Stefani gave the dancers the names Love, Angel, Music, and Baby, and she even wrote a song about them.
It’s clear that she remembers her time with the Harajuku Girls fondly, if the new show is anything to go by.
HG5 seems to be very directly based on her own experiences as a touring singer with the Harajuku Girls backup dancers in 2004.
She’s faced criticism in the years since for what some consider her racially insensitive behavior with the Harajuku Girls, but she has always stood by her actions.