There are exactly three ways to play the NARUTO Card Game before release in Japan — compared across six axes, all three differ on every one. The nearest deadline is November 16, five days away

“It launches in June 2027, but you can play it before then.” Most people know that much.

The problem starts after that. There is not one opportunity in Japan but three, and all three have different application routes. Their official pages are spread across three domains (naruto-cardgame.com, jumpfesta.com, bandaicardgames-fest.com), so no single table compares them anywhere.

Today (November 11, 2026) we fetched all three and lined them up across six axes. All three differ on every one of the six.

And the nearest deadline is five days from today.

3 routesWays to play in Japan pre-releaseOfficial primary sources

5 daysNearest deadline17:59, Mon November 16

Dec 19Earliest day you can playJump Festa 2027 Day 1

2 routesRoutes giving out CP-001Out of 3

Basis for this article: everything below comes from the NARUTO Card Game official Japanese site’s Premier Demo Event page and Jump Festa 2027 exhibition page, the BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in TOKYO official site’s NARUTO contents, how to participate and merchandise pages, the Jump Festa 2027 official JF Guide and the English(Asia) version of the Premier Demo Event page, all fetched and read directly on November 11, 2026 (JST). No secondary reporting, social-media hearsay or leaks are included. Plans may change.

1. The three routes at a glance

1. Jump Festa 2027Dec 19–20, 2026, Makuhari Messe
2. Premier Demo EventsJan 16 – Mar 21, 2027, 11 stores
3. BCG Fest TokyoFeb 20–21 / Mar 6–7, 2027

The three sit inside different organisational frameworks. Jump Festa is Shueisha’s general event with a “NARUTO Card Game booth” exhibiting inside it; the Premier Demo Events are in-store events at 11 card shops; BCG Fest is Bandai’s combined card-game event.

That is why the application routes split three ways.

This is the first fork. Jump Festa alone does not draw tutorial seats. What it draws is the right to enter the venue; once inside, you join the booth tutorial by queueing on the day. Conversely, if admission does not come through, you never reach the booth.

2. Application calendar — the nearest deadline is five days away

The three routes’ application windows in date order.

The nearest is Jump Festa 2027’s admission ticket application ②. It closes at 11月16日(月)17:59 — five days from today. Miss it and you cannot enter the venue on December 19–20 (there are no same-day tickets; admission is by advance application and invitation).

Note that Jump Festa’s advance lottery ticket application (November 24–30) is for watching the stage. The booth tutorial, merchandise and souvenir need only the admission ticket. Because the Jump Super Stage slot on December 19, 16:55–17:25 explicitly says the latest NARUTO Card Game information will also be revealed, seeing the announcement itself on site requires a second application after winning admission.

3. What you receive on the day — CP-001 on two routes only

Jump Festa 2027 Tutorial / under-15s souvenir2channels

Premier Demo Events Participation gift1channels

BCG Fest Tokyo Not stated on the page0channels

Jump Festa alone has two channels within one event. From the official page:

体験会にご参加いただいた方には、「CP-001 チャクラカード」を1枚プレゼント！

体験会の参加はお一人様1回限りとなります。

(One CP-001 Chakra Card is given to each tutorial participant. Tutorial participation is limited to once per person.)

中学生以下の来場者には、ジャンプフェスタに出展する様々なブースの記念品を詰め込んだ豪華おみやげをプレゼント！ NARUTOカードゲームからは、「CP-001 チャクラカード」を1枚プレゼント！

(Visitors of junior-high age and younger receive a souvenir bag packed with items from the various exhibiting booths. From the NARUTO Card Game, one CP-001 Chakra Card.)

So visitors of junior-high age and younger can receive one without joining the tutorial (the souvenir is limited in quantity). The Premier Demo Events have one channel: the participation gift.

The NARUTO page for BCG Fest Tokyo has no participation-gift section at all. That does not mean nothing will be given out — it is unstated (the giveaway page also lists nothing for NARUTO and still shows a posting date of 2026.09.15). The full picture of CP-001 distribution is in our list of 28 distribution occasions.

Jump Festa’s tutorial “may switch to numbered tickets”

One more note specific to Jump Festa:

当日の状況により体験会の受付を早期終了または整理券制とさせていただく場合がございます。

(Depending on conditions on the day, tutorial reception may close early or switch to a numbered-ticket system.)

Winning admission does not guarantee a tutorial slot. The Premier Demo Events and BCG Fest Tokyo draw the seat itself, so winning means the seat is secured — that is the difference.

4. What you can buy at the venue — all three differ

This is where the practical gap is largest.

Route	Merchandise at the venue
Jump Festa 2027	1 item (Playmat -Arriving in 2027-, ¥3,850)
Premier Demo Events	2 items (NARUTO VS. SASUKE playmat ¥3,850 / CHAKRA Set ¥1,650)
BCG Fest Tokyo	None (Premium Bandai only)

The items do not overlap. The -Arriving in 2027- playmat sold at Jump Festa is not sold at the Premier Demo Events, and the NARUTO VS. SASUKE playmat and CHAKRA Set sold at the Premier Demo Events are not sold at Jump Festa. Both are limited to one per person, and payment at the Jump Festa venue is cashless only.

BCG Fest Tokyo does not sell at the venue. The merchandise page reads 会場での販売やお渡しはございません (no sales or handover at the venue); everything is mail order through Premium Bandai, in four phases.

Sales phase	Window
Main event winners only, advance sale	2026年12月24日(木)12:00～2027年1月3日(日)23:00
General advance sale (open to all)	2027年1月8日(金)19:00～1月17日(日)23:00
Participants only, post-event sale	2027年2月20日(土)～2月24日(水)23:00 / 2027年3月6日(土)～3月10日(水)23:00
General post-event sale (open to all)	2027年3月15日(月)12:00～4月4日(日)23:00

The two general sales are open without attending the event. The BCG Fest Tokyo FAQ states explicitly: “Is it possible to take part in merchandise sales only, without attending the event?” → “Yes.” In other words, losing the lottery does not cut you off from the two limited items, and going to the venue is not a condition of buying them.

5. The decks you play — known for one route only

All three use demo decks, but only the Premier Demo Events have published what is in them.

According to the official page, the Premier Demo Events use two decks, the Naruto Uzumaki Deck and the Sasuke Uchiha Deck, and their leaders — N-001 Naruto Uzumaki and N-012 Sasuke Uchiha — have had their card faces published.

The two share identical stats (DMG 1 / POW 3 / LIFE 15) and an identical second effect:

[Recovery] From the second turn onward, rest this card and turn all of your Chakra face up.

Their first effects differ:

• N-001DMG1POW3LIFE15N-001 Naruto Uzumaki (pushing the board)
  [Activate: Main] Turn 1 of your Chakra face down and choose 1 Character: that card gains +3 Power during this turn.
• N-012DMG1POW3LIFE15N-012 Sasuke Uchiha (shaping hand and deck top)
  [Activate: Main] [Once Per Turn] Draw 1 card, then place 1 card from your hand on top of your deck.

Neither the Jump Festa page nor the BCG Fest Tokyo page says whether their demo decks are the same two. Demo decks cannot be taken home on any route (BCG Fest Tokyo makes no statement about decks at all).

6. Face photo registration — stated as required on one route only

The preparation needed before applying differs by route.

BCG Fest Tokyo states it explicitly:

※審査には1週間以上お時間をいただく場合がございますので、顔写真の登録はお早めにお済ませください。

(Screening may take a week or more, so please complete your face photo registration early.)

Applications open in 9 days (November 20), so starting now may not leave enough time for screening. The procedure is covered in our BANDAI TCG+ face photo registration guide.

The Japanese Premier Demo Event page says nothing about face photo registration. However, as confirmed today, the English(Asia) version of the same page states A face photo registration is required for this event, that your profile must show Face Photo Verified during the application period, and that The verification process may take one week or longer. For the same event, only the Japanese page omits the requirement (the language-version differences are covered in our October 20 article).

BCG Fest Tokyo also offers priority drawing via My Number Card linkage. The text reads: “even if My Number Card linkage is not complete at the time of application, you qualify for priority drawing as long as linkage completes by the application deadline” — so that one has until November 29.

7. Which should you apply for

Only what follows from what the official pages state:

• You want to play as early as possible → Jump Festa 2027 (December 19). But the deadline is five days away, and the tutorial may switch to numbered tickets
• You want a guaranteed seat → Premier Demo Events or BCG Fest Tokyo. Both draw the seat itself, so winning confirms participation
• You want CP-001 → Jump Festa 2027 (two channels) or the Premier Demo Events (participation gift). BCG Fest Tokyo does not state it
• You want the two limited items → you do not need to go anywhere. Premium Bandai’s general advance sale (January 8, 2027, 19:00) is open to everyone
• You want to see the announcement live → the Jump Festa Day 1 stage, which needs an advance lottery ticket application (November 24–30) on top of admission

The three routes are not mutually exclusive. Their application windows and event dates do not collide, so you can apply to all three (noting that for BCG Fest Tokyo’s February tutorial, only two application windows are usable).

8. Our correction

Our August 29 article and September 4 article contained an error. Both stated:

The next chance to apply for a tutorial seat is the January group of the domestic Premier Demo Events, opening December 1. That means for the 27 days from November 4 to November 30, there is not a single application window open for a tutorial seat.

Both “27 days” and “next is December 1” are wrong. As set out in our November 10 article, NARUTO’s content at BCG Fest Tokyo appears only under the “main event” heading, and that main event is 「体験会 in BCGFest」 (a tutorial), with the same page’s application schedule opening with 2026年11月20日(金)～29日(日). What begins on November 20 is an application window for a NARUTO tutorial seat.

Corrected:

The gap is 16 days, not 27, and the next application is November 20, not December 1. Both articles were corrected today in Japanese, English and Traditional Chinese with updatedDate refreshed, and the three affected timeline entries were fixed as well.

9. What is still unannounced

Items the official pages do not state. These are unannounced, not absent.

• Jump Festa: booth number, tutorial hours, capacity and number of sessions, souvenir quantity, demo deck types, and the content of the “latest information” to be revealed on stage
• Premier Demo Events: capacity, hours, participation fee and age limits per venue, and whether face photo registration is required per the Japanese page
• BCG Fest Tokyo: reception hours (後日公開 for all seven titles), number of tutorial sessions, capacity and duration, demo deck types, the application page URL (expected November 20), whether there is a participation gift, and what NARUTO’s side event will be

We will add to this article and the pre-order and lottery hub as soon as the application page goes live.

Sources

• NARUTO Card Game Premier Demo Event (official Japanese site) (confirmed November 11, 2026 JST)
• NARUTO Card Game Premier Demo Event (English(Asia) version) (same day)
• Jump Festa 2027 exhibition information (official Japanese site) (same day)
• NARUTO Card Game contents (BCG Fest 26-27 in TOKYO official) (same day)
• How to participate (BCG Fest 26-27 in TOKYO official) (same day)
• Merchandise (BCG Fest 26-27 in TOKYO official) (same day)
• FAQ (BCG Fest 26-27 in TOKYO official) (same day)
• JF Guide (Jump Festa 2027 official) (same day)