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Televi-Kun

Televi-Kun is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting in May 1976. Its main target is preschool-aged boys. It features super heroes such as Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Hero, all of whom have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.

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Jul 27, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
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158 w
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Televi-Kun
CategoriesChildren
(male)12
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation
  • 50,0003
  • (October – December 2025)
PublisherShogakukan
First issueMay 1976
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Televi-Kun (Japanese: てれびくん, Hepburn: Terebikun) is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan,4 starting in May 1976. Its main target is preschool-aged boys. It features super heroes such as Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Hero, all of whom have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.

The name is a portmanteau of televi, short for television, and kun, a Japanese honorific for small children, mainly young boys.

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References

  1. "Children's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. Paul Chapman (26 January 2016). "Hiroshi Fujioka Reprises Role in Upcoming "Kamen Rider #1" Film". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. てれびくん (第71回: 2025年10月～2025年12月) (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. "てれびくん" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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