Thread:AyumiFanBoy/@comment-5116276-20140831135244/@comment-2152025-20141215212930

Both Ozeki and Shimamura didn't seem to know Morito, so it is assume that Morito was not a finalist. However, she did participated in the auditions.

Satoda probably did research on first before she chose her over the other failed auditionee (excluding Mai and Uta).