Just when you thought the Ganguro girls were over the top. Here come the Mamba and Yamamba girls. Multi-colored synthetic hair, dark tanned skin, white lipstick, pastel colored eyeliner and crazy multicolored clothing was their signature style in the early 2000’s.
Now in the present time, they are back and in full force. Pink dyed hair is the most popular, although anything neon and bright is ok. Hair extensions and clips are worn to match their even more dark tan.
Please do not compare the Mamba to Yamamba. Mamba girls have white makeup above the eye and below and look like pandas. The Yamamba only have white makeup above their eyes. They all love Disney characters and anything to do with Hawaii.
Look for the most popular girls in this so called group of Japanese Gyaru in Shibuya and Ikebukuro. These group of Gyaru include Kogyaru, Ganguro, Mamba and Yamamba. The most popular Japanese Gyaru group is called AngeleeK. Look for magazines like EGG, POPTEEN and EGO SYSTEM if you want a fix of pictures!
How is that pretty and/or cute? Seriously…. Unless that happens to be the aim there….
It’s counter culture. Japan isn’t exactly the most socially free country.
I think lolitas are cute,jrockers and cosplayers cool…but this I don’t understand.They are really making themselves ugly and I don’t see the point.What do they stand for,what do they want to prove?What do they see in this?
And the orange/brown skin is definitely the worst,I like the hair,I like all the colors but skin,and make up…they look like clowns.And they are possibly really beautiful underneath all the layers of make up.
I bet they need to take it off with a spatula.
Perhaps they feel more confident in dressing like a Mamba or Yamamba just like if a person were to dress in the scene or emo fashion not that I’m comparing the two. It’s just that maybe those who dress like that feel like they are beautiful and when they are dressed normal they feel like they are plain and do not stick out among the crowd. . . get it?
Who took the second photo? I’d like to give credit in a school paper I’m writing.
I agree with you xXx.
What do you think about the little difference between Mamba and Yamamba? Both transform completely their bodies.
I think that the Yamamba girls looks like a panda too!
Yes, they look like a panda too, but is more beautiful that the Mamba!
I think that this moviment is relly good for bring a little revolution in the Japonese society but do a culture is a very wrong. I like that the girls make - up but not so excessive. I agree with xXx she seem clowns. I don’t undestand the difference of Mamba and Yamamba ? Can someone tell me the difference?
I think that this moviment is really good for bring a little revolution in the Japonese society but make a culture is a very wrong. I like that the girls make – up but not so excessive. I agree with xXx she seem clowns. I don’t undestand the difference of Mamba and Yamamba ? Can someone tell me the difference?
I think that this moviment is really good for bring a little revolution in the Japonese society but make a new culture, is a very wrong. I like that the girls make – up but not so excessive. I agree with xXx she seems clowns. I don’t undestand the difference of Mamba and Yamamba ? Can someone tell me the difference?
( Official )
I think this trend is just another way of decorating your body. Some of them look like a doll! In my opinion, this look is perfect for special days like Halloween or another similar. But for normal day, personally, it’s so excessive! I like her style hair, it’s very creative, but the make up, the colour of the skin and all the accessories,… as far as I’m concerned, that’s unnecessary. Anyway, is their style!
I think that the difference between Yamamba and Mamba is that Yamamba are the “original”and they are the most eccentric, and the Mambas are the “evolution” of the Yamambas they don’t wear makeup so marked, they don’t have stickers on the face and they dress more sophisticated.
In my opinion, the style of them is ok,to they wear them because each person can dressed if she/he wanted.We are free of expression and if they want to dress and make up like clowns is their decision. .We aren’t criticizing those appearances because we aren’t in their skin and we don’t know how they feel.We have a lot of prejudices and in the moment of truth we aren’t so liberal.
I think that this young people are crazy. Perhaps they don’t like study or working and they have found this style life to stand out. Mamba and Yamba girls should be persecuted because they cause a breach of the peace in Japan cities. If the nudism in the city isn’t allowed, it could not be posible. But I think they should innovate and no copy clowns’ dresses.
(BATX)
Lol this is just awesome. If the whole look wouldn’t make me seem like a total freak or call so much attention upon me, I actually would wear it! Love the Yamamba make-up and neon hair!
I think it is okay to protest against society, but an pushed too far, is right about that disrupt public order and should take action.
To wear coloured clothes and to use make-up it’s an acceptable way to protest against the japanese school oppression , but in my opinion there are better ways to express disagreement, convincing more people at schools to increase the number of followers and through that , create a new people movement to impress politics. For the moment ,they are doing it very well ,appearing in news headlines and in blogs like this, but if the japanese government don’t read gossip magazines, I think that they will not impress authorities in order to achieve changes at schools.
I had never heard about this way of dressing. In my opinion, I think they are a bit “airheads”. If this kind of clothing was related to a end of year’s party or, you know, things like that, it would be ok. Actually, they want to be seen when they walk along the street and represent a “different kind of people”.
If you see in the street a Yamamba/Mamba girl, you won’t think it’s a normal way of dressing. I can’t find significant differences between Yamamba and Mamba people, excepting what is said in the text from the top: “Mamba girls have white makeup above the eye and below and look like pandas. The Yamamba only have white makeup above their eyes.” . They may have comune interests and comune lifestyles.
These people dress too much colorful. I don’t have any inconvenient with them, but in my opinion, they could stop to make-up like a clown and act like a freak. They can wear with outlandish clothes and accessories, but more inconspicuous.
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I had never heard about this way of dressing. In my opinion, I think they are a bit “airheads”. If this kind of clothing was related to a end of year’s party or, you know, things like that, it would be ok. Actually, they want to be seen when they walk along the street and represent a “different kind of people”.
If you see in the street a Yamamba/Mamba girl, you won’t think it’s a normal way of dressing. I can’t find significant differences between Yamamba and Mamba people, excepting what is said in the text from the top: “Mamba girls have white makeup above the eye and below and look like pandas. The Yamamba only have white makeup above their eyes.” . They may have comune interests and comune lifestyles.
These people dress too much colorful. I don’t have any inconvenient with them, but in my opinion, they could stop to make-up like clowns do and act like a freak. They can wear outlandish clothes and accessories, but more inconspicuous.
In my opinion I prefer Yamamba girls because are more discreet than the Mamba girls but I never will put this make-up and this hair.
I think that the first girl who innovated this movement wanted to stand out. Perhaps, there are girls who want to dress and put a make-up like this, but I think that this people are ridiculous.
I don’t like these clothes, that make-up, and going so much tan, I think that that’s horrible. Maybe I like their hair style, I think that it’s great but I have to say that too much colours and strange things in their heads is ugly. But we have to think that they are doing this to protest about the strict schools and the very formal way of life. We have to think that it isn’t easy to live in a country like this and I think that we have to support them, because they just want to be freest.
I thing that this girls are a little crazy, because if you want to solve something, this is not the correct way to do it because I think that if you go to Japan and you know about this girls you would go to see them and probably they attract many tourists to her country and I think if this girls continue in this line they won’t solve nothing. And probably most of them don’t know nothing about why they are dressed like this.
Wow.. I had never seen anything like this! They’re so much colorful!
In my opinion, if they want to protest against the school model, wear like a clown is not the best way. Obviously I can’t understand them because I don’t have this problem, and maybe I’m wrong.
Perhaps Mamba and Yamamba will be our trend some day and our point of view will change.
That’s amazing! I think to dress and use make-up this way you need to have really orginally personality, because they don’t care about what people would think, they just defend they cause. More over, with this lifestyle they don’t hurt anyone so people should respect they.
If they don’t dress and have a different style life for express that they not agree with the society at this so scenic way people don’t pay attention and they don’t achieve their objective.
So I could say I admire his way to protest and “fight” with the system.
Oh! Very good comments and opinions about Yamamba grils. I disagree with this urban tribe, it’s very ridiculous: loads of make-up, extremly colorful hair… but I understand the unhappy teenagers because the rules of conduct are very strict and they need more freedom, it’s because of these that they dress up like that. I think that the japan teenagers will try to find more ways to solve this problem or this situation, politics for example, and achive more freedom for them and finish this ridiculous type of wears .
I don’t like this urban tribe. I think i’m not able to wear this kind of clothe and this make-up.
Also i have to admit they are very originals and specially, i hope that thank to this kind of groups, directors will not be so stricted with the girls in schools.
in the schools.
With so much makeup, get up early to be like a clown I do not see a lot of fun to smile as the pictures. I thought I had seen everything, but after that I think not. Weird people are everywhere, right?
Hi, I’m from Catalonia and our english teacher told us about this movement in Japan. Is something that never happens in my country, and I’m surprised. Very good Japanes’ girls, you are in a big group and the opression at school is disapeared! In addition, I’m sure in Japan the crisis doesn’t affect the make-up!XD
PD: good writing Kaori!
(batx)
Hi, I’m from Catalonia and our english teacher told us about this movement in Japan. Is something that never happens in my country, and I’m surprised. Very good Japanes’ girls, you are in a big group and the opression at school is disapeared! In addition, I’m sure in Japan the crisis doesn’t affect the make-up!
PD: good writing Kaori!XD
I think that this is a revolucionary tendency and daring. I don’t like their costums: miniskirts, high platforms and much make-up. There are many forms to demand the rights without going like this on the street. And, in my opinion I think that this clothes are very ridiculous.
I hope this movement finish, because, to do this things, you must have a good reason. But sincerely, like society is now this “look” will be trendy soon.
What I think what they do is well done but you do not be so exaggerated, for example, bring the colors and synthetic hair or put makeup arrives hast is a craze
Hi, I’m from Catalonia and our english teacher told us about this movement in Japan. Is something that never happens in my country, and I’m surprised. Very good Japanes girls, you are in a big group and the opression at school is disapeared! In addition, I’m sure in Japan the crisis doesn’t affect the make-up!
PD: good writing Kaori!XD
Well, I agree with the views of my classmates, that this is not the right way to fight oppression in schools. But also, keep in mind that teens do not have too many media to spread their message. I know that in currently less than half of them will know why dress like that but I think they’ve done a great job because they coming out in different media and people write about them.
I agree with the views of my classmates, that this is not the right way to fight oppression in schools. But also, keep in mind that teens do not have too many media to spread their message. I know that in currently less than half of them will know why dress like that but I think they’ve done a great job because they coming out in different media and people write about them.
Oh my god! I can’t understand how these girls aren’t ashamed wearing these type of clothes but I thing it’s a good way to claim against the oppression that exist in Japan. Also I thing the make-up it’s too exagerated.
I think that is another culture, if we are agree or disagree, we must respect it like others cultures.
Well, in my opinion I can say that is a fantastic group of people for their form of protest against the strong rules of school, but I think that is excessive. I hope that don’t extend around the world this fashion.
That’s my opinion. Thanks for reading.
Sir. Espinar the difference of Mamba and Yamamba are the make-up of the eyes. I think that Mamba semms pandas and Yamamba paint all the eyes. I think that is really interesting think becasue if they like make-up their body is his problem and our can’t do anything. In my opinion don’t like them.
Well I think these girls are really bored in class to do this. These girls try to get the attention of other people by wearing ridiculous hair, flashy clothes and horrible makeup . It should be forbbiden to show off like this while on the streets. This is my opinion.
In my opinion you have to be a little (or completely) crazy to go dressed like that on the streets, but it is a good way to call for attencion and to be different from the rest. I also think those girls are very brave and have cool attitude because they can handle the world’s criticism against their “trends”.
I don’t really like their way of asking for attention, I think that these girls could do better than being so superficial. Maybe they don’t care what people think about them now but what about when they grow up?
Hi!
Wow! They look so… different? lol!
I’m sure that I would’t know how react if I’d found someone like them!
First, I want to say that I can’t understand their situation ’cause I didn’t live that, but anyways, I think it isn’t the way to finish with the strong code of conformity in Tokyo… There are a lot of ways to protest.
But, of course, is a good way to stand out of the rest, that’s for sure.. and, also they must have courage to wear those clothes.. !
xxx!
I did a project on them not long ago, and i admire what these girls are doing. They realized that the views of women being perfect, as in having double eyelids, long black hair, and porcelain white skin was unrealistic. So they created a style that was the exact opposite of society’s standards/ expectations. I commend them on their bravery to walk out in public the way they do. I wish i had as much courage as them.
Well I for one think this is a wonderful way to protest the uniformity structure in japan. Its making people stop, look and talk; and I think they are having fun at the same time. I do have to agree I love the hair. And as for being ‘superficial’ this is anything but superficial. These girls are showing others are being superficial by only caring about looks and if those looks match to current trends. So I say well done, very well done, and good luck.