Hello, everyone.
My name is Kozu, Japanese man.
This blog focuses on Japanese pop culture.
Today’s theme is Japanese fashion magazine for teenagers.
Let’s start!
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Popteen
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Since 1980
the age range of readers：around 13 to 18
Originally, Popteen had dealt with “GAL” fashion.
(↓Japanese GAL)
But the population of GAL have gradually decreased.
So Popteen has dealt with casual fashion, Korean style and teenage girlish fashion in addition to GAL fashion recently.
And the magazine put effort into You Tube channel”Popteen TV”.
(It posts a video every day.)
Meru Nukumi is the most popular model in this magazine.
She’ll publish her style book on April 1.
seventeen and nicola , i will introduce later, doesn’t dealt with GAL fashion.
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seventeen
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(official You Tube channel)
Since 1969
the age range of readers：around 13 to 18
seventeen is known as the gateway to success for actresses.
In other words, a lot of seventeen models is active as an actress.
Mayuu Yokota is the most popular model in seventeen magazine.
And Kaya Kiyohara is the most rising model.
She has appeared in a lot of TV dramas and she is a popular actress too.
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nicola
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(official You Tube channel)
Since 1997
the age range of readers：around 13 to 15
nicola is for junior high schools’ girls.
For your information, Popteen and seventeen is for middle/high schools’ girls.
When nicola models go to 11th grade, they leave the magazine in the May number of the year as a rule.
Rina Kurosaka is the most popular model in this magazine.
she has made the cover of nicola eighth.
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summery
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✔︎Popteen deals with Korean fashion, casual fashion ,GAL fashion and teenage street fashion.
✔︎seventeen and nicola doesn’t deal with GAL fashion.
✔︎A lot of seventeen models want to be a popular actresses.
✔︎Popteen and seventeen is for junior and senior high schools’ girls.
✔︎nicola is for junior high schools’ girls.
✔︎nicola models have to leave nicola magazine when they move to grade 11.
See you next time.