Japanese 億万長者 Maezawa pulls out of dating show that 約束d the moon
By Sam Nussey
TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japanese fashion 億万長者 Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a 文書の search for a girlfriend to take on his voyage around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX, 特記する／引用するing his "mixed feelings" about 参加するing.
This month, the 44-year-old 発表するd he was 捜し出すing 選び出す／独身 女性（の）s over 20 willing to 争う to become his girlfriend for a 文書の to be 空気／公表するd on streaming service AbemaTV. Almost 28,000 people 適用するd.
Maezawa said he is "極端に remorseful" about the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to pull out, わびるing to the applicants and AbemaTV staff in 地位，任命するs to Twitter, where he is Japan's most followed account with more than 7 million 信奉者s.
Maezawa, the 創立者 and former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo, which he last year sold to SoftBank Group Corp, is known for 開始する，打ち上げるing big ideas with much ファンファーレ／誇示 - though some of them don't pan out as planned.
As CEO, he 開始する，打ち上げるd the Zozosuit, a polka-dot bodysuit that 許すd 使用者s to collect 団体／死体 測定s to order custom-made 着せる／賦与するs but which did not work 井戸／弁護士席 in practice. He also 輪郭（を描く）d an ambitious overseas 拡大 計画（する） that wildly undershot 的s, 主要な to a 衝突，墜落 in the company's 在庫／株 price.
Maezawa has 誓約（する）d to give away $9 million to his Twitter 信奉者s in what he says is a "social 実験" to see if the 支払い（額） 上げるs their happiness. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Sam Nussey; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
