Gyaru Name Generator
Names and nicknames for Japanese gal culture
Generate gyaru names with the real flavor of Shibuya gal culture: trendy Heisei-era Japanese first names, gal-magazine nicknames like Kumicky and Momoerin, and full names for gyaru characters, models and OCs, from kogyaru to hime-gyaru and ganguro.
About gyaru names
Gyaru (from the English 'gal') is the Japanese street style built on tanned skin, bleached or brightly dyed hair, dramatic lashes and an unapologetically loud personality. It peaked in Shibuya from the late 1990s through the 2000s and split into substyles: kogyaru schoolgirls with loose socks, ganguro and yamanba with extreme tans, glossy hime-gyaru princesses, brash onee-gyaru and their male counterparts, gyaru-o. Gyaru names reflect the girls who actually lived it: they were born mostly between 1980 and 2000, so their real given names are the trendy Heisei-era favorites such as Rina, Yui, Momoka, Airi, Nanami, Hina, Yuna and Kanon, often written with fashionable kanji or in katakana.
What really marks a gyaru is the nickname. Gal magazines like egg, Popteen and Ranzuki introduced models by cute stage handles rather than surnames: Tsubasa Masuwaka was Tsu-chan, Kumiko Funayama became Kumicky, Momoeri and Yukipoyo were built from a first name plus a bubbly suffix. The recipe is a shortened first name plus an ending like -rin, -pon, -tan, -chi, -nyan, -pi or a doubled syllable (Ranran, Meimei, Amiami). Those handles went on purikura stickers and decoden phone cases.
For a full character name, pair one of these first names with an everyday surname (Sato, Suzuki, Takahashi, Kobayashi) since gyaru came from every family, then let the nickname do the styling.
How to choose gyaru names
- Build a nickname the magazine way: shorten the first name and add -rin, -pon, -tan, -chi, -nyan or -pi, or double a syllable (Nana becomes Nanarin, Ran becomes Ranran).
- Match the name to the substyle: soft names like Hime, Momo and Yume suit hime-gyaru, sharper ones like Reina, Rio and Ran suit onee-gyaru and ganguro.
- Keep the surname ordinary; a gyaru named Kana Sato is more believable than one with a rare, elegant family name.
- For period accuracy, characters in a 2003 Shibuya setting should have names popular for babies in the late 1980s (Ayumi, Erika, Tomomi, Sayaka), not 2010s names.
- In fanfic or manga, let friends use the nickname and teachers or parents use the full name to show the character's two worlds.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of names do gyaru have?
Real gyaru mostly have ordinary Japanese given names popular for girls born in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Rina, Yui, Airi, Momoka and Nanami. The gyaru touch comes from stylized nicknames like Kumicky, Momoerin, Tsu-chan and Yukipoyo that were popularized by gal magazines and models.
How are gyaru nicknames formed?
Take one or two syllables of the first name and add a cute suffix (-rin, -pon, -tan, -chi, -nyan, -pi, -ppi) or repeat a syllable. Kumiko becomes Kumicky, Momoe becomes Momoerin, Rina becomes Rina-pon, Mei becomes Meimei.
Are these names good for a gyaru OC or anime character?
Yes. The list mixes bare first names from the late-Showa kogyaru years to the Reiwa revival, magazine-style nicknames, surname blends, honorific handles like Yuki-hime and Yuka-paisen, full names with common surnames and a few gyaru-o nicknames such as Shou-kun and Tatsu-nii, so you can name a gyaru OC, a Shibuya-set manga cast, or a character in the style of Kitagawa Marin from My Dress-Up Darling or Galko from Please Tell Me! Galko-chan.
Can I use these for cosplay handles or social media?
Yes. Nicknames like Sakipon or Kirarin are generic Japanese-style handles and free to use for cosplay accounts, usernames and characters. Avoid copying an actual model's stage name if you want to stand out.
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All 1,000 gyaru names
A: 82 names
- Abemana
- Ai
- Aika Hashimoto
- Aiko Takeuchi
- Aimaru
- Aimi
- Aimi Tachibana
- Aina
- Aina Kimura
- Aina Sugita
- Aira Murase
- Airi
- Airi Matsumoto
- Airi Nagase
- Airin
- Akane
- Akane Nishiyama
- Akane-nee
- Akanechami
- Akari
- Akari Yokoyama
- Akemi Saito
- Aki Imai
- Akiho Nagano
- Akiko
- Akina Maruyama
- Akirin
- Amane
- Ami
- Ami Hoshi
- Ami Suzuki
- Amiami
- An
- Anju
- Anna Takada
- Anri
- Anzu Mukai
- Aoi
- Aoi Takeda
- Aoi-nyan
- Arina
A, continued
- Arisa Chiba
- Arisa Yamauchi
- Arisu
- Arisu-hime
- Asaka Morioka
- Asami
- Asuka
- Asuka Kudo
- Asukyan
- Asuna Mizoguchi
- Asurin
- Atsuko
- Atsumi Miyata
- Aya
- Aya-nyan
- Ayaho Takeuchi
- Ayaka
- Ayaka Nishimura
- Ayaka-tan
- Ayako Harada
- Ayame Chiba
- Ayami
- Ayamyu
- Ayana
- Ayana Yamashita
- Ayane
- Ayane Kudo
- Ayano
- Ayanyan
- Ayaringo
- Ayasa Ichikawa
- Ayu
- Ayuka
- Ayumi
- Ayumi Hamada
- Ayumi Okada
- Ayumi-senpai
- Azumi Noguchi
- Azumyu
- Azusa
- Azusa Komatsu
C: 34 names
- Chiaki
- Chiaki Nomura
- Chiakkyu
- Chie
- Chie Sakamoto
- Chiemi
- Chigusa Mori
- Chihapyon
- Chiharu
- Chiharun
- Chihaya Yanagisawa
- Chihiro
- Chihiro Kinoshita
- Chiho
- Chii-tan
- Chiipuu
- Chika
- Chika Onodera
- Chika-tan
- Chikamon
- Chinacchi
- Chinami
- Chinatsu
- Chinatsu Kobayashi
- Chiori Hirata
- Chisa
- Chisaki Takada
- Chisarin
- Chisato
- Chisato Kanda
- Chise
- Chitose Kitamura
- Chizuru Nagaoka
- Chizuru Tsunoda
D: 1 name
- Daiyan
E: 26 names
- Ecchan
- Eimi Yamauchi
- Emi
- Emi Ogawa
- Emi Sakuraba
- Emiiri
- Emika
- Emiri
- Emirin
- Emitty
- Emma
- Ena Hayakawa
- Erena
- Eri
- Eri Ohta
- Eri-paisen
- Erichin
- Erika
- Erika Kondo
- Erika Nagashima
- Erikkyu
- Eriko
- Erina
- Erina Nakagawa
- Erinyan
- Erisa
F: 12 names
- Fujinana
- Fuka
- Fuka Ishida
- Fukapon
- Fukatty
- Fuko Sawada
- Fumi Harada
- Fumika
- Fumina
- Futaba
- Fuu-chan
- Fuyuka Mizuno
H: 67 names
- Hana
- Hana Ueno
- Hanae Akiyama
- Hanahana
- Hanakichi
- Hanako
- Hanon Kubota
- Haru
- Haruhi Matsushita
- Haruka
- Haruka Ikeuchi
- Haruka Nishida
- Harumi
- Harumyu
- Haruna
- Haruna Morimoto
- Haruno Nakazawa
- Harurun
- Hasemayu
- Hasumi Noguchi
- Hayamisa
- Hazuki Hayakawa
- Hazuki Sawada
- Hazukky
- Hii-chan
- Hikari
- Hikari Ota
- Hikarin
- Hikarippi
- Hikaru
- Himari
- Himari Fujii
- Himarin
H, continued
- Himawari Hirata
- Hime
- Hime Arai
- Hime Kagawa
- Himeka
- Himena
- Himeno
- Hina
- Hina Kuwabara
- Hina Sakurai
- Hina-tan
- Hinako
- Hinakoro
- Hinami Hirose
- Hinano
- Hinata
- Hinata Yanagi
- Hiramomo
- Hiroka
- Hiroko
- Hiromi
- Hirono Araki
- Hitoe
- Hitomi
- Hitomi Ishige
- Hitomin
- Hiyori Akiyama
- Hiyori Mizuno
- Honami Tanabe
- Honoka
- Honoka Hara
- Honopoyo
- Hotaru Oshima
- Hotarun
I: 12 names
- Ichika
- Ichika Matsui
- Ichika-tan
- Ikumi
- Ikumi Ono
- Ikupon
- Iroha Kubota
- Itomai
- Itsumi Sekiguchi
- Izumi
- Izumi Kondo
- Izumin
J: 10 names
- Julia
- Julia Morita
- Jun
- Juna
- Junko
- Juri
- Juri Taniguchi
- Juri-tan
- Jurina
- Juripii
K: 111 names
- Kae Kumagai
- Kaede
- Kaede Endo
- Kaede Nakahara
- Kaedepon
- Kaho
- Kaho Kojima
- Kaho Miyagawa
- Kahopii
- Kahori Uchiyama
- Kana
- Kana Morikawa
- Kana Sato
- Kanachi
- Kanade Nakazawa
- Kanae Hirayama
- Kanae-nyan
- Kanako
- Kanako Yamazaki
- Kanami
- Kanapii
- Kanna
- Kanna Ishibashi
- Kanoko Asano
- Kanon
- Kanon Miyazaki
- Kanon Shimada
- Kaori
- Kaori Nakamura
- Kaoruko Okuda
- Karen
- Karen Wada
- Karen-nyan
- Karen-sama
- Karin
- Karin Ando
- Karin Ohno
- Karin-chi
- Karina
- Kasumi
- Kasumi Hayashi
- Kasumin
- Kawamiyu
- Kayo Fukumoto
- Kazane Shinohara
- Kazuha
- Kazuha Yoshida
- Kazumi
- Kazupon
- Kazusa
- Keiko
- Kenken
- Kie Yamanaka
- Kiho Tajima
- Kiko
K, continued
- Kiko Yasui
- Kimiko
- Kimiko Ide
- Kira
- Kira Fujimoto
- Kira Murakami
- Kirara
- Kirara Sonoda
- Kirarin
- Kiyoka Shimizu
- Kiyomi Nitta
- Kohana Mori
- Koharu
- Koharu Ito
- Koharupyon
- Kojikana
- Kokoa
- Kokochan
- Kokoha Okuda
- Kokomi
- Kokona
- Kokoro
- Kokoro Hoshino
- Kokoro Matsuda
- Kokoroppi
- Komachi Asano
- Konatsu
- Konoha Yoshizawa
- Konomi
- Koto
- Kotoha Hidaka
- Kotoko Hayasaka
- Kotomi
- Kotone
- Kotone Yamada
- Kotono Hiraoka
- Kotori Matsubara
- Kotorun
- Koyuki Mochizuki
- Kozue Araki
- Kozue Tanabe
- Kubomio
- Kudohina
- Kumi
- Kumi-senpai
- Kumicky
- Kumiko
- Kumiko Funayama
- Kumiko Tsuchiya
- Kurara Kasai
- Kurumaru
- Kurumi
- Kurumi Ogata
- Kyoka
- Kyoka Nishimoto
- Kyoko
M: 201 names
- Maachamu
- Maaya Inagaki
- Machi Iwase
- Machi Kuwahara
- Madoka
- Madoka Miyoshi
- Maeyuri
- Mafuyu Morishita
- Mahiro Oshima
- Mahiru
- Maho Kumagai
- Maho Uchiyama
- Mai
- Mai Kato
- Maika
- Maika Abe
- Maiko
- Maimi Moriyama
- Maina Tsukamoto
- Maipyon
- Maki
- Maki Ohara
- Maki-nee
- Makiko
- Mako
- Mako Ikeda
- Mako-nyan
- Mami
- Mami Sano
- Mamika Mizuno
- Mamikichi
- Mamiko Yokoi
- Mamirin
- Mana
- Mana Ishikawa
- Mana Yokoyama
- Manae Horiuchi
- Manaka
- Manamana
- Manami
- Manami Fujimoto
- Manatsu Iwai
- Mao
- Mao Yamamoto
- Mari
- Mari Inoue
- Maria
- Marichamu
- Marie
- Marika Naito
M, continued
- Mariko
- Mariko Kimura
- Marin
- Marin Kondo
- Marin Ozawa
- Marina
- Marina Ishihara
- Marino Matsumura
- Marinrin
- Marisa
- Mariya
- Masami
- Masumi Nakao
- Matsuri Fukushima
- Matsurio
- Maya
- Maya Miyamoto
- Mayu
- Mayu Kubo
- Mayu-hime
- Mayuka
- Mayuko
- Mayukoro
- Mayumi
- Mayumi Nagao
- Mayuri
- Mayutty
- Mea
- Megu
- Megu Kuroki
- Megumi
- Megumi Kaneda
- Megupuu
- Megurin
- Mei
- Mei Katayama
- Mei Sugiyama
- Meika
- Meiko Okabe
- Meimei
- Meina Akiyama
- Meisa
- Meru
- Mia Tsukada
- Micchan
- Michika
- Michiru Asano
- Midori Mizutani
- Mie Machida
- Miharu
M, continued
- Miho
- Miho Nakata
- Mihoko
- Mihoppe
- Miina Tanimoto
- Mika
- Mika Sakai
- Mikachin
- Mikako
- Mikako Hirano
- Mikapoyo
- Miki Shinohara
- Miki-paisen
- Mikiyan
- Mikoto Aoyagi
- Mikoto Kawabata
- Miku
- Miku Hasebe
- Mikuru
- Mimi-tan
- Mina
- Mina Uchida
- Minaho Hirose
- Minako
- Minami
- Minami Kawaguchi
- Minori
- Mio
- Mio Hasegawa
- Mio Kanai
- Mion Aoyagi
- Miona
- Miona Shiraishi
- Mionyan
- Miori
- Miorichami
- Mirai
- Mirai Iwata
- Mirei
- Mirei-hime
- Miri Matsuzaki
- Misa
- Misa Suda
- Misa Ueda
- Misaki
- Misaki Nakai
- Misako Kawabata
- Misato
- Misora Yoshizawa
- Misuzu Hamano
M, continued
- Misuzu Oka
- Mitsuki
- Mitsuki Ando
- Miu Tanaka
- Miwa
- Miwa Ohashi
- Miwakyun
- Miyabi
- Miyabi Sugimoto
- Miyabi-sama
- Miyako Hori
- Miyako Kataoka
- Miyo
- Miyu
- Miyu Shirai
- Miyu Toyoda
- Miyu-tan
- Miyuki
- Miyuki Hosokawa
- Miyuna
- Mizuho
- Mizuki
- Mizuki Yagi
- Mizuna
- Moe
- Moe Kawasaki
- Moeka
- Moeka Fujimura
- Moemi Tsunoda
- Moemyu
- Moena
- Momo
- Momo Igawa
- Momo Iwasaki
- Momochi
- Momoe
- Momoe Yasuda
- Momoerin
- Momoka
- Momoka Fujino
- Momoka Nakajima
- Momoko Hirata
- Momoko Maruyama
- Momona
- Momona Nagai
- Momone Tajima
- Momoringo
- Monaka Imai
- Mone
- Moriyume
- Mutsumi Nishioka
N: 77 names
- Nagi Yamauchi
- Nagipi
- Nagisa
- Nagisa Sakuma
- Nagomi
- Naho Hamamoto
- Nahomi Kuwahara
- Nakamomo
- Nako Iwase
- Nami
- Nami Kawai
- Nami-pyon
- Namie
- Nana
- Nana Kase
- Nana Watanabe
- Nanachun
- Nanae
- Nanaha Maruyama
- Nanaka
- Nanaka Kondo
- Nanako
- Nanako Matsuoka
- Nanami
- Nanami Iida
- Nanami Yoshioka
- Nanao Horie
- Nanapi
- Nanarin
- Nanase
- Nanase Kikuchi
- Nanoka Nakamoto
- Nao
- Nao-kun
- Naoko Nagano
- Naomi
- Naomi Sudo
- Narumi
N, continued
- Narumi Onishi
- Natsuha Tanabe
- Natsuho
- Natsuki
- Natsuki Kojima
- Natsuki Ono
- Natsuko
- Natsumi
- Natsumi Nishikawa
- Natsuna Yaguchi
- Natsune Chiba
- Natsuno
- Natsuppe
- Nazuna Oka
- Nene
- Nene Takagi
- Nenechi
- Nichika
- Niina Tanaka
- Niko
- Nina
- Nina Higuchi
- Nishirena
- Noa
- Noa Fukuda
- Noa Murata
- Nodoka
- Nodoka Fujiwara
- Nodokacchi
- Noe Shimizu
- Nonoha Kitamura
- Nonoka
- Nonotasu
- Norika Okazaki
- Nozokoro
- Nozomi
- Nozomi Miura
- Nozomi Sekine
- Nozomippi
O: 3 names
- Odarisa
- Onoeri
- Otoha Sugihara
R: 117 names
- Ran
- Ran Aizawa
- Ran Kikuchi
- Rana
- Ranko Honma
- Ranran
- Rara
- Rara Kishimoto
- Rara-hime
- Rei Imanishi
- Reika
- Reika Tamura
- Reimi Kanno
- Reina
- Reina Kojima
- Reina Wakabayashi
- Reina-nee
- Reina-nyan
- Reira
- Reitasu
- Remi
- Remi Miyake
- Rena
- Rena Fujiwara
- Rena Ninomiya
- Renka
- Rennu
- Reno Uchiyama
- Reona
- Ria
- Ria Sakaguchi
- Rie
- Rie Furukawa
- Rieko
- Riho
- Riho Yano
- Rihoko Murayama
- Rii-chan
- Riichamu
- Rika
- Rika Fukui
- Rika Hayashi
- Rikako
- Rikarin
- Rikatasu
- Rikka Makino
- Riko
- Riko Ohmori
- Riko Takahashi
- Riko-pyon
- Rikochi
- Rimi
- Rimi Nakano
- Rin
- Rin Ochiai
- Rina
- Rina Kuroda
- Rina Miyashita
R, continued
- Rina-pon
- Rinacky
- Rinako Hosoda
- Rinka
- Rinka Hattori
- Rinne Sekiguchi
- Rino
- Rino Matsuo
- Rinon
- Rinopon
- Rinrin
- Rio
- Rio Kaneko
- Rio Nakayama
- Riokoro
- Rion
- Rion Otsuka
- Rion Sasada
- Riona
- Riona Kusaka
- Rionyan
- Riorio
- Riria
- Riria Kamiya
- Ririka
- Ririka Kawakami
- Ririna
- Risa
- Risa Kadowaki
- Risa Yamaguchi
- Risa-nee
- Risako
- Risako Terada
- Risapoyo
- Rui
- Rui Higashi
- Rui Ikeda
- Rui-tan
- Ruka
- Ruka Sasaki
- Ruka Uemura
- Ruka-nyan
- Rumi
- Rumi Kurihara
- Rumi-senpai
- Rumika Tominaga
- Rumiyan
- Runa Kasai
- Runa Mochizuki
- Ruri
- Ruri Yokota
- Rurika
- Ruriko Shimizu
- Rurun
- Rurupii
- Ryocchi
- Ryoka Okumura
- Ryoko
- Ryu-nii
S: 118 names
- Saaya Aihara
- Sacchan
- Sachi
- Sachie Aida
- Sachika Nakanishi
- Sae
- Sae Oda
- Saeka Kumagai
- Saeko
- Saho Nishio
- Saika Wakamatsu
- Saki
- Saki Ishiguro
- Saki Ishii
- Sakie Furuta
- Sakiho Ebihara
- Sakiko
- Sakiko Honda
- Sakimaru
- Sakina
- Sakipon
- Sakitty
- Sakura
- Sakura Fujikawa
- Sakura Igarashi
- Sakurako
- Sakurappi
- Sana
- Sana Fujioka
- Sana-nyan
- Sanae Tsuda
- Sanamon
- Sanoami
- Saori
- Saori Amano
- Sara
- Sara Otani
- Sarasa Sawada
- Sarina
- Sarina Kawashima
- Sarinyan
- Satomi
- Satomi Kitagawa
- Satoyui
- Satsuki Nakatani
- Sawa Horie
- Sawa Nakamoto
- Sawako Nemoto
- Saya Morishita
- Saya Tsukamoto
- Sayachin
- Sayaka
- Sayaka Goto
- Sayaka Tsuji
- Sayane Hagiwara
- Sayo
- Sayo Hirai
- Sayopon
- Sayu Nakane
S, continued
- Sayuki Yoshihara
- Sayumi Akimoto
- Sayuri
- Sayuri Kawano
- Sayurun
- Seika Imamura
- Seina
- Seira
- Seira Ishizaki
- Seira-sama
- Seirapuu
- Sena
- Sena Ozaki
- Sena-tan
- Senachun
- Senna Iwamura
- Serena
- Seri Imai
- Serika
- Serina
- Serina Sugawara
- Shieri Konno
- Shiho
- Shiho Nagata
- Shihochun
- Shihori Asada
- Shii-chan
- Shimarei
- Shino Horiuchi
- Shiocchi
- Shion Yamane
- Shiori
- Shiori Maeda
- Shiori Nagasawa
- Shizuka
- Shizuka Ninomiya
- Shizuku Yamaoka
- Shizupii
- Shoko
- Shou-kun
- Shun-paisen
- Shuri Kanazawa
- Sora
- Sora Kaminaga
- Sora-tan
- Sudomiku
- Sumika
- Sumire Okazaki
- Sumire Shimizu
- Sumirepi
- Suzu
- Suzu Kobayashi
- Suzuha
- Suzuka
- Suzuka Watanabe
- Suzukichi
- Suzuko Adachi
- Suzuna Kamata
- Suzune Kurata
T: 27 names
- Takayuna
- Takemiho
- Takkun
- Takumin
- Tamaki Naito
- Tamaki Yoshino
- Tamami Oishi
- Tatsu-nii
- Tomocky
- Tomoe Matsumura
- Tomoka
- Tomoka Kawamoto
- Tomoko
- Tomomi
- Tomomi Yasumoto
- Tomoyan
- Tomoyo
- Tomoyo Yoshikawa
- Towa
- Tsu-chan
- Tsubaki
- Tsubasa
- Tsubasa Ishikawa
- Tsubasa Masuda
- Tsugumi Okano
- Tsukushi Kataoka
- Tsumugi Saito
U: 7 names
- Ui Omura
- Umi
- Umi Aoyama
- Umi-tan
- Umika Koyama
- Urara Koike
- Uta
W: 8 names
- Waka Kosaka
- Wakaba
- Wakacchi
- Wakachin
- Wakana
- Wakana Sugiura
- Wako
- Wako Hattori
Y: 87 names
- Yamarina
- Yayoi Fukushima
- Yoko
- Yoshino Mizutani
- Yoshino Tsukada
- Yua
- Yua Shibata
- Yuakyun
- Yucchan
- Yui
- Yui Hoshino
- Yui Nishimoto
- Yuika
- Yuiko Kawanishi
- Yuina
- Yuina Yoshimura
- Yuino Kitahara
- Yuipon
- Yuka
- Yuka Nakashima
- Yuka-paisen
- Yukako
- Yukamaru
- Yukari
- Yukari Oyama
- Yuki
- Yuki Hamaguchi
- Yuki Kawamura
- Yuki-hime
- Yukie
- Yukiho Takase
- Yukika Takemoto
- Yukiko
- Yukiko Ogawa
- Yukina
- Yukina Fujisawa
- Yukino Tabata
- Yukipoyo
- Yukippe
- Yuko
- Yuma
- Yume
- Yume Kunimoto