In this picture taken on March 26, 2016 84-year old Fumie Takino (3rd L), leader of middle-aged and elderly women cheerleading group "Japan Pom Pom", and members perform during the national ...

TOKYO, May 5 (Reuters) - Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as "Japan Pom Pom" practices, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members ages 60 to 89, they're no ordinary squad. But don't you ...

Members of Cheer Re-Man’s, an all-male cheer-leading team of active businessmen, perform at “Cheer Up Japan” in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon It’s a cold, wet morning and frigid ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Three NFL professional cheerleaders hosted two youth cheer clinics for military community and Japanese youth Feb. 10 at the Camp Zama Youth Center. Taylor Harrison, a Minnesota ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -It's a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn't seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto and 30 other young ...

Think of cheerleaders, and the usual image that springs to mind is that of pom-pom-wielding young women pulling off acrobatic flips and spins in colourful costumes. However, in Japan, an entirely new ...

Softbank’s Pepper and Boston Dynamic’s Spot cheer on the Hawks in Fukuoka’s PayPal Dome. Screenshot/Softbank With fans still unable to cheer on their favorite teams from inside the stadium, Japanese ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder features many iconic basketball players, but it will not be complete without the Thunder Girls. In fact, one dancer traveled all the way from Japan to cheer for the Oklahoma ...