Ganguro ガングロ

Ganguro ガングロ which when literally translated means "black face" is another popular subculture in Japan. It gained popularity mainly between the late 1990's to early 2000's. Young females into this culture are known to have dark deeply tanned skin, bleached hair, both white and black eyeliner and big false eyelashes. They tend to wear platform shoes mostly sandals and boots and brightly colored clothing. Some other traits are" cell phones covered with purikura stickers tie-dyed sarongs, mini-skirts, hibiscus flower hairpins, and lots of bracelets, rings and necklaces." Strong followers of the style are more pronounced with extremely bleached hair and white lipstick and bright colorful makeup as well as clothing. The style originates in Shibuya like Kogals(another subculture) and is one of the several "gal" subcultures. It is unsure how this fashion statement came to about, but few spectators believe it was due to the admiration Japanese girls had of famous black woman such as Janet Jackson or Naomi Cambell. Although Ganguro may mean "Black Face" it is not to be seen as racist as many may presume.
 Recently the Ganguro style has even reached over to the male population although it is not as popular amongst them.
The Japanese magazine Egg targets Ganguro/ Kogal girls giving tips on makeup, clothes and hair as well as sexual activities

A popular Japanese manga Peach Girl is based off the Ganguro look. In the story the main character MoMo is not the dirty or bad girl people believe her to be. Her tan and hair color, she claims, are natural.  
  Yamanba 

Closely related to the Ganguro style is the Yamanba style( when literally translated means mountain witch/hag)  which is almost the same just with just darker skin colorings, more white make up and more colorful clothing and hair. It is the Ganguro look to the extreme

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