I think Genderbent Ayane would be pretty hot tbh. Plus, a male character who doesn't have the personality of a brick would be like a breath of fresh air.
As cool as that would sound for some female characters, TN wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot going against their try-and-true "Tits Tits and more Tits" marketing strategy.
Of course people will drop NyoTengu. Just like with MR and P4 people want to try playing with the shiny new toy for maybe the first week or two then ultimately drop the character to go back to their main leaving the people who were legitimately wanting to learn her begin left.