AYU48

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(I wonder if this is the correct forum to post this?)

AYU48
Call me weirdo or whatever but I want to share this to fellow 48 fans XD I have this weird hobby of shipping AYU48. I love J-pop no.1 diva Ayumi and Japan nation idol group AKB48, I couldn't help but I am really curious of what Ayumi thinks about AKB48 I am happy when a singer/idol mentioned the other artist/singer that I love, especially Ayu.
Well, if you also happen to ship AYU48, why not we talk it here~
You might not care but I'm seeking for people who feel the same

Here are some evidence of AYU48 (indirect) moments:

1. Tomomi Itano (Graduated)

Tomochin was my oshimen in AKB48, in the video she was told to impersonate somebody as a penalty and she chose Ayu.
As you know, she also released an Ayu-influenced PV "little".

2. Minami Takahashi

She sang Ayu's Will on her audition, but sadly the footage was never aired (I think) The only footage I could find is the video above, starting from 3:26 you can see her lips singing to Will Hito wa tabiji no tochuu de ikudo, but the audio was muted

3. Megumi Ohori (Graduated)
Back then when AKB48 was still not this popular yet, Ohori received a mission from Aki-P to sell 10,000 copies of her own debut single, otherwise she will have to graduate from AKB48. In this footage, she went to CD shops to promote her debut single, pleading the shopkeeper to put her CD on the most noticeable area; the shopkeeper ended up shifting away Ayu's A COMPLETE and Ohori felt bad about it.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM3MjQyNDg4.html
(Starts form 15:56)

4. Mariko Shinoda (Graduated)
- She followed Ayu on Twitter.
- She mentioned that she admired Ayu for her charisma, and she bought Ayu's DVD. (https://twitter.com/mariko_dayo/stat...71820750065666)
- There's an newspaper article of her mentioning Ayu as her favorite artist and inspiration as well, but I couldn't seem to find the scan.

5. Tomomi Kasai (Graduated)
Followed Ayu on Twitter.

6. Yuki Kashiwagi & Nozomi Kawasaki (Graduated)
They played shiritori game in their game show AKBINGO! and they did mention Ayu. Both of them failed the mission.
starts from 9:45
starts from 2:51

7. Yuka Masuda (Graduated)
She has mentioned several times on Twitter that she likes Ayu's songs and has a lot of respect to Ayu. And Ayu happened to reply one of her tweet, she was extremely happy about it.

Tweets about her recommending Ayu's songs to her followers:
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...12673255882752
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...74932866609152
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...10691923931136
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...88784477413376
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...34622091214848
https://twitter.com/yuka_masuda/stat...52817369133056

And sucks I couldn't find the tweet ayu replied her


8. Music Station SP
There was an episode on Music Station in 2012 about highest selling artist based on the debut years and AKB48 happened to be the performer on that episode. Ayu is no.1 for the 1998 debutant; when they watched the footage on the screen, you could see them lipsyncing to Ayu's appears and M

Video:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/3EMqfQPuWw8/\
(Starts from 44:10)
I am sorry I couldn't find another link other than China websites.

9. Jessica Veranda & Novinta Dhini (JKT48)
- Jessica Veranda mentioned that she listens to J-pop songs, Ayu is one of them.
- Novinta Dhini mentioned that she dreamed of herself becoming the actor in vogue Far away SEASONS PV. She also said that she really likes SEASONS.

That's all from my findings.