The following is a chronological history of cover models who have appeared on the front cover of the Japanese magazine Mamor.
Mamor is the official magazine of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and Ministry of Defense, released on a monthly basis since November 2006. Compared to other military publications, it is unique in using female models such as voice actresses and gravure idols for the cover and centerfold. Such a model is called a "Goddess of the Defenders", and she is typically depicted wearing a uniform at a JSDF base where the issue's feature story is located. The cover has also occasionally featured JSDF personnel, male celebrities, and fictional characters.
During the first year of publication, Mamor covers were solely of military equipment while the month's Goddess of the Defenders was in the centerfold. With approval from the Defense Ministry, the magazine switched to having the model on the cover to draw interest from young men. Editor-in-chief Takaku Yutaka explained in a 2017 interview:
2000s 2006–2007
Issue Notes Ref November 2006 Yuzuki Aikawa Hyakuri Airfield Mitsubishi F-15J on cover. March 2007 Jun Natsukawa Camp Asaka on cover. April JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base Type 90 tank on cover. May Eriko Sato Camp Asaka Lockheed C-130 Hercules on cover. June Hyakuri Airfield Landing Craft Air Cushion on cover. July Yuika Motokariya National Defense Academy of Japan Boeing AH-64 Apache on cover. August Mikie Hara Hyakuri Airfield F-4EJ Kai on cover. September Erika Mochizuki Naval Air Facility Atsugi M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System on cover. October Shōko Hamada Camp Nerima Kawasaki P-3C Orion on cover. November None Boeing E-767's AWACS on cover. December JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base on cover.
2008
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Eiko Koike Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya Icebreaker Shirase on cover. February Haruna Yabuki Iruma Air Base Kawasaki T-4 from the Blue Impulse aerobatic team on cover. March Aki Hoshino Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya First cover with the Goddess of the Defender. April Mayuko Iwasa Camp Asaka May Wakana Matsumoto Iruma Air Base June Yukie Kawamura Naval Air Facility Atsugi July Saya Kazuki JSDF Central Hospital, Mishuku August Mai Satoda Iruma Air Base September Camp Asaka October First cover with a male model. November Sayaka Isoyama December Yuka Kosaka Tachikawa Airfield
2009
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Yuko Takayama Komatsu Base February Ai Takabe JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base March Yoko Kumada Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Iruma Air Base May Camp Asaka June Atsuko Maeda JMSDF Tateyama Air Base July Yumi Sugimoto Fuchū Air Base August Kasumigaura Air Field September Yuu Tejima Shimofusa Air Base October Tachikawa Airfield November Kana Tsugihara Camp Takeyama December Yuzuki Aikawa National Defense Medical College
2010s 2010
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Yuko Shimizu February Yui Koike March Miho Nishida Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Ai Okawa Naval Air Facility Atsugi May Aki Kawamura Camp Nerima June Miyu Uehara July Chisato Morishita JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base August Accompanied by CBRN defense technicians. September Kurihama, Yokosuka October Hanako Takigawa Iruma Air Base November Mai Oshima December Aya Kiguchi Shimofusa Air Base
2011
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Rina Aizawa Hyakuri Airfield February Shizuka Ōya Camp Takeyama March Rika Ishikawa Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April None No Goddess due to Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cover instead showed JSDF service members in dress uniform. May Yuki Watanabe Kisarazu Air Field June None Special cover focusing on the JSDF response to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. July Idoling!!! Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya August Mayuko Kawakita Tokushima Air Base September Mai Nishida Iruma Air Base October Anri Sugihara Camp Fuji Photographed on Type 10. November JSDF servicewomen in sports December Akie Suzuki
2012
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Camp Asaka February Tao Tsuchiya Icebreaker Shirase March Kaori Manabe Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Hyakuri Airfield Accompanied by Mitsubishi UH-60J and crew. May Idoling!!! Matsushima Air Field June Manami Marutaka July Makoto Okunaka JMSDF Tateyama Air Base August Yuko Mizuno Camp Asaka September October Rio Uchida National Defense Academy of Japan November Camp Asaka December Ayaka Komatsu
2013
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Ruriko Kojima Iruma Air Base February March Rei Okamoto Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Hyakuri Airfield May Tachikawa Airfield June Azusa Yamamoto Kisarazu Air Field July Erina Matsui August Ai Shinozaki Accompanied by members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Music Corps. September Rika Adachi Iruma Air Base October Naval Air Facility Atsugi Photographed with Kawasaki P-1. November Risa Yoshiki JGSDF Camp Misyuku December Mai Fuchigami, Miho Nishizumi from Girls und Panzer Camp Asaka Photographed with Type 10 tank. First cover with a fictional character; Fuchigami is the voice actress for Miho.
2014
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Hyakuri Airfield Visited the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron. February Aya Hirano March Haruka Katayama, Mariya Nagao, and Reina Fujie Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya Members of AKB48. April Saaya Irie Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency May Natsuki Katō June Shizuka Nakamura July Alisa August Nonoka Ono National Defense Medical College September Manami Hashimoto October Mitsu Dan Iruma Air Base November Haruka Shimazaki Shimofusa Air Base December Kurihama, Yokosuka
2015
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Asuka Kishi JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, Taura District February Fuchū Air Base March Chinami Suzuki Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Naval Air Facility Atsugi May Iruma Air Base June Hinako Sano Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya July JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base August September Konishi Kiss Harumi, Tokyo October Mai Asada November Yokota Air Base December Ikumi Hisamatsu Camp Takeyama
2016
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Rina Takeda February Rena Matsui March Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Camp Takeyama May Kisarazu Air Field June Aya Asahina Shimofusa Air Base July Hinako Sakurai August Miwako Kakei September Fuka Koshiba October Miyu Yoshimoto Camp Zama November Iruma Air Base December Camp Asaka
2017
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Moemi Katayama February Hyakuri Airfield March Ami Inamura Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Naval Air Facility Atsugi May Hamamatsu Air Base June Kanako Hiramatsu July Ayana Taketatsu August Iruma Air Base September Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya October Honoka JMSDF Tateyama Air Base November Mei Okada Iruma Air Base December Kasumigaura Air Field
2018
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January February Iruma Air Base March Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya April Camp Nerima May JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base Visited the Tadodai House. June Hyakuri Airfield July Jurina Matsui Camp Asaka August Yurina Kumai JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base September October Ruka Matsuda Camp Asaka November JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base December Shizuhama Air Base
2019
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Arisa Komiya Sagami General Depot February Eagle and Gripen from Girly Air Force Komatsu Base First illustrated cover. Issue focused on the then-upcoming anime. All 30 thousand copies were sold, making it the best-selling Mamor issue. March Sae Okazaki Iruma Air Base April Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya May JSDF Central Hospital, Mishuku June Kiwa July Kanna Moriya Iruma Air Base August Nana Asakawa September October Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya November Ami Maeshima Fuchū Air Base December Maimi Yajima
2020s 2020
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Hyakuri Airfield February Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya March Nana Suzuki Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya Cover's background is an illustration of Earth from outer space to cover the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's space warfare capabilities. April Mei Fukuda JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base May June and Kanako Murakami National Defense Academy of Japan July Akina Minami Shimofusa Air Base August Akari Kitō Tachikawa Airfield September Akari Suda Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya October Miki Nishino Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya November Mariya Nagao Iruma Air Base December Miki Sato JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
2021
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January February March Mio Kudo Utsunomiya Air Field April National Defense Medical College May Iruma Air Base June Reina Kurosaki Hyakuri Airfield July Rina Koike JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base Visited the . August Accompanied by two special reconnaissance motorcycle riders. September Hyakuri Airfield October JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base November December
2022
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Akari Yoshida JGSDF Camp Itazuma February Tomu Muto Hyakuri Airfield Photographed with anti-aircraft systems. March Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya Cover is a collage of Shida wearing the dress uniform of each branch. April Rio Uchida May Yume Shinjo, Nadeshiko Kagamihara from Laid-Back Camp Camp Asaka June Tomoka Kurotani Iruma Air Base Visited the Aeromedical Research Unit. July Haruna Iikubo Kisarazu Air Field Photographed with Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. August Nao Minamisawa Hyakuri Airfield September Mai Shiraishi Centerfolds about their roles in the television series . Machida is one of the few male figures to appear on the cover. October Keita Machida November Karin Miyamoto December Seiran Kobayashi
2023
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January February Cocoro Toyoshima JMSDF Tateyama Air Base Visited the 21st Fleet Air Squadron. March Miyo Hirai April Hyakuri Airfield Visited the Air Rescue Wing Hyakuri Detachment. May Iruma Air Base Visited the 2nd Tactical Airlift Group. June Ayano Kawamura Camp Nerima Photographed with CBRN equipment from the . July Shimofusa Air Base Visited the 203rd Air Training Squadron of the . August Mai Tsugumi, Yukari Miyake, and Saki Morita Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band. September Ryoko Kobayashi October 200th issue of Mamor. November Daisuke Watanabe Captain of the Seiryū. December Mascot of the .
2024
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya Became a public relations advisor for the Ministry of Defense in 2023. February Iruma Air Base March Tachikawa Airfield April Ōtemachi JSDF veteran who was the subject of a feature story in the May 2021 issue. May Rin Kawana Utsunomiya Air Field June July Hyakuri Airfield Photographed with Mitsubishi F-2. August Iori Sagara September Ayaka Imoto Naval Air Facility Atsugi Photographed with Kawasaki P-1. October November Nashiko Momotsuki National Defense Academy of Japan December Kazuhiko Nishimura Tokushima Air Base
2025
Issue Name Location Notes Ref January None Cover is of Tenshō surrounded by framed photos of servicemen and their families. February and Hamu Chunchun None Fictional characters. March Ami Tokito Kisarazu Air Field April Camp Nerima May June Rio Teramoto July JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base August Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya September Hiroshi Tamaki None Cover to promote the film Yukikaze. October November Iruma Air Base Visited the Central Air Command Support Squadron. December Ministry of Defense headquarters, Ichigaya
2026