No Japanese has ever played in the NFL.
However, some Japanese have attracted football fans on the field with their excellent performance and attractive costumes -- cheerleaders, that is.
Since Tomoko Mita, the pioneer for Japanese cheerleaders in the NFL, made the famed Dallas Cowboys squad in 1998, the NFL will have now had six Japanese women performing on the sidelines for four NFL teams when this season kicks off.
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