I always thought the story was more that Max heard her sing a lot of karaoke and said it was "not good but the voice was nice" which is why the deal came about to begin with. I would say her voice back then was nice sounding too but it's very much like someone who goes to karaoke a lot and sings for fun rather than being a "good singer", you know? They've pretty much said the same thing back during ASFXX too.
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(A) Do you know? I've known the man since I was sixteen.
(U) Really?
(A) Yes, I've known him for about four years. And when we went to a Karaoke house together, I was told by the man, "You are poor at singing."
(U) What?
(A) And he said to me, "Poor at singing, but you have a good voice", and "Go to take lessons." I didn't go to school nor do any jobs then.
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The lack of attention of her idol days I think is probably because Ayu herself did not like those days. I recall her 'first swimsuit shoot' was for Deji Deji Diary's book but we all know she did a photobook in Indonesia during the idol years. However, she did address it in a few interviews even when she was huge back then so nowadays it seems she distances herself from mentioning it at all.
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(S) Had you already moved to a talent office in Tokyo then?
(A) I belonged to SOS (a talent office mostly for models) in Tokyo at first. And a man of the office, who was on friendly terms with a person of Sun Music, said to me, "As Ayu is small and can't do the model job, I think it's better for you to appear on television." Then I moved to Sun Music. As it was the reliable talent office, I was sure I would be able to pass. And I took the written examination and entered Horikoshi Gakuen.
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