I’m thinking about joining, but since I never know when auditions and other commitments will come up on weekdays, weekends are easier for me to meet due to my schedule.

Maezawa from the CEO’s Office here as well. Thank you for your questions. > Conversely, aren’t most people unavailable on Saturdays and Sundays? Huh? Is that really the case? I wondered, so I looked at the number of dates during a particular week and calculated each day as a percentage of the average number of dates: Monday: 97.0% Tuesday: 98.4% Wednesday: 95.6% Thursday: 106.7% Friday: 115.1% Saturday: 106.7% Sunday: 80.4% So Friday is the busiest, Sunday is the quietest, and the other days are more or less the same—within the margin of error, perhaps. Because of that, if you’re able to go on dates on Saturdays, I don’t think it puts you at much of a disadvantage. That said, there will naturally be a difference in opportunities between someone who can date seven days a week and someone who can only date two days a week. Also, the reason there are more dates on Fridays may be that many women are available because the following Saturday is their day off. (The same may explain why there are fewer dates on Sundays.) In that case, it seems like you might be able to date on Friday nights, and on other days, there probably wouldn’t be any auditions in the evening either. So, when all is said and done, there may be quite a few days when you can date at night, meaning the disadvantage may not be all that significant. > Are there actually women at Universe Club who earn over one million yen a month? (I realize men may dislike the term “earn,” but I’m using it intentionally.) The staff arrange the introductions, but we don’t really know what happens after that. However, based on what the women themselves report, it seems there are some who receive about that much in allowance.

It’s not just weekends, but I only have about eight days a month when I can go on dates, and I can stay overnight on only four of those days. Since you’re probably young and beautiful, with that celebrity-like vibe, I think 1 million yen is entirely possible—especially when you consider that you could probably receive about twice the allowance I get, being almost fifty. I remember Saito’s♪ blog describing a roundtable with some stunning women, and you’d probably fit right in. Of course, I can’t take responsibility if you read this and end up saying, “That’s not what we agreed on.” Marika

This is Nagato from the Tokyo staff. As for the final point about earning over ¥1 million, that’s not something our staff can determine, so we’ll leave it out. There are both women and men who only want offers on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, so I don’t believe that would be a problem at all. More importantly, if you prioritize auditions that come up suddenly and end up canceling dates, that could seriously affect your ability to continue participating. Coming in for an interview does not obligate you to join, so we would appreciate it if you could come in for an interview once.

I’m Basil, a male member. Personally, since I can’t predict my work schedule on weekdays, I mainly do papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) on weekends. Even if you have five or six people seeing you, I think it’s difficult to make ¥1 million a month just by working weekends unless you find an exceptionally generous (well-paying) papa (a male supporter). To reach ¥1 million, you’d need to meet two people a day every weekend: 2 people × 8 days × ¥50,000, plus extras. Realistically, meeting four people over two days every weekend would be exhausting. Also, if a generous papa is very demanding, such as insisting on overnight stays every weekend, you’ll have fewer opportunities to meet other people.

I’m Hikoki, a male member. More than half of the first dates I’ve had with women I’ve offered to meet have been on weekends. I think I get more offers than women who say they prefer weekday daytime meetings, who are more likely to work in the nightlife industry. With five or six papas, if you have openings every Saturday and Sunday in the 11–3 p.m., 4–6 p.m., and 7 p.m.–midnight slots, that gives you up to 24 slots even on weekends alone. Even if the allowance is 50,000–60,000 yen or 10,000–30,000 yen for dinner only, you can theoretically clear 1 million yen. If a woman is still receiving offers almost every day even after a year, it’s certainly possible. One secret to keeping offers coming from men may be not raising the allowance too much. Once you raise it, I think the offers will soon dry up. From a man’s perspective, women who reply, “I can meet anytime,” “Any time tomorrow, Sunday, works for me,” or “I’m free all day tomorrow, Saturday—let’s go somewhere. I want to go here,” are more appealing. So maybe the only option is to keep yourself from running out of offers…

I’m Kazu, a male member. If you’re only available on weekends, I do think the number of offers—or dates that actually come together—will decrease. The staff don’t know how much allowance the women are receiving, so I think asking them would be a mistake. Women who are careless enough not to understand the nuances of that side of things are people to avoid, so you should be careful. There probably are women who take home over a million yen a month. In most cases, they have a strong presence on the platform, are good at keeping their papas satisfied, or possess something beyond just beauty. Usually, even a very attractive woman has to do pay-per-meeting arrangements at ¥100,000 each, about ten times a month—that is, meeting someone every three days—to reach that level. Aiming for ¥1 million just because weekends are more convenient seems a little unrealistic. If you’re trying to earn that much, I think you need to take it more seriously. That said, I can’t say it’s absolutely impossible to have a miracle encounter with a man whose wallet has somehow come completely unhinged, and receive ¥300,000 every week—¥1.2 million a month. That’s what makes relationships between men and women so interesting. A long time ago, a woman I knew became a yakuza boss’s mistress, received ¥1 million a month and an apartment, and even made her gravure debut. She was apparently discarded after about two years when he got bored, but it seems that if you’re prepared to go as far as giving yourself completely to a scary older man, you can live that way for a couple of years. Still, I feel encounters like that are more likely to happen at a hostess club than through a dating club. Even so, I’d say this woman was relatively lucky.