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| Categories | Fashion |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Circulation | 327,334 (2008)[1] |
| Publisher | Shueisha |
| First issue | 1967 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | seventeen-web |
Seventeen (Japanese: セブンティーン, Hepburn: Sebuntīn) is a quarterly Japanese fashion magazine aimed at female teenagers. The magazine is published by Shueisha and was originally launched in 1967 (based on the American Seventeen), in 1987 it became SEVENTEEN And in 2008 Seventeen.
Since the late 1990s, Seventeen has been the highest-selling teenage fashion magazine in Japan,[2] and has featured its exclusive teenage models as ST-Mo (STモ - Seventeen Model).[3][user-generated source] Seventeen is very sought after among models (teenage models) because being featured on the magazine especially on its cover and certain pages, strongly helps them to get high-quality endorsements and prestigious contracts.[citation needed] Well-known former Seventeen models include Megumi Asaoka, Keiko Kitagawa, Nana Eikura, Mirei Kiritani, Rie Miyazawa, Anna Tsuchiya, Hinano Yoshikawa, and Emi Suzuki.
- ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2008 Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ 印刷部数公表 (in Japanese). Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Hatena Dictionary(in Japanese)[user-generated source]