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Nakayoshi
is a shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First published in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 60 years of manga publication history. The target demographic for ''Nakayoshi'' (like ''Ribon'' and ''Ciao'') is girls of age 9–15. Roughly the size of a phone book (hence the term "phone book manga"), it generally comes with ''furoku'', or small gifts, such as popout figures, games, small bags, posters, stickers, and so on. The ''furoku'' is an attempt to encourage girls to buy their own copies of the magazine rather than just share with a friend. In the mid-1990s, Nakayoshi retailed for 400 yen and had an average of 448 pages. The estimated circulation of Nakayoshi at this time was 1,800,000. In 2007, its circulation was 400,000.〔(Japan Magazine Publishers Association ''Magazine Data 2007'' ).〕
During the 1990s, then editor-in-chief, Yoshio Irie attempted to move the magazine away from "first love" stories and introduced several fantasy manga such as ''Sailor Moon''. During that period, Nakayoshi pursued a "media-mix" campaign, which involved close coordination of the magazine, anime productions based on the manga, and character merchandising. Nakayoshi is also published on the 6th of each month.
==Manga artists and series featured in Nakayoshi (past and present)==
Listed alphabetically by romanized title. The manga artist is listed in parentheses if known.
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