Born in Tokyo and raised in the US, Blazerdancer Eri has been with the Portland Trailblazers squad for five years now.

Rookie Blazerdancer Lisa says of dancing, “It’s something that lives in your body that you can’t get rid of.”

Second year Dallas Mavericks Dancer, Helen has a B.S in Accounting Information Management from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Born and raised in Japan, Natsuki came to the US just two years ago and earned a spot as a Mavs Dancer last year.

The Detroit Pistons are unique in that they have separate cheer and dance teams. Pam has been a member of the former since 2004 and plans on opening up her own yoga studio.

Thera has been a Golden State Warrior Girl for 5 years. Her “day job” is that of an electrical engineer.

Rookie Warrior Girl Patrisha (Yes, that’s how she spells it.) also works as a makeup artist and majors in public relations at San Jose State University.

Also a rookie Warrior Girl, Regina has been dancing sine she was five and is a student at the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Third-year Clippers Spirit veteran Katrina is also a nursing student and Los Angeles ambassador for Hennessy Black.

Bianca is a second-year member of the Los Angeles Clippers’ squad, “Clippers Spirit.” Besides the court, she can also be caught at Disneyland where she’s a parade performer.

Rookie Clippers Spirit member Shannon is a dance major at UC Riverside and a Married with Children fan.

Third-year Los Angeles Laker Girl Veronica majored in Public relations and plays basketball herself.

First-year Laker Girl Jennifer has a degree in journalism and loves to ride horses.

Also a rookie Laker Girl, Linette majored in business administration at UC Riverside.

First-year Miami Heat Dancer Julianne loves to travel and sees herself becoming a hotel reviewer.

Co-captain of the newly-named Philadelphia 76ers dance squad, the “Dream Team,” Annie has been with the team for five years. She’s danced in national competitions and plays the piano. (Link is to her 2010-2011 profile because the Dream Team’s new page has no dancer profiles yet.)

Phoenix Suns Dancer Brittni is a student in her second year with the squad and wants to be a contestant on the show Wipe Out.

Suns Dancer Carla enjoys “t-shirt time” at US Airways Center (and has a great arm to throw those t-shirts into the crowd) and would love to wear the gorilla suit (the Suns’ mascot) just to see what it’s like.

Arielle is in her second year with the Sacramento Kings Dancers (formerly known as the Kings Royal Court Dancers). Next to dance, football is her favorite sport.

Also a second-year Kings Dancer Brittney lists soccer as her favorite sport after dance.

Ashley is in her third year with the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak. She’s currently a student studying physical health and education, and is a big Elvis fan.

Also in her third year with the Dance Pak, Char is a professional dance instructor and choreographer. He hobby is playing the guitar.

Nikki has been with the Utah Jazz’s squad, the Nu Skin Jazz Dancers, for six seasons. She’s a registered nurse and running in a marathon is on her “bucket list.”

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Muqimiya performing dance and yoga on a Chinese TV show

Cheer Dragons (Chunichi Dragons)

Swallows Wings (Tokyo Yukult Swallows)

Diana (Yokohama Bay Stars)

Fighters Girl (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters)

Golden Angels (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)

Honeys (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks)

Blue Winds (Saitama Seibu Lions)

M☆Splash!! (Chiba Lotte Marines)

Bs Dreams (Orix Buffaloes)

Hanwha Eagles

Kia Tigers

LG Twins. Yea-jin (from the opening photo) in action with one of her colleagues.

Lotte Giants

Four of the Nexen Heroes cheerleaders from a Maxim Korea shoot they did earlier this year. Believe it or not, their best-known cheerleader is a 14-year-old middle school student (and that’s her actual age, not her “Korean age”). She is NOT pictured here.

Samsung Lions

SK Wyverns

This video is a few years old and quality isn’t great but I choose it because I shot it and I love the Wyvern girls’ routine to Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti.”

Kaoruko Horiike of the Denver Bronco’s cheerleading squad, who are simply called the “Denver Broncos Cheerleaders,” and have been in existence since 1993. Denver’s last prior squad, the “Pony Express” disbanded in 1978 after several members posed topless for a Playboy magazine pictorial. Kaoruko wasn’t included on the squad’s recently updated 2010 roster, so she may now be a former Denver Broncos Cheerleader.

Miami Dolphins Cheerleader Truly Chin is in her rookie year with the squad.

Self-confessed video game junkie Jennie is in her second season with the Raiderettes.

Rookie Raiderette Holly also works as a flight attendant for Virgin America.

Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader Alicia

Taiwanese-born San Diego Charger Girl, Tiffany

Chris of the Gold Rush, the San Francisco 49ers’ squad

Seattle Sea Gal Shelly, who’s starting her 7th year with the squad

The “junior” of the two Asian Sea Gals, Tiffany

Tomoko Kojima is a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders, who were nicknamed the “Swash-Buc-Lers” up until 1999.

Korean-born Valerie of the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders

Noriko of the Washington Redskins’ squad, who are referred to by fans as the “First Ladies of Football”

Not all of Feifei’s subway performances have resulted in applause or indifference. Here, after catching her routine on the train, transit police escort her to the security office….not for a private show but probably to issue her a citation for unlawful performance.

News story with one of the above-mentioned cell phone videos taken by a lucky subway passenger who was treated to Feifei’s three-minute routine.