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Pompom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading


Pompom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading
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Cheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70.
To the beat of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", Fumie Takino, 89, twirled and waved her pompoms as her fellow cheerleaders showed off their standing splits.
"Members suffer from leg or back pain, but they're working hard," Takino, who founded the senior cheerleading squad "Japan Pom Pom" when she was 64 years old, told AFP.
There is a strict selection process for members, who must be over 55, and have to pass an audition and three-month trial period.

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Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading

Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading
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Japon : Des pom-pom girls seniors font le show pour les Jeux olympiques

Japon : Des pom-pom girls seniors font le show pour les Jeux olympiques
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Pompom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading

Pompom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading
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Pom-pom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading | Life

Pom-pom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading | Life
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The Japan Pom Pom cheerleading squad are all over the age of 55 – but don't dismiss them as dancing grannies

Japan Pom Pom are as bubbly as any teenagers – even if their average age is 72

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'As our leader says, try anything': Japan's silver-haired cheer squad


May 9, 2021
Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as Japan Pom Pom practices, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members age 60 to 89, they’re no ordinary squad.
But don’t you dare call them grannies.
“Right at the start, we weren’t very happy about being called ‘granny cheer dancers,'” says Fumie Takino, the bubbly, energetic 89-year-old who founded Japan Pom Pom — average age, 72 years — more than 25 years ago.
At a recent weekly practice, resumed after a year off, mask-wearing members checked temperatures before stretching, then moved into their dance routines — socially distanced, of course.
Though most wore sweatpants and t-shirts, for performances they don sequined, mini-skirted cheer costumes. For one routine, Takino wears a leather biker jacket and shades; in another, all sport silver wigs.

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'It doesn't matter how old you are': Japanese cheer squad with average age of 72


‘It doesn't matter how old you are’: Japanese cheer squad with average age of 72
South China Morning Post - May 06
Fumie Takino, 89, founded the cheer squad Japan Pom Pom in 1996. While the team’s average age is 72, the women believe that age does not matter when it comes to dancing.
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Mao Ichiyama won the women’s section of the Sapporo Challenge Half Marathon with a personal-best time on Wednesday, beating out fellow Japan Olympic team members Honami Maeda and Ayuko Suzuki.
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The younger brother of Japanese NBA player Rui Hachimura has revealed a message received online that targets the two with anti-black insults, saying in his Twitter post sharing the racial slurs that he hopes to increase awareness of discrimination faced by minorities in Japan.

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'Try anything': Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad


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TOKYO (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.
Fumie Takino, 89, founder of a senior cheer squad called Japan Pom Pom, and other members pose for commemorative photos before filming a dance routine for an online performance in Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 2021. "It's dancing; moving your body is nice," Takino said. "And the costumes are unbelievably showy. Some people join just so they can wear them." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
But don’t you dare call them grannies.
“Right at the start, we weren’t very happy about being called ‘granny cheer dancers,’” says Fumie Takino, the bubbly, energetic 89-year-old who founded Japan Pom Pom - average age, 72 years - more than 25 years ago.

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Don't call them grannies: Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad


Don't call them grannies: Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad
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Don't call them grannies: Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad
Eighty-nine-year-old Fumie Takino founded Japan Pom Pom more than 25 years ago and its members now average 72 years of age.
Takino (centre) and other members pose for commemorative photos. (Photo: Reuters)
05 May 2021 08:10AM
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05 May 2021 03:17PM)
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Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as "Japan Pom Pom" practises, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members aged 60 to 89, they're no ordinary squad.
But don't you dare call them grannies.
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"Right at the start, we weren't very happy about being called 'granny cheer dancers,'" says Fumie Takino, the bubbly, energetic 89-year-old who founded Japan Pom Pom – average age, 72 years – more than 25 years ago.

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