Gyaru Hair: Sujimori Teasing, Curls & Chapatsu Styling Guide
Master the art of Gyaru hairstyles: from 1990s chapatsu bleaching to towering sujimori bouffants and modern voluminous curl styling.
In Gyaru fashion, hair is architecture. Throughout the subculture’s evolution, hairstyles have served as towering visual declarations of independence, precision styling skill, and substyle identity.
Iconic Gyaru Hairstyle Categories
Sujimori Bouffants (筋盛り)
Towering crowns created with backcombing, structural hair donuts, and lacquered individual curl tendrils popularized in Koakuma Ageha magazine for Hime Gyaru and Agejo.
Read Sujimori Deep Dive →Chapatsu & Wispy Bangs
Shoulder-length, straightened honey-brown hair paired with sheer, see-through bangs and hibiscus flower clips characteristic of the early Kogyaru boom.
Explore Kogyaru Hair Context →Gyaru Hairstyles Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sujimori hair?
Sujimori (筋盛り) is the signature architectural hairstyle of 2000s Gyaru. It combines an enormous backcombed bouffant at the crown (often built over foam hair padding) with clearly defined, lacquered individual curl streaks that cascade down the sides and back.
What is Chapatsu?
Chapatsu (茶髪, literally "tea hair") refers to the practice of dyeing naturally black hair to brown, caramel, copper, or blonde shades. In the mid-1990s, high school Kogyaru popularized chapatsu as an open act of defiance against strict school uniform codes.