Kamikaze Girls
| Kamikaze Girls | |
Cover of the English paperback version of the Kamikaze Girls novel | |
| 下妻物語 (Shimotsuma Monogatari) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, drama |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Novala Takemoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Published | September 2002 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Written by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno |
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| Released |
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| Runtime | 102 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Novala Takemoto |
| Illustrated by | Yukio Kanesada |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Viz Media |
| Imprint | Flower Comics |
| Magazine | Betsucomi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Published | 2004 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Kamikaze Girls (Japanese: 下妻物語 ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃん, Hepburn: Shimotsuma Monogatari: Yankī-chan to Rorīta-chan; lit. "Shimotsuma Story: Delinquent Girl and Lolita Girl"), is a 2002 Japanese novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the unlikely friendship between Momoko Ryugasaki, a "Rococophile" and lolita, and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri, a yankī (juvenile delinquent).
A live-action film adaptation was released on May 13, 2004. In the same year, a manga adaptation by Yukio Kanesada was serialized in Betsucomi. Viz Media licensed the novel for an English-language release in North America in 2006.