It's fairly common for western models to enter the Japanese industry
I personally found it funny that they created more super manuels than super ayus lol
and honestly, I like Manny and I think he's somewhat attractive...but I don't really care much for his modeling or acting either. And I was surprised when he was working with Ayu as well. Was he really the only model in LA that they found?
I guess they just liked his look.