By accepting large numbers of women by lowering the entry threshold, you ultimately end up with many downsides: only 30% of the women receive offers, the overall quality declines, and unnecessary costs are incurred for interviews and profile management.

Maezawa here. First of all, Universe is not positioned as a luxury service. Our representative, Kida, previously answered as follows: “Did we ever say ‘luxury’ anywhere? Whenever I find that wording, I immediately tell the creative and marketing teams to remove it. There may still be some places where it remains. We don’t really care about branding ourselves as ‘luxury.’” We’re positioned as a regular dating club, although in the sense that we offer something more upscale than dating websites, perhaps you could call us high-end. Dating clubs offer a different kind of experience from dating websites. I feel that our screening standards have become stricter than they were in the past. However, I also wonder whether that may be overstepping. It seems that some people who would normally receive offers are being rejected. If you’re looking for something truly high-end, I recommend joining one of our newer locations. The screening standards are strict for both men and women, so few people get accepted, but I believe that also leads to wonderful encounters. We may raise the screening standards when we create a luxury dating club in the future, but for now, we have no such plans.