What’s the minimum annual income for a man who can give a woman ¥500,000 a month?

I’m だて◎ゆめ, a male member. > From talking with the men, most of them aren’t particularly quick-witted, and hardly any of them seem to know good places to eat. > Many of them honestly have lower educational backgrounds than I do, so I can’t help wondering if an annual income of ¥40 million is really that impressive. > (Of course, I do realize they’re still wealthy.) What are you talking about...? Everyone’s going to get mad at you... <`ヘ´> First of all, what’s your own annual income...? Compare it to that. If it’s lower than yours, then I suppose you could say it isn’t that impressive. That said, isn’t the real question here how much disposable money they have, rather than their annual income? I doubt there are that many people who can spend around ¥20 million a year on the women they date out of their personal spending money. Their annual income is probably over ¥100 million.

I’m Dai, a male member. Someone earning ¥40 million a year would probably take home around ¥1.5–2 million a month. So you’re essentially asking for an allowance equivalent to about 30% of his income. Whether he’d still want to pay that much depends on how attractive you are to him. That said, whether the allowance would actually be a financial burden also depends on the man’s financial assets. Some people have assets worth hundreds of millions of yen despite having a relatively modest income. For someone like that, even ¥500,000 a month might not be a significant burden. You can’t measure intelligence by academic background. If someone can’t put their education to use, even being quick-witted is a wasted talent. Thinking that a high income automatically means someone only goes to luxury hotels and expensive restaurants is the mindset of a nouveau riche person.

I’m Kazu, a male member. I was going to calculate the minimum amount based on annual income and take-home pay, but Maezawa has already written about that, so please refer to his answer. Instead, I’ll share my personal perspective. When I was earning around ¥50 million a year, my take-home pay was over ¥2 million a month. At that time, if I had a favorite mistress who took perfect care of me, was always available whenever I wanted sex, had unprotected sex with me, and pleasurably licked my anus as well, I think I would have willingly paid her a ¥500,000 monthly allowance. However, if she didn’t take care of me but met me once a week, had unprotected sex with me, and pleasurably licked my anus as well, I could find as many women like that as I wanted for around ¥200,000–¥300,000 a month, regardless of the man’s income. So I can’t really imagine a woman I’d want to date badly enough to pay ¥500,000 a month. The only exception might be a favorite mistress who would have and raise my child. Ultimately, I think it’s not about the man’s income. It’s simply that you haven’t proposed an arrangement compelling enough for a man earning ¥40 million a year to feel that paying a ¥500,000 monthly allowance would be worthwhile. P.S. Men who can comfortably afford a ¥500,000 monthly allowance often keep several women receiving ¥200,000–¥300,000 a month instead. In other words, to receive ¥500,000 a month, you probably need to be about three to five times as appealing as women receiving ¥200,000–¥300,000.

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here—I’ll answer this too. How much annual income would make ¥500,000 a month feel affordable? I think it varies from person to person, but let’s look at it from another angle. Japan’s average annual income in 2020 was reportedly ¥4.36 million, so let’s assume a man could live a reasonably normal life on that income. Paying a woman ¥500,000 a month comes to ¥6 million a year. If meals cost ¥30,000 per person, that’s ¥60,000 for two. Meeting four times a month would be ¥240,000 a month, or ¥2.88 million a year. If each hotel stay costs ¥50,000, that would be ¥50,000 × 4 times × 12 months = ¥2.4 million. That means spending ¥11.28 million a year on the woman. Adding ¥4.36 million for his own living expenses, he would need ¥15.64 million—but that would have to be take-home pay. In terms of gross annual income, he’d need about ¥26.06 million. So, if the man is willing to live modestly, an annual income of ¥26.06 million should be enough. That said, I don’t think many people would go that far just to date someone. If we assume he can spend at least as much on himself as he does on the woman, then he would need roughly ¥33.84 million in after-tax income: ¥11.28 million for the woman + ¥11.28 million for his hobbies + ¥11.28 million for living expenses. However, if he pays the woman ¥500,000 but doesn’t spend much on meals, hotels, and so on, a much lower income would be sufficient. The ratio between what someone spends on themselves and what they spend on a woman also varies from person to person, but even with an annual income of ¥20 million, someone who makes proper use of tax-saving measures might still be able to give a woman around ¥500,000 a month.

I’m Paper Airplane, a male member. If I were giving her 500,000 yen a month, I’d want to be her first in every respect. I’d like to meet her while she’s still inexperienced with things like high-end restaurants and luxury hotels—even if I’m paying 500,000 yen.