[Delirium-Zer0]

hsienko: No, Ayu knew him very well. She appeared to be good friends with his wife at the time, too (there's a magazine photo that used to be going around alot that most people said was of Ayu and her grandmother - it's not, it's Aizawa's wife). She and another idol making her debut at the time stayed at his home for a time.

In the few interviews where it comes up, Ayu has NOTHING positive to say about her time at Sun Music. Most of it is related to the work itself (how it was more about sucking up than talent). One could infer, possibly, that there were seedy things going on that Ayu didn't want to be a part of.

If I were her, I'd still be mad Sun Music was taking that much of my money from sales. She quit sun music. Maybe they gave her that initial exposure, but with Avex she essentially started over. They weren't riding on her established name to help promote her. Even if her name had SOMETHING to do with the success of her first few avex singles, that is WAY too huge a percentage for them to be taking.