About the women’s profile photos on the website: There are often periods when several women appear in very similar outfits with almost the same color scheme. Does that mean they’re hiring women specifically for the website (for promotional purposes)?

Universe Tokyo’s Mamiya here. The women listed on our website are women who have actually come in for interviews. We can’t post anyone who doesn’t want to be featured, and we also offer outfit photo shoots for those who worry they might be recognized in their own clothes. It may simply be that we happened to have a run of women who preferred black or other understated colors.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I was curious about that too, so I checked after joining. The women shown there are members. I confirmed this for several women at the branch I’m registered with. I didn’t check any further because verifying details like their occupations would be a hassle, but they don’t seem to be promotional models. The reason you sometimes see several women wearing the same outfit is that female members often have their profile photos taken in clothing provided by the club. I don’t know whether that applies to many of them or all of them. Looking through the women’s profiles, I’ve noticed several wearing the same outfits. Papua: I assumed the provided outfits were intentionally used to create a certain look, so I thought that made sense. Maezawa: I had assumed that around 80% of them wore outfits provided by the club. I figured everyone would want to wear something that would attract offers. Actually, there’s one outfit at a certain branch that I really like, and whenever I see a woman wearing it, I find myself wanting to send her an offer（笑）

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here. We don’t go through the hassle of hiring someone just for this. Plenty of women register with us every day, so we post their photos as they are—though we make sure their faces aren’t shown. I’m not sure why the color schemes are sometimes the same, but some members may recognize that the outfit is one provided by the branch. If the clothes are exactly the same, they’re branch-provided outfits. If only the color scheme is similar, it’s probably best to assume it’s just a coincidence. In fact, members sometimes see a woman’s photo and say, “I’d like to make an offer to her.” If it’s been a while since the photo was posted, it may be difficult to track her down, but right after posting, we can usually find the person, so an offer is possible. P.S. About the loaner outfits: Most of them are fairly sexy outfits with a low neckline. So when the staff think, “She might get more offers if she wore something that showed a little more skin, but in this outfit she might look too ordinary and get overlooked,” they’ll usually ask something like, “Would you mind changing into a different outfit?” So wearing a branch-provided outfit doesn’t mean she’s a person to avoid. If anything, these women are often the type who can’t say no when staff ask them to wear something—in other words, they’re generally women with good personalities.