Talk:Mondo Owada

I'm a big JJBA fan and love Josuke! But I came here to say Mondo's hair and clothes aren't so much a reference to Josuke as that he and Josuke are both references to the same subculture. When in Japan I saw it in person; it's a real cultural phenomenon that media is fond of. There's a certain type of gang deliquent called yanki/yankee (ヤンキー) and they tend to dress a certain way- kamikaze jackets, slicked hair/pompadours, dishevled uniforms, sarashi. They also tend to speak with a lot of slang, and slurred words. It's especially true for the bancho (番長), AKA the leader.

http://i.imgur.com/CfMKj2U.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rFSKqxh.jpg

There's a couple of photos. Zainin (talk) 02:29, August 9, 2014 (UTC)

I actually heard the term "Yankee" in that context too, but now that I've read about Mondo's title (see Bōsōzoku 暴走族), I have to wonder - are Yankee and Bōsōzoku two different names for the same subculture or not?

I do know that both terms are known to denote peoples who are fond of using complex kanji (see The Cage of Death).

Bōsōzoku are always some variation of biker gang, however. Is Josuke of JJBA a member/leader of a biker gang?