In 1985, about 30 bald men in their 30s who were running businesses in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, created a group called Hagetemo Katsura wo Kaburan Kai, which roughly translates to a group of men who won't wear wigs even if they go bald.

The men, then-members of Junior Chamber International Matsusaka, launched the group to work together to "reduce members' anxieties and improve the status of bald people."

Anyone who "can call himself bald with confidence or is expected to become bald in the near future" had been allowed to join the group. There was a rule stating that any member who bought a wig would be expelled, but no member ever broke that rule, according to the group.