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Nakayoshi#Video games

{{short description|Japanese manga magazine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox Magazine

|title = Nakayoshi

|image_file = Nakayoshi199910.jpg

|image_size = 230px

|image_caption = October 1999 issue of {{Lang|ja-latn|Nakayoshi}} featuring art by Natsumi Ando

|editor =

|editor_title =

|staff_writer =

|frequency = Monthly

|circulation = 103,333
(July-September, 2016)

|category = Shōjo manga{{cite book|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|author=Jason Thompson|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|publisher=Del Rey Books|isbn=978-0-345-48590-8|year=2007|pages=xxiii-xxiv}}{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=2&cat3cd=29&period_cd=34|title=Girl's Manga|publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association |date=September 2016|language=ja|access-date=6 November 2016|archive-date=4 November 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104142052/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=2&cat3cd=29&period_cd=34}}

|company = Kodansha

|based = Tokyo

|firstdate = {{start date and age|1954|12}}

|country = Japan

|language = Japanese

|website = {{URL|nakayosi.kodansha.co.jp}}

|issn =

}}

{{nihongo|Nakayoshi|なかよし||{{literal translation}} "Good Friend"}} is a monthly shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First issued in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 70 years of manga publication history. Notable titles serialized in Nakayoshi include Princess Knight, Candy Candy, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and Pretty Cure. Roughly the size of a phone book (hence the term "phone book manga"), the magazine generally comes with furoku, or small gifts, such as pop-out figures, games, small bags, posters, stickers, and so on. The furoku is an attempt to encourage girls to buy their own copies of the magazine rather than just share with a friend.

It is one of the best-selling shōjo manga magazines, having sold over 400{{nbsp}}million copies since 1978. In the mid-1990s, Nakayoshi retailed for 400 yen and had an average of 448 pages. The estimated average circulation of Nakayoshi at this time was 1,800,000.{{cite book|last=Schodt|first=Frederik|author-link=Frederik L. Schodt|title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley, CA|year=1996|isbn=978-1-880656-23-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/94 94]}} Its circulation peaked at 2,100,000 in 1993. In 2007, its circulation was 400,000.[http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_001/index.html Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315150532/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_001/index.html|date=15 March 2012}}. During the 1990s, then editor-in-chief, Yoshio Irie attempted to move the magazine away from "first love" stories and introduced several fantasy manga such as Sailor Moon. During that period, Nakayoshi pursued a "media-mix" campaign, which involved close coordination of the magazine, anime productions based on the manga, and character merchandising.{{cite book|last=Schodt|first=Frederik|author-link=Frederik L. Schodt|title=Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley, CA|year=1996|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dreamlandjapanwr00scho/page/92 92–93]|isbn=978-1-880656-23-5}} Nakayoshi is also published on the 3rd of each month.

Serializations

=Current=

=Past=

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==1954–1979==

==1980–1989==

==1990–1999==

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==2000–2009==

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==2010–2019==

==2020–==

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Circulation

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

! Year / Period

! Monthly circulation

! Magazine sales

1978

| 1,600,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1979年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1600000*12}}

}

|-

| 1979

| 1,800,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1980年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1800000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1980

| 1,700,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1981年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1700000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1981

| 1,400,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1982年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1400000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1982

| 1,200,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1983年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1983

| 1,200,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1984

| 1,250,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1984年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1250000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1985

| 1,250,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1985年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1250000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1986

| 1,250,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1986年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1250000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1987

| 1,250,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1987年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1250000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1988

| 1,350,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1988年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1350000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1989

| 1,350,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1989年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1350000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1990

| 1,200,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1990年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1991

| 1,200,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1991年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1200000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1992

| 1,400,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1993年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1400000*12}}|}}

|-

| January 1993 to March 1993

| 1,750,000{{cite web |title=コミック誌の部数水準 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/wj_log/rank/hokan/zassi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306085534/http://www.geocities.jp/wj_log/rank/hokan/zassi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2007 |website=Yahoo! Japan |access-date=March 6, 2007}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1750000*3}}|}}

|-

| April 1993 to March 1994

| 2,100,000『雑誌新聞総かたろぐ 1994年版』

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2100000*12}}|}}

|-

| April 1994 to December 1994

| 1,750,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1750000*9}}|}}

|-

| 1995

| 1,500,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1500000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1996

| 1,100,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1100000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1997

| 780,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:780000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1998

| 530,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:530000*12}}|}}

|-

| 1999

| 500,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2000

| 500,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2001

| 520,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:520000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2002

| 550,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:550000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2003

| 490,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:490000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2004

| 500,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:500000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2005

| 460,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:460000*12}}|}}

|-

| 2006

| 418,500{{cite news|title=Manga Anthology Circulations 2004-2006 |url=https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/12/26/3040.html|work=ComiPress|date=12 December 2007|language=en}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:418500*12}}|}}

|-

| 2007

| 400,000

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:400000*12}}|}}

|-

| January 2008 to September 2008

| 343,750[http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/ 日本雑誌協会] JMPAマガジンデータによる1号当たり平均部数

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:343750*9}}|}}

|-

| October 2008 to September 2009

| 306,667

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:306667*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2009 to September 2010

| 252,084

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:252084*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2010 to December 2010

| 250,000出版指標年報2011より

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:250000*3}}|}}

|-

| January 2011 to September 2011

| 198,910

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:198910*9}}|}}

|-

| October 2011 to September 2012

| 170,834

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:170834*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2012 to September 2013

| 152,667

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:152667*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2013 to September 2014

| 137,500

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:137500*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2014 to September 2015

| 124,542{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_002/w5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920195614/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_002/w5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2016|title=JMPAマガジンデータ: 女性 コミック|work=Japan Magazine Publishing Association|access-date=20 September 2016}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:124542*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2015 to September 2016

| 104,083{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_002/w5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630083222/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_002/w5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2017|title=JMPAマガジンデータ: 女性 コミック|work=Japan Magazine Publishing Association|access-date=30 June 2017}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:181667*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2016 to September 2017

| 96,608{{cite web | url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/data/magdata/2/11/26 | title=JMPAマガジンデータ: 女性 コミック | publisher=Japan Magazine Publishing Association | access-date=21 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201144644/https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/data/magdata/2/11/26 | archive-date=1 February 2018 | url-status=dead}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:172917*12}}|}}

|-

| October 2017 to March 2018

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(90250+88000)/2 round 0}}|}}{{cite web | url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed/index/39/29 | title=印刷部数公表 | work=Japan Magazine Publishing Association | access-date=10 August 2018}}

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(90250*3)+(88000*3)}}|}}

|-

! 1978 to March 2018

!

! 414,137,226

|}

International versions

An Indonesian language version, Nakayoshi: Gress!, was published monthly by Elex Media Komputindo in Indonesia. The series has been canceled effectively in January 2017.

Related magazines

Video games

There have been multiple video games based on various manga series running in Nakayoshi, in addition to games based on individual titles themselves:

References

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External links

  • [https://nakayosi.kodansha.co.jp/ Nakayoshi official website] {{in lang|ja}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080603002627/http://www.geocities.jp/zatta123/kc/kc.html An incomplete list of Kodansha comic's Nakayoshi works (by artist) - 2008 archive] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Nakayoshi}}

{{Kodansha manga magazines}}

Category:1954 establishments in Japan

Category:Kodansha magazines

Category:Magazines established in 1954

Category:Magazines published in Tokyo

Category:Monthly manga magazines published in Japan

Category:Shōjo manga magazines