I’m a fourth-year university student who has accepted a job offer from a major company.

The chances of being found out are extremely low. Even if someone says, “You’re the person who posted this question, right?” the name you registered with at the club is different, so you can probably get away with insisting it isn’t you. The person exposing you would also risk having it revealed that they’re registered with Universe Club as a papa (a male supporter), so even if someone from the same company noticed, it would be hard for them to say anything lol. Also, I think it depends on the industry. In flashy fields like television and the media, papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) is probably more widespread, and information or tip-offs may circulate more easily. For example, Nakamaru’s wife, announcer Sasazaki, used to work at a club in Ginza. Her job offer from a TV company was withdrawn, but she sued, won, and had the offer reinstated, right? As far as the possibility of being found out goes, it’s extremely small. If you have the nerve to deny everything even if you are found out, I think you’ll probably be fine.

If you’re thinking of signing up now, I’d advise against it. You probably won’t have your job offer revoked immediately if it comes to light, but rumors may spread, and at more conservative workplaces, people could find all sorts of reasons to make things difficult for you until you feel uncomfortable staying there.

I don’t think there’s normally any risk of having your job offer rescinded. For one thing, an escort club isn’t a sex-work establishment, and it isn’t related to adult videos either. It’s essentially just another type of matchmaking service. Unless the company has rules prohibiting matchmaking services and explicitly states in its hiring information that applicants registered with dating or matchmaking apps will not be accepted, I don’t think they can rescind a job offer for that reason. Also, I’m not sure how a company would even find out that someone was registered with an escort club. Universe is membership-based, so people who aren’t members wouldn’t know. The only scenario I can think of is that an executive or someone else at the company happened to be registered with the club. But I don’t understand why it would be acceptable for men to register but not women. So even if you were asked, you could simply say that you weren’t registered. Universe Club would not disclose that information even if asked—though they would comply with a court order. And I imagine courts would only issue such an order in cases involving a criminal investigation. Someone would have to explain who found out about the registration and how. If the man admitted that he himself was a member, you might possibly be able to sue him in civil court if your job offer were rescinded. That’s how difficult the situation would be to prove, so it’s hard to imagine someone losing a job offer just because their registration was discovered. That said, people can find out, so if you’re worried, I recommend not registering. And yes, I mean dating and matchmaking apps as well. Come to think of it, there’s apparently a story about a woman who appeared in adult videos while she was a student and was later called in by HR after joining a major company. Apparently, she wasn’t fired because of it; it was more like they were checking whether the rumor was true so they could decide how to handle the situation going forward. What I found amusing was that she then received lots of invitations from senior executives to go drinking. She supposedly turned them all down and said, “I’m not a hostess.” That part was pretty remarkable too.

I’m not really sure, but I’ve never heard of any specific cases like that. I have heard of wives demanding compensation, and of people being audited by the tax authorities. But I’ve never heard of anyone’s workplace finding out. I’ve even met a civil servant who was doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) at Universal Studios Japan. I once heard about a hospital director who found a newly hired dietitian in a Universal Studios Japan album and made her an offer. She was shocked, but apparently she eventually became the director’s mistress. It was a small hospital, so everyone at work knew about it. If I imagine being the questioner’s future supervisor and also a male member of Universal Studios Japan, I wouldn’t rescind the job offer, at least. If she were my type, I’d make her an offer and sleep with her. If I were a cheap guy, I might threaten her, saying I’d found her weak spot and she should do it for free. If the questioner were reported to her future workplace, it would probably be retaliation from someone who resented her—perhaps the papa’s wife or a man she had dated in the past. A lot of ordinary people may disapprove of papa-katsu, but those people generally wouldn’t have any reason to look at Universal Studios Japan albums in the first place.

If you ask whether there’s any risk, I’d say there is, however small—just as there’s always a chance of being hit by a car when you’re walking down the street.