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{{short description|Japanese adult magazine by Shueisha}}
{{short description|Japanese adult magazine by Shueisha}}
{{Infobox Magazine
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| title = Weekly Playboy
| title = Weekly Playboy
| image_file = Weekly Playboy, November 16, 2009, Nozomi Sasaki.jpg
| image_file = Weekly Playboy, November 16, 2009, Nozomi Sasaki.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Weekly Playboy'', November 16, 2009, with the cover model [[Nozomi Sasaki (model)|Nozomi Sasaki]]
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| image_caption = ''Weekly Playboy'', November 16, 2009, with the cover person [[Nozomi Sasaki (model)|Nozomi Sasaki]]
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| frequency = Weekly
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| circulation = 195,834 (December 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=2&period_cd=31 |title=JMPA Magazine Data (October 2015 - December 2015)|access-date=7 May 2016|work=Japan Magazine Publishers Association}}</ref>
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| frequency = Weekly
| category = [[Men's magazine]]
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| circulation = 195,834 (December 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=2&period_cd=31 |title=JMPA Magazine Data (October 2015 - December 2015)|accessdate=7 May 2016|work=Japan Magazine Publishers Association}}</ref>
| category = [[Men's magazine]]
| company = [[Shueisha]]
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| company = [[Shueisha]]
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| firstdate = November 15, 1966<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html |title= Shueisha Shōshi|access-date=26 May 2007|work=Shueisha}}</ref>
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| country = Japan
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| firstdate = November 15, 1966<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html |title= Shueisha Shōshi|accessdate=26 May 2007|work=Shueisha}}</ref>
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| language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
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| country = Japan
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| website = [http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/ wpb.shueisha.co.jp]
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{{Nihongo|'''''Weekly Playboy'''''|週刊プレイボーイ|Shūkan Pureibōi|lead=yes}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''''Shūpure'''''|週プレ}} or '''''WPB''''', is a [[Japan]]ese weekly [[magazine]] published by [[Shueisha]] since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and [[manga]], it is considered an [[Pornographic magazine|adult magazine]]. The target demographic is men, and each issue features several nude pictorials of female models.
{{Nihongo|'''''Weekly Playboy'''''|週刊プレイボーイ|Shūkan Pureibōi|lead=yes}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''''Shūpure'''''|週プレ}} or '''''WPB''''', is a Japanese weekly [[magazine]] published by [[Shueisha]] since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and [[manga]], it is considered an [[Pornographic magazine|adult magazine]]. The target demographic is men, and each issue features several nude pictorials of female models.


This magazine is not a regional edition of the American ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as ''[[Monthly Playboy]]'' (''MPB'') by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.
This magazine is not a regional edition of the American ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as ''[[Monthly Playboy]]'' (''MPB'') by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bizmakoto.jp/makoto/articles/0906/02/news003.html|script-title=ja:『週刊プレイボーイ』を悩ませていること……それは|work=Business Media Makoto|author=土肥義則|publisher=ITmedia|date=2 June 2009|accessdate=8 August 2010|language=Japanese}}</ref>

==Notable people in ''WPB''==
Geinokai:
* [[AKB48]]

Writers:
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* [[Bakusho Mondai]]
* [[Yujiro Ishihara]]
* [[Kang Chol-Hwan|Chol-Hwan Kang]]
* [[Kaikō Takeshi|Takeshi Kaikō]]
* [[Hitoshi Matsumoto]]
* [[Tarō Okamoto]]
{{div col end}}

[[Gravure idol]]s:
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* [[Saki Aibu]]
* [[Yui Aragaki]]
* [[Reiko Chiba]]
* [[Leah Dizon]]
* [[Akina Minami]]
* [[Aki Hoshino]]
* [[Sayaka Isoyama]]
* [[Nozomi Sasaki (model)|Nozomi Sasaki]]
* [[Mayuko Iwasa]]
* [[Yukie Kawamura]]
* [[Yumi Kobayashi]]
* [[Ayaka Komatsu]]
* [[Yoko Matsugane]]
* [[Yuko Ogura]]
* [[Saaya Irie]]
* [[Ai Takabe]] (Miss Shūpure 2005)
* [[Erika Toda]]
* [[Erina Yamaguchi]]
* [[Misako Yasuda]]
* [[Agnes Lum]]
{{div col end}}

[[AV idol]]s:
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* [[Mari Ayukawa]]
* [[Sakurako Kaoru]]
* [[Hitomi Kobayashi]]
* [[Yuri Komuro]]
* [[Rena Murakami]]
* [[Maria Yumeno]]{{div col end}}

[[Pink film|Pink film actresses]]
* [[Naomi Tani]]


==Manga in ''WPB''==
==Manga in ''WPB''==

* ''[[Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi]]'' by Satoshi Ikezawa
* ''[[Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi]]'' by Satoshi Ikezawa
* ''[[Lady Snowblood (manga)|Lady Snowblood]]'' (修羅雪姫) by [[Kazuo Koike]] and [[Kazuo Kamimura]]
* ''[[Lady Snowblood (manga)|Lady Snowblood]]'' (修羅雪姫) by [[Kazuo Koike]] and [[Kazuo Kamimura]]
* ''Modena no Ken'' (モデナの剣) by Satoshi Ikezawa
* ''Modena no Ken'' (モデナの剣) by Satoshi Ikezawa
* ''[[My Favorite Carrera]]'' (彼女のカレラ) by [[Kia Asamiya]]
* ''[[My Favorite Carrera]]'' (彼女のカレラ) by [[Kia Asamiya]]
* ''Ore no Sora'' (俺の空) by Hiroshi Motomiya
* ''Ore no Sora'' (俺の空) by [[Hiroshi Motomiya]]
* ''Polo Shirt and Upper Cut'' by [[Norifusa Mita]]
* ''Polo Shirt and Upper Cut'' by [[Norifusa Mita]]
* ''[[The First President of Japan]]'' by Yoshiki Hidaka and Ryuji Tsugihara
* ''[[The First President of Japan]]'' by Yoshiki Hidaka and Ryuji Tsugihara
* ''[[Midori no Makibaō|Taiyō no Makibaō]]'' by [[Tsunomaru]]
* ''[[Midori no Makibaō|Taiyō no Makibaō]]'' by [[Tsunomaru]]
* ''[[Ultimate Muscle]]'' by [[Yudetamago]]
* ''[[Ultimate Muscle]]'' by [[Yudetamago]]
* ''[[Beat Shot!!]]'' by Satoshi Ikezawa
* ''[[Sakigake!! Otokojuku]]'' by Akira Miyashita


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/ Weekly Playboy Online]
* [https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/ Weekly Playboy Online]
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* {{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?%BB%A8%BB%EF|title=雑誌 (''Magazines'')|access-date=26 September 2011|language=ja|work=tisen.jp}} (Lists appearances in ''Weekly Playboy'' from 1966 to 2011.
* [http://wpb-net.shueisha.co.jp/ WPB-net]
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* {{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?%BB%A8%BB%EF|title=雑誌 (''Magazines'')|accessdate=26 September 2011|language=Japanese|work=tisen.jp}} (Lists appearances in ''Weekly Playboy'' from 1966–2011.


{{Shueisha manga magazines}}
{{Shueisha manga magazines}}
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[[Category:Magazines established in 1966]]
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Latest revision as of 11:18, 14 March 2023

Weekly Playboy
Weekly Playboy, November 16, 2009, with the cover model Nozomi Sasaki
CategoriesMen's magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation195,834 (December 2015)[1]
First issueNovember 15, 1966[2]
CompanyShueisha
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websitewpb.shueisha.co.jp

Weekly Playboy (Japanese: 週刊プレイボーイ, Hepburn: Shūkan Pureibōi), also known as Shūpure (週プレ) or WPB, is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an adult magazine. The target demographic is men, and each issue features several nude pictorials of female models.

This magazine is not a regional edition of the American Playboy magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as Monthly Playboy (MPB) by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.[3]

Manga in WPB[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "JMPA Magazine Data (October 2015 - December 2015)". Japan Magazine Publishers Association. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Shueisha Shōshi". Shueisha. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  3. ^ 土肥義則 (2 June 2009). 『週刊プレイボーイ』を悩ませていること……それは. Business Media Makoto (in Japanese). ITmedia. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

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