Seeing AKB48 Shows (TOC at first post)

I think s/he mean that the winning chance is very low. well, the same applied to all of us.

A more certain chance is HS or national HS around the days you are in Japan. National HS has the live stage and last for the entire half day (9 hour-ish).

 

Categories:

Super Enpou (for overseas fans) type reservation
Super enpou is a relatively new category aimed to help foreigners see theater shows during their often times short visit to Japan. As with all reservation types, one is not assured of a super enpou reservation even after meeting the requirements for the said category.

There is a limit of six people per show who can avail of tickets using the super enpou reservation.

Requirements/Qualifications:
Summary of requirements to be qualified for this category are:
1. You have to have a Non-Japanese passport
2. You have been in Japan for less than a month (will be checked via the immigration stamp on your passport)
3. Must be able to pay the ticket concert price in Japanese yen.
4. Should be able to continuously access their emails even when they are in Japan.

Special Privileges:
Those given super enpou reservations are entitled to reserved seats located at the left block of very first row.

How to apply for a ticket:
Send an email containing the shows you want to see a month before your planned trip to Japan.
The format of the email should be:

Email Address: sfar@akb48.co.jp
Subject: Length of stay in Japan
Body: Name/Country/Shows you wish to see(you can indicate multiple teams)

An example of the actual contents of the email would be:

To: sfar@akb48.co.jp
Subject: 9月15日～30日
Body:
JAMES SMITH／アメリカ合衆国／チームK・チームB・SDN48
ROBERT JOHNSON／アメリカ合衆国／チームK・チームB・SDN48

Some notes regarding the super enpou reservation:
* Should you wish to make a group reservation, kindly have a representative send one email containing the info for the whole group. And remember, everyone in the email should be qualified for a super enpou reservation.

* To avoid duplicate applications, you will only be allowed to apply ONCE.

* In the event that no shows (of the team you wish to see) are held within your period of stay in Japan, you will instead be given a reservation in other available shows.

Is this a real post?
I emailed this address in the format above maybe two weeks ago but havent heard back

 

Is there a category similar to Super Enpou?

I'm looking for information because I want to apply for a show when I'm on vacation in Tokyo (the second week of August).

As far as I know there are these quotas:

遠方枠
AKB48Mobile会員枠
二本柱の会会員枠
映像倉庫会員枠
Family/Couple
Ladies and kids
General

Also I saw something about Monthly 100発98中 quota, but I don't know what is it...

Can I apply for 遠方枠?

AKB48Mobile会員枠, 二本柱の会会員枠 and 映像倉庫会員枠 are paid membership so I think if I can get those by the end of July it would be okay to apply for these quotas too, right? Can I apply for the three or only one?

And for free membership (Family/Couple, Ladies and kids and General) can I apply only for one quota or can I apply for exemple for Ladies and General?

And last question, do you need a japanese number to register in AKB48Mobile会員枠, 二本柱の会会員枠 and 映像倉庫会員枠?

I would appreciate someone answering these questions since I'm very lost... Thank you in advance!

 

Thank you so much Cristafari!! You're my savior!

I have another question. I tried to see if I can apply for a show now to see if I did the process properly.

I waited until 00:00 in Japan and now in theory I could apply for 「Mokugekisha」　Yui Yokoyama(teamA) Birthday Celebration in ladies and general people quota. But I can see a "Not accepted".

I don't know what I did wrong...

EDIT: I realized now. I need a japanese address... Well, I'll book my hotel and then I'll put the japanese address.. Is okay the address of hotel or apartment?

 

The regular ticket center is this one? https://ticket.akb48-group.com (This one is in japanese).

I was using this one: https://global-ticket.akb48-group.com/ (it's in English)

I thought it was the same but only changed the language

And I have a friend in Osaka. The address has to be some address that I live some day like hotel or apartament or can be a friend's address?

They only ask/see your address with Enpou right? And if you bring your passport they will ask you if you are living in this address?

If it's okay with friend's address I'll try to change ASAP because right now I don't have the address of any hotel or apartament I'll stay..

Thank you, Cristafari

 

I already changed the address to my friend living in Osaka. Now it seems I can apply! Now the theater shows appear in 現在受付中の劇場公演!! And is available too!
I'll try to use the japanese website!

Thank you so much! I hope I can win a theater show. Of course my preference is Komiyama Team K but with a KKS show I would be so happy!! I will ask more question in August. Now it's time to pray jaja

 

Where are the enpou seats at SKE or HKT theaters?

It's not. I've seen cases where performances did not show up in the global site, to which I could apply to in the Japanese site. Lately I've only used the Japanese site and even that always with a VPN for a Japanese IP address (dunno if it matters but still).

 

For the SKE48 Theater apparently it's the seats in blue in the plan below (which can vary in number, hence the fading on either side):

Spoiler: Source

Someone called SKEncore has produced a series of 3 videos about obtaining tickets for SKE48 Theater shows:

How to register and use the AKB48 Ticket Center for SKE48 theatres

if the video does not show watch the video here

Tips on how to enter the SKE48 theatre

if the video does not show watch the video here

SKE48 Theatre Guide - Getting your ticket and seat

if the video does not show watch the video here

(As I've never personally won a ticket for any theater show (apart from the STU48 tour last year) I can't say for certain how accurate his videos are but hopefully they're useful.)

 

Oh boy, with 2 stages to write the review still on the table, I got another Cancel Machi win #2 for today's Team B Theater no Megami (the canceled Juri's seitansai) already got the confirmation of winning tho, lol. Need to go to the theater in the next 1 hour or so.

 

https://global-ticket.akb48-group.com/en/home/guide/about_schedule_AKB.php

so you can only ballot for tickets 11 days in advance now?

 

Ok, I'm nervous. I decided to apply for an AKB show ticket (or even an NMB show) But I'm being overwhelmed with the info and I don't even know where to start lol. I'll have to read all the info carefully when I'm home, I was under the impression that super enpou still existed but I'm glad I noticed it was not the case lol orz
@Cristafari is bannie's info still current?

 

I’m in a bit of a weird situation and was wondering if anyone could chime in. I won a seat for tomorrow’s SKE Team S show. In an unfortunate turn of events I lost my passport a few days ago. I already went to the US Consulate and got a new one but forgot to change the passport number on my ticket center profile prior to applying. Am I screwed since the numbers won’t match? I’ve got a copy of my old passport on my phone if that helps. Thanks.

 

Appreciate the response! Cheers


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