I felt like I should re-blog this and help spread the word about what really happened with Ayabie. We all thought it was strange that ＡＹＡＢＩＥ came back with 4 members and changed their name to all caps in unicode. It even made some of us angry even me, but now we know and hopefully we can come to peace on this matter. So I want to clear this up, theirs more to it than meets the eye. Please read this text, it was originally written by Kazzeh. Thank you for clearing this up for us Kazzeh!
I want to make this clear now before any more people go around spreading stories when they obviously have not been reading what the members have said:
The other 4 members did not choose the name AYABIE to spite Aoi.
They left the old 彩冷える because they had problems with the Tokuma management, and not because they had problems with Aoi. The members have stated very clearly in the interviews that they left Tokuma for the following reasons:
-The fanclub was not being managed properly. While during their indies days, the fanclub would have newsletters periodically at least 4 times a year, after changing over to donut spin, the fanclub has only distributed two "newsletters" so far to the fans in the form of DVDs. Fanclub ticket preorders weren't being handled properly, etc. The members felt that this was being unfair to the fans.
-While under Tokuma their activities were controlled by the management. While they didn't exactly feel that they were being forced to do things against their own will, the members got the feeling that it was not quite right as a band to be taking part in some of the projects (e.g. acting in a movie). In Yumehito's words, "Up to now, Ayabie felt more like we were being modified to be sellable", as opposed to them just producing music and then appealing to people through what they really are, and not what they were being moulded into.
The band, including Aoi, had thought of leaving the management since January~February this year.
This was their original decision.
When they came together to discuss this decision again in March,
Aoi said that he would not oppose the other four leaving the management, and that he was perfectly fine with them continuing on as Ayabie without him, but he would be staying on in Tokuma.
His reason for this was that he thought that even though things might not have turned out as they had expected, he still felt indebted to the staff and all the people who had worked hard for the sake of the band.
Although it was a difficult choice, the final conclusion was that they would have to part ways.
Retaining the name of AYABIE is the members' way of saying that they did not leave because they were sick of Ayabie; rather, it is because there are still many things they have been unable to do as Ayabie while under the Tokuma management, and they want to show these to the fans in the lives to come.
This is why they said "Our feelings towards music have not changed".
They were unable to hold a final live together due to the fact that the management had already planned Aoi's schedule for his solo projects, and they could no longer coordinate their schedules.
With regard to Yumehito and Kenzo's activities as K.Y, Yumehito has stated that the unit was for the sake of Ayabie. What he could not show to the fans while Ayabie was still under Tokuma, he presented to them through this unit.
Intetsu and Takehito were the staff for K.Y instead of participating in the project. At that point of time, it was already agreed upon between the management and the four members that they would be leaving. But in order not to make it look like it was a 4-1 situation against Aoi and have everyone thinking that there was some sort of a disagreement between the members, only Yume and Kenzo were to take part in the side project.
A couple of K.Y songs will be released under the name of AYABIE, and they will most likely be included in the album that they plan to release this year.
The title of the album is the same as their tour title - "Virgin Snow Color 2nd season".
This is because this situation is similar to when Ryouhei had left the band, and the members had to compose completely new songs for a tour and an album.
From now onwards, they will no longer play the songs released under 彩冷える. All the songs in the tour and album will be brand-new songs.
Source: Kazzeh via SR UPDATER
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