A hair cleansing composition comprising the following ingredients,,, and at a weight ratio of Ingredient to Ingredient [ /] of from 0.1 to 1.2 and at a weight ratio of Ingredient to Ingredient [ /] of from 0.2 to 0.8: an ether carboxylate surfactant, an ether sulfate surfactant, a betaine amphoteric surfactant, and a cationic-group containing copolymer obtained by the copolymerization of a monomer mixture containing the following Monomers,, and: at least one hydrophilic nonionic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R 3 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, A 1 and A 2 are the same or different and each represents a group represented by the formula: -(CH 2) n - (n stands for an integer from 2 to 6), and B represents a group -O- or -CH 2 -, at least one cationic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and each represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y represents a group -O-, -NH-, -CH 2 -, or -O-CH 2 CH -, Z represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms (with the proviso that when Y is -CH 2 -, the number of carbon atoms is from 0 to 3), and X represents a conjugate base of an acid; wherein R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 9 and R 10 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X has the same meaning as described above, and a crosslinkable monomer having two or more reactive unsaturated groups. an ether carboxylate surfactant, an ether sulfate surfactant, a betaine amphoteric surfactant, and a cationic-group containing copolymer obtained by the copolymerization of a monomer mixture containing the following Monomers,, and: at least one hydrophilic nonionic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R 3 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, A 1 and A 2 are the same or different and each represents a group represented by the formula: -(CH 2) n - (n stands for an integer from 2 to 6), and B represents a group -O- or -CH 2 -, at least one cationic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and each represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y represents a group -O-, -NH-, -CH 2 -, or -O-CH 2 CH -, Z represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms (with the proviso that when Y is -CH 2 -, the number of carbon atoms is from 0 to 3), and X represents a conjugate base of an acid; wherein R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 9 and R 10 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X has the same meaning as described above, and a crosslinkable monomer having two or more reactive unsaturated groups. at least one hydrophilic nonionic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R 3 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, A 1 and A 2 are the same or different and each represents a group represented by the formula: -(CH 2) n - (n stands for an integer from 2 to 6), and B represents a group -O- or -CH 2 -, at least one cationic-group containing vinyl monomer represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 has the same meaning as described above, R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and each represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y represents a group -O-, -NH-, -CH 2 -, or -O-CH 2 CH -, Z represents a linear or branched alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms (with the proviso that when Y is -CH 2 -, the number of carbon atoms is from 0 to 3), and X represents a conjugate base of an acid; wherein R 7 and R 8 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 9 and R 10 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X has the same meaning as described above, and a crosslinkable monomer having two or more reactive unsaturated groups.