*INTERVIEW with a Japanese Pokémon Reseller! This is why Japanese cards are so expensive!

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WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, TODAY, for the FIRST TIME ON THE CHANNEL, we are interviewing a Pokemon Japanese reseller. With his knowledge of pokemon cards, he will be telling us all he knows about the japanese market and why prices are so insane at the moment! What details will we find out today?!?!
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[@LEGiON40831]

Hella look like Shang chi

[@DKCards]

Legend lol

[@khp012]

Haha

[@ragnorocker7]

Thanks for the vid, I recently saw instagrams ads from a japanese seller and talked to them for a bit, then found the FB group with 100's of similar sellers and got sketched out. Video was crazily on point with exact what I have encountered, thanks for QnA'ing all of these questions, def provides a lot of insight to how this all works!

[@iFOMO23]

I NEVER share videos but this one needed to be shared. Great idea getting Simu Liu to interview the seller! Hahaha ive been watching your older vids. Cheers bro!

[@DKCards]

HAHAHAHAH ohh jeez XD thanks my friend and always appreciate you!

[@burgerguyhi9897]

I think this was a good interview. Thank you for setting this up, to your reseller friend for answering questions, and to your translator for doing a good job. The reseller didnt have to do the interview and share any of this information. I hope you do more interviews in the future. Btw... Translator's name is Marina (Marine Ah) not Marna. 😅😊

[@DKCards]

Hey appreciate you brother! And thanks, it was tough to setup but quite fun to do overall lol hopefully can do more in the future but we will see 😅 and good to know...I have been calling her the wrong name for a while then hahah

[@MrMuscleman1990]

Bro this is amazing content! Thank you for shedding light on this topic. This explains why I can't find a single booster box while I was in Japan.😅

[@DKCards]

Appreciate you bro, and yeah its so funny, I filmed this interview after I got your comment hahaha

[@prodigioustcc]

Great video man, this was such an interesting watch. There was so much I had no idea about with the Japanses card market. This was such a good watch man, what a fantastic video. If you another Japanses interview or anything like this let me know if you need any help with editing or anything. I would love to work on a video like this. Keep up the phenomenal work man, this video was amazing.

[@DKCards]

Thanks brother! Was quite a nerve wracking experience editing and putting this up etc. Definitely better ways to do it in the future im sure as well but first try on an interview etc XD If I ever do find someone else for an interview ill definitely let you know xD

[@justinrozanski5146]

Awesome interview man! Haven't really seen a video out there like this before. Pretty interesting!

[@DKCards]

Appreciate you Justin! and yeah I thought it would be an interesting thing to do especially for people who don't know too much about the japanese market etc XD

[@kiranrana43]

Nice interview glad to see perspective from ppl who collect and sell cards in japan

[@DKCards]

Thanks Kiro, definitly a lot of help from the people involved!

[@NextGenArt01]

Easily one of the best videos I’ve seen. What a great idea to put this together given the state of the market. Kudos

[@DKCards]

I really appreciate you NextGen! :D

[@tatziish]

wow, thank you for this Dk, this is such a great video. also imagine the jump of the price vs msrp of japanese product/ cards is crazy. I think the best way to buy japanese cards is just go have a vacation in japan and buy some pokemon product yourself there, tbh I am considering that. since ive been wanting to visit there soon. 🥰♥️😅 ggs to you my friend and to your Friend Marina for helping you out. appreciate her. 🔥

[@DKCards]

Always appreciate you Tatz and thank you so much! and yeah the price jump is actually quite insane in all honesty. and I completely agree with you, best way to buy cards is go to to japan on vacation and look for cards hahaha and yes Marina was a true MVP to help out with this video!

[@alohatcgcollector]

Love this! Good insight on the Japanese market.

[@DKCards]

thanks, it was fun to film for sure lol

[@chappiescollectables]

woow that's sick man. I live in Japan myself and the market here is just madness. Always sold out everywhere and I believe more adults buy the cards over kids these days lol

[@DKCards]

LOL im not surprised and I guess it makes sense as to why there isn't stock. Not like kids are buying out stores lol

[@chappiescollectables]

@@DKCards yea for sure! I have seen some card shops have packs for elementary and high school students but it doesn't seem like they sell out much of those. Parents typically buy only 1-2 packs for their kids unlike us adult degens LOL

[@bestshuyan]

I am trying to find a solid Japanese reseller, not easy. Thanks for sharing the details, much appreciated.

[@DKCards]

Of course my friend, and no it's not easy at all.

[@JR_0723]

I was fortunate enough to to get a box of dream league for 80$ from plaza Japan, those boxes are around 400$ now. All thanks to wanting that red and pikachu card, ended up pulling it and the solgaleo and lunala full art with Lily

[@DKCards]

Thats amazing my friend, i really wish I collected cards earlier hahaha Cant imagine getting older booster boxes now XD

[@CardHunters709]

I definitely opened too many of those boxes! Haha have a lot of those cards still tho.

[@goku2639]

Just go to Japan to get your product. That’s what I did and now I have 3 suppliers who send to me in nyc

[@gdsam14]

This was an amazing video. Definitely the only 1 I have ever seen. The guy looked really sincere. Only of we had access to such folks. Any way you can DM his ebay handle?

[@DKCards]

Lol thanks my friend and he's a genuine nice dude. And I'll try to find out for you!

[@CapybaraEnthusiast27]

Ofc

[@timtim-jq2vh]

very interesting video!!!

[@russell4781]

Great interview bro.. i missed the live ill catch next one! Did anyone ever guess what DK stood for lol?

[@DKCards]

LOOOL they did bro XD and its been a while!

[@zexs]

Im pretty sure, psa have an office in Japan, but mostly of Japanese person enjoyed by card quality itself and didn't need slabs

[@DKCards]

Gotcha, and yeah it seems he was saying that mostly PSA is the most popular but that is just one mans opinion as well!

[@SakuraCache]

Sounds like distro's are the source of the problem... They're basically denying their own local market a chance to buy at a reasonable price. I'll never understand why TPC doesn't have a better grip on their supply chain, it's rapidly destroying the integrity of their brand imo.

[@DKCards]

Yeah but it seems like there are ALOT of resellers doing this so it's quite rough in all honesty. Don't know why distros are so odd in japan but who knows. Maybe it's just too much a money maker in japan.

[@EnochTheMuffin]

Yeah. I used to collect 50 years ago also. 😅

[@DKCards]

HAHAHA didnt we all?! XD

[@gdsam14]

You called out my name ... Awesome!! 🤩

[@DKCards]

Lol I did 😂

[@tokyodiecastracing]

Hard to buy boxes in japan. Always sold out

[@s0ur_dee]

Gm dk!..ty for the early content bro!

[@DKCards]

Always David! And appreciate you my friend!

[@GodstoneHawk]

This is the unique content I love about Dk. Btw, what does DK stand for?

[@DKCards]

Lol always appreciate you brother! And it stands for Drunken Monkey hahahahaaha old clothing or hat company I followed when I was a kid 😂😂

[@GodstoneHawk]

Ahhhhhh... ok. That explains! 😆😆😆😆

[@Haveafastbath]

Awesome interview DK. 🔥 You asked on stream if I changed my name. I was Sicktrick Scott. Just to avoid any confusion, for some reason my account I have used for years was a branded account and it made memberships and other stuff difficult so I’ve now switched to my actual google account (this one) however I joined as a member on my branded one before I realised I could use this one so I’m gonna cancel my membership and get it again on this account. 👍 just incase you see my name change again haha. On the positive side that’s two subs for the price of one for you. 😂 Take care buddy

[@DKCards]

SICK TRICK SCOTT! lol i gotchu bro and dang yea thats confusing and all good brother XD always appreciate you regardless :D does make saying your name easier than saying out sicktrick scott for duck races lol

[@Haveafastbath]

@@DKCards you know what I did get that vibe that it was a mouthful when you were saying my name and felt sorry for ya haha. Gotta support a fellow Gunner and great dude! 😂🔥

[@dinerenblancc]

As a Japanese person myself, I can confirm that the blame should be placed on the kids. They have to understand that these cards are made for adults. That store totally got it wrong, they should have banned kids from purchasing the cards.

[@DKCards]

Sarcasm aside, I feel like mostly adults are the ones who clean out stores lol

[@MoonduckPsy]

I have yet to see a kid walking out with a cart full of booster boxes and ETBs.😂

[@DI3G01904]

😂😂😂

[@DKCards]

@J B kids be the ones with the disposable income hahahahaha

[@dinerenblancc]

@@MoonduckPsy That's cause you're not in Japan

[@forresthyler6351]

DK was so upset at card scalpers that he started overheating at 32:30

[@DKCards]

Lol wrong camera setting 😅

[@str8nashtygaming466]

Why did you start collecting again? I just started collecting again this year, and I'm curious what made you start again?

[@DKCards]

i started collecting last year in like August or September lol and its kind of a long story XD short story, I opened a pack...and it got me haha

[@chappiescollectables]

Actually, the retail price is 5400yen.

[@DKCards]

Good to know man! I didn't know what price he said but yeah I know he gave a range.

[@Dantinio]

Anyone knows where to find those FB groups with buyers from Japan

[@DKCards]

theres quite a lot, just type in fb groups buying selling japanese pokemon cards, lot of them should show up.

[@ybdap7]

Thats crazy. People need to just stop buying at 4 to 5 x the price of the japanese boxes when they know itll go down more

[@DKCards]

yeah, patience will bring the prices down a lot from what ive seen lol

[@ybdap7]

@DK Cards Facts! Good video bro. Great to see perspectives from those selling and directly getting prices

[@zexs]

If he is trusted person, where to find his store?

[@DKCards]

Yeah send me a DM on IG, i will link you his ebay store!

[@carloscontreras3633]

Did you get it? Can you share? Shun seems cool.

[@billrichards7851]

Thank you for the video. The Japanese cards are higher quality. It would be neat to see a video on how to get the new Chinese cards (real pokemon cards) into the US.

[@DKCards]

Yeah japanese cards are quite nice for sure. I would definitely be interested in finding a place to get chinese pokemon cards haha but not sure where or how to even start XD

[@victormiranda4664]

Yoo pass the plug 😁

[@DKCards]

His whatsapp is in the chat! Reach out if you can. I think thats still his number

[@victormiranda4664]

@@DKCards I’m not sure if that’s still his number

[@Unboxedonyt]

But you didn’t ask why the waifu cards are taxes so much

[@DKCards]

He did talk about it but it was quite a dull moment, just was saying its mostly just waifu card hype:/

[@marblesirl]

i got mine for 50 cents

[@DKCards]

Legend!

[@David-ue7vv]

6:51 Nearly a kid? Dude looks like he's 12 LOL. Still a kid.

[@nevercold808]

Don't understand why you were on the fence about releasing this. I think it was great! Not something you see on YT everyday. Dang, bro. Shun-kun said he was born in '95 but the dude looks like he's still in high school, haha. Got them good genes. Obviously a smart dude, I think he said he was an engineer of some sort full time?

[@DKCards]

Lol idk just something different so just a bit hesitant I guess. Want everyone to kind of purchase cards at good prices as well 😅

[@nevercold808]

@@DKCards I see. It is different from your usual stuff but I'm glad you took the chance and released it. Don't be nervous about venturing out of your wheelhouse. You're a smart dude yourself and I'm sure you can gauge what we'll like. Taking chances like this will help your channel grow. Terrific job, DK!

[@brandonle4321]

picture quality is kinda meh bro, mic is ok now though

[@DKCards]

Yeah this video was actually shot quite a while ago when I first got my new setup, audio is odd and video might have been quite odd as well :(

[@DumbSchoolRP]

First DK?

[@DKCards]

Lol close I think

[@CatBack94]

Cant get ripped off with these dumb prices if you dont buy and vote with your wallet :)

[@DKCards]

Big brain moves brother ;)

[@LEGiON40831]

That’s why I never buy Japanese bb

[@DKCards]

And you would be justified my friend XD

[@UnwantedCommentary]

Gotta be careful japanese boxes and now mofos are tampering with em

[@DKCards]

Yeah big time

[@fluffy91]

This video doesnt age well haha, the price is in shambles now

[@DKCards]

😂😂

[@dinerenblancc]

Let provide some accurate translations. He says "Fak you, doughy Americans, stop buying Poke-man cards of great Nippon or I'll send you to the Shadow Realm with my juitsu!"

[@DKCards]

I'll let you know when I do my next interview, please translate hahahaha

[@InJapan2019]

So many wrong things and translation bad on this video! No MSRP is ¥5400! Not more than 6000¥.

[@InJapan2019]

And what is amazing is to see that when something illegal happen in the English market, all KZbinrs complain, make video about it … but when it’s in Japan nobody cares! Reselling for a profit, like what Shun is doing, is actually illegal in Japan as Pokemon Japan does prohibit it (it’s even clearly written on all their products: FOR SALE IN JAPAN ONLY). So is it ok when it’s illegal because it’s in Japan? It’s because of resellers like Shun, who buy from distributors, that we have nothing left on the shelves even on release day! Can we just have access to the card? Since V-Star Universe there is nothing on the shelves, even at Pokemon Center! And guess what? Many, many Japanese are saying it’s all because of foreigners and on release day of Clay Burst, sooo many racist comments were made on Twitter because of this! Stop promoting those things! Please! Hopefully Pokemon Company in Japan will do something against those resellers!

[@chappiescollectables]

@@InJapan2019 holy crap, you just took the words out of my mouth.

[@DKCards]

I will try to address this little by little if possible. I think you are referencing the stolen Pokémon cards from fusion strike? Yes that was a pretty big controversy and absolutely should have been given attention and the communities attention. In regards to the Japanese market, is it illegal to resell products in general? Like written law etc? Or is the "for sale in japan only" something thats just written on boxes? Bc there are video games, CD's that always say "for sale in USA" only etc but its always resold on separate markets. Considering the popularity of pokemon cards in Japan and all across the world, I feel like this is more of an issue that Pokemon needs to address with separate distributors. Pokémon is always going to be popular but if there isn't enough stock, or distributors are getting rid of them and taking advantage of the secondary market, Pokémon company japan should be the ones directly doing something about this no? Bc while there are distribution issues in the U.S. etc occassionally, in the U.S. its fairly easy to get product. If anything, it seems the distribution network is slighly messed up in Japan then.

[@dinerenblancc]

Translations are bad. Editor should be waterboarded.

[@DKCards]

If you are referencing my friend who translated, she didn't need to do this but was kind enough to help me for the video! Would appreciate some understanding on that part. In terms of the editing, thats on me. The video was quite long and draggy at points. Needed to shorten bc it was getting quite dull. First time I interviewed someone and I should have requested responses to be shorter when question's were asked initially, which is why the cuts were there as well.

[@forresthyler6351]

I think it was whoever edited that. Could you imagine releasing this with the audio so one sided?