{{Short description|Japanese fashion magazine}} {{Infobox magazine|image_file=Ranzuki, March 2011.jpg|image_size=250px|image_caption=March 2011|editor=|editor_title=|staff_writer=|frequency=Monthly|circulation=230,000<ref>[http://idefix-inc.com/nikko-pr/ranzuki/ "Ranzuki"], ''Nikko PR Co., LTD''{{in lang|ja}}</ref>|category=Fashion|company=Bunka-sha|publisher=Bunka-sha Publishing & Co|firstdate=June 1998|lastdate=|country=Japan|based=Tokyo|language=Japanese|website=|issn=}}'''''Ranzuki''''' is a fashion magazine published monthly in Japan by Bunkasha Publishing & Co..<ref name="mdata">[http://www.magazine-data.com/women-magazine/ranzuki.html "Ranzuki"], ''Women's Fashion Magazine Guide''{{in lang|ja}}</ref> A gal magazine, ''Ranzuki'' mainly targets women in their teens<ref name="mdata"/> and shows its preference for dark-skin and ''109'' items.<ref>[http://apacolle.jp/magazine/ranzuki.html "Ranzuki"], April 15, 2011, ''Apacolle'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==History== ''Ranzuki'' was first published in June 1998 as a sister magazine of ''AsAyan'' magazine with the name ''ランキング大好き'' (''Ranking Daisuki'', lit. "I Love Ranking").<ref>"[http://www.lf-tokyo.com/magazine/ranzuki/ Ranzuki]" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518134414/http://www.lf-tokyo.com/magazine/ranzuki/ |date=2011-05-18 }} ''Ladies Fashion Tokyo'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref> The magazine later became independent as of the September 2000 issue. In 2001, ''ランキング大好き'' changed its name and rebranded as ''Ranzuki''. ''Ranzuki'' later spawned its special edition which became independent as ''JELLY'' in 2006.<ref>[http://apacolle.jp/magazine/jelly.html "Jelly"], April 15, 2011, ''Apacolle'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==Model== ''Ranzuki'' features its regularly appearing models as "R's" and all of them usually appear on the magazine with their simple nicknames. The notable ones have included Yumi Yamanaka (Yumi-nyan), Aya Suzuki (Suzu), Takami Tsuha (Tah), Namino Hata (Nami-tee), Serika Nakayama (Serry), Yoko Kunieda (Yossan), Nicole Abe (Nikorun), Yui Minemura (Yuikichi or Yu-yu), Rika Mamiya (Rika-chu), Natsumi Saito (Natsuhmi), Arisa Kamada (Ari-chan), Rei Yasui (Rere).<ref name="modelpress">[http://modelpress.net/magazine/detail/6 "Ranzuki"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822084343/http://modelpress.net/magazine/detail/6 |date=2011-08-22 }}, ''Model Press'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
Some of them have moved to the sister magazine ''JELLY'', including Maya Mori, Naomi Arai, Yuki Yamamoto, Mai Miyagi, and Miho Ishigami. Some have moved to ''Vanilla Girl'', a fashion magazine published by Bunka-sha the same publisher.<ref name="modelpress"/>
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==External== *[http://ranzuki.com/ Official] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Japanese fashion magazines}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranzuki}} Category:1998 establishments in Japan Category:Gyaru Category:Magazines established in 1998 Category:Magazines published in Tokyo Category:Monthly magazines published in Japan Category:Teen magazines published in Japan Category:Women's fashion magazines published in Japan