Emiri Aizawa

Emiri Aizawa (愛沢 えみり, Aizawa Emiri, born September 1, 1988) is a Japanese cabaret hostess, and fashion model best known for appearing in the Koakuma Ageha cabaret-gyaru fashion magazine. She made her first appearance in Koakuma Ageha in 2011 as the "top girl" at a Tokyo hostess bar. She has appeared regularly in Koakuma Ageha since 2012. She is dubbed the "New-Generation No.1 cabaret-hostess of Kabukicho (the largest red-light district in Japan)", or simply "Queen of Kabukicho" (歌舞伎町の嬢王, Kabukichoh no joh-oh).

Biography

Career in modeling

While working at a Tokyo hostess bar named "Gentleman'z Club" at the age of 23, Aizawa made her debut in Koakuma Ageha for its November 2011 issue, becoming the focus of a three-page feature. She signed an exclusive contract with the magazine in 2012 and began appearing as a main model in its November 2012 issue.

Career in nightwork

Prior to nightwork, Aizawa worked for a short period as a cashier for a convenience store, and a clerk for a store in the Shibuya 109 mall. She began her hostess career in 2006 at the age of 18 in Roppongi, Tokyo. She moved to Shinjuku, Tokyo at the age of 20 and began working at "Proudia", a Kabukicho hostess bar. She then moved to another hostess bar in Kabukicho, "Gentleman'z Club", at the age of 22. Working on her 23rd birthday, she brought in 27 million yen ($245,000; £150,000) for the club.

Brand

Aside from night work, and modeling for the Koakuma Ageha magazine, Aizawa launched her own fashion brand, a dress brand "Tiara Mily", in 2013.

Personal life

Aizawa was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa and currently resides in Tokyo. She is noted in the Koakuma Ageha magazine for her extravagant life style, as the "quintessential spendthrift". With her estimated average monthly expenditure of about ¥9,740,000 (≈ AU$119,000 ≈ CA$125,000 ≈ SG$155,000 ≈ UK£80,000 ≈ US$124,000), which consists of costs of rent, utilities, and for buying high brand items such as Harry Winston watch ¥3,500,000, Louis Vuitton earrings ¥700,000, and Chanel one-piece dress ¥250,000, she has been named the "most hardcore spendthrift" in Koakuma Ageha since its August 2012 issue.