It is a layered haircut that hides the eyebrows with bangs, and the sides are blown outwards and the back is curled inwards.
With the release of her single "Red Sweet Pea" in January of the following year, Matsuda bore shorter hair with a perm, which surprised fans and the public in Japan.
Popular kayōkyoku idols such as Kyoko Koizumi, Iyo Matsumoto, Chiemi Hori and Yu Hayami debuted with the Seiko-chan cut in 1982.
Other idols who debuted with the Seiko-chan cut include Miho Nakayama, Yui Asaka, Hiroko Moriguchi, and Tomomi Nishimura.
In the 2013 continuous TV novel Amachan, Haruko Amano (Kyoko Koizumi), who played the youth, appeared with a Seiko-chan cut as an aspect of the time.