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Yi Wei Athletic Association

Geylang Bahru / island-wide·Singapore·Singaporeest. 1999Red and gold with white-mane high-pole lions

Singapore's flagship competitive troupe and reigning Genting World Lion Dance champions (2023, defended 2025); over 100 active members and 100+ international titles.

Back-to-back Genting World Lion Dance Championship titles 2023 and 2025.

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Other chinese lion & dragon dance troupes

Kun Seng Keng Lion & Dragon Dance Association
Muar · Malaysia · 1980s (registered as association in 1990s)

World's most decorated lion dance troupe, holder of roughly 12 of 13 World Lion Dance Championships at Genting; pioneer of acrobatic high-pole (jong) style and considered 'king of lions' globally.

Malaysia Khuan Loke Dragon & Lion Dance Association (Qun Le)
Petaling Jaya · Malaysia · 1979

Seven-time World Lion Dance Champion based in Petaling Jaya; major rival to Kun Seng Keng on the Genting high-pole circuit and one of Malaysia's most exported brands of southern lion dance.

Wei Yong Athletic Association
Singapore · Singapore · 2006

Second-tier-but-major Singapore competitive troupe regularly podiuming at the National Lion Dance Championship and exporting performers across Southeast Asia.

Singapore Chin Woo Athletic Association Lion Dance Troupe
Singapore · Singapore · 1921 (Chin Woo); lion troupe 1934 (Northern), 1953 (Southern)

Oldest continuously running lion dance troupe in Singapore, an offshoot of the historic Chin Woo (Jingwu) martial arts movement; performs both Northern and Southern styles.

Kong Ha Hong Lion Dance Troupe
Jakarta · Indonesia · 1999 (17 August)

Indonesia's preeminent Barongsai troupe, founded just after the lifting of the Suharto-era ban on Chinese cultural expression; five-time world champion and the face of post-Reformasi Chinese-Indonesian identity.

Kwok's Kung Fu and Dragon Lion Dance Team
Hong Kong · Hong Kong SAR · 1949

Hong Kong's most storied lion dance lineage, founded by Kwok Ka Kui; central to Tin Hau, Cheung Chau Bun Festival and Yuen Long parades and a regular fixture at HKSAR civic ceremonies.