JJ (magazine)

JJ is a Japanese fashion and lifestyle magazine published by Kobunsha. It was established in 1975[3][4] as an extra issue of Josei Jishin, and was the first women's magazine for college students in Japan. Most readers of JJ are females between the ages of 17 and 26, and range from college students to office workers.

JJ

January 2003 cover
Editor	Sayaka Hara[1]
Categories	Fashion
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	563,201 (2014)[2]
Publisher	Kobunsha
Year founded	1975
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	jj-jj.net

JJ advises its readers to dress conservatively. It uses many professional fashion models, however the models it uses are not necessarily under exclusive contract with JJ. The model Ryoko Tanami is frequently featured in Classy, a version of JJ targeted to women aged between 24 and 28.

JJ Bis is a version of JJ magazine for older teens.

Models featured in JJ

Current

References[5]

• Nicole (ja)
• Ai Okawa
• Karen Fujii
• Miwako Kakei
• Mayuko Arisue
• Lisa Kikukawa (ja)
• Kako Kondō
• Hirona Yamazaki
• Erina Mano
• Yuna Kawaguchi
• Hina Higuchi (ja)
• Mizuho Habu
• Ayaka Takamoto (ja)

Past

• Ema Asō
• Reira Aoyama (ja)
• Reira Arai (ja)
• Miki Arimura (ja)
• Akiko Ikeda
• Ayumi Katrina (ja)
• Saemi Ikeda (ja)
• Yuko Ito
• Nami Iwasaki (ja)
• Manami Ui
• Ayumi Uehara (ja)
• Mami Uematsu (ja)
• Anna Umemiya
• Alisa Uerahama (ja)
• Ari Ōta (ja)
• Minami Otomo (ja)
• Audrey Ayaka[6] (ja)
• Saori Ochiai (ja)
• Yukari Obata (ja)
• Rie Ono (ja)
• Chikako Kaku (ja)
• Chieko Kuroda (ja)
• Nana Katase
• Natsuki Katō
• Eri Kaneko (ja)
• Ranko Kanbe[7]
• Yuki Kubota (ja)
• Christina (ja)
• Meisa Kuroki
• Tomoe Genzaki (ja)
• Sari Kobayashi (ja)
• Keito Kondō (ja)
• Yuriko Sakaki (ja)
• Kura Kobayashi (ja)
• Yumi Sakurai (ja)
• Mayumi Shiina
• Risako Miura (ja)
• Mami Shimamura (ja)
• Aki Shimizu (ja)
• Yumi Sugimoto
• Karen Takizawa
• Noriko Toyama
• Yukari Sonohara (ja)
• Sonomi Takigawa (ja)
• Reiko Takagaki[8]
• Ryōko Takahashi
• Saya Tajima (ja)
• Ryoko Tanami
• Akemi Darenogare[9]
• Tomomi Tsunoda (ja)
• Devin
• Manami Teramoto (ja)
• Reiko Tokita[10]
• Mitsuho Nakamura (ja)
• Mariya Nagao
• Natsumi (ja)
• Nanami (ja)
• Yuka Nanjo (ja)
• Miho Nishimura (ja)
• Anna Nose (ja)
• Hiroko Hatano
• Aki Higashihara
• Vivianne Ono (ja)
• Risa Hirako
• Fala Chen
• Shuuka Fujii[11]
• Eriko Fujimoto (ja)
• Norika Fujiwara
• Brenda (ja)
• Juri Matsuda (ja)
• Maya Alina
• Keiko Mayama (ja)
• Marie Klabin
• Marion
• Mie (ja)
• Emiri Miyasaka
• Mai Yamazashi (ja)
• Haruko Yamada (ja)
• Yuumi (ja)
• Towako Kimijima (ja)
• Hinano Yoshikawa
• Loveli[12]
• Liza Kennedy
• Rina (ja)
• Rinka
• Marianna Watari

References

1. 【インタビュー】会ってLINEして読者の声を収集する背伸び好きな20代の未来を応援！原さやか／「JJ」編集長. Infas Publications WWD Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 June 2015.
2. 一般社団法人日本雑誌協会 印刷部数公表 [Japan Magazine Publishers Association Circulation Number Search]. Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. "Top Fashion Magazines in Japan". Emily Recommends. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
4. Barbara Németh (2014). "Masculinities in Japan" (PDF). Filozofická fakulta. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
5. "JJ MODELS" (in Japanese). Kobunsha Co,Ltd. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
6. オードリー亜谷香、涙で「JJ」卒業 8年間の思い綴る＜コメント全文＞ [Audrey Ayaka tearfully announces graduation from "JJ"] (in Japanese). Modelpress. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
7. 神戸蘭子、10年活動の『JJ』卒業 今後は「結婚」目標 [Ranko Kanbe graduates from "JJ" after 10 years of activity. Her goal now is "marriage"] (in Japanese). Oricon. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
8. 「AneCan」卒業の蛯原友里＆高垣麗子、押切もえと3トップとして牽引＜略歴＞ (in Japanese). Modelpress. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
9. ダレノガレ明美「JJ」卒業を発表 [Darenogare Akemi announced that she graduated from JJ]. modelpress (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 September 2015.
10. 土岐田麗子「JJ」卒業 12年間に終止符で涙「明日はきっと目が腫れている」 (in Japanese). Modelpress. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
11. Flower藤井萩花「JJ」専属モデル卒業を発表 [Flower's Shuuka Fujii announces graduation from "JJ"] (in Japanese). Modelpress. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
12. ラブリ「JJ」卒業を発表「新しいわたしを受け入れる. modelpress (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Mikeware-Mags JJ magazine cover archive