For YouTube reactors, playlisters & creators covering Japan
Join the network Japanese labels, studios & publishers use to find creators who cover music in Japan.
janken matches your channel against real releases from Japanese labels, studios & publishers. Not every match comes with a fee yet — but when one does, it's a flat rate you see before you accept, paid in full, no guesswork.
Real gigs, before you sign up
See the fee before you commit to anything.
| Artist / Release | Genre | Fee | The ask |
|---|---|---|---|
夜光 / Yakou “Neon Undertow” — single | city-pop / future-funk | $420 | First-listen or reaction, 60s+ of the track on screen, posted within 7 days of release. |
クレヴィス / Crevis “Glasshouse EP” — EP | j-rock / shoegaze | $300 | Cover any two tracks in a first-listen format — your usual style, no script. |
園子 / Sonoko “Aventurine” — album | vocaloid / synthwave | $540 | Full-album reaction or playlist feature, at least 3 tracks covered on screen. |
Sign up to see the full brief, usage guidelines and assets — and to accept.
How the money works
When a gig pays, it pays in full — no guesswork.
Every curator gets matched against real releases as they come in. Not every match is a paid gig yet — how often depends on your genre/territory fit and how many labels, studios & publishers are live right now. When a gig does carry a fee, it's shown in USD before you accept, paid whole once your post is verified live and approved. No “exposure,” no back-end percentages, no 50/50 split.
USD
Fees quoted and paid in US dollars — the number you accept is the number you're paid.
In full
When a gig carries a fee, it's paid whole once your post is verified live and approved. No split, no tranches.
PayPal
Payout to your PayPal email, connected the first time you accept an offer.
0%
No platform cut from your fee, no subscription, no listing charge. janken bills the label, studio or publisher, not you.
$420
Example of a paid gig's flat fee — the whole amount, paid on approval.
48h
Target payout time once ops approves your submitted post.
Connecting a channel
Four steps. No password, ever.
- 01Add your handlesYouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Bilibili — paste the public handle. We never ask for a login.
- 02We read your public reachjanken pulls subscriber & view counts that anyone can see, and computes a reach score.
- 03Tag your scene & set your floorCity-pop, vocaloid, visual-kei… plus the minimum fee below which we won't email you.
- 04Start browsing gigsConnect PayPal only when you accept your first offer — not before. Gigs that fit start landing in your feed.
Payments, fees & safety — first
The questions everyone asks before they sign up.
- Every curator who registers gets matched against real releases as they come in — music, manga, anime, games, food, gadgets, fashion, sake, places. Gig volume grows with the network, so how often you're offered a paid one depends on your genre/territory fit and how many labels, studios & publishers are live right now. No guarantee on timing, but every match is real and every fee is shown before you accept.
- Once your submitted post is verified live and approved, janken pays your full fee to your PayPal — target 48 hours after approval. One payment, no tranches, no back-end percentages.
- None. No subscription, no listing charge, no cut taken from your payout. janken bills the label, studio or publisher, not you — you keep 100% of the fee you accepted.
- Every hold shows a specific, visible reason code — never a silent “reserved.” Reason codes include a missing or dead post link, a usage-guideline issue, a duplicate submission, or an invalid payout account. You're notified the moment the state changes, and disputes get a response on a stated SLA — never an open-ended wait.
- No creator-side paywall, ever. Every curator sees every gig they qualify for — there's no paid tier that unlocks more offers or a higher application cap.
- No. You're notified of every status change on a gig — accepted, held, approved, paid — so nothing changes on you silently.
- janken is run by PRTL. Every fee is shown before you accept, every hold carries a reason code, and your payout status is visible in your Earnings tab at all times — no exposure-only offers, no guesswork.
One release away
Get matched to real Japanese releases.
Registration takes four minutes. See where you land — browse real gigs first, and see exactly how an offer, the assets, and the payout flow look before any money moves.
3,100+ gigs paid out$1.2M paid to creators in 202548h median payout timePayPal payout, more methods coming