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Effective for dieting!? Weight-loss dance you can do at home

DancerFukkun:)Tatsuki Fukuda
Primarily active in Tokyo, I have experience as a backup dancer for artists, a music video dancer, and a commercial dancer. I continue to work as a dancer while also engaging in article production. After discovering Michael Jackson in junior high school, I began dancing in my second year of high school. Since starting dance, in addition to the J-Pop and Japanese rock I had been listening to, I began exploring Western R&B, rap, alternative music, and other tracks commonly used for dance. In elementary school, I spent three years in a choir, and because I love singing, I often go to karaoke for fun. These days, I enjoy a wide range of music, from Japanese rock and rap to K-pop.

The “at-home weight loss dance” that became a hot topic on YouTube for a while has practically become a go-to for dieting.

Have you tried any of them?

It all spread from the video that kicked off its popularity, and dances designed to be fun to stick with or adapted to different housing situations also became a buzz, didn’t they?

Here, we’ve lined up a whole bunch of those “slimming dances” for you!

If you’ve been thinking about giving them a try but felt overwhelmed by the sheer number and didn’t know where to start, we hope this helps.

Let’s all work hard and slim down together!

Effective for dieting!? Fat-burning dances you can do at home (21–30)

Aerobic dance to a Johnny’s medley

[16 Minutes of Burn!] Aerobics Dance to Have Fun and Slim Down with a Johnny’s Medley

Aerobic dance to a Johnny’s medley

How about exercising with a dance that incorporates aerobics elements while listening to Johnny’s songs? You can have fun working out to the upbeat tempos of King & Prince’s “Cinderella Girl,” Snow Man’s “D.D,” NEWS’s “Chankapāna,” and finish with King & Prince’s “& LOVE”! It might be tough since you’ll be moving nonstop for 16 minutes, but the best part of aerobics is that you can do it with the feeling of enjoying a dance.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in at-home dieting!

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WA DA DAKep1er

[WA DA DA – Kep1er] Beware of getting too skinny! A diet dance to tone your whole body [fat-burning cardio]

WA DA DAKep1er

“WA DA DA” by Kep1er, a nine-member girl group from Japan, China, and Korea.

Even though it was their debut single, it became a hit and gained a lot of buzz, especially on social media.

Let’s channel Kep1er and enjoy a diet dance with “WA DA DA”! It’s up-tempo, so you might think it’s a bit tough, but if you dance properly, it works your whole body.

Even dancing through one song takes just three minutes—seems doable, right? Plus, there’s no jumping, so it’s fine even in apartments.

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SenbonzakuraWagakki Band

[Best Weight-Loss Dance] Let’s dance to Senbonzakura, the song with 100 million views, and slim down!!

SenbonzakuraWagakki Band

This song was produced by Kurousa-P and is well loved as a staple of Vocaloid music.

A later cover version by Wagakki Band is also well known, and many of you have probably heard it on music shows and the like.

The dance performed to Senbonzakura is packed with intense steps and full-body choreography to match the up-tempo track, and by the time the roughly four-and-a-half-minute song ends, you’ll likely be quite worn out! It also incorporates muscle-training moves like squats and lunges that target the lower body, so it seems highly effective as a workout.

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“Make You Happy” jump-rope danceNiziU

NiziU 『Make you happy』 M/V

“Make You Happy” jump-rope danceNiziU

Let’s dance a roughly 3-minute diet routine using the smash hit “Make You Happy” by NiziU, the Japan-born K-pop group! Speaking of this song, the jump rope dance in the chorus became a hot topic, and in this video that move is kept while the overall choreography is arranged specifically for a diet dance.

You’ll get a full-body workout by taking big steps, moving your arms, and even twisting your body!

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Reiwa Edition Billy’s Bootcamp

[Burn Belly Fat in 5 Minutes] Enlist in the Reiwa Edition of Billy’s Bootcamp Now!

Reiwa Edition Billy’s Bootcamp

A pioneer of diet dance? “Billy’s Bootcamp,” which set all of Japan abuzz in 2005 as a short-term intensive diet exercise program.

It repurposed training content for new recruits in the U.S.

military into a weight-loss workout—super tough, but effective?—and became a hot topic.

Now, Billy the commander is back with a new fitness program: the Reiwa Edition of Billy’s Bootcamp.

Part of it, a 5-minute belly fat-burning workout, is available for free.

This time, too, there are sure to be people who fall under the commander’s spell!

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Anison medley dance

[Best 25 Minutes Ever] I tried making a diet dance with 6 anime songs! Is there really a weight-loss method this fun?

Anison medley dance

A perfect diet dance for people who love anime songs: the Anisong Medley Dance! This medley strings together famous theme songs that you’ve probably seen or heard even if you don’t know much about the anime themselves, including Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, One Piece, Your Name., The Promised Neverland, Haikyu!!, and Pokémon.

And it’s a solid 25 minutes in total—a pretty substantial length for a diet dance! If you’re in the mood to really dance today, why not give it a try?

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In conclusion

We’ve introduced a wide range of so-called “slimming dances” that are said to be effective for dieting.

From easy routines you can start lightly to more intensive ones you can tackle thoroughly, choose according to how you feel and your motivation that day.

Your hard work is sure to pay off!