AT GROUP

What AT GROUP is

AT GROUP (アットグループ) is a Japanese agency that places women as live chat performers and runs its own offices for the work. The home page says it has 96 stores nationwide, and its company page says it has run for more than 10 years as a chat lady specialist serving women who work from home or from a store. It pays workers, not affiliates or studios, and every page is in Japanese. The home page traces it to a single chat lady store in Chiba, opened in 2005, which it says grew to 50 stores within 10 years.

The headline offer is the commute route. A worker travels to a store, uses a private booth and takes her pay in cash. The site markets this as a recommended non-adult job, using the Japanese term for no adult content, and it says most applicants start with no experience.

How earning works here

A chat lady at AT GROUP appears on a live chat site, streaming video by webcam to customers who pay by the amount they spend. The FAQ describes the job as commission-based, where pay changes with the money a customer uses, and says it can be done with a camera and voice, with a microphone only, or by typing only. The FAQ argues that typing can even work as a strategy, because it leaves the customer imagining the voice.

The agency does not run its own chat platform. The FAQ says workers are placed on large domestic chat sites and names DMM Live Chat, Angel Live and Jewel Live among them. The home page adds that the DMM.com chat lady work makes up nearly all of what the stores handle. So a worker's pay tracks what customers spend on those sites, and AT GROUP supplies the room, equipment, coaching and cash payout.

The store is what the agency sells. The home page promises a fully private booth of 6 tatami mats or more, which it describes as soundproof and unlike the partitioned booths of a manga cafe. The stores have a cafe-style rest space, a cafe bar counter and shower rooms, and the site says a woman can work around the clock, with most stores open 24 hours. Costume rental is free, with more than 250 outfits at every store, and the stores keep female staff for makeup and chat advice. A worker may move between stores, for example one in Shibuya one day and one in Yokohama the next.

Coaching is the second pillar. The about page says every staff member has careers running from 5 to 13 years and that the agency knows more than 1,000 earning techniques. As an example, it says the staff can handle a request to reach a set hourly amount without showing a face, doing adult content, or doing anything beyond talking. That is the site's own claim and not a stated rate. The FAQ adds that appearance and body type do not matter because the way the picture is framed changes how a person looks, and that pregnant women can work if they feel well enough, since the camera and clothing can hide it.

Both commuting and working from home are open. The FAQ says a worker can do either, and that many women commute when they are near a store and work at home when they have a spare hour. The agency's blog runs articles on remote work, the hours that earn best, virtual chat ladies and clothing brands for the camera.

Stores named on the pages include Yokohama West Exit, Kawasaki (connected to the station), Machida and Nagoya Station, and the blog also names Sendai and the Kumamoto Shinshigai store. The about page says the Nagoya Station store is among the largest in the Tokai region and that the agency has 5 stores in Nagoya city. The site does not print store addresses and says it will not give them out in reply to inquiries either, since chat customers can read the website too. The FAQ says an interview can be held at a nearby cafe, a friend can apply and interview at the same time, and the interview needs only a short entry sheet with name, address and date of birth, no resume. The trial shift is real work on a live chat site, and the decision to join comes after it. A worker already signed with another agency can transfer once she has canceled that registration or left a gap of 1 week or more.

Money and rules

Payment is the clearest part of the pages. The about page says every store can pay daily, in cash by hand. The home page says daily or weekly pay is available at the worker's chosen timing, still handed over in cash. The FAQ says that pay is basically by hand, with a bank transfer possible on request, that a statement for the whole month is issued at month end, and that the reward from the store is handed over in full, with nothing deducted. It also says a My Number is not needed to work.

Pay is commission-based, so it moves with what customers spend and is not guaranteed. The home page and the FAQ both state a range. In October 2026 the home page gives an hourly wage of 1,800 to 7,200 yen for ordinary work, and the FAQ calls that range the base, depending on the chat site, with tips and party chats that gather several listeners able to go above its top end.

Bonuses are listed unevenly. The home page names entry, new-worker and ranking bonuses and seasonal events, and says a trial worker can win celebration money after a trial. The about page says all stores run entry money or events such as theme park tickets and coffee shop cards, while the FAQ says bonus details are in preparation.

Other rules the pages state are these. The FAQ says an ID must be shown to the chat site as an age check, and that the agency makes no other use of it. Travel costs are paid depending on the hours, and details vary by store. A worker who drives can use a store lot or a designated coin parking and have the fee paid on a receipt. For a worker with a day job that bans side work, the FAQ says a tax return does not expose it to the employer and that a tax advisor's method exists, without going into tax detail. It also says a student can work without dropping off a parent's dependent status, with the agency's tax advisor handling that point. The FAQ states there are no fines for lateness or missed shifts, and that attendance bonuses such as a perfect attendance award reward workers who show up on time.

Who it suits and who it does not

AT GROUP suits a Japanese-reading woman within reach of one of its stores who wants to be paid in cash on the day and would sooner work in a staffed store than from a bedroom. The store route helps a worker with no suitable computer, a noisy home, or a wish to keep the work away from family, and the stated lack of a My Number requirement and the daily cash pay lower the barriers. The coaching and the freedom to switch stores fit a newcomer who wants a person to adjust her setup and a woman who splits her time between cities.

The model is a weaker fit for a worker who needs a published fee table or a stated payout threshold, since the pages give a wage range but no split with the platform. Store addresses are also withheld from the website and from inquiries, which some applicants will find uncomfortable before a first visit. The pay range depends on customer spending and on which chat site the stores use, and the FAQ admits that working without showing a face can pay somewhat less. Every page and every store is Japanese, so the agency is for Japanese speakers.