Roland (Japanese host)
Roland (stylized as ROLAND) is a Japanese host, fashion model, TV personality, and entrepreneur. He is the representative director of Roland Group HD, Inc. As the Kabukicho host club sales record holder, he has been nicknamed "King of the Hosts". His income amounts to 42 million yen per month; his cosmetic surgery costs have incurred more than 10 million yen, with touch-up procedures costing 200 thousand yen per month. History. Roland was born as Fuuga Matsuo (松尾 風雅) in 1992 in Tokyo. After graduating from Teikyo Koutou School, he proceeded to enter Teikyo University, but dropped  out and made his host debut at age 18 as Makoto Tojo. After a year as a low ranking employee, he became representative director of the club he had been working at age 21. In 2013, at the major host club group KG-produce's Club PLATINA -Main Branch-, he brought in a record amount of cash flow as the lead host. Afterwards, he made appearances on many TV programs, and became active as a talent. In August 2017, he changed his pseudonym from Makoto Tojo to ROLAND. His birthday event in 2018 brought sales of more than 60 million  yen to his host club, making a new record for highest sales in the group. At that time, he hosted broadcasts on TV Asahi keiretsu's variety TV show, "Sono Saki", making his name known to the general public. Afterwards, he quit working as a lead host and separated from KG-produce. Since October 2018, he is affiliated with his personal office, Schwarz, which he created. In 2019, he opened his first exhibition at Ikebukuro PARCO, titled "Ro LAND ~Ore ka, Ore Igai ka~", which included virtual reality elements. A total of 100,000 people attended. In April of that same  year, he opened host club THE CLUB. On 28 February 2020, ROLAND opened his YouTube channel, "THE ROLAND SHOW". As of 18 March 2020, his videos had been viewed a total of 2,300,000 times, and the number of subscribers to his channel had surpassed 97,000. In response to the Tokyo government's request for self-quarantine due to the spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, THE CLUB suspended operations from April to 26 May. Due to measures to prevent the spread of the virus, businesses were able to reopen at the end of May. On 9 July, the amount  of infected people in the city reached a new peak. As it was determined that further business was no longer possible, THE CLUB was permanently closed on the same day. On August 3, ROLAND was featured in a collaboration with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, appearing in a voice card. On December 16 of the same year, he co-produced women's dress and lingerie brand G&R in collaboration with musician Gackt; however, three days after the press release, some of the dresses were accused of copying from foreign brands. The operating company Dazzy (stylized as dazzy) confirmed suspicions that the designs  had been copied, and announced that items and merchandise which were sold were recalled and refunded. On Roland's official YouTube channel, Roland released an apology in regards to the incident, and announced the end of his contract with dazzy. On December 18, 2020, a manga titled "" by Noriyoshi Inoue was released, based loosely on Roland's journey to becoming a top host. When talking about the project, Roland said that his dream had been granted. Various promotional campaigns were run for its first release. As of 28 January 2021, the manga had sold over 100,000 copies, and a second  volume was announced. In March 2021, Roland ran a limited time pop-up shop in the Shibuya Hikarie building for his menswear brand Christian Roland. Further apologizing for the G&R incident, he says that this time, he doesn't want to sell anything that isn't 100% produced by the collaboration of himself and designer Munetaka Yokoyama. On April 21, 2021, Roland released a book titled "ROLAND ENGLISH", published by Nihon Bungeisha. The book uses his widely quoted sayings to teach English grammar. Following sales of "Ore ka, Ore igai ka. Roland toiu Ikikata" which totaled over 370,000 within two  years, a sequel volume titled "Kimi ka, kimi igai ka. Kimi he okuru Roland no kotoba" has been scheduled for release, also by Kadokawa, on July 8, 2021. Currently, he is operating a hair removal salon and a restaurant. Additionally, he is active in beauty product sales and champagne import agency business, while also working as an investor. ROLAND continues to pay rent for the building that was intended to be an expanded relocation site for his old host club; after the pandemic restrictions have decreased, he aims to reopen at the new location. On September 17, 2021, he opened  an Italian restaurant named BELLA NOTTE in Shinjuku. Customers at one table complained that their order had not been brought out in over 60 minutes. In November 2021, a second location was opened in Hachioji, in the location that had been tapioca shop THE PEARL, as well as the Roland Museum. Some of the museum exhibits, including his boots and bust statue, remain as decor. Businesses Operated. ROLAND GROUP HD, Incorporated