How to Vote on AKB48Request 2013

Say, you have bought the UZA single and got the voting sheet for Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013 but you apparently doesn’t know how to vote for it. This is a simple guide on how to vote for your chosen song :

1. Open http://akb48-request2013.jp
2. Navigate to 一覧から検索 (http://akb48-request2013.jp/fp/selectType.html)
3. Click CD、配信楽曲を検索 (http://akb48-request2013.jp/fp/selectTypeCd.html)
4. Let’s say you want to vote for NEW SHIP :
– Choose AKB48(シングルCD・配信の楽曲) (http://akb48-request2013.jp/fp/selectTypeCdSingleAKB48.html)
– And then click on NEW SHIP
– Insert the serial number on your voting sheet to the 2 empty fields. Here’s an illustration on how :

5. Click on the only button below to continue with your vote, don’t press it twice, if somehow the page having some slowdown after you click the button, just wait.
6. You are now on the thank you page and you will be asked to fill some survey, click the button to continue filling the survey
7. You will be brought to the survey page, here are the fields that available :
– The first field is Gender (性別)
  – Fill it with 男性 if you are a male
  – Fill it with 女性 if you are a female
– The second field is your age range (年齢)
– The third field is the place you are living right now (お住まいの都道府県)
  – If your are an overseas fans (Not living in Japan) Choose 上記以外 , the last one.
– The fourth field is asking how many times do you participate in a national (Japan) handshake event
  – If you’ve never done it before, choose なし, the last one.
– The fifth field is asking for how long have you supported AKB48, Measured in year(s).
8. That’s it, click the last button and you’re done