New Year's photos of Ayu + staff from finemake and Natsuki's blog
 

From Natsuki's blog (the actress who was in For My Dear...'s PV, aka the one everyone thought was dead before GUILTY but it was actually another friend of Ayu's.):

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http://www.1oven.com/natsuki_toyoda/...lose_to_m.html

From finemake's blog:

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One of the managers from avex, I think? Oh, I don't think Max was in attendance.
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http://ameblo.jp/finemake/entry-10755908439.html and other entries.

It looks like a bunch of staff members were brought to Las Vegas? I'm not really sure but there's this weird time lapse between photos at Yoyogi and photos in what seems to be Vegas. I'm curious if CHISA-chan was against this all and that's why she left the dance team. It's especially odd since she's not present at all during this event despite being a dancer for over 10 years with Ayu. It's weird since there's so little time in between Ayu's time in Japan and her time in the States. Just who attended the wedding?! None of the dancers and only a few core friends/staff members? And did a bunch of them fly back right after?

And also there was a photo posted at an airport at some point after New Years in Japan, haha.

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ABOUT FINEMAKE:
She is the person who invented a new technique for eyebrow shaping which she brands as finemake or something. Her name is Sato-san and is one of Ayu's close staff members.

Thank you for the pictures~ Ayu looks amazing <3

I wonder if the white dress is what she wore to the chapel?

did max matsuura or ayu's ex comment anything on the wedding

I haven't read the entry so I'm not sure where this is. Love songs blog states the staff are all still in Japan, but ayu's there in these pictures. So I think maybe these were from the CDL after-party thing they always have? Explains why Chisa was not there...

That's what I thought, but there were a bunch of photos that were taken post-CDL then there's a huge time gap after the airport photo. I don't know, it's weird since they seem to have had the party and then immediately after that, she flew over to America while it was still January 1st in Las Vegas.

Perhaps she just posted them late BUT Sato-san is in Vegas?

I also wondered since most of her staff + Stan were in IHOP in Vegas with her eating lunch the day of the wedding.

That's why I can't really place the timeline here. Minazou did the blog entry about tuneup in LS blog on Jan 2 JPN time, when he should already have been in Vegas lol...

When exactly did Ayu leave for US? As in, what was the date in Japan at that time, to make it easier XD The blog entry from Natsuki was posted on 1st Jan, Japan time, I assume.

Then again, Shuya did mention something about a flight in his twitter yesterday

I'm not sure if it's even related. But if it is, it's weird that Ayu would bring some of her dancers and leave the rest?

^ They may be leaving for their own homes. Shu-ya was originally from Hokkaido, he could have gone home for the New Year via plane.

Ayu reminds me somewhat of a korean girl in those photos, so young and so beautiful♥

I don't think it's fair to comment on the other dancer's thoughts just yet. CHISA may have had another issue that kept her away recently.

Sure would make for some interesting drama if that was the case though! Do any of them have blogs or is there an internet presence that would list a reason for her absence?

I really need to follow who the dancers are though :innocent I have no way to tell any of them apart from Shu-ya, Gomi and Midoring xD

True. I was just wondering at the time, haha. And Chisa does have a blog.

http://ameblo.jp/congachisa/

She mentions nothing about Ayu in it... but she does bring up a-nation in one entry.

thanks

CHISA left the team?

when did chisa leave? I'm always missing stuff XD

thx ^^

In this tweet, that fan aks Ayu if she really wore a jacket and T-shirt for the ceremony. And Ayu says not a jacket, but a Long Beach's rock T-shirt and a leather mini skirt. An that Mannie was in a rock T-shirt too and pelt pants. (rockish wedding?? LOL)

and I translated this one:

"Ah, by the way, it seems like you have been reporting about the participation of close friends in the ceremony, neither family, friends, no one, accompanied us to Las Vegas. Only the beloved staff looked after us. To the growing missunderstanding of real family and real friends, I'll give them an explanation!! LOL"

So seems there was just some of her staff there.

A mini skirt? Whoa, ayu :P

It's sort of sad that their families weren't there! But they look happy and cute, so whatever works for them!