I'm more inclined to think that she thought he was an odd man at the time and she was never really looking for a relationship but he kept trying to recruit her regardless. The Ayu of the early/mid 90s seemed like a girl who would not want to get involved with some talent scout.
http://ayusstory.blogspot.de/2010/05...log-entry.html
It seemed like she had a bit of a big head at the time, haha. Love reading that blog entry. It's kind of amazing how far she came from a lot of TV producers saying she would never make it.