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' reckless driving group ') is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles. The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s. Popularity climbed throughout the 1980s, peaking at an estimated 42,510 members in 1982.
Biker bars (8 P) C. Motorcycle customization (3 C, 14 P) M. ... Pages in category "Motorcycling subculture" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Biker culture may refer to various aspects of motorcycling and relevant subculture, specifically that of: Motorcycle clubs, groups of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles; Outlaw motorcycle clubs, also called one percenter clubs or motorcycle gangs
Cut offs and motorcycling soon spread internationally, being taken up by the rocker subculture in the United Kingdom and the Bōsōzoku in Japan. Cut offs' ties to motorcycling led to them becoming seen as a sign of rebellion. Because of this, they were soon adopted by various youth subcultures, including the skinhead, heavy metal and punk ...
Itasha car meet, Moesha-ofu, in Iga, Mie. The subculture started in Japan in the 1980s with character plushies and stickers, [6] but only became a phenomenon in the twenty-first century, when anime culture became relatively well known via the Internet.
Rumors of headless riders only really took off after the release of the film Stone (1974) in Australia (released in Japan in 1981). The film contained a scene in which a rider's head is chopped off by a wire stretched across a road, and this is said to have spread in connection with rumors of motorcycle accidents in various parts of the country.
Many yakuza have full-body tattoos (including their genitalia). These tattoos, known as irezumi in Japan, are still often "hand-poked", that is, the ink is inserted beneath the skin using non-electrical, hand-made, and handheld tools with needles of sharpened bamboo or steel. The procedure is expensive and painful, and can take years to complete.
Sukeban (スケバン/助番) is a Japanese term meaning ' delinquent girl ', and the female equivalent to the male banchō in Japanese culture. The usage of the word sukeban refers to either the leader of a girl gang or the entire gang itself, [4] [better source needed] and is not used to refer to any one member of a girl gang.