BE:FIRST or BMSG FES Pre-Concert Prep
Congrats on getting your ticket(s) to BE:FIRST or BMSG FES! Here's a quick guide on how to prep for the concert and / or what to pack for your concert essentials!
Note 1: This was written after BE:FIRST LIVE in DOME 2024 "Mainstream - Masterplan" and BMSG FES '24. Some of this may differ depending on the artist and their live, and, of course, may slightly differ depending on your personal preferences and time you have to get to the concert venue! I'm just sharing my experiences as a reference!
- 1 Things you might need
- 2 To buy merch or no merch?
- 3 Check-in (BeWithU app)
- 4 The BE:FIRST Official Lighstick app
- 5 How do I spend my time before doors open?
- 6 When doors open
- 7 Once you're at your seat...
- 8 Lighstick connection (BE:FIRST)
- 9 Final notes
- Phone (with Wifi…
Japanese Venues Capacity List
The following is a list of Japanese venues and their estimated capacities.
- Diamond Hall: 1000 (standing)
BMSG Lunar Signs + Elements Compilation
This is a list of BMSG members' lunar signs and elements as of February 2024. You can check a list of their lunar signs. We follow the Lunar calendar like most of the world, not the Solar calendar like Japan does.
- SKY-HI: fire tiger
- Aile The Shota, JUNON, LEO, TAKUTO: earth tigers
- RYOKI: earth rabbit
- KAIRYU, Novel Core, SOTA: metal dragons
- MANATO, EIKI, SEITO: metal snakes
- RAN, REIKO: water horses
- NAOYA, SHUNTO: water goats
- RYUKI, HAYATO: wood monkeys
- KANON, RYUHEI, Edhiii boi: fire dogs
- RUI, TAIKI: fire pigs
BE:FIRST or BMSG FES, Ticket Lottery Process
Want to go to a BE:FIRST concert or BMSG FES? Here's a complete guide to help get you there!
Note 1: You need to be a BE:FIRST, or any BMSG Fan Club member [BESTY, MUZEUM, ATS, CORE HOUSE, FLYERS, etc], or B-Town membership, Architect / Resident, in order to complete the following steps. Check the following blog post on how to join a BMSG fan club!
Note 2: This was written round the time of BMSG FES '23, BE:FIRST Mainstream Arena Tour & Mainstream --> Masterplan Tour, BMSG FES '24. Procedures for tickets are likely different for Novel Core, ATS, MAZZEL shows.
- 1 Step 1: Ticket lottery link & Selecting Dates
- 2 Step 2: Personal details for ticket lottery (JPN ver)
- 3 Step 2: Personal details for ticket lottery (Overseas ver)
- 4 Step 2.5: If you're bringing…
BMSG Surnames Rarity List
According to the Japanese Surnames Etymology Dictionary. First number is the estimated population, second number is the ranking within the country.
Some of these account for particular spellings of the surname (such as Shimao, Hirose and Watanabe) while others can't account for the different readings of the same spelling (such as Furuie and Kamimura).
- Cadsawan: isn't ranked
- Shimao: ~200, #21536
- Kawaberi: ~500, #13162
- Kida: ~500, #12036
- Ajiro: ~2.6k, #4304
- Ikegame: ~3.2k, #3743
- Miyama: ~3.9k, #3264
- Furuie: ~9.8k, #1599
- Yumoto: ~15.4k, #1139
- Hirose: ~15.7k, #1117
- Watanabe: ~17.6k, #1014
- Obayashi: ~22.3k, #828
- Uchino: ~30.2k. #632
- Satake: ~37k, #526
- Mizoguchi: ~47.4k, #420
- Hidaka: ~59.5k, #345
- Maekawa: ~84.1, #256
- Kawashima: ~96.6, #218
- Kamimura: ~98.2k, #214
- Kur…
J-pop terminology + some BMSG terms
So you're new to J-pop... you're probably in over your head with new terms to learn. Worry not, for here I come to your rescue!
- 1 Jpop Terminology
- 1.1 The Oshi Theory
- 1.2 Other Useful Terms
- 2 BMSG Terms
- oshi/oshimen (推し) - your favorite member. It's the equivalent of "bias". If your fave is JUNON, you're a JUNON oshi.
- Some people also use ichiban, but it's not as common outside of Johnny's fandom. The Japanese side of the BMSG fandom uses oshi.
- Common etiquette is to have only one oshi in a group, if possible. No one will sacrifice you to the music gods if you have more, however, especially as an overseas fan.
- The word comes from the verb 推す osu, which means "to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate; to support; to back". The term is used …
How to order BMSG goods and merchandise overseas
So you want to order some merchandise from BMSG, weather it is shirts, to fan club goods, to cds, dvds, or blu-rays there's some important things to know.
First, for BE:FIRST CDS,DVD's and Blu-rays, there is a dedicated store for overseas fans. You can find this store here. You would use this vender as you would any other online store. But what if what you're looking for is sold out, or you want a cd or merch from another BMSG artist or a different vender? Here's were things get a bit more involved, but its quite easy with the following guide.
For ordering anywhere else, such as the BMSG SHOP( this is where you can find goods other than cds etc, like tshirts, keychains, fanclub goods,etc) , BMSG MUSIC SHOP (for BMSG artists cds/dvds/blurays…
How to join a BMSG fanclub
So you want to join a BMSG fanclub. It is a pretty easy thing to do. First lets look at the benefits of the fan clubs:
BE:FIRST:
- ① “BLOG” where behind-the-scenes photos and messages from artists are posted
- ② “MOVIE” where you can watch the full version of “You’re My “BESTY””
- ③ "SCHEDULE" where you can check the schedule of song releases and live performances
- ④ "MEMBERCARD" where the online membership card is displayed
- ⑤"HISTORY" where you can check the history of live performances you have actually attended
In addition, there are services such as live ticket priority reservation, birthday celebration image distribution, sale of fan club limited goods, participation right to fan club limited event!
Novel Core:
- ① “BLOG” where off-shots and messages f…
Just things I wanna add some time down the line...
- THE FIRST, Training Camp page
- More details on rounds and judges
- Can include discography and original songs members wrote
- Lyrics page?
To-do list
General to-do list:
- Update event pages:
- New infobox chronologies
- New categories (some events are categorized weirdly, like "BMSG event" when artists are billed separately, bla bla)
- Go over the youtube shorts and tiktoks to add them to the videos section
- Add songs to the translation/romaji/colorcode missing categories
- Add second round THE FIRST pics (they're on twitter I have them bookmarked I'm just lazy)
- Rui publications list
- Ran dance videos??
- BMSG FAQ
- Add BGB CD numbers
- Add Gifted CD numbers
- Add Move On chart positions
- I'm pretty sure we're missing charts for IMA ep too
- Song pages
- Update all tables to black backgrounds
- Reformat THE FIRST
- BE:FIRST members and discog pages
- Add lyrics to single pages (japanese, romanizations, color codings, various translations…