Ayu's mom left her? I knew her Grandmother raised her, but I thought her mom was also around. I think I read somewhere that she was working all the time or something. She mentioned in an interview that her hero was her mom though.
I bet she has a little sister doing gravure somewhere cashing off the fact that she's related to Ayu! (I'm kidding.) Like that one AV actress, "Rina Dison" imitating Leah Dizon. (That's true though
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