The Story of the Bosozoku, Kanjozoku, and Rebel Subcultures of Japan
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This is a dive into the underground, illegal past of Japanese car culture. From biker gangs and yakuza to loop and kaido racers, this video follows the progression of post-war Japan into the automotive superpower it is today.
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HOME - Pyxis
Chris Doerksen - Perhaps Something More
Chris Doerksen - Knife Edge
HOME - Head First
HOME - Chicken Soup
HOME - We're Finally Landing
So jealous of the first people racing the wangan/osaka highways back then with all the cars coming out over the years what a vibe that must have been
Right like why'd I have to be in my 20s during the age of electric cars and hd cameras
Ong, I would’ve loved to be the real life Akio Asakura (without ignoring college ofc)
> Be born in Japan during the mid to late 1970s
> Spend childhood and teen years watching fire-breathing, turbocharged monsters with fat arches and giant wings race around in circles in several categories of motorsports (F1, Group B rally, Group C endurance racing, Group A Touring Cars, Group 5 Special Productions, Japanese Super Silhouette racing etc)
> Japanese economy enters its most prosperous period in the 1980s
> Japanese car companies already showed the world in the 60s and 70s that they can make reliable and affordable cars for ordinary people and cheap, fun sports cars for enthusiasts
> Japanese car companies in the 80s now flush with cash spend the extra money to innovate their cars (variable valve timing, turbocharging, active aero, 4 wheel steering, computer controlled all-wheel drive and ignition systems etc)
> Japanese tuning shops offer upgrade packages for buyers looking to spice up their rides
> Spend teen years driving dad's Corolla up and down a mountain delivering tofu and honing driving skills in the process
> Catch girlfriend cheating on you with a guy in a Mercedes Benz
> Humble street racers in more expensive cars using your dad's Corolla
> Modify your Corolla to be even faster
> Build cheap cars into supercar killers throughout your 20s and 30s
> Watch Japan's car industry slowly die out in the 2000s
> Buy Lexus LFA during midlife crisis and enjoy the sound of a naturally aspirated V10 as the days of the internal combustion engine come to an end
> Crash into the Mercedes Benz guy who stole your girlfriend years ago and die happy
@@CyanRooper This story is so good 😢👏
@CyanRooper Even though popular Japanese opinion is that the 80s was the best time in Japan it really wasn’t because it was only good for the executives that made trade deals in the 70s for Americans The real good decade was the 90s because the lower workers got decent wages still as executives were fighting to keep sales up and they had much more creativity. The games industry is a great example. There wasn’t much activity lost on the streets then even as the stocks plummeted. Not everything is about money and middle class prosperity, or stats written on paper or online.
No channel or media outlet channels my love for cars and culture like yours does. Please don't stop
Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 was one of my all time favorite games. Used to race C1 loop for hours. Would’ve been incredible to see it happen in person.
BABE! BABE WAKE UP! HUNTER’S MOON UPLOADED!
Really cool. I had no idea. Thank you for the interesting topic. Love learning about sub-cultures around the world. Can anyone these days own and ride a Bosozoku motorcycle in Japan? Or would that be seen as an insult to the gangs?
does anyone know what the source is for the vip cars or "bippu?" 8:10
I lived in Nagoya in 1999 as a missionary and was often woken up in the middle of the night by a Bousozoku gang going slowly down the neighboring highway revving their engines. So fun to see past memories in this video.
FINALLY!!! A POPULAR VIDEO THAT ACCURATELY DEPICTS KAIDO RACER HISTORY!! THIS IS AMAZING!!! ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND I'M GENUINELY IMPRESSED YOU GOT THIS ONE SPOT ON
Don't yell.
Video idea: hillclimb racing such as the rest and be thankful hillclimb or the Bo’ness revival
Hey Hunter, i know u check comments for video ideas, so heres one from my country germany: Check out the story of the AVUS highway in west berlin, it was a symbol of freedom where my older colleagues could race without speed limit in west berlin after crossing the extremely scary highway from the GDR. It became a place for DTM racing, tuning culture and the bar still exists today! (nowadays mostly used by bikers tho). Maybe also watch Manta Manta a famous German car movie that spawned its own car culture. Great video as always! My entire friend circle wakes up when a new video of urs drops
Now that's an interesting story I wasn't aware of. I'm gonna have to read into that. Any books you might suggest?
my reply got tagged as spam, i dont know any books but google AVUS highwayy and the footnote of the wiki get you a long way@@KanjoNights
My favourite channel. Brilliant content as always. You've covered a lot of ground here, thank you. I'm going to have to watch this a few times to get my head around all the info. Forever recommending you to our community in the UK . This is how RUclips should be done
Then you'd deffintetly would love @the.squidd
@@nexas2316 subscribed. Thanks for the tip 👍
Best car culture channel out there!
An honorable mention for sure are the Dajiban race vans, started in Youga which is near Tokyo, the vans were used at first to just haul tires and parts to race motorcycles on the track, then they got the idea to race the vans and it grew since 🚗💨 I have a B1500 that I’m also building into a Dajiban, hopefully one day it finds itself in a RUclips video raising eyebrows and dropping jaws 👀
Dajibans are so obscure and hurts the minds of many Americans. I’ve been trying to find a dodge ram to turn into a drift truck to just mess with the normal American mind
Yes!! New Hunters Moon is just what doctor ordered this Sunday morning 😊
The absolute gold standard for niche JDM car culture deep-dives. Take my money and give me MORE!!! 💯💯
i grew up around bikes and the bosozoku always interested me. i love the insane customization they would do.
Babe wake up, Hunter's Moon uploaded again.
Wait... I'm single.
Real street racers don't need girlfriends
O O F
Can we see like origins of running shops like mines, spoon, Re amemiya. Maybe the origins of nismo? Some more origin stories of running shops would be cool
@3:10 glad you mentioned the Scandinavian (but mostly Swedish) Raggar (single) Raggare (plural). They are pretty much our answer to "Greasers" or Bosozoku/Shakotan culture. The cars are usually boats with very very beaten up and for lack of a better term, ruined exteriors and interiors. Although there are different styles for different people, but the traditional Raggar does have a ruined old American car thats useless at anything over walking speed.
Pilsnerbil
Really great video, I really learned a lot about Japanese car culture. As for future ideas, a video on the history on European folk racing (or Derby racing in the US) would be awesome.
As a fellow JDM car nut, I would love to look into your sources! Could you list/link them?
You're one of my go to channel when it comes to the subject of "Automotive history", i'd love to see a video about the volkswagen & porsche lore.
It's a story that has been told countless times, yet i'd still love a video about the beetle & the porsche's.
This video, the Mid Night Club video, and especially the Devil Z/Mitsunaga Pantera video have already gotten very close to the topic by association, but -
Have you considered making a video explicitly about the famed Yatabe Circuit in Japan and its history of Japanese manufacturers, tuners and (alleged) speed gang members doing top speed runs there?
10:46 where does that law break AE82 FX-16 come from ? I can't find it anywhere (i own a 4age ae82 too, and i'm looking for some inspiration for a future paint job / wrap)
Putting an anime character on a car and driving it around like normal. its so ridiculous. I love it.
Thank you for making this video!
Very informative on the names for each subculture presented, Now I know what terms to research myself
As I was growing up, i was always around and influenced by cars. My dad used to have almost a dozen Cadillacs in his driveway and garage ranging from 50s to 70s. And I loved driving around with him in them but they never really stood out. My brother is big into 70s boogie vans and I thought that was also super cool but never stood out to me as much as he loved it. I got into the stance culture by going to the local shows and I was into it but always in my mind I felt there was something better and I'd have to wait to find it. Then I found my first Moonlight Runners video and I was HOOKED on Kaido and Shakoton styles. The creativity people get into building these cars is insane and I am all for it. As much as I loved the culture I never knew about most of the history so this video is such a great watch and I'll definitely be coming back to rewatch it and put it in my brain.
I am so glad that you finally made a video about this, love it! This channel needs more attention too.
Excellent video.
I was hoping that the Mid Night Club would get a mention.
Mr Moon I have to write something to tell you how amazing your videos are. About a year ago I watched your video about time attack and Under Suzuki. I was immediately drawn in, on the edge of my seat about the topic, the presentation and the music, it all fit so perfectly. Now the past few days I've come across one of your videos again and have watched almost all of them in a couple days. Please keep this up because the stories you tell deserve to be told, you do them justice in a very tasteful way with your own sort of feeling over the whole thing.
Always a treat when Hunter's Moon posts, love that Law Break AE82 2 Door Corolla
Came down to the comments to see if anyone else noticed the 82!!! 🤘 As much as I'd love a two door FX, I'm more than happy with my two sedans lol
Lets gooo!!!!!!!. The video i asking last year. Thanks for making this video
Super underrated channel. Always happy to see a post
Honestly, you shocked me. This is fairly accurate and well put together. Having some of these friends and living in Japan for a while this is one of the better videos I've seen.
I personally think we get an increase in illegal activities but a decrease in the culture just because of legal race tracks closing and the development of electrics cars but the increase of prices for cars and parts
I think you missed that tokkofuku is related to kamikaze. The WWII suicide pilot term does come from the divine wind that drove away the Mongol invasions, but the official name for those pilots or that practice was tokkobetsu. I think you mentioned "special attack" or "special attack force". "Fuku" just means "clothes". Here's the relevant text from the English Wikipedia: Kamikaze (神風, pronounced [kamikaze]; "divine wind" or "spirit wind"), officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (神風特別攻撃隊, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit").
I lived in Osaka from '94 - '99. These are just a bunch of young punk kids making noise (at 2am to 3am - keeping everyone awake). And they're cowards. Once, these 3 bosozoku punks were sitting on their bikes revving the engines. This geezer walked up & told them to shut up. They just stared at him. So he punched one kid in the face & knocked him down. The other 2 ran off (leaving their bikes behind). It was classic. You're glorifying a bunch of losers.
Thank you so much for making this video! I hope this'll set the record straight, especially in regards to kaido racers.
90s. Every new car coming out was amazing. 2000's, street racing tamed itself down (at least in my area) to never race around unwilling participants. 2010s, cars started to become fat and boring. 2020's, any kind of mods get you pulled over. 2025, owning a car is basically illegal.
So I guess the governments want bosozuku back?
I'm not sure if it was ever big enough, or maybe too niche (As I was still a kid while it was at it's peak), but the whole "Max Power" modification scene in the UK in the late 90s early 2000s. A well known magazine which often spawned some of the coolest (or most hideous) cars you'll ever see on UK roads.
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The same imagery was used by hot rodders, bikers, and even surfers in the US. Mainly for shock value, and to rebel against their parents before them (many who fought in ww2)
I highly doubt their roots trace back to kamikaze pilots. Those guys didn't leave to many roots to be followed........
It's not the modifications that the bippu cars had in common with the cars the Yakuza preferred, it's the fact that they were luxury cars. Not hard to see if you go to Japan today. Black Toyota Crowns and for big bosses Toyota Centurys.
It’s crazy…iv been doing some Bosozuku Ai art on Starrai. Then a few days later, this gets recommended on YT.
Spooky 👻
I think you should make a video on thailand tuning culture
I have a suggestion if you're up for it.
The "California-Look" culture of the air-cooled Volkswagen culture. Street racers from California who would race souped-up Beetles and Karmann Ghias against themselves or V8's muscle cars on the streets or drag strips. They have a lot of clubs that were formed and they all have interesting stories to it and also for the culture itself.
Hoping you can make a video on this soon if you'd consider this topic Hunter
This Documentary brought me to the Idea, to build an electric car with an engine that will do over 100db, just to piss off those people that sucessfully banned loud petrol cars in a lot of countries.
9:58 damn i guess they formed the Hanshin Expressway Loop route in Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune lol
Another amazing video!! I gotta say your voice over on these makes them that much more awesome and the research you put in is epic! Cheers
Your videos are amazing and stand apart from the rest. Love it
Very interesting historic Vid. Thxalot for sharing; gives some more 'meat' to the origins of the JDM trend 🧐
your video's are so professional it takes a bite out of time and space itself.
Can anybody tell me the origin of the clip of the car speeding at 0:56 and avoiding the roadblock trucks
How did I miss this upload. Damn you youtube and your ambiguous notification style.
Man, of all the subcultures and eras I wish I had lived, this would be my number one.
If yall have ever been to Yoyogi Park, there's a neato lil group there that does have former bosozuko members that hold weekly meets where they blast rockabilly and dance it all off.
Kinda surreal to watch, when you realize that those same dudes decades ago, were the absolute bane of the police back then.
Nice video once again! Maybe if there is more to in depth about liberity walk and other brands that would be nice 👍
no way a another grate video from hunters moon the quality of these are amazing
I have push notifications on, and I’m still 3 days late. Sorry king
Top dog is back
Dam that part with the civics was too good, recently bought an eg and I’m hyped even more now. A recommendation for vid suggestion would be the lotus Carlton specifically with the plate: 40 RA. Not sure if it has been mentioned before.
Hot Hunters mood upload as always, thank you 4 being awesome
Didn’t know the bike rivalry in Akira was based on real Japanese bike gangs. It makes me like the anime even more
Would be cool if you could make an in-depth video about the kanjozoku
I think a video on the flying Finns, more specifically Timo Salonen, would be a good one
Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Markku Alén should be mentioned too. Group B was just something else...
@@hankimitsu8188 yes
@hunters moon. You should do a future video on Smokey Nagata
When hunter moon uploads, its always a good day
What are the names of the songs used in these videos? I love the music!!!
Me and my EF9 will keep Kanjo alive forever 🙏❤️
Fantastic video / Thanks so much 👍👍
I wouldnt mind a full in depth documentary really.
I learned a new term. Hashiriya - One who Runs!!!!!!!
Yeo
Hunter moon has the best videos on this platform 🎉 thank you for another great one!
Japan is big into #Lowriders that's why I would love to visit God willing.
VR4 video when
Yet another instance where i was definitely Born in the wrong generation
As always, another fantastic video!
Just absolutely awesome again, the window maker one was great too ,saw it last night
Haha raygaray in sweden 🤣 you can say Raggers in english 😜
Born to late to be there. Born just in time to hear their stories.
Waited anxiously for the next upload bro 🙏🏽
Keep in mind bosozoku is for bikes kaido racer is for cars
I dont know of a honda civic without bucket seats.
bring back bosozoku (minus the crimes)
Japan sounds like its becoming a police state.
This video was sick. Just wanted to say thanks.
Go in to vip culture. There are no real vedios on that.
And hesss BACCCKKKKK
babe wake up, Hunter's Moon uploaded
Even though it wasn't that deep but it had my intrest to learn more
Nagoya also has a larger or had a larger loop culture too
first time commenting. I wanted you to know that I enjoy all of your video's I rewatch them because of how nice they are, I love cars (the Sileighty is my favorite car) and your voice is always nice to listen to not only for taking in information but just having on in the back ground for comfort. my favorite video of your would I guess have to be: The Story of the Real Devil Z, a Cursed Pantera, and the Missing NASCAR Engineer. thank you for making this video I learned some more things. I cant wait for the next one, I don't mind the long wait in-between videos. I would rather you get everything you are talking about and researching right, then telling me something that's not true. I hope whoever reads this comment has a wonderful day or night and you are safe. 🖤
You should do a video about swedish car culture
Always love watching your vids mate. Thanks for another cracking clip!
Dekotora's are some of the finest trucks I've seen.
Excited to see you cover my favorite cultures!
Love seeing these kinds of essays. It's a sect of car culture that I'm always interested in learning about
Thanks for video. More please
I sometimes see spoilers in buses roaming at 80 km/h