Soccer Digest


Soccer Digest is a serialized sports enthusiast publication by. Tōru Rokkawa was the editor-in-chief, who took the lead in making a weekly publication.

History

In 1978, serial publication Soccer Digest was founded as only a monthly issue. By 1992 it was being published every two weeks, and by 1993, due in part to the efforts of their editor-in-chief, Tōru Rokkawa, it had become a weekly publication. At the same time, rival magazine Soccer Magazine had also become a weekly publication, meaning there were two competing soccer magazines in Japan. In October 2013, Soccer Magazine stopped publishing weekly and returned to being a monthly publication, making Soccer Digest for the time being the only weekly publication. In December 2014, following 21 years of serialized weekly publication, weekly publication ended, and the work was only to be released every two Thursdays. On July 10, 2023, Soccer Digest became a monthly publication.

Content

The main stories are things like and similar stories. Fumio Murayama's 4-Koma also earned popularity. Presently, Her work is published in (Kodansha) under the new name. The series is updated every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday — three times a week.
During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the sister magazine World Soccer Digest EXTRA ran as a daily-issue publication. Additionally, with every issue came a poster attached as an addition.