Post by philknj on Dec 30, 2017 4:37:22 GMT
buzzgolf.jp/
www.facebook.com/buzzgolf
This is a free monthly online golf magazine in Japan (there’s a print version, too). They have over four years of back issues here:
buzzgolf.tachiyomikun.com/public/
For me, they can be viewed better with Microsoft Edge than Mozilla. I can’t read Japanese, but the pictures are nice.
While there are male golfers in some of the articles (Jan. 2018 issue has the original Godzilla, Jumbo Ozaki), I see only women on the covers.
I did some digging came up with this cover list:
NOV-2011 ?
DEC- 2011 Sakura Yokomine
JAN-2012 Yukari Baba
FEB-2012 Kumiko Kaneda
MAR-2012 Momoko Ueda
APR-2012 Shinobu Moromizato
MAY-2012 Saiki Fujita
JUN-2012 Ayako Uehara
JUL-2012 Erika Kikuchi
AUG-2012 Chie Arimura
SEP-2012 Ritsuko Ryu
OCT-2012 Megumi Kido
NOV-2012 Ai Miyazato
DEC-2012 Bo Mee Lee
JAN-2013 Karrie Webb
FEB-2013 ?
MAR-2013 ?
APR-2013 Sakura Yokomine
MAY-2013 Ritsuko Ryu/Bo Mee Lee
JUN-2013 ?
JUL-2013 Yuki Ichinose
AUG-2013 ?
SEP-2013 Mamiko Higa
OCT-2013 Young Kim
NOV-2013 Natsuka Hori
DEC-2013 Mika Miyazato
JAN-2014 Yumiko Yoshida
FEB-2014 Chie Arimura
MAR-2014 Yu Yonezawa/Sae Yamamura/Akane Yoshino
APR-2014 Kaori Nakamura
MAY-2014 Erika Kikuchi
JUN-2014 Saki Okamura
JUL-2014 Hikari Fujita
AUG-2014 Misuzu Narita
SEP-2014 Rie Tsuji
OCT-2014 Kumiko Kaneda
NOV-2014 Erina Hara
DEC-2014 Momoko Ueda
JAN-2015 Kotono Kozuma
FEB-2015 Natsuka Hori
MAR-2015 Miki Saiki
APR-2015 Ayaka Matsumori/Saki Nagamine/Aya Ezawa/Aoi Ohnishi
MAY-2015 Asako Fujimoto
JUN-2015 Kaori Ohe
JUL-2015 Airi Saitoh
AUG-2015 Ayaka Watanabe/Aya Ezawa
SEP-2015 Serena Aoki
OCT-2015 Ha Neul Kim
NOV-2015 Rie Tsuji
DEC-2015 Ayaka Watanabe
JAN-2016 Yumiko Yoshida
FEB-2016 Shoko Sasaki
MAR-2016 Hikari Fujita
APR-2016 Aya Ezawa
MAY-2016 Rikako Morita
JUN-2016 Kotono Kozuma
JUL-2016 Kaori Aoyama
AUG-2016 Mika Miyazato
SEP-2016 Erina Hara
OCT-2016 Kumiko Kaneda
NOV-2016 Asuka Kashiwabara
DEC-2016 Kotone Hori
JAN-2017 Saki Nagamine
FEB-2017 Kana Mikashima
MAR/APR-2017 Momoko Ueda
MAY-2017 Ayaka Matsumori
JUN-2017 Serena Aoki
JUL-2017 Asako Fujimoto
AUG-2017 Rumi Yoshiba
SEP-2017 Shin Ae Ahn
OCT-2017 Ai Suzuki
NOV-2017 Asako Fujimoto
DEC-2017 Haruka Morita
JAN-2018 Serena Aoki
If you think the choices they made are a little odd, I agree. It’s hard to believe Bo Mee Lee hasn’t been on a cover in over four years! Young Kim has the same number of covers as Sky Kim! Meanwhile, Asako Fujimoto (a good but not great player) had a cover in July and November of 2017.
I think I figured out the process. If a golf brand makes a BIG ad buy for a particular month, one of its staffers will be on the cover. Fujimoto is with PRGR … the first eight pages of the July issue cover PRGR one way or another…. and PRGR got the first eight pages for November. The Feb. 2016 cover is a bigger example … it had rookie Shoko Sasaki and she hadn’t done anything at that time, but her brand (Maruman) got the first 12 pages.
Ritsuko Ryu/Bo Mee Lee (May 2013)
Buzz Girls handing out the mags at the 2015 Japan Golf Fair in Tokyo.
www.facebook.com/buzzgolf
This is a free monthly online golf magazine in Japan (there’s a print version, too). They have over four years of back issues here:
buzzgolf.tachiyomikun.com/public/
For me, they can be viewed better with Microsoft Edge than Mozilla. I can’t read Japanese, but the pictures are nice.
While there are male golfers in some of the articles (Jan. 2018 issue has the original Godzilla, Jumbo Ozaki), I see only women on the covers.
I did some digging came up with this cover list:NOV-2011 ?
DEC- 2011 Sakura Yokomine
JAN-2012 Yukari Baba
FEB-2012 Kumiko Kaneda
MAR-2012 Momoko Ueda
APR-2012 Shinobu Moromizato
MAY-2012 Saiki Fujita
JUN-2012 Ayako Uehara
JUL-2012 Erika Kikuchi
AUG-2012 Chie Arimura
SEP-2012 Ritsuko Ryu
OCT-2012 Megumi Kido
NOV-2012 Ai Miyazato
DEC-2012 Bo Mee Lee
JAN-2013 Karrie Webb
FEB-2013 ?
MAR-2013 ?
APR-2013 Sakura Yokomine
MAY-2013 Ritsuko Ryu/Bo Mee Lee
JUN-2013 ?
JUL-2013 Yuki Ichinose
AUG-2013 ?
SEP-2013 Mamiko Higa
OCT-2013 Young Kim
NOV-2013 Natsuka Hori
DEC-2013 Mika Miyazato
JAN-2014 Yumiko Yoshida
FEB-2014 Chie Arimura
MAR-2014 Yu Yonezawa/Sae Yamamura/Akane Yoshino
APR-2014 Kaori Nakamura
MAY-2014 Erika Kikuchi
JUN-2014 Saki Okamura
JUL-2014 Hikari Fujita
AUG-2014 Misuzu Narita
SEP-2014 Rie Tsuji
OCT-2014 Kumiko Kaneda
NOV-2014 Erina Hara
DEC-2014 Momoko Ueda
JAN-2015 Kotono Kozuma
FEB-2015 Natsuka Hori
MAR-2015 Miki Saiki
APR-2015 Ayaka Matsumori/Saki Nagamine/Aya Ezawa/Aoi Ohnishi
MAY-2015 Asako Fujimoto
JUN-2015 Kaori Ohe
JUL-2015 Airi Saitoh
AUG-2015 Ayaka Watanabe/Aya Ezawa
SEP-2015 Serena Aoki
OCT-2015 Ha Neul Kim
NOV-2015 Rie Tsuji
DEC-2015 Ayaka Watanabe
JAN-2016 Yumiko Yoshida
FEB-2016 Shoko Sasaki
MAR-2016 Hikari Fujita
APR-2016 Aya Ezawa
MAY-2016 Rikako Morita
JUN-2016 Kotono Kozuma
JUL-2016 Kaori Aoyama
AUG-2016 Mika Miyazato
SEP-2016 Erina Hara
OCT-2016 Kumiko Kaneda
NOV-2016 Asuka Kashiwabara
DEC-2016 Kotone Hori
JAN-2017 Saki Nagamine
FEB-2017 Kana Mikashima
MAR/APR-2017 Momoko Ueda
MAY-2017 Ayaka Matsumori
JUN-2017 Serena Aoki
JUL-2017 Asako Fujimoto
AUG-2017 Rumi Yoshiba
SEP-2017 Shin Ae Ahn
OCT-2017 Ai Suzuki
NOV-2017 Asako Fujimoto
DEC-2017 Haruka Morita
JAN-2018 Serena Aoki
If you think the choices they made are a little odd, I agree. It’s hard to believe Bo Mee Lee hasn’t been on a cover in over four years! Young Kim has the same number of covers as Sky Kim! Meanwhile, Asako Fujimoto (a good but not great player) had a cover in July and November of 2017.
I think I figured out the process. If a golf brand makes a BIG ad buy for a particular month, one of its staffers will be on the cover. Fujimoto is with PRGR … the first eight pages of the July issue cover PRGR one way or another…. and PRGR got the first eight pages for November. The Feb. 2016 cover is a bigger example … it had rookie Shoko Sasaki and she hadn’t done anything at that time, but her brand (Maruman) got the first 12 pages.
Ritsuko Ryu/Bo Mee Lee (May 2013)
Buzz Girls handing out the mags at the 2015 Japan Golf Fair in Tokyo.