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44-year-old Maezawa, who sold his online fashion retailer Zozo
Inc to SoftBank Group Corp, is seeking single females aged over
20 for the show, which will be shown on streaming service
AbemaTV.
"As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to surge
upon me, there's one thing that I think about: continuing to
love one woman," wrote Maezawa on a website for applicants.
"I want to find a 'life partner'. With that future partner of
mine, I want to shout our love and world peace from outer
space," continued Maezawa, who is due to fly around the moon in
2023 as the first private passenger with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Maezawa, who recently split up from actress girlfriend Ayame
Goriki, 27, has said he plans to take artists on the flight to
inspire works based on the experience, in a project he dubbed
Dear Moon.
The documentary, titled "Full Moon Lovers", will stream on
AbemaTV, which is backed by online ad agency CyberAgent and
broadcaster TV Asahi and targets a younger audience that is
turning away from traditional TV.
Applicants must "be interested in going into space and able to
participate in the preparation for it" and "be someone who
wishes for world peace", the website states.
Applications close on Jan. 17 and Maezawa will select his
partner by the end of March.
The documentary is the latest high-profile move by the
billionaire, who is also giving away $9 million to his Twitter
followers to try and spark debate in Japan about the merits of
the idea of basic income.
(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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