fashion magazine
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published monthly in
Japan
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by Inforest Publishing. Targeted at women in their late teens and early 20s, ''Happie Nuts'' was highly oriented toward the style of ''oneh-gal'' ("o-neh-san gal", lit. "older-sister gal") and dark-skin."Happie Nuts" , ''Women's Fashion Magazine Guide'' Based in Tokyo, it was in circulation between 2004 and 2016.
History
''Happie Nuts'' was first published in November 2004"Happie Nuts" , ''Model Press'' as the successor to ''Happie'', a fashion magazine targeted at female teenagers. ''Happie Nuts'' spawned its special edition, ''Koakuma & Nuts'', in October 2005, which later grew to be ''
Koakuma Ageha
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'' as one of the highest-selling fashion magazines in Japan.
In 2014 ''Happie Nuts'' was closed, but was restarted in July 2015. However, the magazine ended publication again in March 2016.
Model
Its exclusive models were called "Nuts Mates", which have included Ena Matsumoto, Sayoko Ozaki, Akane Satomi, Sayaka Taniguchi, Miyu Ishima, Saki Nanba, Eriko Tachiya, Shizuka Takeda, Hiromi, Akane Suda, and
Nicole Abe"安部ニコル" ("Nicole Abe") ''Model Press'' is a Japanese ''