Happie Nuts
Happie Nuts was a gal fashion magazine published monthly in Japan by Inforest Publishing. Targeted at women in their late teens and early 20s, Happie Nuts was highly oriented toward the style of oneh-gal ("o-neh-san gal", lit. "older-sister gal") and dark-skin.[2] Based in Tokyo,[3] it was in circulation between 2004 and 2016.
September 2010 | |
Categories | Fashion |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 190,000[1] |
Publisher | Inforest |
First issue | November 2004 |
Final issue | March 2016 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
History
Happie Nuts was first published in November 2004[4][5] as the successor to Happie, a fashion magazine targeted at female teenagers.[6] Happie Nuts spawned its special edition, Koakuma & Nuts, in October 2005, which later grew to be Koakuma Ageha as one of the highest-selling fashion magazines in Japan.[7]
In 2014 Happie Nuts was closed, but was restarted in July 2015.[5] However, the magazine ended publication again in March 2016.[5]
Model
Its exclusive models were called "Nuts Mates",[4] which have included Ena Matsumoto, Sayoko Ozaki, Akane Satomi, Sayaka Taniguchi, Miyu Ishima, Saki Nanba, Eriko Tachiya, Shizuka Takeda, Hiromi, Akane Suda, and Nicole Abe.[8]
References
- "Handling media : Happie Nuts" Archived 2011-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, Get & Co. (in Japanese)
- "Happie Nuts", Women's Fashion Magazine Guide (in Japanese)
- Roman Cybriwsky (18 February 2011), Historical Dictionary of Tokyo, Scarecrow Press, p. 68, ISBN 978-0-8108-7489-3, retrieved 15 September 2016
- "Happie Nuts" Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Model Press (in Japanese)
- "Relaunched gyaru magazine Happie Nuts closes again". Japan Trends. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- "Report About Segment Change Due To Clarification Of Business Concept" Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 28 May 2007, Sevenseas Holdings (the parent company of Inforest) (in Japanese)
- "Interview with the chief editor of 'Koakuma Ageha', there are only two things in the world : 'kawaii' or 'not kawaii'", 14 July 2009, Gigazine (in Japanese)
- "
Happie Nuts" dead link (http://www.l-f-tokyo.com/magazine/happienuts/), Ladies Fashion Tokyo (in Japanese)
External
- Official website (in Japanese)