How to apply for a NARUTO CARD GAME Premier Demo Event in BANDAI TCG+

Bandai routes every Premier Demo Event seat through one app, and the rules around it are the kind that lock people out on the day: an unverified photo, a second account, a title filter left on another game. Here is the sequence, and the dates per region.

Before any window opens

1. Install BANDAI TCG+ from the App Store or Google Play. It is Bandai's organised play app, used for its card game events generally; Bandai describes it as handling "everything from applying for trading card game tournaments, checking in on the day of the event, to registering match results". It is not a game and holds no card list.
2. Log in with a BANDAI NAMCO ID. Bandai's instructions: "Login via the Login button at the top right of the BANDAI TCG+ screen. If you don't have a BANDAI NAMCO ID, you'll need to register one." Do this now; the ID is the slow step.
3. Set the Game Title to NARUTO CARD GAME. Tap the title shown at the top of the screen, select NARUTO CARD GAME and press Change. Every locale's Premier Demo Event page repeats this note, because events for a title you have not selected do not appear.
4. Register the NARUTO TCG UPDATES CHANNEL. On the Events page, open the channel, tap Event Details, then Apply, then Confirm Contents and Apply. This is how Bandai pushes announcements, including the application opening, to your notifications. The channel walkthrough has each screen.
5. Asia only: register a face photo. See the Asia section below; the verification can take a week or longer and an unverified profile cannot apply.

English regions: January 2027 applications, February events

Bandai has published no store list; the instruction is to find your store inside the app once events are posted. When the window opens, the application is the same flow as the channel: open the store's event, Event Details, Apply, Confirm Contents and Apply.

The products differ by wave. The Chakra Set (20 USD) is sold in both waves; the Official Playmat Naruto vs. Sasuke (40 USD) in Wave 1 only. Bandai says stock is prepared to match each store's capacity so every participant can buy, and that leftovers may be sold to the public. No participant gift is listed on the English page as of October 13, 2026.

Japan: three lottery windows

Japan's events are single-day sessions at eleven named stores, entered by lottery (抽選) in TCG+:

The venues and their dates are on the Premier Demo Event page. Winners play the うずまきナルトデッキ or うちはサスケデッキ, receive a CP-001 Chakra Card, and may buy the Chakra Set (1,650 yen) and the playmat (3,850 yen), one each, participants first.

Asia: face photo first

The Asia pages give the period as "Early January (planned)" with location "Coming soon", and add a condition the other regions do not have:

A face photo must be registered in advance to participate in this event. Please complete your registration as early as possible. If your profile does not display "Face Photo Verified" during the application period, you will not be able to apply for this event. The verification process may take one week or longer.

Minors cannot register a face photo but remain eligible and apply with their own account. The participant gift is the CP-001 Chakra Card, for those who complete the survey after the session; the products on sale are the Japanese version, participants only, one item each.

The rules that invalidate an application

From Bandai's English page, verbatim in substance:

• You must apply using your own BANDAI TCG+ account. Proxy applications are prohibited.
• The same person applying with multiple accounts has the applications invalidated if discovered.
• Merchandise and sales details are subject to change without notice, and may appear at additional locations later.
• Demo decks cannot be taken home.

On the day

Check in through the app at the store, as at Bandai's other events. You will be seated against another participant with the Naruto Deck or the Sasuke Deck; the rules page covers what the staff will teach, and the demo deck guide explains how these decks relate to the June 2027 Starter Decks and the Spring 2027 million-deck campaign.

Dates to put in a calendar

• December 1, 2026: Japan's first lottery window opens.
• December 19 to 20, 2026: Jump Festa, Bandai's next announcement; store lists for the English regions may follow.
• January 2027: English-region applications planned; Asia events planned.
• February 5, 2027: Wave 1 begins.

We crawl Bandai's site daily; the moment the English store search or the Asia dates go live, this page and the event page change.