Magazine House

• Name — Magazine House • Country — Japan • Headquarters — 3-13-10 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan • Founded — 1945 10 10 • Founder — * Kinosuke Iwahori • Tatsuo Shimizu • Numemployees — 193 (January 2021) • Revenue — 14,853 million yen (FY09/11) • Website — magazineworld.jp • Illustration — Magazine House headquarters, Ginza, Tokyo

The company was founded in October 1945 by Kinosuke Iwahori and Tatsuo Shimizu. Its first publications were the magazines Heibon and Heibon Weekly. In 1964, it launched the influential men's magazine Heibon Punch.[1] During the early 1970s, the magazine became a major platform for gravure idol photography. Its most famous publication was the "Apple Nude" (林檎ヌード), a photograph of model Nami Asada taken by photographer Yoichi Aoyagi on 24 December 1972. Published in the 12 March 1973 issue, the image sold over one million copies, was immediately reprinted, and became one of the most iconic photographs in Japanese publishing history.[2][3] Asada's photographs appeared exclusively in Heibon Punch for the duration of her active career (1973–1978), during which Aoyagi produced over 10,000 negatives; the collaboration has been described as one of the most significant photographer–model partnerships in Japanese publishing.[4][5] Some of Magazine House's publications include: • an-an (women's fashion and lifestyle magazine; est. 1970) • Croissant (women's magazine; est. 1977) • Popeye (men's fashion magazine; est. 1976)[6] • Brutus (men's lifestyle magazine; est. 1980) • Hanako (women's magazine; est. 1988)

Magazine House is associated with Japan. Recorded from 1945.