Japan X Bowl

The Japan X Bowl (previously the Japan Super Bowl) was the annual championship game of the X-League, the highest level of professional American football in Japan.

Japan X Bowl (1987-2021)

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Year Bowl Stadium Winner Score Runner-up Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award Most Improved Player (MIP) Attendance
1987 Tokyo Super Bowl I Yokohama Stadium Renown Rovers 31-28 Silver Star
1988 Tokyo Super Bowl II Tokyo Dome Renown Rovers 28-20 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse
1989 Tokyo Super Bowl III Tokyo Dome Asahi Beer Silver Star 14-9 NEC Falcons
1990 Tokyo Super Bowl IV Tokyo Dome Matsushita Electric Works Impulse 14-6 Onward Oaks
1991 Tokyo Super Bowl V Tokyo Dome Onward Oaks 49-10 Sunstar Finies
1992 Tokyo Super Bowl VI Tokyo Dome Asahi Beer Silver Star 21-7 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse
1993 Tokyo Super Bowl VII Tokyo Dome Asahi Beer Silver Star 13-0 Sunstar Finies
1994 Tokyo Super Bowl VIII Tokyo Dome Matsushita Electric Works Impulse 48-28 Onward Oaks
1995 Tokyo Super Bowl IX Tokyo Dome Matsushita Electric Works Impulse 54-20 Recruit Seagulls
1996 Tokyo Super Bowl X Tokyo Dome Recruit Seagulls 30-10 Onward Oaks
1997 Tokyo Super Bowl XI Tokyo Dome Kajima Deers 48-12 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse RB Yasushi Horiguchi (Kajima) 38,500
1998 Tokyo Super Bowl XII Tokyo Dome Recruit Seagulls 45-24 Asahi Beer Silver Star WR Takashi Horie (Recruit) 32,000
1999 Tokyo Super Bowl XIII Tokyo Dome Asahi Beer Silver Star 18-16 Kajima Deers QB Kanaoka (Asahi Beer) 24,000
2000 Tokyo Super Bowl XIV Tokyo Dome Asahi Soft Drink Challengers 20-18 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse Tamon Nakamura (Asahi Soft Drink) 25,000
2001 Tokyo Super Bowl XV Tokyo Dome Asahi Soft Drink Challengers 14-7 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse LB Shinzo Yamada (Asahi Soft Drink) 25,000
2002 Tokyo Super Bowl XVI Tokyo Dome Seagulls 14-7 Fujitsu Frontiers QB Daisuke Takahashi (Seagulls) 21,500
2003 Japan X Bowl XVII Tokyo Dome Onward Skylarks 13-10 Asahi Beer Silver Star RB Yasuhiro Kabata (Onward) 22,500
2004 Japan X Bowl XVIII Kobe Wing Stadium Matsushita Electric Works Impulse 15-6 Asahi Beer Silver Star K/P Masahiro Ota (Matsushita) 15,500
2005 Japan X Bowl XIX Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 25-16 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse DE Kevin Jackson (Obic) 13,564
2006 Japan X Bowl XX Kyocera Dome Osaka Onward Skylarks 24-21 Kajima Deers Takashi Kojima (Onward) 12,327
2007 Japan X Bowl XXI Tokyo Dome Matsushita Electric Works Impulse 33-13 Fujitsu Frontiers QB Tetsuo Takata (Matsushita) 17,629
2008 Japan X Bowl XXII Kyocera Dome Osaka Panasonic Electric Works Impulse 28-14 Kajima Deers Jindai Ishino (Panasonic) 13,834
2009 Japan X Bowl XXIII Tokyo Dome Kajima Deers 21-14 Fujitsu Frontiers WR Naoki Maeda (Kajima) 22,059
2010 Japan X Bowl XXIV Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 20-16 Panasonic Electric Works Impulse QB Shun Sugawara (Obic) S Atsushi Tsuji (Panasonic) 18,353
2011 Japan X Bowl XXV Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 24-17 Fujitsu Frontiers WR Noriaki Kinoshita (Obic) QB Hiroshi Izuhara (Fujitsu) 19,864
2012 Japan X Bowl XXVI Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 27-24 Kajima Deers RB Takuto Hara (Obic) S Hiroki Kato (Kajima) 23,126
2013 Japan X Bowl XXVII Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 24-16 Fujitsu Frontiers DE Kevin Jackson (Obic) CB Al-Riwan Adeyami (Fujitsu) 22,488
2014 Japan X Bowl XXVIII Tokyo Dome Fujitsu Frontiers 44-10 IBM Big Blue RB Gino Gordon (Fujitsu) TE John Stanton (IBM) 25,085
2015 Japan X Bowl XXIX Tokyo Dome Panasonic Impulse 24-21 Fujitsu Frontiers QB Tetsuo Takata (Panasonic) WR Junpei Yoshimoto (Fujitsu) 25,408
2016 Japan X Bowl XXX Tokyo Dome Fujitsu Frontiers 16-3 Obic Seagulls QB Colby Cameron (Fujitsu) DL Hiroaki Nakazato (Obic) 25,455
2017 Japan X Bowl XXXI Tokyo Dome Fujitsu Frontiers 63-23 IBM Big Blue WR Teruaki Clark Nakamura (Fujitsu) - 22,953
2018 Japan X Bowl XXXII Tokyo Dome Fujitsu Frontiers 35-18 IBM Big Blue RB Trashaun Nixon (Fujitsu) - 25,457
2019 Japan X Bowl XXXIII Tokyo Dome Fujitsu Frontiers 28-26 Panasonic Impulse RB Samajie Grant (Fujitsu) - 20,000
2020 Japan X Bowl XXXIV Tokyo Dome Obic Seagulls 13-7 Fujitsu Frontiers RB Taku Lee (Obic) -

Japan X Bowl appearances by team

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Appearances Team Wins Losses Winning
percentage
15 Panasonic Impulse 7 8 .467
12 Fujitsu Frontiers 5 7 .416
11 Obic Seagulls 9 2 .818
8 Asahi Beer Silver Star 4 4 .500
6 Onward Skylarks 3 3 .500
6 Lixil Deers 2 4 .333
3 IBM Big Blue 0 3 .000
2 Asahi Soft Drink Challengers 3 0 1.000
2 Renown Rovers 2 0 1.000
2 Elecom Kobe Finies 0 2 .000
1 NEC Falcons 0 1 .000

References

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