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He has always been a role model for punk boys.

The first time I saw Charmy “moving” was in the winter of 1985, when I was a freshman in high school.
One morning, the music video for “BROKEN GENERATION,” a single from their major debut album “LAUGHIN’ NOSE,” released in November of that year, came on during a TV program I had left on.

I had been crazy about punk and new wave since I was in junior high school, so I knew about the band Laughin’ Nose before that, and had listened to all of their indie records on cassette tapes that I had dubbed from records I borrowed from friends. Then, I happened to see their music video on TV, and my Laughin’ Nose craze skyrocketed.
In any case, the vocalist, Charmy, was particularly cool.

For the boys and girls who liked indie culture at the time, the only media that could provide constant information about punk and new wave bands was magazines. I also checked out every issue of the “three major indie subculture magazines” – Takarajima, DOLL, and Fool’s Mate. These magazines featured the activities of Laughin’ Nose, a leading hit in the indie scene, in every issue.

The Charmy of Ruffin that I saw in magazines was always stylish and cool. He was often wearing typical punk items such as gauze shirts and Dr. Marten boots, but even items that are not originally punk items such as striped long-sleeved T-shirts, replica Major League uniforms, and white tailored jackets were transformed into unique punk-style fashion that was incredibly cool when worn by Charmy.