Are there Japanese words for cowboy and cowgirl?

Question

Are there Japanese words for cowboy and cowgirl?

Answer 1

Cowboy : カウボーイ

Answer 2

Cowboy-

kauboi カウボーイ

Cowgirl

Kaugaru カウガール

Answer 3

Because Japan never had a history of cowboys and cowgirls they just use the English words for it.

Answer 4

Translation for cowboy is 牧童(bokudou).

each character's meaning:

牧(anything relate on stockbreeding)

ç«¥(boy/child)

As Belie is saying, Japan don't have history of large scale stockbreeding.

To breed livestocks was small scale side job of each farm family.

Therefore, endemic common words on stockbreeding are practically nought.

Answer 5

カ ウ ボイ

ka-u-bo-i

cowgirl might be カウガール(ka-u-ga-a-ru)