# Yuyu-tei Scraper - Japanese TCG Singles Prices & Buylist (`lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Yuyu-tei (yuyu-tei.jp), Japan's top TCG singles shop. Get JPY sell prices, buylist prices, rarity, card number, stock and condition for Pokemon, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh, Duel Masters, Weiss Schwarz and 20+ games. Search by keyword or scrape full sets by set code.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yuyu-tei Scraper — Japanese TCG Singles Prices & Buylist

Scrape **[Yuyu-tei](https://yuyu-tei.jp)** (遊々亭), Japan's biggest online TCG singles retailer. Get **sell prices, buylist (kaitori) prices, rarity, card number, stock and condition** in JPY for **Pokemon, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh, Duel Masters, Weiss Schwarz, Vanguard, Digimon, Union Arena, hololive and 20+ more card games**.

Perfect for JP↔EN arbitrage research, price tracking, buylist monitoring, set analysis and market data pipelines.

### Features

- 🎴 **25 game sections** — Pokemon (`poc`), Yu-Gi-Oh (`ygo`), One Piece (`opc`), Duel Masters (`dm`), Weiss Schwarz (`ws`), Vanguard (`vg`), Battle Spirits (`bs`), Digimon (`digi`), Union Arena (`ua`), WIXOSS (`wx`), hololive OCG (`hocg`), Genshin (`gcg`) and more
- 💴 **Sell + buylist in one record** — `mode: "both"` merges the store's sell price and the buylist price per card and computes the `spreadJpy`
- 📈 **Buylist boost detection** — flags temporarily boosted buylist prices (`buyPriceBoosted`) with the base price
- 🃏 **Rarity, card number, set code, stock, sold-out status** per card
- 🔍 **Keyword search or full-set scrape** — search by Japanese card name, or dump entire sets by set code (e.g. `sv08a`)
- 🩹 **Damaged inventory** — optionally include the discounted 傷有り (scratched) listings

### Input

```json
{
    "game": "poc",
    "searchQueries": ["ピカチュウ", "リザードン"],
    "setCodes": ["sv08a"],
    "mode": "both",
    "includeDamaged": false,
    "maxItems": 300
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `game` | Game section code (`poc` Pokemon, `ygo` Yu-Gi-Oh, `opc` One Piece, `dm` Duel Masters, `ws` Weiss Schwarz, ...) |
| `searchQueries` | Card names — **use Japanese names** (ピカチュウ, not "pikachu") |
| `setCodes` | Optional: scrape entire sets by Yuyu-tei set code (from `yuyu-tei.jp/sell/poc/s/<code>` URLs) |
| `mode` | `sell`, `buy` (buylist), or `both` (merged, default) |
| `includeDamaged` | Also scrape discounted damaged (傷有り) sell listings |
| `maxItems` | Cap on total records |

> **Important:** Yuyu-tei is a Japanese-language store. Search terms must be Japanese card names — English/romaji searches return no results.

### Output

```json
{
    "game": "poc",
    "gameCode": "poc",
    "setCode": "sv08a",
    "cardId": "10481",
    "name": "ピカチュウex",
    "cardNumber": "236/187",
    "rarity": "UR",
    "condition": "near_mint",
    "recordType": "sell+buylist",
    "sellPriceJpy": 14800,
    "buyPriceJpy": 9000,
    "buyPriceBaseJpy": 4500,
    "buyPriceBoosted": true,
    "spreadJpy": 5800,
    "stock": 3,
    "availability": "In Stock",
    "currency": "JPY",
    "imageUrl": "https://card.yuyu-tei.jp/poc/100_140/sv08a/10481.jpg",
    "url": "https://yuyu-tei.jp/sell/poc/card/sv08a/10481",
    "searchQuery": "ピカチュウ",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-03T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

- `recordType`: `sell+buylist` (merged), `sell` (no buylist match), or `buylist` (Yuyu-tei buys it but has no sell stock)
- `condition`: `near_mint` (傷無し) or `scratched` (傷有り, when `includeDamaged` is on)

### Use Cases

- **JP↔EN arbitrage** — compare Yuyu-tei JPY prices against TCGplayer/Cardmarket
- **Buylist flipping** — find cards where another vendor's sell price beats Yuyu-tei's buylist
- **Price tracking** — schedule daily runs on key cards or whole sets
- **Set analytics** — full-set price distributions by rarity

### Notes

- Prices are in **JPY** and exclude shipping
- Runs use residential proxy by default (Yuyu-tei blocks datacenter IPs)
- Yuyu-tei sells Japanese-language cards only
- This actor scrapes publicly available pages; no login is used

# Actor input Schema

## `game` (type: `string`):

Yuyu-tei game section code. Common codes: poc = Pokemon, ygo = Yu-Gi-Oh OCG, yrd = Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel, opc = One Piece, dm = Duel Masters, ws = Weiss Schwarz, vg = Cardfight Vanguard, bs = Battle Spirits, digi = Digimon, ua = Union Arena, wx = WIXOSS, hocg = hololive OCG, gcg = Genshin, fe = Fire Emblem Cipher, sev = Shadowverse Evolve, lo = Lycee Overture, zx = Z/X, pm = Precious Memories, re = Rebirth, gab = Gundam Arsenal Base, chaos = ChaosTCG, xs = Build Divide, ei = Eternal Innocence, ws-r = others. Any code that exists at yuyu-tei.jp/top/<code> works.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Card names to search. IMPORTANT: Yuyu-tei is a Japanese-language site — use Japanese card names (e.g. ピカチュウ for Pikachu, リザードン for Charizard, ルフィ for Luffy). English/romaji terms usually return 0 results for Japanese games.

## `setCodes` (type: `array`):

Scrape entire sets by Yuyu-tei set/version code instead of (or in addition to) keyword search — e.g. sv08a, sv10, m06 for Pokemon. Find codes in Yuyu-tei set list URLs: yuyu-tei.jp/sell/poc/s/<code>.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

sell = store sell prices with stock; buy = buylist (kaitori) prices Yuyu-tei pays; both = merge sell + buylist prices into one record per card (2 requests per query).

## `includeDamaged` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the discounted damaged/played (傷有り) sell inventory as extra records with condition = 'scratched'. Adds one request per query.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of card records to push across all queries and sets.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Yuyu-tei returns 403 to datacenter IPs — residential proxy is required on the Apify platform (default).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "game": "poc",
  "searchQueries": [
    "ピカチュウ"
  ],
  "setCodes": [],
  "mode": "both",
  "includeDamaged": false,
  "maxItems": 300,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "ピカチュウ"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["ピカチュウ"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ピカチュウ"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/yuyutei-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sedb4ZXaQJQRLAJL3/builds/4tcE6XUbEr1xutwFD/openapi.json