Kogal

thumb|Kogal girls, identified by shortened Japanese school uniform skirts. The two leftmost girls are also wearing [[loose socks.]]

In Japanese culture, refers to the members of the Gyaru subculture who are still in high school and who incorporate their school uniforms into their dress style. These high school girls are characterized by the typical bleached hair, make-up, shortened skirts, and wearing of loose socks. The word kogal is anglicized from , a contraction of ("high school gal").