Sukeban refers to delinquent girl gangs or more correctly the boss girl in a gang. Sukeban first appeared in Japan during the 1960s, as a female equivalent to the male banchĆ gangs. By the 1970s banchĆ gangs were starting die-out, as the country saw the rise of the sukeban girl gangs. Initially the gangs started as small groups of girls sneaking cigarettes in the bathroom at school, but soon grew in numbers and the level of criminality they became involved in.















