The Red Stallion Player's Mansion Of Tokyo

The legendary place were thousands of orgasms were achieved

In the mid 80's , The Red Stallion Player's mansion in Ikebukuro was synonomous with handsome studs who pulled lots of hot broads. These days the building is dated and the standards are way down. Once a status symbol of Playboys and hosts from 22-35, it's now a shadow if it's former self. The residents are aging, the quality of the women who come through it's squeeky doors has gone downhill in a major way. Up until about 2000, the young female guests, Japan's trend-conscious young women, a night at a Red Stallion was part thrill, part danger. The thrill, of course, is somewhat sexual: the guys are attentive, hunky and dangle the possibility they might be available after they get a little older and may possibly be serious boyfriend/ Husband material.

An apartment here was considered one of the ultimate possessions for a young career-minded ladies man. In this space, he was able to decorate his apartment with style to fit his tastes. For much of the 80's and 90's , the female presence in the home dominated while it was a man's responsibility to become the breadwinner. 

  
  During Japan's bowling craze of the 80's, The Red Stallion's 10 lanes in the basement were one of the hottest tickets in town. Now, it see's 3-4 guests a week.....



 In the 1970s,  Japanese men's attitudes about marriage changed with the representation and openness of sexuality featured on-screen. At this point, the thought of being single was welcomed, and most men felt comfortable to court a number of women freely. The bachelor pad then became a symbol of the 1970s cosmopolitan male, and a typical "pad" included: a bar, an array of artwork, furniture (usually designed by a well-known architect), minimal decór, and a Hi-fi system for entertaining.


 

When it opened in 1984, it had strict requirements। You had to be well dressed, handsome and at least a 7.5. This was done by being judged by a board of directors. 50% of applicants were turned away and any sign of baldness or a tendency to be overweight met with immediate rejection and ridicule by the board. The manager of the building also had a requirement that every resident had to have at least 6 different ladies a month come home with each tenet. It was a hard to enforce but it was rule and if they needed a reason to kick your sorry ass out that might be used against you. There was a concierge who kept notes as part of his duties and the log book was often checked.

A sign of hard times, the message board outside, where sexy ladies once left messages for the residents is now barren....

That's obviously not what's on the minds of the 30 young men who turn up every week at the Red Stallion's doorstep begging for a chance to meet the board। Living in The Red Stallion still carries seedy connotations, but the recession has led them to seek out unusual career paths. Katsumasa Kaneda, 26, was a salaried worker at an auto-parts company in Osaka until earlier this year. The slender six-footer with Chicklet teeth came to Tokyo with dreams of singing and acting. After auditioning for a role in a movie about male hosts, he decided he could be one himself. Though top hosts can earn well into six figures, Tanaka is happy with $3,000 a month and an audition-friendly schedule. Living in the bachelor pad was his boyhood dream "It's ideal, except for one thing," he says. "I can't tell my parents I'm living in The Red Stallion."

Nowadays, telling these two you live in The Red Stallion means fuck all. They want some geezer who lives in Roppongi Hills

The sleazy image persists because, as the competition for increases, The Japanese Playboy's tactics are getting rough। Police say residents of the place are preying on housewives and teenage girls, who are sometimes forced into prostitution when they can't pay off five- or six-figure bills these guys demand for their " services" . "Schoolgirls are always looking for the latest fad," says Kaneda, "and right now, The Red Stallion is it."

All these guys would have absolutely no chance of passing the board of directors- even today!

A state of the art ( for 1983) bowling alley in the basement, the 2^nd floor is the playroom, sauna and group jacuzzi- this saw lot's of action in it's heyday and was used in many adult videos throughout the 80's and 90's. If you were one of the lucky ladies who had the honor of getting serviced in one of the suites you probably breathed in lots of incense, sat on inflatable furniture and sat under black lights. You may have even been secretly videotaped and some rooms are reported to have secret compartments behind 2 way mirrors. The good news is that the standards for getting in are way down - the bad news is that getting someone to move out is nearly impossible!




Forget it.... You will never be mint enough to be approved no matter what you do!