A 24-Year-Old Beauty Who is inundated with Offers at Dating Clubs Speaks “Face to Face” about the Realities of “Money and Love” for Girls in the Papa’s Life

In the past few years, the term “daddy’s life” has become firmly established. On the other hand, there have been reports of both men and women getting into trouble, and it has become a social issue. In order to get a closer look at the reality of this phenomenon, we interviewed some of the women who are involved in it.

While the image of “papa-katsu” is one of communication through social networking services and apps, there are also women who go through “dating clubs. In this system, after paying an admission fee of several tens of thousands of yen to over 100,000 yen, male members who have passed a certain screening process pay a setting fee for each date to meet with a woman. Female members must also pass a screening process in order to join, which has the advantage of guaranteeing a certain level of safety.

This time, Friday Digital had the opportunity to interview a female member of “Universe Club,” the largest dating club in the industry. When one thinks of women in a dating club, one might imagine “mistresses” or “prostitutes.

However, one of the most popular female members of the Universe Club who appeared before the reporter was Yuka (pseudonym), a 24-year-old office worker who had moved to Tokyo from the countryside. We delved deeper into her reasons for starting a papa-katsu activity, the kind of relationships she actually engages in, her allowance, and her sense of values toward romance.

Why did you start the papa lifestyle?

Yuka: You have good style.

Yuka: I have an F-cup.

Yuka: You have an F-cup!　Now, let’s get right to the point. What made you start your papa activities?

Yuka: When I was living alone in my hometown, I didn’t have any friends, so I thought I’d give it a try. I did a little research on Twitter (now X) and …… by myself, and at the time I was using an app to do it.

─ So you joined Universe Club after coming to Tokyo. What was your impression before you joined?

Yuka: My friend told me about it, and although I was a little scared, I thought the quality of the people I could meet seemed higher than on an app. In fact, the male members were kind and the staff was polite and very nice.