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* ''Anime/SerialExperimentLain'''s RRatedOpening starts with a ganguro making out with a man. They then [[StartsWithASuicide notice a girl jump off of a roof]].
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* ''Anime/SerialExperimentLain'''s RRatedOpening starts with a ganguro making out with a man. They then [[StartsWithASuicide notice a girl jump off of a roof]].
* One Kanto episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has Jessie [[DisguisedInDrag and James]] dressed as ganguro. The English dub translates this by making them into {{Valley Girl}}s.
* One Kanto episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has Jessie [[DisguisedInDrag and James]] dressed as ganguro. The English dub translates this by making them into {{Valley Girl}}s.
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* Musume Ronshaku from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is a Ganguro girl who talks like a ValleyGirl and likes to smoke. She's the daughter of a LoanShark who Kokona's father is in debt to, so getting him out of debt requires [[spoiler:kidnapping her and forcing him to cancel everyone's debts to him]].
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* The bully clique (Musume Ronshaku, Kokoro Momoiro, Kashiko Murasaki, Hoshiko Mizudori, and Hana Daidaiyama) in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is a mix of these styles (though mostly Kogal and Ganguro). They are all [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark-skinned blondes]] with their hair dyed flashy colors, they wear insanely short skirts and loose socks, and they accessorize with scrunchies on their wrists, HairDecorations, makeup, and cardigans around their waists.
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# ''Yamanba'' and ''Manba'' styles were both developed from ganguro. Taking another step further, Yamanba ''Yamanba'' often involves even darker tanned skin, a white stripe of makeup down the nose, facial stickers, glittery adhesives below the eyes, dayglo-colored clothing, and unusual accessories such as Hawaiian leis. The actual difference between the two seems to be mainly that manba ''manba'' doesn't use as much white makeup.
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* Yuzu, the protagonist of ''{{Manga/Citrus}}'' is a Kogal, with bleached blond hair, makeup, school uniform skirt hiked ''way'' up, jewelry, the works. This causes considerable friction with the extremely straight-laced school she attends.
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* A ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' case is centered on the ''gyaru'' culture. The ''gyarus'' Michiko, Ryouko and Tae and the ''yamanba'' Hitomi are attacked and beaten up by an unknown assailiant, and [[spoiler: Tae]] ends up being beaten to death. [[spoiler: It's because Tae accidentally ran a boy with her car and the boy's grieving father started attacking women who reminded him of her, especially if they wore [[NiceShoes platform boots]] since she was wearing those when she caused the accident.]]
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Crescendo}}, Yuka's design strongly evokes the ''gyaru''. While she's not tanned, her hair is lighter than the rest of the cast (probably bleached) and she also uses the dangerously short skirt, cleavage-showing shirt and loose socks worn by the average school-aged gyarus.
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* In the now-deceased online manga ''Music Box'', the AlphaBitch Maika Sakura is a ''gyaru'' and TheRival to the local {{Keet}}, Kazuki Kirio. [[spoiler: She actually [[CompensatedDating prostitutes herself]] to keep her lifestyle, and Kazuki calls her out on it.]]
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* ''Manga/MyFirstGirlfriendIsAGal'' is basically a romantic comedy involving an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent entering into a relationship of sorts with a Gyaru. With lots of added {{Fanservice}}.
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* Yuka Ayase from ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' is a kogal girl, dying her hair blonde and wearing short skirts with loose socks. In the English translation, she speaks in a ValleyGirl dialect.
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* Musume Ronshaku from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', who talks like a ValleyGirl and likes to smoke. She's the daughter of a LoanShark who Kokona's father is in debt to, so getting him out of debt requires [[spoiler:kidnapping her and forcing him to cancel everyone's debts to him]].
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* Musume Ronshaku from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is a Ganguro girl who talks like a ValleyGirl and likes to smoke. She's the daughter of a LoanShark who Kokona's father is in debt to, so getting him out of debt requires [[spoiler:kidnapping her and forcing him to cancel everyone's debts to him]].
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* From [[VideoGame/SenranKagura Senran Kagura]] we have Shiki, from the Kogal variety. A shinobi who is also a casual girl who chats with her cellphone ([[SkewedPriorities even in battle]]), comments about trends and fashion, and speaks like a stereotypical ValleyGirl. But, [[DumbBlonde unlike most examples]], [[SmarterThanYouLook she's also very knowledgeable and IT-savvy]], and uses these knowledge to help her friends in battle.
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* From [[VideoGame/SenranKagura Senran Kagura]] we have Shiki, from the Kogal variety. A shinobi who is also a casual girl who chats with her cellphone ([[SkewedPriorities even in battle]]), comments about trends and fashion, and speaks like a stereotypical ValleyGirl. But, [[DumbBlonde unlike most examples]], [[SmarterThanYouLook she's also very knowledgeable and IT-savvy]], and uses these knowledge to help her friends in battle.
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* Mika Jougasaki from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' is very much into kogal fashion, and so is her younger sister Rika. In the second half of [[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls the anime]], her production company forces her to stop wearing gal clothing and makes her wear more mature outfits, but she eventually manages to make the new look her own.
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I did a lot of image searching and the only dark-skinned Yama-Uba that I can find are orange masks and Noh actors who darken their skin. In actual, authentic Japanese artwork, Yama-Uba are traditionally drawn as being either really pale or a woody orange.
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* Plumeria, the 2nd-in-command of Team Skull from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', has pink and yellow hair, and accents her eyes with white makeup. Her design is clearly inspired from ganguro style, further exemplified by the baggy clothing fashion that the entire organization wears.
** Generation 1's Jynx had been theorized to be based on ganguro fashion due to its dark skin, pink lips, and platinum blonde hair. Others say she's based on the tale of [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Yama-Uba]], who is also described as having dark skin and blonde hair along with a tattered red kimono. [[TakeAThirdOption Or Jynx could be based on]] [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs both]], as there is a subset of ganguro fashion based on Yama-Uba called "Yamanba".
** Generation 1's Jynx had been theorized to be based on ganguro fashion due to its dark skin, pink lips, and platinum blonde hair. Others say she's based on the tale of [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Yama-Uba]], who is also described as having dark skin and blonde hair along with a tattered red kimono. [[TakeAThirdOption Or Jynx could be based on]] [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs both]], as there is a subset of ganguro fashion based on Yama-Uba called "Yamanba".
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** Generation 1's Jynx had been theorized to be based on ganguro fashion due to its dark skin, pink lips, and platinum blonde hair. Others say she's based on the tale of [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Yama-Uba]], who
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* ''[[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Maho Girls Pretty Cure!]]''[[note]]TOEI's official English title is actually ''Witchy Pretty Cure!''[[/note]] has Benigio who talks like a gyaru (which is naturally rendered as a ValleyGirl accent in the fansubs), what makes this even funnier is that she's voiced by Creator/KikukoInoue
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* ''Manga/PleaseTellMeGalkoChan'' is named after this trope, and by extension, Galko. She wears heavy makeup, paints her nails, styles her hair and dyes it blonde. However, she's a downplayed example because despite her name and appearance, she has ''zero'' experience with men, and gets easily embarrassed over her physique and what she says, as she sometimes accidentally says suggestive stuff.
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* The aptly named "Kogal Ghost" from ''Manga/ReKan'' is obsessed with 80's fashion, though her hair appears to be naturally dark.
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* Angol Mois from ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a fairly subdued kogal appearance in her human form. She's already AmbiguouslyBrown, but has platinum blonde hair instead of her natural silver hair when she chooses to stay on Earth. She wears a simple brown and white school uniform, skirt, and loose socks, There's no particular reason given why she chose the style, but it definitely adds to her character design's cuteness.
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* In ''Manga/SkipBeat Kyoko pretends to be a kogal by using distinctive slang and an airheaded persona so that Sho doesn't figure out that it is her.
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[[UsefulNotes/SubculturesInJapan In Japan and Japanese media, there exists a subculture known as ''Gyaru'']], or "Gal" culture. Gyaru often involves the emulation and use of popular Western fashion trends, tanned skin, blonde hair, and excessive use of makeup. Gyaru culture is split into three subcultures: Kogal, Ganguro, and Yanmanba. Gyaru is almost AlwaysFemale, but there exists rare male variants, which is referred to ''Gyaru-oh''. The cultures originated in the 1970s, and gained popularity in the early 2000s. Gyaru actually plays a huge influence on Japanese fashion trends.
# ''Kogal'' girls are often identified by wearing school uniforms along with super short skirts, loose socks, and sometimes platform shoes. It's not uncommon to see them have dyed hair either. The Harajuku and Shibuya districts of Tokyo serve as centers for Kogal culture. Committed kogal girls will wear short skirts all year-round, even in the winter and rainy seasons.
# ''Ganguro'' girls exemplify artificially tanned skin, blonde hair, and liberally applied contrasting makeup. It began as a form of rebellion against traditional Japanese standards of beauty (namely pale skin, dark hair, and neutral makeup tones) and open defiance of school standards and regulations. While there is some visual similarity to {{Blackface}}, there aren't any racial connotations associated with it. There's also a negative view that ganguros ReallyGetAround thanks to overlap with CompensatedDating. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo served as centers for Ganguro culture. The trend reached the peak of its popularity in the mid to late 90s, and has mostly faded away (though the internet helped bring it back into awareness,) but lived on with the Yamanba style.
# ''Yamanba'' and ''Manba'' styles were both developed from ganguro. Taking another step further, Yamanba often involves even darker tanned skin, a white stripe of makeup down the nose, facial stickers, glittery adhesives below the eyes, dayglo-colored clothing, and unusual accessories such as Hawaiian leis. The actual difference between the two seems to mainly that manba doesn't use as much white makeup.
The DarkSkinnedBlonde often overlaps with this trope. Examples of that trope may simply just be what they are. The Gyaru Girl will often have their fashion style pointed out in the narrative. Compare TheFashionista, and compare and contrast with the Western equivalent ValleyGirl.
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* Momo from ''Manga/PeachGirl'' is often mistaken for a ganguro due to her tanned skin and bleached hair. She gets teased a lot about it, but she's on the school's swim team. Her skin is just tanned because she spends a lot of time swimming outdoors, and the chlorine and other pool chemicals bleached her hair strawberry-blonde.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' had a case involving an investigation into violent attacks on ganguros and yanmanbas, and the murder of a ganguro.
* ''Manga/SuperGals'' focuses entirely on Gyaru culture. The three main characters, Miyu, Ran, and Aya, are all kogals. Miyu and Ran both have dyed hair, and all three of them wear trendy clothing.
* Kanako from ''Manga/NyanKoi'' is introduced wearing Yamanba makeup. Many characters find it rather grotesque, but she didn't care. Junpei himself calls her the "Demon Yamanba", but she points out that she's a manba, not a yamanba. The reason she got into it in the first place seems to extend back to her and Junpei's childhood, where she began seeking his attention more and more, even though he never saw her as anything special. After showing her that he still cares about her in his own ways, she abandons the style altogether.
* Angol Mois from ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a fairly subdued kogal appearance in her human form. She's already AmbiguouslyBrown, but has platinum blonde hair instead of her natural silver hair when she chooses to stay on Earth. She wears a simple brown and white school uniform, skirt, and loose socks, There's no particular reason given why she chose the style, but it definitely adds to her character design's cuteness.
* The main character of ''Manga/{{Citrus}}'' is a gyaru attending a super-formal school, which immediately puts her at odds with her prim-and-proper adoptive sister (and secret crush) who is the StudentCouncilPresident there.
* ''Manga/ShortCuts'' features an entire kogal village, even filled with grannies wearing loose socks.
* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Haruhi's friend Mei is a dark tanned girl who reads magazines for 'gals in love'. She is a amateur fashion designer, who focuses on love and hobbies more than her summer homework.
* ''Manga/FlowersAndBees'' features a GirlPosse of 3 kogals including love interest Sakura Ota, who doesn't tan, but spends her time going to clubs and LoveHotels instead of studying.
* In ''Manga/SkipBeat Kyoko pretends to be a kogal by using distinctive slang and an airheaded persona so that Sho doesn't figure out that it is her.
* In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', Nana K's sister Nami is "still a ganguro girl." She is tanned and open about sexual matters.
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* Plumeria, the 2nd-in-command of Team Skull from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', has pink and yellow hair, and accents her eyes with white makeup. Her design is clearly inspired from ganguro style, further exemplified by the baggy clothing fashion that the entire organization wears.
* Junko Enoshima from ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'' is known as the "Super High School Level Gyaru", [[{{Woolseyism}} localized]] as "[[TheFashionista Ultimate Fashionista]]" in the English translation. Being a Kogal, she wears a modified school uniform with a short skirt, long platform boots, and based on how she appears in ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'', it's implied that her hair is dyed.
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[[UsefulNotes/SubculturesInJapan In Japan and Japanese media, there exists a subculture known as ''Gyaru'']], or "Gal" culture. Gyaru often involves the emulation and use of popular Western fashion trends, tanned skin, blonde hair, and excessive use of makeup. Gyaru culture is split into three subcultures: Kogal, Ganguro, and Yanmanba. Gyaru is almost AlwaysFemale, but there exists rare male variants, which is referred to ''Gyaru-oh''. The cultures originated in the 1970s, and gained popularity in the early 2000s. Gyaru actually plays a huge influence on Japanese fashion trends.
# ''Kogal'' girls are often identified by wearing school uniforms along with super short skirts, loose socks, and sometimes platform shoes. It's not uncommon to see them have dyed hair either. The Harajuku and Shibuya districts of Tokyo serve as centers for Kogal culture. Committed kogal girls will wear short skirts all year-round, even in the winter and rainy seasons.
# ''Ganguro'' girls exemplify artificially tanned skin, blonde hair, and liberally applied contrasting makeup. It began as a form of rebellion against traditional Japanese standards of beauty (namely pale skin, dark hair, and neutral makeup tones) and open defiance of school standards and regulations. While there is some visual similarity to {{Blackface}}, there aren't any racial connotations associated with it. There's also a negative view that ganguros ReallyGetAround thanks to overlap with CompensatedDating. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo served as centers for Ganguro culture. The trend reached the peak of its popularity in the mid to late 90s, and has mostly faded away (though the internet helped bring it back into awareness,) but lived on with the Yamanba style.
# ''Yamanba'' and ''Manba'' styles were both developed from ganguro. Taking another step further, Yamanba often involves even darker tanned skin, a white stripe of makeup down the nose, facial stickers, glittery adhesives below the eyes, dayglo-colored clothing, and unusual accessories such as Hawaiian leis. The actual difference between the two seems to mainly that manba doesn't use as much white makeup.
The DarkSkinnedBlonde often overlaps with this trope. Examples of that trope may simply just be what they are. The Gyaru Girl will often have their fashion style pointed out in the narrative. Compare TheFashionista, and compare and contrast with the Western equivalent ValleyGirl.
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* Momo from ''Manga/PeachGirl'' is often mistaken for a ganguro due to her tanned skin and bleached hair. She gets teased a lot about it, but she's on the school's swim team. Her skin is just tanned because she spends a lot of time swimming outdoors, and the chlorine and other pool chemicals bleached her hair strawberry-blonde.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' had a case involving an investigation into violent attacks on ganguros and yanmanbas, and the murder of a ganguro.
* ''Manga/SuperGals'' focuses entirely on Gyaru culture. The three main characters, Miyu, Ran, and Aya, are all kogals. Miyu and Ran both have dyed hair, and all three of them wear trendy clothing.
* Kanako from ''Manga/NyanKoi'' is introduced wearing Yamanba makeup. Many characters find it rather grotesque, but she didn't care. Junpei himself calls her the "Demon Yamanba", but she points out that she's a manba, not a yamanba. The reason she got into it in the first place seems to extend back to her and Junpei's childhood, where she began seeking his attention more and more, even though he never saw her as anything special. After showing her that he still cares about her in his own ways, she abandons the style altogether.
* Angol Mois from ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a fairly subdued kogal appearance in her human form. She's already AmbiguouslyBrown, but has platinum blonde hair instead of her natural silver hair when she chooses to stay on Earth. She wears a simple brown and white school uniform, skirt, and loose socks, There's no particular reason given why she chose the style, but it definitely adds to her character design's cuteness.
* The main character of ''Manga/{{Citrus}}'' is a gyaru attending a super-formal school, which immediately puts her at odds with her prim-and-proper adoptive sister (and secret crush) who is the StudentCouncilPresident there.
* ''Manga/ShortCuts'' features an entire kogal village, even filled with grannies wearing loose socks.
* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Haruhi's friend Mei is a dark tanned girl who reads magazines for 'gals in love'. She is a amateur fashion designer, who focuses on love and hobbies more than her summer homework.
* ''Manga/FlowersAndBees'' features a GirlPosse of 3 kogals including love interest Sakura Ota, who doesn't tan, but spends her time going to clubs and LoveHotels instead of studying.
* In ''Manga/SkipBeat Kyoko pretends to be a kogal by using distinctive slang and an airheaded persona so that Sho doesn't figure out that it is her.
* In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', Nana K's sister Nami is "still a ganguro girl." She is tanned and open about sexual matters.
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* Plumeria, the 2nd-in-command of Team Skull from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', has pink and yellow hair, and accents her eyes with white makeup. Her design is clearly inspired from ganguro style, further exemplified by the baggy clothing fashion that the entire organization wears.
* Junko Enoshima from ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'' is known as the "Super High School Level Gyaru", [[{{Woolseyism}} localized]] as "[[TheFashionista Ultimate Fashionista]]" in the English translation. Being a Kogal, she wears a modified school uniform with a short skirt, long platform boots, and based on how she appears in ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'', it's implied that her hair is dyed.
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