This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
1. Go to http://id.konami.net/ and scroll to Japan as your location.
2. Click on the top left blue icon. Leave everything on the next page alone and click on the left button on the bottom.
3. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the online agreement and click on the left button again.
The next screen is the one most people will have problems with, so here is a translation of all the different boxes you can fill here.
Konami ID(pick whatever you want, but it has to be all lower case)
Konami Style confirmation(leave unmarked)
Password(lower case with numbers)
Re-type password
Password setting(leave alone)
Confirmation question
Confirmation answer(has to be in Japanese. Use my example at the bottom)
Game ID(NOT your display name in PYS5. Just your sign in name. Lower case with numbers. Can not be the same as your Konami ID.)
Game ID password(numbers only)
Re-type password
Email address
Re-type email
Name in katakana
Name in kanji
(There is an example below the entry forms that use the name Konami Tarou. Just copy and paste that name into the appropriate boxes. You definitely need Japanese language support to do this. To avoid confusion, I'll go ahead and post in Japanese at the end of this post.)
Sex
Zip code(This is what will give most of you problems, because their site confirms the zip code with the address you put in. Just copy and paste the info at the end of this post.)
Address(should fill up when you use my zip code)
Apartment number(leave blank)
Phone number(use the example they use)
4. Okay, here is the exact Japanese you should copy and paste.
Confirmation answer: 西岡
Last name in kana: コナミ
First name in kana: タロウ
Last name in kanji: 小波
First name in kanji: 太郎
Zip code: 107-6327
Phone number: 0312345678
When you confirm that zip code, make sure to click on the blue link at the very left of the entered city information. This chooses that location as default.
5. The next screen should take you to the confirmation page. Click on the very left button at the bottom. That's it.