Core Magazine
Japanese publishing company
Core Magazine Co. Ltd. (株式会社コアマガジン) is a Japanese publishing company focused on adult material, such as adult magazines and hentai manga. It also publishes yaoi titles, such as Kirepapa. The company was established in 1985 as Shōnen Shuppansha (株式会社少年出版社) by Byakuya Shobo.
Core Magazine owns a bookstore chain "Core Books" (コアブックス).
History
In July 2002, a special issue of Bubka magazine featured unauthorized childhood photos of several female idols, including Norika Fujiwara, Kyoko Fukada, and Natsumi Abe. A suit was started against Core Magazine for privacy violation.
In 2009, it was the top ero-manga publisher in Japan, with 76 titles, beating Akane Shinsha, which only had 65.
In July 2013, the head editor, Akira Ota, and the two staff members were arrested for having their manga shown partially uncensored.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Core Magazine” as japanese publishing company. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as japanese publishing company. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4036547. VIAF identifies the subject as 260276338. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2002, 2009 and 2013.
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