I want to reduce 'want but can't buy'. Bird Ship depicts support for 'Oshikatsu' (fandom activities).
Bird Ship, a Korean proxy purchasing service, announced its vision to become a comprehensive platform supporting 'Oshikatsu'. By evolving beyond a simple proxy service through AI-driven search and estimation features, it aims to eliminate barriers for fans wanting to purchase limited Korean products.
📋 Article Processing Timeline
- 📰 Published: April 2, 2026 at 00:42
- 🔍 Collected: April 1, 2026 at 16:47
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: April 21, 2026 at 09:07 (472h 20m after Collected)
Our company supports April Dream, a project that turns April 1st into a day for sharing dreams. This press release is about the dream of 'Bird Ship'.
Korean proxy purchasing service 'Bird Ship' is a service that purchases Korean products that are difficult to obtain in Japan on behalf of customers and delivers them to Japan. In November 2025, we introduced an AI automatic estimation function, allowing users to check product pages translated into Japanese by simply entering the Korean product page URL. Since the beginning of 2026, we have been continuously improving functions, such as adding a mechanism to search for products by category, to make shopping even easier.
Bird Ship has set the dream of 'Bird Ship supports your Oshikatsu' and will continue to work on further functional improvements and additions.
### Background of the Dream
Previously, Korean proxy purchasing services started from the point where the customer had clearly decided on the 'product they wanted'.
Traditional Flow:
- 'I want to buy this Korean product.'
- -> 'But I can't register because I don't have a Korean phone number.'
- -> 'It only supports domestic delivery in Korea.'
- -> 'I can't pay with an overseas credit card.'
- -> Request a proxy service.
As described, until now, the service has mainly been used when the product to be purchased has been decided. In the future, Bird Ship aims to be a more convenient service that can be used from the stage of searching for products, rather than just acting as a proxy for purchase.
Furthermore, the background to why our service wants to support 'Oshikatsu' is that about half of the products handled so far have been related to fandom activities. We have seen diverse needs for Oshikatsu, such as K-POP idol-related goods, Korean limited editions of anime, manga, games, and character products, and goods related to Korean actors. In some cases, we have even received requests for panda goods from a Korean zoo.
At Bird Ship, we define 'Oshikatsu' as supporting anything that one considers their 'Oshi' (favorite), not limited to idols or anime characters, but also favorite actors, writers, designers, miscellaneous goods, animals, etc. We want to be a presence that supports everyone's Oshikatsu.
Korean proxy purchasing service 'Bird Ship' is a service that purchases Korean products that are difficult to obtain in Japan on behalf of customers and delivers them to Japan. In November 2025, we introduced an AI automatic estimation function, allowing users to check product pages translated into Japanese by simply entering the Korean product page URL. Since the beginning of 2026, we have been continuously improving functions, such as adding a mechanism to search for products by category, to make shopping even easier.
Bird Ship has set the dream of 'Bird Ship supports your Oshikatsu' and will continue to work on further functional improvements and additions.
### Background of the Dream
Previously, Korean proxy purchasing services started from the point where the customer had clearly decided on the 'product they wanted'.
Traditional Flow:
- 'I want to buy this Korean product.'
- -> 'But I can't register because I don't have a Korean phone number.'
- -> 'It only supports domestic delivery in Korea.'
- -> 'I can't pay with an overseas credit card.'
- -> Request a proxy service.
As described, until now, the service has mainly been used when the product to be purchased has been decided. In the future, Bird Ship aims to be a more convenient service that can be used from the stage of searching for products, rather than just acting as a proxy for purchase.
Furthermore, the background to why our service wants to support 'Oshikatsu' is that about half of the products handled so far have been related to fandom activities. We have seen diverse needs for Oshikatsu, such as K-POP idol-related goods, Korean limited editions of anime, manga, games, and character products, and goods related to Korean actors. In some cases, we have even received requests for panda goods from a Korean zoo.
At Bird Ship, we define 'Oshikatsu' as supporting anything that one considers their 'Oshi' (favorite), not limited to idols or anime characters, but also favorite actors, writers, designers, miscellaneous goods, animals, etc. We want to be a presence that supports everyone's Oshikatsu.