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Germany: Japanese college/XLeague WR Yusuke Noma signs with Darmstadt Diamonds/日本大学出身、Xリーグ選手のWR野間雄介はGFLのDarmstadt Diamondsと契約しました
Japanese wide receiver Yusuke Noma has signed to play for the Darmstadt Diamonds in the GFL2, Germany’s second division. The 5’9″, 180 lb native of...
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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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IBM Big Blue keeps dropping in Japan XLeague Power Rankings after Week 5
Week Five for the Japan XLeague Power Rankings. You know the drill. Read about your team. Snort derisively. Go on social media and complain. Couple of...
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Playoff berths up for grabs in Japan XLeague’s crucial 5th round
The penultimate round of the Japan XLeague’s regular season see some big teams face off as well as games that will decide the ultimate playoff fate...
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Huge Shakeup in Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 4
XLeague weeks three and four overlapped so we decided to wait and see how it all shook out before updating the power rankings…….and yeah….it’s a...
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Showdown in Tokyo one of five key matchups in Japan XLeague’s 4th round
The fourth round of Japan’s XLeague closes out this weekend with five games including a pair of key matchups. The Lixil Deers (#8) and Nojima Sagamihara Rise...
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Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 3
Week two is behind us. So are the West Division games for week three – we’re not gonna pretend those didn’t happen – which means...
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Japan’s XLeague kicks off 2017 Season with wild, historic thriller
Week one of Japan’s 2017 XLeague season finished with a wild and exciting game at Tokyo Dome that saw IBM Big Blue defeat the Obic...
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Japan: Week 2 of X League’s Pearl Bowl produces surprises
The second week of the 2017 Pearl Bowl is in the books, and while there were no upsets, there were definitely a handful of surprises....
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Big 4 dominate as Japan’s Pearl Bowl kicks off
In a collaboration with InsideSport:Japan, AFI presents the first in a series of articles covering the annual spring American football tournament, the Pearl Bowl. Japanese...