-
Japan’s XLeague set to kick off shortened season
The Japanese X League, the top American football league in Asia, kicks off a shortened season this Saturday, October 24 with seven teams. The defending...
-
Japanese RB Taku Lee set aside dreams of flying to play football
Japanese running back Taku Lee, one of the two players selected from the two CFL Global Combines that were held in Japan in February this...
-
AFI & Inside Sport Japan present a World Top 225 ranking
American Football International and Inside Sport Japan have teamed up to produce a ranking of the Top 225 American football teams outside of the United...
-
Panasonic Impulse upset Obic Seagulls, punch ticket to Japan’s X Bowl
The Panasonic Impulse return to Japan’s X Bowl for the first time since 2015 after defeating the favored Obic Seagulls 24-14 this past weekend in...
-
LIVESTREAM: Japan X League Semifinal – Panasonic Impulse v. Obic Seagulls, Sat. Nov. 30, 1p (5a CET, 11p Nov. 29 ET)
The 5-2 Panasonic Impulse face the 6-1 Obic Seagulls in the X League semifinals Saturday November 30. The Impulse pushed the Seagulls in late October losing 14-7 but...
-
Japan: X League Final Four ready to kick off this weekend
Japan’s X League heads into its Final Four this weekend as the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers will square off against the Elecom Kobe Finies while...
-
Semifinal matchups loom in Brazil, Japan
Japan’s X League and the Brazilian Football Association, BFA, head into their semifinal rounds this weekend with familiar names in the second last round for...
-
Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers block last second FG; beat Obic Seagulls
The Fujitsu Frontiers, winners of the past three X League championships, were pushed to the limit this past weekend by the Obic Seagulls and needed...
-
LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague – Game of the Season – Fujitsu Frontiers v. Obic Seagulls, Sunday, Nov. 17, 12 noon (4a CET, 10p Nov. 16 ET)
The unbeaten Obic Seagulls (6-0) take on the undefeated and defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers (6-0) in Japan’s Game of the Season, Sunday, November 17 in...
-
Japan XLeague: Obic Seagulls get past IBM Big Blue to stay unbeaten
The undefeated Obic Seagulls are marching toward a showdown with the unbeaten Fujitsu Frontiers in the final regular season game of the year in Japan’s...
-
LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague Game of the Week – IBM BigBlue – Obic Seagulls, Sunday, Nov. 3, 5p (10a CET, 4a ET)
The Obic Seagulls (5-0) take on he 2-3 IBM Big Blue Sunday, November 3 at Yokohama Park Stadium as Japan’s XLeague heads into final two games. The last...
-
LIVESTREAM: Japan XLeague – Obic Seagulls v. Panasonic Impulse, Sunday, Oct. 20, 11a (4a CEDT, 10p Oct 19 EDT)
The Obic Seagulls (4-0) take on the 3-1 Panasonic Impulse in what is shaping up to be the game of the week in Japan’s Xleague...
-
LIVESTREAM: Japan X League – Obic Seagulls v. Nojima Sagamihara Rise, Sunday, October 6, 5p (10a CEDT, 4a EDT)
The struggling Nojima Sagamihara Rise (0-3) faced a daunting task Sunday, October 6 when they take on the 3-0 Obic Seagulls as Japan’s X League...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
