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© Thomson Reuters 2020.Moonstruck: Japanese billionaire's girlfriend applicants top 20,000
By Sam Nussey TOKYO©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Vince Black
Well that relationship has a lot of promise
ListenTheTruth
It is an incredible opportunity, to get a free trip around the moon, only a handful of humans and no women have done that. I’d go for it if I was female. but I’d definitely be a “I want a white wedding”, then tell him to sling his hook once we were back on terra firma. I certainly would not let him bring that toy. Ouch.
No Business
Hmm, it's actually very easy in Japan to get a woman with money....
Jimizo
Put your spacesuit on.
Bugle Boy of Company B
I’m sure its because of his magnetic personality.
Viktor Cernatinskij
Chuishite kudasai!!!
Elon Musk's SpaceX?? Very very very brave girlfriends!!!
John Beara
pathetic
JJ Jetplane
I'm surprised. The number is lower than I expected.
Thunderbird2
This is just so pathetic... girls with no self-respect and a rich tosser who thinks you can buy love.
Wesley
I don't want to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO!
NorwegianboyEE
So which answer gives you the highest score? Haha.
Ascissor
Where can I find these wealthy women?
CrashTestDummy
I guess Tinder didn't work for him.
papigiulio
Weee look at them golddiggers. Ok, I'd like to see a breakdown of age, ethnicity, hometowns and of course photos.
oldman_13
Corrected for you.
darknuts
It's pathetic that 20,000 women want to be his girlfriend? Or is the fact that he's a wealthy entrepreneur that's about to fly to the moon in his own private space ship?
indigo
Japanese women simulate for money.
man is a wallet here. nothing more.
N30N0M3N
Pic: Look at that man-boy with his toy rocket.
John Beara
Hey gal... wanna ride my rocket? No, not that one, the other obe
rainyday
There is a significant risk of not returning alive from that trip, so I’d factor that into the yes/no equation on deciding to go on that date.
DaDude
People shouldn't be up in arms about this. Many women get on these dating shows to get their foot into the industry. Terrace House and Ainori members have gone on to be on TV, movies and released albums. Why do I know this? My wife is glued to these garbage shows lol
Serrano
The show's application site now includes a "love diagnostic test" where potential entrants can test their compatibility with the entrepreneur, who sold his online fashion business Zozo Inc to SoftBank Group Corp last year.
Multiple-choice questions include "If you rode in a private jet where would you go?" and "If Maezawa farted in front of you what would you say?", with users presented with a photo of the billionaire varying from happy to sad depending on their score.
I' not seeing that on his website. Can you give us a link, please? And hurry, applications close tomorrow 10am, lol
Hmm, it's actually very easy in Japan to get a woman with money
Where can I find these wealthy women?
Har! But of course they meant to say "it's actually very easy in Japan to get a woman if you have a lot of money.
If you're a young stud who doesn't have a lot of money, get a job at one of the host clubs, like Roppongi Host Club axe, and you'll be able to meet wealthy women who want to be pampered.
commanteer
A lot of jealousy in these comments.
I mean, a girl wanting a guy because he built a super fortune for himself is wrong? But a girl wanting a guy because he's good looking (which he had nothing to do with, except inheriting good genes) is OK? Or because he has a shallow but witty repartee is OK?
What have the commenters done compared to this guy's achievements?
lesenfant
20000 gold diggers.
Velius
The real question is, how many of the 20,000 actually don’t care about him but want to primarily go around the MOON, thinking, “ahh afterwards if it doesn’t work out I’ll just leave him”. My guess is the majority of them...
FizzBit
What’s next? Mars?
gogogo
What did he expect? Basically using his money to find a girlfriend, is not going to end well.
Frank
It is not worth sitting on Top of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Rockets for any amount of money, even Billions.
Rocket Motors are still too Unreliable and Dangerous. They can still sometimes Explode on Ignition!
To contradict Gordon Gekko: Greed is definitely Not Good! You don't need Billions to be happy.
nandakandamanda
Hah, 20,000 airheads, or should I say space heads?
kurisupisu
What entertainment it all is...
Nikki Marshall
A bellend.
ETHAN1001
I wonder what first attracted these applicants to the BILLIONAIRE Yusaku Maezawa???
Frank
As far as I know, Elon Musk has not yet even sent a Spacecraft into Moon Orbit
and returned it safely back to Earth.
I am just very concerned about the safety of the people on-board, that's all.
Forget his Billions Girls! What good is the money to you if you are dead?
Find yourself a very good, kind, nice, honest and caring Gentleman instead.
John Beara
Dear Miatanaka.
The whole plan is pathetic as i wrote it before. This man suffer from lack of confidence.
Money doesn't make people happy, it help your lifestyle. You japanese are some strange specimens... I mean c'mon... That other guy married with a doll? Another one married with a hologram? Selling use panties in public machine? huhu ... take a look at the mirror girl.
macv
Neil Armstrong and my dad who was proj manager on Apollo missions rolling in their graves
Reese
I'm sure he'll pick the one with the best personality. :)
Flute
Where is the test ? That looks funny.
I tried to go to the application website. In english, you can apply with no filling but no test after and in japanese you have to fill stuff. As I do not match the criteria, I do not see the point in applying. I am just curious about the test. :D
I do not think it only apply to women. Most likely if he opened it to men, they will a bunch rushing over even ones which have no interest in other men on daily basis.
Remember, it is not just money he is selling : fame and trip to the moon are also in the catch. So obviously there is lot of people which could be interested.
mike1492
The 20,000 want him for his money......
theFu
Out of 20,000, there are probably 1000 who are scientists and would put up with taking it for $9M. Women put up with a bunch of male crap for all sorts of lesser reasons.
The other 19,000 seek fame or the money or both. Just look at the "Flavor of Love" TV show.
He's taking artists along too, right? Is this "girlfriend" position to be shared by everyone on-board? Transvestites allowed? My money is on a skinny blonde being selected.
6 days spent in close quarters with other people, all eating, farting, and crapping into bags, isn't nearly as much fun as a camping trip.
WilliB
theFu:
Yes, I think the reality of the situation will hit them quickly.
Yrral
Maybe if he get a personality,maybe he can find a woman
Frank
Any potential Partner / Wife is going to have to be prepared to go through the Rigorous Training required to be an Astronaut to endure the Launch and Re-entry.
philly1
The question should be: What should he say?
JJ W
What's kind of funny about this whole situation in sad but also kind of sexist way is that Maezawa was advertising this as some momentous opportunity to become the "first woman to travel to the moon."
How great would it be for the history books to read about how the first female on the moon was a dating contest winner rather than an aspiring astronaut, as a way to inspire young girls to pursue the sciences. Frankly, I'm actually hoping that NASA will succeed before he does.
HJSLLS
Most or all of these applicants do not know Maezawa personally. That may be fine for a casual date. But we’re talking about going to the Moon. If something goes wrong, they both need to implicitly trust one another. God forbid if they face a Titanic situation where one must sacrifice his/her life for the other to live. You don’t want to find out then that the relationship is not deep enough to agree on that decision.
David Shawn Kanda
It's all about the money. Who knows what this character is really like.
stormcrow
The guy's a billionaire and he has trouble pick up women the regular way?
OneEyedMan
Lol! Why hate on these women? Do you hate a lioness that chooses the fitter stronger male lion over the weaker one? If one of these women have his kid they and their child will be set for generations.
Whether you like to believe it, humans are not separated from the rules of nature ie. survival of the fittest.
mikmic
if you're a billionaire and need to campaign for a date to space , setting all the women that KNOW you aside , you must have some seriously dark issues .
Jonathan Prin
Ladies, I can bring you to the stars, for free.
Just need to be smart, kind, feminine and open-minded.
Oups, wrong site !
Andrew Crisp
20,000 that's a lot of host bar girls
WilliB
Money. Allowing unattractive guys to get laid, since... well, since forever. It is the human condition. Nothing new here.
Frank
Why can't he just use a Dating Agency here on Earth instead of endangering someone else's life?
If he wants to risk his own life then that is his choice.
How did he get his money anyway? Did he Inherit it? Has he ever done a day's work?
N. Knight
its easy everywhere, not just Japan
Kobe White Bar Owner
just read this and feel its also fitting here "biased, lacked integrity and independence".
Pathetic on all fronts.