Bejean
{{Short description|Japanese monthly men's magazine}}
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{{Nihongo|Bejean|ビージーン|Bijin}} is a Japanese monthly men's magazine which originally started publication under the name {{nihongo|Beppin|ベッピン|Beppin}}. It has been described as "probably the best selling men's magazine" in Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/jav/magz.htm|title=Japanese AV Magazines|accessdate=26 October 2010|publisher=Angelfire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229134048/http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/jav/magz.htm|archive-date=2010-12-29|url-status=dead}} and was called by J-List "One of the cornerstones of Japanese AV magazines."{{cite web|url=http://www.jlist.com/product/RESERVE69|title=About this product|accessdate=27 October 2010|publisher=J-List|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101017172032/http://www.jlist.com/product/RESERVE69| archivedate= 17 October 2010 | url-status= live}} As with its sister publication Video Boy, the magazine specializes in nude photo sets of present and aspiring Japanese AV idols.
Its distinguishing feature was a "centerfold", a 29x89 cm double-sided "Body Poster", displaying a full frontal nude from the head to the thighs. The reverse was a view of the nude backside from the head to heels, the model turned about 45 degrees. No clothing, shoes, jewelry, props or sets were used in the poster and the typical background was flat blue.{{cite web|url=http://hairyasianbusty.blogspot.com/2011/05/bejeans-full-body-poster.html?zx=ac0b01b325de75b0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121130100732/http://hairyasianbusty.blogspot.com/2011/05/bejeans-full-body-poster.html?zx=ac0b01b325de75b0|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 November 2012|title=Bejean's Full Body Poster|accessdate=17 September 2012|publisher=Hairy Asian Busty}}
The magazine began appearing in July 1984 as Beppin. The last issue of Beppin was the 15 December issue of 1994, Volume #131 (it was bi-monthly, on the 1st and the 15th, in the last six months of publication). It was reborn as Bejeans in the 15 February issue of 1995, Volume #1. The name was shortened to Bejean in the 15 March 1996, Volume #24. It published bi-monthly until 1997 when it became a monthly.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}}
Beppin in Japanese means "beautiful woman" and Bejean is a play on the Japanese word {{nihongo|"bijin"|美人}} which has the same meaning with an additional connotation of "hot girl."{{cite web|url=http://www.jlist.com/faq.html|title=The Japanese Adult Magazine FAQ|accessdate=27 October 2010|publisher=J-List|archive-date=28 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228011305/http://www.jlist.com/faq.html|url-status=dead}}
Bejean and Video Boy had both been published by {{nihongo|Eichi Publishing|英知出版|Eichi Shuppan}}{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gl/13170/|title=ＡＶ情報誌・出版社関連のリンク集 (AV Magazine Publishers Links)|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=All About|last=Otsubo|first=Kemuta|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424162641/http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gl/13170/|archive-date=2011-04-24|url-status=dead}} but declining revenues forced Eichi and its parent company to close operations in late March 2007, declaring bankruptcy with debts of 2.32 billion yen (about US$20 million).{{cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2007_04/g2007040515.html|script-title=ja:アダルト雑誌大手、英知出版倒産…負債総額２３億円|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=Zakzak|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716163846/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2007_04/g2007040515.html|archive-date=16 July 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://asyura.com/07/hihyo5/msg/200.html|title=ビデオボーイ 、Bejeanの男性誌、アダルト誌出版の 英知出版(株)～破産手続開始申立へ|accessdate=26 October 2010|publisher=Asyura|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://fukumimi.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/good-bye-to-eichi-publishing/|title=Good Bye to Eichi Publishing|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=Fukumimi}} Publication of Bejean, Video Boy and other monthly magazines had been transferred from Eichi in May 2006 so the magazines survived the collapse of that company and are both now published by the {{nihongo|GOT Corporation|株式会社ジーオーティー|Kabushikigaisha Jīōtī}} located in Ebisu, Tokyo near Japan's largest porn company, the Hokuto Corporation.{{cite web|url=http://www.gotbb.jp/aboutus.html|title=Company Info|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=GOTBB|language=Japanese}}
The magazine also has a website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229011549/http://www.bejean.net/ {{nihongo|Bejean On Line|ビージーンオンライン}}],{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gl/13170/2/|script-title=ja:ＡＶ情報誌・出版社関連のリンク集|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=All About|last=Otsubo|first=Kemuta|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616213217/http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gl/13170/2/|archive-date=2011-06-16|url-status=dead}} online since January 2001,{{cite web|url=http://www.surcentro.com/en/info/www.bejean.net|title=Main Info - www.bejean.net|accessdate=27 October 2010|work=Surcentro}} which features nude and "gravure" (non-nude) pictorial sets and a catalog of back copies of the magazine reaching back to 2002 at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102164747/http://www.bejean.net/magazine/ Bejean On Line Back Number].{{cite web|url=http://jjsjapaneseidols.thumblogger.com/home/log/2009/48/bejean-on-line.html|title=Bejean Online|accessdate=27 October 2010|work=Japanese Idol Directory}}