"The Teen Japanese Style"

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“The Teen Japanese Style”

Nowadays Japanese teens are more ocidental, but they are very creative with clothes, technology, music and VOGUE (fashion)

Visual kei (ヴィジュアル系, visual kei/ bijuaru kei in japanese )

Visual kei refers to a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborated costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of J-rock (a term referring to Japanese rock in general), with its own particular sound, related to glam-rock, punk and metal.


Teens Bands:
Kotevi Kei: X Japan, Miyavi, D’erlanger, Dead End, Buck Tick and Larc~en~ciel.

Kurofuku kei: Kamaitachi e Color Buck Luna Sea, Kuroyume, Malice Mizer.

Soft visual kei: Glay, Siam Shade, Sophia and Janne Da Arc

Oshare kei: An Cafe, Ayabie, Charlotte and Aicle

Koteosa kei: LM.C, The GazettE, Nightmare.

Main Male Sub-Genre
Kotevi Kei

Proeminent genre of the 90s. The name is the
Antonym of “Soft Visual Kei”


Miyavi, Kotevi Kei