Cheer calls performed during the sports day’s cheer battles and events to support the whole team and your teammates.
When you hear powerful, loud calls shouted in unison with the cheer captain and squad’s cues, you can’t help but think, “Alright, let’s do this!” and feel your energy surge, right?
In this article, we’ve gathered recommended cheer calls for sports day.
We’ll introduce classic calls where everyone shouts together at once, as well as call-and-response chants between the cheer squad and teammates.
Incorporate them into your sports day cheering and give your teammates your full support!
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Classics (1–10)
First, let’s introduce some classic cheers that everyone can shout together in unison! Besides sports days, there are lots of cheers you often hear in clubs and on TV, too.
The phrases are mostly simple, which makes them easy to use during events and also easy for younger kids—like lower elementary, kindergarten, or preschoolers—to shout.
Where there are blanks in the words, fill in your team name or team color.
All right, let’s go with some high-energy cheers!
Go, go, Team ○!
This cheer, “Ikkee, Ikeike [X-gumi]!” often appears in scenes of cheering in sports manga, starting with baseball manga.
A variation, “Ikkee, Ikkee [X-gumi]!”, is also a classic go-to phrase.
You can slot in the competing student’s class or name, or your own team’s name in place of [X-gumi], so it’s more versatile than you might think.
It also pairs perfectly with popular cheer songs like Linda Yamamoto’s hit ‘Neraiuchi.’ Give it a try for inspiration!
So slow—push, push, Class O!
The cheer “Ossee! Ose-ose, Class ◯!” is a very positive chant used with the sense of “Build momentum and push the opponent down!” You can, of course, swap “Class ◯” for the name of the individual competing.
To add even more punch to the cheer, we recommend splitting into boys’ and girls’ groups and chanting in alternation.
Rather than everyone shouting all at once, it makes for a more dynamic, impactful cheer.
Mixing it with a similar chant like “Ikkee—ike-ike!” should hype things up even more!
Hooray, hooray, Class ◯! Go, go, Class ◯! Go, go, Class ◯!
The phrase “Furei! Furei!” that always shows up in cheering battles actually comes from the English word “hurrah,” which is, of course, pronounced “furei” in Japanese.
Originally, it meant something like “banzai” (a cheer of joy).
It seems that using “furei” twice in succession for cheering started in the Taisho era.
“Furei! Furei! [Team/Class Name]! Furei! Furei! [Team/Class Name]! Furei! Furei! [Team/Class Name]!” is a classic cheer that gets the whole team or class excited.
It’s also an easy phrase to shout loudly, so be sure to cheer your heart out in the pep rally!
Go, go, Class ◯!
The word “Ganbare” is straightforward and truly uplifting.
The classic “Ganbare, ganbare, Class ◯!” is undeniably the go-to phrase you just can’t leave out in a cheer battle.
It’s really handy both as one of the cheers when building your routine and as an encouragement to teammates during events.
If instruments are allowed, I’d love to pound a big drum as we cheer.
If instruments aren’t allowed, I think everyone clapping in unison with a tight rhythm would look awesome!
Win, win, Team ◯!
When you shout the cheer “Win, win, Class ◯!”, try saying it in a voice loud enough not to be drowned out by the instruments you’re using! Feel free to arrange it into phrases like “Wiiin—win, win, Class ◯!” or “Wiiin—wiiin—Class ◯!” so it’s easier to project as loudly as possible.
Mixing in “Don’t lose, don’t lose, Class ◯” could work well too! If you can’t use instruments for cheering, plastic bottles are a great option.
Put some marbles inside and you’ll get a surprisingly loud sound, and adding colored ribbons makes them look festive.
Be sure to try them together with this cheer!
We won the championship—won! We wooo-oon, we won the championship!
Let’s fire up the team with a super confident chant that practically says, “All we can see is victory!” If you do it while your team is in the lead, it’ll carry you straight to the championship.
On the other hand, if things aren’t going well, it turns into a cheer that says, “Don’t give up—keep pushing!” You can also swap out “championship” for the event name, like relay or tug-of-war.
When you feel your confidence wavering, try using this chant to snap back into gear.
Grit! Grit! Class ○!
The phrase “Kiai da! Kiai da! Kiai da!” shouted by Animal Hamaguchi and his daughter Kyoko is iconic.
A similar cheer—“Kiai da, kiai da, [Class/Team]!”—is also easy to use as a go-to chant.
If you stomp your feet and shout “Kiai da!” to cheer someone on, both the person giving and receiving the cheer will feel energized! It’s also recommended to put an individual’s name in place of “[Class/Team].” In Animal Hamaguchi’s case, his trademark is a rising-sun headband, so copying that could be a fun idea, too.
This is perfect for anyone looking for a lively phrase that brings energy—and laughs!