What do other singers think about Ayu?

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Originally Posted by maikaru

TRF girl members, Wada Akiko, and though she is not a singer, Hisamoto Masami really like and support Ayu.
Especially Wada Akiko, who can be seen in this year's Kouhaku really excited when Mirrorcle World was announced, and really cheered her on.

Yeah, I was about to mention Wada. Also I would say Akina Nakamori - she praised Ayu although it was on a tv show and Ayu was right next to her, so even if she didn't like her, I doubt Akina would say it.

Beyond these examples though, I've surprisingly heard Ayu mentioned very few times by other artists. The ones that seemed to look up to her the most were actually many of the girls in Hello Project.

Originally Posted by lfebaggins

Doesn't namie and ayu have nicknames for each other?

It was written in a news article (who knows how reliable it is though) that Ayumi called Namie "The Monkey" and Namie called Ayu "The Makeup Monster." Pretty funny if its true, but I highly doubt they would be open about a distaste for each other.

Originally Posted by maikaru

Ohhh~

p.s. do you know, she went on a rampage about Kouhaku!! ahaha
"Perfume and GIRL NEXT DOOR was LIPSYNC!!! what is criteria about this kouhaku program?!" she said.
Ahaha I love Wada Akiko.
She was so mad at her team~

Perfume is obvious, but I really didn't suspect Girl Next Door. I would love to read Wada's comments though. Do you have a link?

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

Gackt and ayu are friends.

ooh, i used to watch this video of ayu calling Gackt during a show....

They haven't mentioned each other at all in years though unfortunately.