Japanese billionaire abandons search for space girlfriend

Yusaku Maezawa
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The greatest potential love story of our time has already come to a crushing end.

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has scrapped plans for a dating show on which he'd search for a girlfriend to take to space after receiving more than 27,000 applications, The Verge reports.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.