Monthly Playboy
"Japanese Playboy" redirects here. For the weekly magazine, see Weekly Playboy.
| Categories | Men's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation |
approx. 900,000 (1975), approx. 55,000 (final few years[1]) |
| First issue | July 1975[2] |
| Final issue — Number |
January 2009 408 |
| Company | Shueisha |
| Country |
 Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | m-playboy.shueisha.co.jp |
Monthly Playboy (月刊プレイボーイ Gekkan Pureibōi) also known as Geppure (月プレ) or MPB was a franchise of Playboy magazine in Japan. Monthly Playboy ceased publication with the final January 2009 issue, due to a decline in readership.[1][3]
Pop artist, Keiichi Tanaami was the magazine's first art director.
Playmate Japan (1986-1993)
Playmate Japan (プレイメイト・ジャパン)[4]
- 1986 - Shiho Masui, Emi Satō, Reiko Sugano
- 1987 -
- 1988 - Sayoko Kobayashi, Mari Kokubu, Mika Okuda
- 1989 - Momo Aida
- 1990 - Kurisu Aoki, Akio Horisaka, Sachiko Kurachi, Haruka Morimura, Madoka Sugawara, Rie Sugimoto
- 1991 - Misuteriasu K
- 1992 - Kana Aiba, Reira Misaki, Chise Tokuda
- 1993 - Mio Asai, Yoriko Ikuta, Yūko Sugimoto
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 土肥義則 (2009-06-02). 『週刊プレイボーイ』を悩ませていること……それは？. Business Media Makoto (in Japanese). ITmedia. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ↑ "Yakudōki Shōwa 50 nen - 62 nen (1975 - 1987)". Shueisha Shōshi (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ↑ "「月刊PLAYBOY（日本版）」休刊へ". J-CASTモノウォッチ. J-Cast. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ↑ "【1986年5月】日本初プレイメイト誕生、グラビア界に国際化の波". Ameba News. CyberAgent. 2007-05-12. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
External links
- Monthly Playboy
- Japanese Playboy Covers at PBCovers.com