チア男子!!

Cheer Boys!!

Haruki Bandou was born into a family of Judo marital artists and expected to continue the family legacy. But he’s about to trade Judo for... cheerleading?! When his childhood friend Kazuma Hashimoto invites him to join the BREAKERS, a male cheerleading club, Haru finds himself amongst a quirky group of boys. Can this squad of slightly odd and cute members make a breakthrough in college athletics? (Source: Funimation)

Names

Original	チア男子!! (japanese)
Romaji	Cheer Danshi!!
English	Cheer Boys!!
Chinese	男子啦啦隊！！ (traditional · via wikidata)

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2016-07-05 → 2016-09-27 (Summer 2016)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Brain's Base
Source	Novel
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Slice of Life Sports
Themes	Primarily Male Cast Cheerleading School Club Male Protagonist College Cute Boys Doing Cute Things
Streaming	YouTube

Reception

Community score	6.40 / 10
Bayesian score	6.67 / 10
Composite	41.3
On lists	14,517
Favourited	83 (0.6%)
Completion	70.7%
Drop rate	15.8%
In backlog	33.4%
Score spread σ	1.82

Score distribution

17827931674355574061,10871,2968685943110180

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Brain's Base	E	72 of 87
Broadcast season	Summer 2016	E	76 of 93
Source material	Novel	E	150 of 170
Year	2016	D	331 of 418
Genre	Sports	E	392 of 447
Genre	Slice of Life	E	1,420 of 1,578
Season (all years)	Summer	E	1,422 of 1,662
Era	Late 2010s	E	1,508 of 1,863
Length	Single-cour	E	2,186 of 2,668
Format	TV series	E	2,823 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	E	6,115 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Ai Yoshimura, Hiroshi Katou, Izumi Hoki
Series composition	Reiko Yoshida
Character design	Hiroyuki Asada, Hitomi Tsuruta
Original creator	Ryou Asai, Hiroyuki Asada

Franchise — チア男子!!

チア男子!! OVA

Cheer Danshi!! OVA

2016OVA (home video)

Relation	Year	Title
side story	2016	Cheer Danshi!! OVA

AniList id 21713 · MAL id 32483 · record updated 2026-08-27