was a

shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ...

magazine formerly published by Kodansha, beginning in 1962. Kodansha used the knowledge gained from publishing magazines aimed at young girls, including ''

Nakayoshi is a monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First issued in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 60 years of manga publication history. Notable titles serialized in Nakayoshi include '' Princess Kni ...

'' and '' Shōjo Club'', as well as the experience from publishing ''

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''. ''Shōjo Friend'' is considered the successor to ''Shōjo Club''. In 1963,

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began publishing '' Margaret'', and the two magazines became fierce competitors.

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entered the market competition in 1968 with ''

Shōjo Comic , formerly published under its full name until December 2007, is a ''shōjo'' manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. The manga featured in ''Sho-Comi'' are later compiled and published in book form (''tankōbon' ...

''. During this time, popular series such as '' Haikara-san ga Tōru'' (by

Waki Yamato is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1966 with the short story ''Dorobō Tenshi''.｢あさきゆめみし PerfectBook｣ p.181 Special Interview Since her debut, Yamato steadily created and published a variety of works in the genre of s ...

) and ''

Seito Shokun! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yōko Shōji. It is serialized in Kodansha's ''Shōjo Friend'' from 1977 to 1984. The individual chapters were published into 24 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between February 1978 and June 1 ...

'' (by Yōko Shōji) were published in ''Shōjo Friend''. Despite the popularity of these series, the circulation began to decline and the magazine dropped from weekly to bi-monthly publication, and then finally to monthly publication. The final issue was released in September 1996, an event which surprised many people as ''Shōjo Friend'' had been ranked third, following ''Nakayoshi'' and '' Ribon''. The cessation of publication was reported widely in the TV news as well. The remaining content which was supposed to have been published in ''Shōjo Friend'' was absorbed in '' Dessert'' and '' The Dessert'' as special inserts through 1999.

Manga serializations

Tetsuya Chiba

*''Yuki no Taiyou'' (1962) *'' Misokkasu'' (1966) *'' Akane-chan'' (1967)

Waki Yamato is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1966 with the short story ''Dorobō Tenshi''.｢あさきゆめみし PerfectBook｣ p.181 Special Interview Since her debut, Yamato steadily created and published a variety of works in the genre of s ...

*''Mon Cherie Coco'' (1971) *''Hitoribocchi Ruca'' (1974) *''Love Pack'' (1974) *'' Haikara-san ga Tōru'' (1975) *''Lady Mitsuko'' (1976) *''Kigen 2600 Nen no Playball'' (1979) *''Aiiro Shinwa'' (1980) *''Yokohama Monogatari'' (1980) *''Tsubasa Aru Mono'' (1980) *''N.Y. Komachi'' (1986) *''Bodaiju'' (1984)

Machiko Satonaka is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot ''Pia no Shōzō'' ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most n ...

*''Pia no Shouzou (1964)'' *''Nana to Lili'' (1967) *''Ashita Kagayaku'' (1972) *''Aries no Otome-tachi'' (1973) *''Umi no Aurora'' (1977) *''Pia no Shouzou'' (1984)

Miyuki Yorita

*''Kokuhaku wo Request'' (1995) *''Kabocha no Caramel''

Hiromi Washiba

*''Kimi ga Waratta''

Chikako Kikukawa

*''Mienai Sakebi'' (1986)

Youko Shouji

*''Darling Kishidan'' (1985)

References

http://www.koredeiinoda.net/category/manga/jajakochan

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Manga serializations

Tetsuya Chiba

Waki Yamato is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1966 with the short story ''Dorobō Tenshi''.｢あさきゆめみし PerfectBook｣ p.181 Special Interview Since her debut, Yamato steadily created and published a variety of works in the genre of s ...

Osamu Tezuka

Fujio Akatsuka

Kazuo Umezu

Moto Hagio

Yōko Shōji

Ritsuko Abe

Yu Asagiri

Machiko Satonaka is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot ''Pia no Shōzō'' ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most n ...

Miyuki Yorita

Hiromi Washiba

Chikako Kikukawa

Youko Shouji

See also

References

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