Weekly Asahi Geinō
Cover of the 7 September 2006 issue of Weekly Asahi Geinō.
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| Categories | Entertainment, Sex |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Hirotomo Takei |
| First issue | January 1946 |
| Company | Tokuma Shoten |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Weekly Asahi Geinō |
Weekly Asahi Geinō (週刊アサヒ芸能 Shūkan Asahi Geinō?), often shortened to simply Asahi Geinō or Asagei (アサ芸?), is a shūkanshi founded by Hirotomo Takei and published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. It was first published under the title Weekly Asahi Geinō Newspaper (週刊アサヒ芸能新聞 Shūkan Asahi Geinō Shinbun?) in January 1946, though the title and size were changed to the current one in October 1956. The longest-running manga in the world by a single author, Sennin Buraku by Kō Kojima, was published in the first issue with the new title, and ran from 1956 to 2014.
The magazine tends to focus on sensationalized stories, celebrity gossip, stories about yakuza, articles with risque or erotic content or topics, and scandals. About 90% of the readership are married, male salarymen. Asahi Geinō frequently has articles related to sex, and participates in campaigns to stem the AIDS epidemic.
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