Japanese magazine editors

Nicola Formichetti (born 31 May 1977) is an Italian Japanese fashion director and fashion editor who is most widely known as the artistic director of the Italian fashion label Diesel and for being a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. He worked two years (September 2010 – April 2013) with the French fashion house Mugler as artistic director.

Sakae Tamura (田村 栄, Tamura Sakae, 1910–2003) was a Japanese magazine editor and photographer of nature.

Shōji Yamagishi (山岸 章二, Yamagishi Shōji, 1930 – 20 July 1979) was a photography critic, curator, and magazine editor.

Kineo Kuwabara (桑原 甲子雄, Kuwabara Kineo, December, 1913 – December 10, 2007) was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century.

Tokio Yokoi (横井 時雄) (December 3, 1857 – September 13, 1927) was a Japanese pastor, journalist, bureaucrat, and member of the Japanese House of Representatives. He was also known as Tokio Ise(伊勢 時雄).

Koichiro Shima (嶋 浩一郎, Shima Kōichirō, born November 2, 1968) is a Japanese creative director and Co-CEO of the Hakuhodo Kettle.

Kazuhiko Torishima (Japanese: 鳥嶋 和彦 Hepburn: Torishima Kazuhiko, born October 19, 1952 in Ojiya, Niigata) is the president of the Hakusensha publishing company. He formally worked at Shueisha, where he began as an editor before becoming a Senior Managing Director (or CEO), and later a Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions director. He is mostly associated with works from the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, for which he was editor-in-chief from 1996 to 2001, and is best known for being author Akira Toriyama's editor during the run of Dr. Slump and through the first half of Dragon Ball.

Takao Iwami (岩見隆夫, Iwami Takao, October 6, 1935 – January 18, 2014) was a Japanese political pundit and journalist.

Takuma Nakahira (中平 卓馬, Nakahira Takuma', July 6, 1938 – September 1, 2015) was a Japanese photographer and photography critic.

Takashi Nagasaki (長崎尚志, born January 14, 1956) is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga. He started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of Big Comic Spirits from July 1999 to 2001. Since becoming freelance, Nagasaki has worked as an author under various pen names, such as Keishi Edogawa (江戸川啓視), Garaku Toshusai (東周斎雅楽), Big O (ビッグ・オー) and Richard Woo (リチャード・ウー).