Shoxx

{{Short description|Japanese music magazine}}

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|frequency = Monthly

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|category = Music

|company = IDG

|publisher = Ongakusenkasha Co., Ltd.

|firstdate = October 1990

|finaldate = November 2016

|country = Japan

|based = Tokyo

|language = Japanese

|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309083501/http://www.ongakusenkasha.co.jp/shoxx/sh_main.html Official website]

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Shoxx (stylized as SHOXX) was a Japanese music magazine published monthly by Ongakusenkasha founded by Seiichi Hoshiko. It focused on Japan's visual kei scene, featuring its most popular bands as well as new ones. It is advertised as a "Visual and Hard Shock" magazine on each cover, a title that was influenced by visual kei pioneers X Japan and taken from their album Blue Blood.{{cite web|url=https://www.jrocknews.com/2018/01/interviewing-man-coined-term-visual-kei-seiichi-hoshiko.html|title=Interviewing the man who coined the term "Visual kei", Seiichi Hoshiko|publisher=Jrock News|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}{{Cite web|last=NBT|date=2018-01-31|title=Interview: How Seiichi Hoshiko was impacted by hide of X Japan|url=https://jrocknews.com/2018/01/interview-seiichi-hoshiko-part-2-impacted-hide-x-japan.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=JROCK NEWS|language=en-US}}

Different artists were featured on the cover every month, along with a 20-page feature which covered them through in-depth profiles and interviews, and a poster of the cover star. Regularly featured bands included X Japan, Miyavi, Mucc, Nightmare, The Gazette, Kra, Sid, Kagrra, Alice Nine, An Cafe and LM.C, among others.{{cite web|url=http://jscans.baka-koneko.com/|title=the jrock scans directory|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}

The magazine tended to appeal to overseas fans due to{{Cite thesis |title=Finite-element modeling of a composite bridge deck |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.33915/etd.1580 |publisher=West Virginia University Libraries |first=Suraj |last=Suraj|date=2005 |doi=10.33915/etd.1580 }} the large number of photos (often full-page) and advertisements included in each issue. It became more widely available as the popularity of Japanese music increased in the West.

In September 2016, it was announced that Shoxx had filed for bankruptcy.{{cite web|url=http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/4211.html|title=帝国データバンク 倒産速報記事|date=September 20, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920110630/http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/4211.html |archivedate=September 20, 2016|accessdate=September 9, 2018|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=https://jrocknews.com/2016/09/ongaku-senkasha-the-publisher-of-shoxx-magazine-has-filed-for-bankruptcy.html|title=Ongaku Senkasha, the publisher of SHOXX magazine has filed for bankruptcy|date=September 20, 2016|publisher=jrocknews|accessdate=October 25, 2019}} The final issue featured Sug, although Shoxx would later release one more special-edition magazine in February 2017 that featured Nightmare.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/DAKSXHP-1?s_ssid=e48c35db2e63185b2|title=SHOXX Special - Fukkan Junbi Go - [Cover & Top Feature] NIGHTMARE [Back Cover] Plastic Tree|publisher=CDJapan|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}