fashion magazine
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published monthly in
Japan
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by Bunka-sha Publishing & Co.."Ranzuki" ''Women's Fashion Magazine Guide'' A gal magazine, ''Ranzuki'' mainly targets women in their teens and shows its preference for dark-skin and '' 109'' items.
History
''Ranzuki'' was first published in August 2000 with the name ''Ranking Daisuki'' (, lit. "Ranking Loving"). ''Ranzuki'' later spawned its special edition which became independent as ''Jelly'' in 2006."Jelly" April 15, 2011, ''Apacolle''
Model
''Ranzuki'' features its regularly appearing models as "R's" and all of them usually appear on the magazine with their simple nicknames. The notable ones have included Yumi Yamanaka (Yumi-nyan), Aya Suzuki (Suzu), Takami Tsuha (Tah), Namino Hata (Nami-tee), Serika Nakayama (Serry), Yoko Kunieda (Yossan),
Nicole Abe"安部ニコル" ("Nicole Abe") ''Model Press'' is a Japanese ''
(Nikorun), Yui Minemura (Yuikichi or Yu-yu), Rika Mamiya (Rika-chu), Natsumi Saito (Natsuhmi), Arisa Kamada (Ari-chan), Rei Yasui (Rere)."Ranzuki" , ''Model Press''
Some of them have moved to the sister magazine ''Jelly'', including Maya Mori, Naomi Arai, Yuki Yamamoto, Mai Miyagi, and Miho Ishigami. Some have moved to ''Vanilla Girl'', a fashion magazine published by Bunka-sha the same publisher.