The cheerleaders of the six Taiwan professional baseball teams are attracting enthusiastic attention from Japan fans for their gorgeous cheering performances, and are attracting more and more attention every year. Pacific League Insight conducted a Q&A session with the 2025 season members of the "Rakuten Girls (baseball Rakuten Girls)", the exclusive cheerleader of "Rakuten Monkeys", who pioneered Taiwanese professional cheerleading and laid the foundation for Taiwan's unique cheering style. Here are a variety of answers that give you a glimpse of the members' true faces.
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Kawachihime's profile
This time we will be introducing Ha Ji Won (@hajiwon.22), number 22. Born on February 22nd in South Korea, she is 167cm tall and enjoys sports and painting. She is one of the three Korean members who joined Rakuten Girls this season.
At the age of 17, while still in high school and working part-time at a yakiniku restaurant, she was scouted by the cheerleading team of the Korean Professional baseball (KBO) team LG Twins, and made her debut as the KBO's youngest cheerleader at the time. She subsequently worked as a cheerleader for basketball, volleyball, and soccer in addition to baseball. In 2023, she transferred to the cheerleading team of the Hanwha The Eagles, also in the KBO, and is currently working concurrently as a member of Rakuten Girls, continuing her international activities.
She joined Rakuten Girls after making a guest appearance at "FIF Uta-ga-butai," a music show that combined a music festival and an idol festival, held in Taiwan in December 2024. At the time, she caused a stir in Taiwan with the comment, "The super popular Korean cheerleader is coming!"
Q&A with Kawachihime!
◯How would you describe your personality in one word?
Full of energy
◯What are you good at?
Games, exercise, drawing, singing
◯What are you not good at?
study
◯I love "〇〇"!
I love the animal quokka and Lenini (the frog character from LINE FRIENDS' "minini").
What do you do when you want to relax?
Reading, listening to music, drawing
◯What would you like to eat at the end of your life?
Glutinous rice mochi (Taiwanese snacks made from glutinous rice)
◯What foods do you dislike?
Strong spicy flavor
◯What would you like to be if you were reborn?
Handsome
◯What is your mobile phone wallpaper?
iPhone default screen
◯What do you find yourself buying?
Lipstick. I know I already have a lot, but I still buy it.
◯What do you always carry with you?
Clothing, cosmetics, mobile phones
◯ Who do you admire or who has influenced you?
Shohei Ohtani. I think he is very self-disciplined and always sincere. I am not as sincere and kind as him, so I have a lot to learn from him.
◯What has been the most moving thing in your life?
When I saw the movie "A Star Is Born"
◯If you weren't a Rakuten Girl, what do you think you'd be doing?
Korean Cheerleaders
◯This is what's great about member XX!
Woo Su-han is always cheerful, bright, and energetic. Yeom Se-bin came to Taiwan around the same time as me, but her Chinese is much better than mine.
◯What are your favorite beauty products?
fillimilli false eyelashes
◯What do you do to maintain your beauty?
I try to do everything I can to improve myself, whether it's by changing my makeup, going to the dermatologist, exercising, laughing, or getting acupuncture and massage.
◯What was your most memorable experience in Japan?
I've always wanted to go, but I haven't been there yet.
◯Tell us about your enthusiasm for the 2025 season!
I hope to keep my original intentions in mind and complete the season safely, traveling back and forth between Taiwan and Korea.
Finally, a word to your Japanese fans...
"I never expected to receive so much support from so many Japanese fans. I will continue to work hard so that I can continue to receive your support. If you have a chance to meet me in Japan, please feel free to say hello :)"
Rakuten Girls
The team was born in 2005 as the first Taiwanese professional baseball cheer team, and this year marks the 20th year since its formation. After two name changes due to the acquisition and renaming of the parent team, the team has been active as "Rakuten Girls" since the 2020 season.
Among the 30 members, there are also members from Japan and Korea. The group has gained popularity through a wide range of activities, including cheering performances at stadiums and the release of CDs and photo books, and is considered one of the most influential girl groups in the Taiwanese entertainment industry.
▼Official SNS
・ Rakuten Girls Official Instagram (@rakutengirls)
・ Rakuten Girls Official Facebook
