Snow Man tickets “went from 9，700 yen to over 1．2 million yen” – calls for severe punishment growing over shockingly high resale prices， with “those who bought them also being permanently banned．”
“Those who bought tickets should also be permanently banned” – Snow Man, tickets “9,700 yen turned into over 1.2 million yen” – Calls for severe punishment growing for shockingly high resale prices On September 20th, the winners of tickets to “Rays”, the 5-dome tour by “Snow Man”, a group with many popular members such as Meguro Ren and Watanabe Shota, were announced. However, “scalpers” have already appeared on ticket trading sites, looking to sell tickets at high prices. “Tickets for fan club members were priced at 9,700 yen including tax, but on some websites, there were a series of listings at higher prices, mainly for tickets to the Osaka concert to be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka from December 25th to 27th. One post by X, claiming that the pieces were being offered for 1.2 million yen each, more than 120 times the retail price, has gone viral and caused controversy. As of 2 p.m. on September 22, tickets were listed on the same site for 800,000 yen each.” (Entertainment reporter) Even during the time of the old Johnny’s Entertainment agency, and even after the transition to management by Starto Entertainment, tickets to the dome tours and other events of popular groups affiliated with the agency were known to be difficult to obtain. As a result, there is a lot of anger on x, especially from fans who were unsuccessful in getting tickets. “This is the first time in my life that I’ve reported someone!! Reselling? 500,000? Are you kidding me!!!” “Seeing Snow Man reselling tickets makes me so sad and frustrated that I cry” There were many comments like this that made the agency aware of the situation. “Reselling will continue as long as there are people who buy.” I think the people who bought it should be permanently banned.」
“Anyone involved in reselling should be permanently banned.” The entertainment journalist mentioned above said this. “On high-price resale websites, there are more than 1,000 tickets listed for just these five major tours. However, on the other hand, there are also over 700 “requests,” meaning people who want to buy specific tickets.” Ticket resale has become a major social issue in recent times. On the same day that the results of the Snow Man ticket lottery were announced, tobe, the group that represents number_i, released a statement under the name of their CEO, Hideaki Takizawa. After warning “scalpers” by saying, “Unfortunately, there are people who are doing this with the intention of reselling tickets, when in fact this is not their original purpose,” they declared that they would be implementing stricter identity checks, saying, “We will be conducting identity checks at the entrance to number_i shows on the upcoming tour.” It appears that progress is being made steadily in dealing with this crime. “In May 2024, a group of four men and women was arrested for illegally obtaining and reselling tickets to a group affiliated with StarToEntertainment. Two of the suspects, men, are accused of possessing fan club accounts for approximately 8,000 members and illegally obtaining concert tickets for Johnny’s West (which was renamed West in October of the same year) in May 2023. Starto Entertainment has also listened to the requests of its fans, and in September it requested the operators of resale sites to disclose the sender information of malicious sellers, and is working to eliminate fraudulent resales. However, it seems that it’s not that easy, and this situation has now happened again.” (Entertainment reporter) If the situation is as dire as this, one would expect the members to make a stronger appeal…
>>1 But you guys were happy to report that tickets for Japanese people’s overseas concerts sold out in 1 second. You’re happy to report that scalpers used bots to sell out tickets in 1 second.
>>1 Actually, Snow Man’s record company Ment is a joint venture between Avex and Johnny’s. This kind of buzz-making is Avex’s usual pattern. Just like Ayumi Hamasaki’s last-minute cancellation. A cheap tactic to get the media to pick them up without any capital investment. Lol, it’s been exposed.
Before you buy tickets, you should make sure you join the fan club properly. You can register with just your name and address, so I’m sure one person will create thousands of accounts.
>>34 It would be a big improvement if the FC registration completion was limited to the recipient by mail or something. Of course, the membership fee would be increased.
The mass media insists that “the talent is not at fault!!!” and still uses Johnny’s talents all the time, but if a senior talent knows that their juniors will suffer the same fate and yet doesn’t do what they should, it’s a crime of omission and a big problem. Childish excuses like “I only know about it at the rumor level” won’t work.
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