Inside Sport: Japan

Fiery Wideout Anas Hasic Helping Elecom Kobe Finies Rack Up Yards, Scores & Victims

Anas Hasic is making a name for himself in the X-league. 

Nas, as the wideout likes to be known, joined Elecom Ko […]

The Japanese X League heads into its 5th week of action with the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers, who remain unbeaten, are firmly in first place in the Inside Sport: Japan Top 10 Power Rankings.

The […]

Wonder what it’s like to play football in Japan?

Wide receiver Robert Johnson and linebacker Brandon Berry play for the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers  in Japan’s X League and recently spoke with Inside Sport J […]

The Japanese X League winds up the third week of play of the 2018 season with three key games on Sunday, September 23.

In the most anticipated game of the weekend in Japan, in a battle of the undefeateds, the […]

As the X League gets set for the third weekend of play, three teams remain undefeated as the Nojima Sagamihara Rise, Fujitsu Frontiers and Panasonic Impulse all have 2-0 records.

The Rise surprised the Obic […]

The pass zips through the air the 20 or so yards to the wide receiver, who reaches back and makes a nice catch. After the play, quarterback Ikaika Woolsey goes up to him and, after a word of praise, offers a tip […]

Japan’s X League kicks off its 22nd season this weekend with nine games on tap. The defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers have lost their starting quarterback of the last four seasons, Colby Cameron as well as […]

Japan’s X League kicks off the 2018 season this weekend with some shuffling in the top ranks of the teams.

It’s been an offseason of dramatic change all over. Fujitsu lost two of their triplets to retirement, […]

Panasonic Impulse laid down a marker for the X-league’s West Division with their 63-0 dismantling of As One Black Eagles at Oji Stadium, Kobe on Sunday in the second of two Green Bowl games played on a sunny and b […]

In the latest and most challenging stop of his career, quarterback Jared Stegman at least knows he won’t need to worry about having to perform menial tasks or encounter certain disruptions at practice.

“We’d […]

Fujitsu Frontiers retained their national championship with a 39 – 7 defeat of Nihon University Phoenix in the 2018 Rice Bowl.

The game held at Tokyo Dome on Jan 3rd saw more than 35,000 people show up to w […]

Players Collaborate With Jewelry Maker To Design Championship Rings.
One unique aspect of American sports culture is the presentation of rings rather than medals to championship winners. It’s a tradition that d […]

 
 Fujitsu Frontiers -v- Nihon University Phoenix
2018 January 3 (Wednesday): Tokyo Dome 15:00 (Gates Open 10:00)
LIVE on NHK BS1 from 15:00
Nihon University Phoenix are back in the national championship g […]

The silence was deafening as freshman quarterback Taiki Hayashi took a knee to run out the clock on the 2017 Koshien Bowl.

Hayashi, named the game’s MVP, led Nihon University to a stunning 23-17 upset over […]

Fujitsu Frontiers Coaches Roundtable

Inside Sport: Japan’s new ‘Never Punt’ podcast sat down with XLeague champion Fujitsu Frontiers’ three American coaches ahead of their upcoming Rice Bowl […]

Fujitsu Frontiers rolled over IBM Big Blue 63 – 23 in the Japan X Bowl on Dec 18th to claim a second straight XLeague championship.

Making the title game for an unprecedented fifth year running, Fujitsu laid d […]

After a season with plenty of ups and downs for all teams involved we are finally here. The 31st Japan X Bowl. This promises to be a much more closely fought affair than the 2014 final between the teams […]

The upcoming Japan X Bowl looks finely poised. IBM’s offense has the ability to score points in a hurry but Fujitsu’s defense has been the best in the league over the past few seasons. On the other side of the […]

The promotion / relegation playoffs wrap up Sunday in Japan with a double header at Fujitsu Stadium in Kawasaki. Here’s how we see the games shaking out.

IBM Big Blue pulled off a stunning 31-24 upset of previously unbeaten Panasonic Impulse in a Japan X Bowl semifinal on November 26th.

At a rainy Kincho Stadium in Osaka, Big Blue exposed the one potential […]