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...

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...

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...

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...

LIVESTREAM: – Japan: Green Bowl – Panasonic Impulse v. Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers – May 20, 2:20p (7:20a CEST, 1:20a EST)

The Panaasonic Impulse face the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers in the semifinals of the annual XLeague Green Bowl preseason tournament at Oji Stadium at the foot of the Rokko...

Japan: Panasonic Impulse, Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers reach Green Bowl final

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...

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...

Japan: IBM Defeat Panasonic To Set Up Japan XBowl Showdown With Fujitsu

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...

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...

Japan: XLeague – Upheaval in power rankings after quarter-finals

Japan: XLeague – Quarterfinals Offer Big Blue, Rise Chance For Revenge

The remaining eight teams do battle in Japan this weekend with rain forecast once again. Top seeded Panasonic Impulse should have no trouble getting past an...

Japan: XLeague – Power Rankings After Week Six ・Wild Card

JAPAN: XLeague playoff race tightening up

Round Five of the XLeague regular season in Japan ended with a bang when Lixil Deers, as they have so many times in the past,...

JAPAN: Top 4 face off in regular season finale

The Xleague’s regular season comes to an end this week with playoff places and seeding up for grabs. The top four ranked sides meet at...

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...

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...

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...

Intensity rises as 2nd round of Japan’s X league wraps up

Round two of Japan’s 2017 X League saw Obic Seagulls rebound from their opening day loss with a strong 14-0 win over Nojima Sagamihara Rise....

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...

Sweet Home Osaka, Japan – Former Alabama State Hornet Makes Nest Across The Pacific

“Get used to walking.” That’s Panasonic Impulse DL Carlton Jones’ suggestion to any players thinking of coming to Japan. “Get used to walking because you...

Japan X League: Week 2 Matchups / Predictions promise fireworks

In week one the Lions failed to impress while the Bulls just failed. The fact that a quarter of fans think there is a possibility...

Japan’s Green Bowl sees American QB return in dominant win.

The Green Bowl and Green Bowl Challenge preseason tournaments for teams in central and western Japan kicked off over Japan’s Golden Week holiday. Both are...

Obic Seagulls, Fujitsu Frontiers Advance to the Japan X Bowl

So the 18 teams who started the season in Japan’s X League have been narrowed down to two. The Obic Seagulls and Fujitsu Frontiers survived...

Japan’s X league Semifinals Promise Two Thrillers

The semi finals of the Japan X Bowl kick off simultaneously this Sunday in Kawasaki, where IBM Big Blue face Obic Seagulls, and Osaka, with...