that I could of sworn I saw that here first

I could swear a member made that because he/she referred the logo as a clock.
I hate it when this happens. You cannot do much about it but it is so ignorant.

^That he used a fan made logo? I guess it is. But I seriously doubt that whoever this dude and his wife are, are fans of ayus music. I just get the "rich attention whores" vibe when I see them.

^ well it would have been nice if he tagged the sourch or whatever. But okay, the picture, fanmade or not, was clearly send with good intentions.
Very well. No harm done, then.

(Though it does not seem 'right' in my point of view. Hopefully the creator thinks otherwise)

exactly! and the way he tags his @wifey :no if they are such a good friends why can't be like Gabrielle and I :rolleyes

Guys really now, come on already

though he didn't say he created the picture. Its like one of us posting a photo we like, we didn't create it but you can still post pictures you like. Though it is his picture though, as in photograph used in the edit isn't it? He probably just liked what fans did to one of his pictures. The real talent only came from the photo taken. Maybe its more of a "fan attention whores" thing. But as for copy-write laws goes, he owns the right to that picture since he's the one who took it, and fan art is free for all. The same goes for ayu's A logo, she owns the rights, any fan made logo is free for grab. Its also the only way if you want to create something with trade marked characters and such, if its not fan art, then technically you could be sued for use of it

^ It's not his photo, is it? He's not a photographer!

Ah, I wasn't too sure but anyways its not a crime to post a photo you like, but its still works the same. Fan art is a free for all

He isn't earning money like avex and the logo they borrow from that fan.

Look I never said he is stealing anything. I did say that I think it is ignorant, whether it is fan art or not, you do not bother to tag the source. No, he did not commit a crime. No, he did not do anything wrong and yes he is free to share anything he likes, but it is in some way respectful towards the creator (in this case the fan) to credit him/her. I did not mean to drag you in this "fan art argue" again and I had no intentions to attack this man or calling him names...

Perhaps it is better we change the subject to something nice.

something nice

Ayu plays game
http://i.imgur.com/CeWp5MOl.jpg

I love that there's a Japanese language version of The Game of Life, lol... I wanna play it! XD

I always played "The Game of Life" as a child. Loved it!

Ahh~~ I love Life!!!

Ayu goes to see Armin
http://i.imgur.com/53JclETl.jpg

^it's freaking January lady, COVER YOURSELF it's snowing down there!!!!!

Ahhh! I want them to do another song together so bad!!!!!

I wouldn't call this impressive.... :tired

new year cake
http://i.imgur.com/5yl8Exjl.jpg

Them being Timmy and Ayu? Because me tooooooooo :[

Edit: Oh I just saw the "Armin" caption lol