Scouts and Hosts Entangled in Controversial Practices with Ongoing Arrests

In July, the National Police Agency decided to establish a “Study Group on Measures against Malicious Host Clubs” with experts. The main reason for the establishment of the study group is that there have been 76 incidents across the country since last year that are believed to be related to malicious host clubs.

On July 16, it was announced that a host club executive and a sex scout were arrested for violating the Employment Security Law for illegally introducing female host club customers to sex clubs.

‘Sis!　Back from the host?　Are you going to your boss’s place?　What are you doing now?　Are you interested in the nightlife or something?”

When a woman is walking alone in Kabukicho, she is often approached by scouts like this. They introduce a variety of jobs, including cabaret clubs, adult entertainment, illegal men’s clubs, and adult videos, and they are closely connected with the hosts.

I go to places like Hoskura with the scout in charge!　The scout buys me drinks, and I can contribute to the sales of the host.

I enjoy talking with the host in charge, but the scout who is with me says to the help hosts when they sit down, “I’m a scout, so if you have girls you want to make money with, please leave it to me. I can introduce them to jobs and give them back their money! I can introduce them to jobs and give them back their money! It is quite common for us to use scouts introduced to us by the host in charge.

Maika (pseudonym, 26), a former sex worker who is now a cabaret girl, said, “I use scouts through my contact.

When you use a scout through your host, there are advantages for all three parties. First of all, the girl gets attention from both the host and the scout. From the scout’s point of view, he can introduce his clients (girls) without having to develop new ones himself, and from the host’s point of view, he can get detailed reports from the scout on how much money his princesses (clients) are making.

Then, for example, even if a girl really earned 100,000 yen, she cannot tell a lie such as, “I only earned 30,000 yen today because I was busy, so I can’t unload the champagne. The scout will say, “No, you really earned 100,000 yen, I heard from the scout! I heard that from a scout.

Moreover, the host who introduces a girl to a scout gets a kickback from the scout, which is an additional portion of the kickback the scout receives from the girl’s earnings. So, when I was working in the sex industry, the host in charge received both the sales at the store and my sex sales. How far would they go to exploit me? (laughs).”

In fact, in the documents that a certain scout group handed to the hosts that the author obtained, the phrase, “You can send your customers to work at ……” and the phrase, “You can get an introduction fee” are written in large letters.

It is quite common for a former scout to become a host, or for a host to turn into a scout. In the end, scouts and hosts are inseparable, and girls are passed around between acquaintances.

A scout who once approached the author on the street and offered to buy him a drink at Ramen Jiro told us, “I came from the countryside with my friends and all my luggage.

He said, “I came to Tokyo from the countryside with my friends and all my stuff. One of my seniors in my hometown was a scout, and he happened to pick me up. I’m living with a friend in a small apartment now, but I want to be successful.

They may think it is a dream job where they can make it on their own, but to begin with, scouting on the street is illegal. It seems that the number of arrests will not decrease for a while.

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From the August 9, 2024 issue of FRIDAY