Bōsōzoku is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles. The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s. Popularity peaked at an estimated 42,510 members in
A group of bōsōzoku in 2013
The bōsōzoku were preceded by the kaminarizoku, as young veterans adjusted to life in post-WWII Japan.
Bōsōzoku-style customized motorcycle
Great Teacher Onizuka, abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tōru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
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First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Eikichi Onizuka