Ganguro
Ganguro ( Japanese 顔 黒 ) is the name for mostly young girls who follow a trend that first appeared in Shibuya , a youth district in Tokyo . The word is made up of gan , the Japanese word for "face", and kuro , which means "black" in Japanese.
These girls, also known as Orange Girls or Egg Girls , are characterized by their deeply tanned skin and bright eye make-up and pastel-colored lips, reinforced by their lightly bleached hair. The name Orange Girls refers to the orange hue that the skin often takes on after excessive use of self-tanner and beta-carotene tablets. Egg Girls comes from the Japanese girls' magazine Egg , in which you can find all the tips on how to become a real ganguro as quickly as possible .
Similarities exist with the Kogals (Kogyaru), who belong to the common Gyaru subculture.
Yamamba and Mamba
There are also Japanese ganguros who exaggerate the look by using even more and more noticeable makeup and coloring their hair yellow instead of blonde. They call themselves Yamamba , which means something like "mountain witch". An even more extreme variant are the mamba whose tan is black, the make-up more extensive and the hair more colored.
bibliography
- Kate Klippensteen, Everett Kennedy Brown (Photos): Ganguro Girls. The Japanese “Black Face” . Könemann, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8290-7926-5
- Sharon Kinsella: Blackfaces, Witches, and Racism Against Girls . In: Laura Miller, Jan Bardsley (Eds.): Bad Girls of Japan . Palgrave, 2005