Shōjo Club
Shōjo Club (Japanese: 少女クラブ, Hepburn: Shōjo kurabu, lit. "Girls Club") was a monthly Japanese shōjo (girls) magazine. Founded by the publishing company Kodansha in 1923 as a sister publication to its magazine Shōnen Club, the magazine published articles, short stories, illustrations, poems, and manga.
Cover of the November 1924 issue | |
| Categories | Shōjo, women's magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Founder | Seiji Noma |
| First issue | January 1923 |
| Final issue | December 1962 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Shōjo Club was one of the earliest shōjo magazines, and by 1937 was the best-selling magazine in Japan aimed at this market segment. Its conservative editorial stance, aligned with that of its publisher Kodansha, was reflected in the magazine's focus on educational content, especially moral education.
The magazine and its primary competitor Shōjo no tomo were the sole shōjo magazines to continue publication throughout the entirety of the Pacific War. The magazine eventually succumbed to changing market conditions in 1962, and was replaced in 1963 with the weekly magazine Shōjo Friend.