--- title: "Billionaire Cancels Reality Show to Find Girlfriend For Moon Trip" description: "Japanese billionaire Yukatu Maezawa had to break the hearts of 27,722 women, revealing that he cancelled the TV show to find himself a Moon trip companion." date: "2020-01-30" modified: "2020-01-30" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/billionaire-cancels-reality-show-girlfriend-moon-trip" categories: - "Astronomy" - "Moon" - "Space" tags: - "moon" - "SpaceX" - "the digest" --- # Billionaire Cancels Reality Show to Find Girlfriend For Moon Trip ![Japanese billionaire Yukatu Maezawa had to break the hearts of 27,722 women, revealing that he cancelled the TV show to find himself a Moon trip companion.]() *\Image: NASA/Victor Tangermann\* ## Heart Breaker Earlier this month, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa — the man who [bought]() the first SpaceX Starship round trip ticket to the Moon back in 2018 — [announced]() he will be looking for a travel companion and "life partner" as part of a Japanese reality TV show called "Full Moon Lovers," run by streaming service AbemaTV. But on Thursday, Maezawa had to break the hearts of over [20,000 women](), [revealing on Twitter]() that he would no longer be part of the TV show. ## Personal Reasons "Due to personal reasons, I have informed AbemaTV yesterday with my decision to no longer participate in the matchmaking documentary, hence requested for the cancellation of the show," Maezawa wrote in a [tweet](). "To think that 27,722 women, with earnest intentions and courage, had used their precious time to apply makes me feel extremely remorseful to conclude and inform everyone with this selfish decision of mine," he continued in [a follow-up](). ## Female Partner The show was going to follow Maezawa in his search for a "female partner to go to the moon with him," according to the show's [official website](). All that remains on the website now is an announcement apologizing for Maezawa's impromptu decision. "For those who have applied to the selection..., we are very sorry that we had to cancel this project in this way." **READ MORE:** [The Japanese billionaire travelling to the moon with SpaceX has abandoned his reality TV hunt for a girlfriend]() \[*Business Insider*\] **More on the saga:** *[20,000 Apply to Be Billionaire’s Girlfriend, Get Free Moon Trip]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()