Talk:Bōsōzoku

message: I've also read somewhere that bosozoku are not commonly seen in Japan as much as before probably since the look and the culture is considered "out of style" by modern Japanese youth. Is there any truth to this? -An unregistered bastard
While definitely not as common in this day in age, I still see them somewhat often travelling really slowly in massive hordes down the downtown streets escorted by police cars.--hyde-nobuyuki(@osaka)220.12.252.3 02:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bosozoku are passé? 

message: There is also a similar subculture in Japan known as "yankees" or "yankii"(ヤンキー) which dress and behave in a style somewhat similar to the bosozoku(i.e. ducktails, dyed hair, sunglasses, baggy clothes etc.). However the major differences are that yankees roll on foot rather than on bikes and are usually still in school(although they tend skip and disturb classes) and because of this they tend to wear traditional Japanese school uniforms(albeit baggier than usual) rather than motorcycle gear. They also have a tendency to wear women's sandals(the males) and aloha shirts. Many yankees are known to eventually join bosozokus at a certain point early in their lives.
:That is not a yankee, and it is not a subculture. Yankee was first used to denote rockabilly types who got around on classic motorcycles. It sometimes still has that meaning, although in modern times it now commonly means "thug" and has a bad meaning. 220.253.23.204 (talk) 16:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Yankee" subculture 

message: I read on one magazine back in 2002 that the Bōsōzoku gangs were formed after the war as youths in Japan were unhappy about the westernisation if their country is that true?
Willirennen 15.00 28 June 2006
"Very few bōsōzoku members are older than 20 as they are then considered adults under Japanese law and can earn a criminal record. Bōsōzoku members older than 20 are considered immature and childish."
This is no longer accurate.  Most bosozoku members are now adults.  See the following link: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070202TDY02001.htm
192.200.128.45 15:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bit on the history 

message: "Unlike street gangs from other countries and despite their anti-social nature, bōsōzoku members are known to show consideration to residents of rural areas by performing their runs at around 8pm when most people are still awake."
I seriously question this statement. I lived two years in Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken and our bōsōzoku seemed to take a perverse pleasure in driving past my apartment at any time they felt like (as long as it was late) constantly and quickly revving their engines to make as much noise as they could. They would often be followed by a police car keeping its distance, never actually stopping them. Gutless buggers. My friend and colleague often lost a  lot of sleep because she lived close to the station and they would often spend the whole nut driving around and revving there. I have no good memories of these selfish little fuckers from my time in Japan. They are in no way indicative of Japanese culture in general. In my experience noise is usually a consequence of some kind of mischief on the part of young yobs but in the case of the bōsōzoku, as much noise as possible was the name of the game. -- Another unregistered bastard
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I concur with the above post. I have lived in the Osaka/Nara area for nearly twenty years and the bosozoku are often active in the small hours of the morning with the evident intent of waking as many people as possible.
It is noticeable that they only operate when the weather is nice, and never seem to be out and about when it is cold or rainy. -- Unregistered  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.37.86.178 (talk) 09:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No biker anywhere in the world wants to go out riding when its raining, what a dumb comment. 220.253.42.131 (talk) 08:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "known to show consideration to residents" -- Not in my experience! 

message: Bosozoku are motorbike gangs. http://eow.alc.co.jp/暴走族/UTF-8/?ref=sa
It does not mean they are delinquent or criminals. This article has many errors and slander. 220.253.112.99 (talk) 12:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  A bit late but, 2 years late is better than nothing. Yoyogi is as bad as Harajuku for dress up make believe - real Bosozoku are in the rural areas. I shall try to take a photo of them, next time they annoy me .カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! (talk) 06:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bosozoku 

message: :
Hm, I'm not really a Japanese speaker, but in Korean, 暴走 means "to go on a rampant spree." --Kjoonlee 03:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: The typical bōsōzoku member is often depicted in a uniform consisting of a jumpsuit like those worn by manual laborers or a tokkō-fuku (特攻服), a type of military issued overcoat with kanji slogans usually worn open with no shirt underneath showing off their bandaged torsos and baggy matching pants tucked inside tall boots.
Would the "bandages" described here not be correctly referred to as a sarashi? --Aidolon (talk) 00:55, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Bandaged" Torso 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello! I would like to contribute to the bosozoku page and see if I can help out. These four articles(see below) have a good broad spectrum of information about the history and culture, including a more recent article (2016) about how the culture is vanishing. These are of course good spots to springboard off of and I intend to use any sources cited within to dig further to see what else I can unearth. One of the articles is a hobby-grade publication but one that is well versed in the Japanese automotive scene so I believe it can still bring insightful information. I would like to add more information to the article, as well as looking into citations to verify information, and adding more inline citations for consistency. I believe these articles will be a good starting point for me to collect information.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128793039003002
https://search.proquest.com/docview/303443061/previewPDF/C731040387154733PQ/1?accountid=14677
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/13/national/social-issues/japans-bosozoku-bikers-a-vanishing-rebel-breed/
http://www.superstreetonline.com/features/sstp-1009-nissan-s30-z-nissan-s130z/
There are of course more that I will dig into but these felt like a good start, any feedback would be appreciated! Juwhit (talk) 23:46, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding more content/doing some cleanup