# Anime - Yu-Yu- Hakashu **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2004, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640 "2004-02-23T08:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/1 "2004-02-23T08:33:02Z")
Has anyone here even seen the Anime show on Cartoon Network called Yu-Yu-Hakashu (if thats the way its spelled). Anyway, I need to know what type of suit that is that he wears. It’s a green outfit with a mandolin or “band” collar that really looks cool. I want one in black, but I can’t seem to find it for the life of me. Does ANYONE here know the correct name for this suit and where I can find one for myself? Please advise? ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/2 "2004-02-23T10:31:29Z")
Do you mean [this guy](http://www.absoluteanime.com/yu_yu_hakusho/yusuke.htm)? If that’s him, then he’s wearing the standard, boring, [uniform that virtually all junior and senior high school students wear.](http://www.chibanichi.ed.jp/seifuku2000/hfuyu.jpg) Albeit green. It’s always black. This design has remained fairly unchanged for a _long_ time; it was originally based on the uniform of the _Prussian_ army! Getting one is certainly no problem around here, but it might prove difficult outside of Japan. If I got the wrong character (I’m not familiar with the series), could you provide a link? The correct spelling is: Yu-Yu Hakusho. ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/3 "2004-02-23T10:49:57Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > Do you mean [this guy](http://www.absoluteanime.com/yu_yu_hakusho/yusuke.htm)? > > If that’s him, then he’s wearing the standard, boring, [uniform that virtually all junior and senior high school students wear.](http://www.chibanichi.ed.jp/seifuku2000/hfuyu.jpg) Albeit green. It’s always black. This design has remained fairly unchanged for a _long_ time; it was originally based on the uniform of the _Prussian_ army! > > Getting one is certainly no problem around here, but it might prove difficult outside of Japan. > > If I got the wrong character (I’m not familiar with the series), could you provide a link? The correct spelling is: Yu-Yu Hakusho. Yea, that’s him alright 🙂 I live here in Chicago and believe me I have searched **everywhere** for that suit and no one here has anything even close to it. Do you think I could order one from a store in Japan and have it shipped here? If so, do you know how I might go about making this happen? ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/4 "2004-02-23T11:29:13Z")
Whats the name of this suit 😕 ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/5 "2004-02-23T13:39:13Z")
I don’t think there is a name for the style. Its just a standard school uniform. I speak a little japanese, but not enough to browse through an online clothing site looking for what you want. I admit, it does look comfy. Yusuke, of course, always wears his in different colors from everyone else, probably because his mom (a) doesn’t much care and is too drunk to notice anyway and (b) Yusuke probably once got a kick out of unfuriating his teachers with it. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/6 "2004-02-23T14:19:39Z")
> [@Starguard](#): > > Yea, that’s him alright 🙂 > > I live here in Chicago and believe me I have searched **everywhere** for that suit and no one here has anything even close to it. Do you think I could order one from a store in Japan and have it shipped here? If so, do you know how I might go about making this happen? Mostly, through shops catering to the more hardcore manga/anime fan comunity. Try for instance www(.)jlist(.)com (address sanitized because homepage gives the choice to go to an adult page). Go to their regular area, then using the left-hand panel click in the shop area at the categories until the menu shows you the uniforms/costumes choice with no further subcategories. There they _do_ list boys’/men’s uniforms, but you have to scroll to the bottom, past a very long listing of _girls’_ uniforms. (hey, they know their core audience…) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-yu-yu-hakashu/230640/7 "2004-02-23T14:41:24Z")
I think the Japanese term for this style uniform is “tsume eri” or “tsume eri gakusei fuku.” “Tsume eri” means closed collar or stand-up collar, and “gakusei fuku” simply means school uniform.