April 25th is Kinosuke Iwahori's birthday.

Apr 25, 2013
Kinosuke Iwahori was born on April 25, 1910, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the founder of Magazine House and passed away in 1982 at the age of 72.

He launched the magazine "Heibon" in 1945. In 1954, he established Heibon Publishing, the predecessor to Magazine House. He subsequently published magazines such as "Weekly Heibon," "Heibon Punch," "an-an," "POPEYE," and "BRUTUS." From this, terms such as "Heibon culture" and "Annon tribe" were coined and became a social phenomenon.
Magazine House Co., Ltd. currently publishes magazines such as "an-an," "GINZA," "POPEYE," "BRUTUS," "CROISSANT," and "Hanako," as well as books and mook magazines.
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