# Japan CERO Z Checklist

Region variant: `RegionVariant.JP.CEROZ`  
SKU tag: `SKU.JP.CEROZ`  
Build macro: `RegionVariant`  
Last verified: 2026-05-17  
Source URLs: <https://www.cero.gr.jp/en/publics/index/17/>,
<https://www.cero.biz/e/regulation.pdf>

- Rating-board submission: provide CERO with representative gameplay, cutscenes,
  and the most extreme combat footage for the CERO Z package.
- Store-page copy: display CERO Z age handling and Japanese localized
  descriptors consistently across storefront, launcher, and platform metadata.
- Marketing assets: use the reduced gore asset set and avoid blood-pool,
  dismemberment, and skeletal-pierce hero frames.
- In-game text: route Japanese strings through the launch glossary and cultural
  review for honorifics, fighter names, finisher names, and UI labels.
- Audio: use Japanese VO launch bank and per-fighter pickup sheet; ensure
  subtitle timing matches Japanese lip-sync retiming.
- Cinematics: dismemberment and blood pools are reduced, and X-Ray scenes use
  the non-bone-shatter alternate.
- Store flow: age-gated CERO Z purchase and launcher entry must map to
  `RegionVariant.JP.CEROZ`.
- Runtime: boot assert verifies Japan install, CERO Z SKU, and reduced-gore
  cinematic manifest.