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Old 17th September 2008, 04:20 AM
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That's the reason.

They created new "it" artists that would take the "focus" off of Ayu, and so far that seems to have worked. But I think that in doing so, they've decreased Ayu's fanbase by a lot by offering more variety and so on.

(I don't really know if Namie's popularity resurgence right now is a result of a new fanbase or the result of an ORANGE RANGE-like interest..)