Word: sawamura
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...still a business. A host may juggle dozens of clients at a time. Some visit the club just a few times a year, but those who come regularly require a significant amount of off-duty attention. Takuya Sawamura, a gregarious, pink-haired host in Kobe, phones his top clients a few times a week, tags along on shopping trips and acts as their boyfriend at class reunions. He also provides sex. "It's whatever the client wants," he says. He isn't paid cash for these favors, but the women thank him by racking up fat expenses at the club...
...What we sell is not a thing," Sawamura muses. "If they just wanted a drink, they could go to a liquor store. If they wanted sex, they could call a gigolo. What they want and we provide is caring. Kindness. The knowledge that someone is thinking of them." The common misperception, especially among men, is that male hosts lead glamorous lives with women lavishing on them Rolexes, Dom Perignon and sex. Sawamura, who makes $80,000 a year, laughs. "It's more about research, brains and lots of hard work...
...sleazy image persists because, as the competition increases, business tactics are getting rough. Police say hosts are preying on housewives and teenage girls, who are sometimes forced into prostitution when they can't pay off five- or six-figure bills. "Schoolgirls are always looking for the latest fad," says Sawamura, "and right now, host clubs...
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