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Inside Sport Japan’s World Top 20
Inside Sport Japan, ISJ, has been covering American football in Japan for several years and as a partner with American Football International, has en eye...
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Japan: Revamped XLeague kicks off new season – will Fujitsu win title #5?
The Fujitsu Frontiers head into the upcoming X-League season with a legitimate shot at winning a record-tying fourth straight championship, but also a major question...
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Japan: Obic Seagulls capture record-setting third straight Pearl Bowl
For the Obic Seagulls, it was business as usual. Another Pearl Bowl tournament, another championship. By becoming the first team in 25 years to win three spring...
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Player’s Poll: Top 25 players in Japan’s X League in 2018
In a poll conducted by Inside Sport: Japan, the players in the 18 team X League in Japan, one of the top American football leagues...
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End of an Era in Japan: Kevin Jackson retires from Obic Seagulls after 14 sterling seasons
For the past 14 years, the big defensive end wearing No. 11 for the Obic Seagulls wreaked havoc on opponents, making sacks, harassing quarterbacks, and...
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Japan: XLeague adopts new format
The top American football league in Japan, the XLeague, has revamped its playing format completely and now introduces a three-tier system. The top tier, X1...
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The Spring League Signs Star Japanese RB for ’19 Season
The Spring League has announced that one of the international player’s competing in the league in 2019 is outstanding Japanese running back Taku Lee. The Japanese running back...
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Fujitsu Frontiers return to Japan’s X Bowl for 6th straight year
The Fujitsu Frontiers staged a fourth quarter comeback, scoring two late touchdowns to defeat arch rivals, the Obic Seagulls 13-10 at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasak and...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan – X League Semifinals – Obic Seagulls v. Fujitsu Frontiers, Sunday Nov. 25, 1p (5a CEST, 11p Nov. 25 EST)
The latest edition of the Kanto Classico, and just as with last year’s playoff matchup, a place in the Japan X Bowl is at stake....
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Favorites advance to semifinals in Japan’s XLeague
The four top seeds performed as predicted and won their quarterfinal matchups in the 2018 XLeague playoffs this past weekend in Japan. Defending champions, the...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague Quarterfinals – Nov. 10, 11a (3a CEST, 9p Nov. 9 EST)
Japan’s XLeague has reached the quarterfinal stage with a couple of old rivalries and surprises as well. The Obic Seagulls, winners of eight X Bowl...
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Japan: XLeague playoffs loom: How did they get there?
The last XLeague playoffs under the current system are about to begin and straight away they have significance not only for this year but also...
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Japan X League: Final weekend of regular season play promises thrillers
As Japan’s X League heads into the final week of the regular season there are a couple of key matchups that could still shake up...
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Japan: Top 12 Power Rankings – Unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers still #1
Japan’s X League heads into its 7th week of action with the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers still unbeaten and still in top spot in the Inside Sport: Japan Top...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League Game of the Week – Obic Seagulls v. Fujitsu Frontiers, Sunday, Oct. 7, 1:30p (7:30a CET, 1:30a ET)
The defending champions, the Fujitsu Frontiers, Japan #1, take on the eight-time champions, the Obic Seagulls, Japan #4, in a huge clash Sunday, October 7 at Fujitsu...
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Japan: X League – Top 10 Power Rankings – Fujitsu still #1
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...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan – Nojima Sagamihara Rise v. Fujitsu Frontiers, Sept. 23, 1:30 pm (6:30 am CET, 12:30 am ET)
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...
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Japan’s X League heads into Week 3 with 3 teams still unbeaten
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...
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Former University of Hawaii QB Ikaika Woolsey finds new home in Japan’s X League
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...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League kicks off 2018 season
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...
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Japan: X League Power Rankings as 2018 season set to kick off
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...
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Japan: Pearl Bowl preseason tournament schedule now set
Almost every year Japan’s XLeague stages a spring preseason tournament involving all the top teams in the league that culminates with the Pearl Bowl, which will be held June...
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A ring of their own
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...
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Japan: 2017 All Xleague Team Dominated by Panasonic, Fujitsu & Top Sides
The 2017 All XLeague Team has been announced Leading the way with seven selections apiece are Panasonic Impulse, who won their first seven games before...
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Japan: Catenaccio Fujitsu Bolt The Door On Seagulls To Make JXB
Fujitsu Frontiers defeated Obic Seagulls in an absolutely enthralling Japan XBowl semifinal in Kawasaki on November 26th. The 7-0 scoreline gives no indication of the...
