Happie Nuts

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Happie Nuts
Happie Nuts, September 2010.jpg
September 2010
Categories Fashion
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 190,000 [1]
PublisherInforest
First issueNovember 2004
Final issueMarch 2016
CountryJapan
Based in Tokyo
Language Japanese

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.

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History

Happie Nuts was first published in November 2004 [4] [5] as the successor to Happie, a fashion magazine targeted at female teenagers. [6] [7]

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. [8]

In 2014 Happie Nuts was closed, but was restarted in July 2015. [5] However, the magazine ended publication again in March 2016. [5]

Models

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. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Handling media : Happie Nuts" Archived 11 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Get & Co.(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Happie Nuts" Archived 2022-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , Women's Fashion Magazine Guide(in Japanese)
  3. ↑ Roman Cybriwsky (18 February 2011), Historical Dictionary of Tokyo, Scarecrow Press, p. 68, ISBN   978-0-8108-7489-3
  4. 1 2 "Happie Nuts" Archived 22 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Model Press(in Japanese)
  5. 1 2 3 "Relaunched gyaru magazine Happie Nuts closes again". Japan Trends. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Report About Segment Change Due To Clarification Of Business Concept" Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , 28 May 2007, Sevenseas Holdings (the parent company of Inforest) (in Japanese)
  7. ↑ R, Rajkumar. "Fashions of the 1960s" . Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  8. ↑ "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)
  9. ↑ "Happie Nuts" [ dead link ] (http://www.l-f-tokyo.com/magazine/happienuts/), Ladies Fashion Tokyo(in Japanese)

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