''Ranzuki'' is a

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published monthly in

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by Bunkasha Publishing & Co.."Ranzuki"
''Women's Fashion Magazine Guide'' A gal magazine, ''Ranzuki'' mainly targets women in their teens and shows its preference for dark-skin and ''

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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"). 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."Jelly"
April 15, 2011, ''Apacolle''

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)."Ranzuki"
, ''Model Press'' 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.

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