| East |
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| Week 1 |
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| 9/4 | All Mitsubishi Lions | Bullseyes Tōkyō | 10-7 |
| 9/5 | Kajima Deers | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 85-0 |
| 9/8 | Fujitsu Frontiers | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | 61-13 |
| Week 2 |
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| 9/18 | Fujitsu Frontiers | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 73-0 |
| 9/19 | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | All Mitsubishi Lions | 7-16 |
| 9/19 | Kajima Deers | Bullseyes Tōkyō | 63-3 |
| Week 3 |
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| 10/1 | Fujitsu Frontiers | All Mitsubishi Lions | 42-0 |
| 10/1 | Kajima Deers | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | 58-0 |
| 10/2 | Bullseyes Tōkyō | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 13-10 |
| Week 4 |
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| 10/10 | All Mitsubishi Lions | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 27-0 |
| 10/10 | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | Bullseyes Tōkyō | 24-0 |
| 10/13 | Kajima Deers | Fujitsu Frontiers | 24-16 |
| Week 5 |
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| 10/22 | Kajima Deers | All Mitsubishi Lions | 28-0 |
| 10/22 | Fujitsu Frontiers | Bullseyes Tōkyō | 63-7 |
| 10/23 | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 17-14 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Kajima Deers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 19 | 10 |
| Fujitsu Frontiers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 44 | 8 |
| All Mitsubishi Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 84 | 6 |
| Meiji Yasuda Pirates | 2 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 149 | 4 |
| Bullseyes Tōkyō | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 170 | 2 |
| Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 215 | 0 |
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| Central |
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| Week 1 |
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| 9/3 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | IBM BigBlue | 27-13 |
| 9/6 | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 20-7 |
| 9/7 | Obic Seagulls | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 24-19 |
| Week 2 |
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| 9/16 | IBM BigBlue | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 24-31 |
| 9/17 | Obic Seagulls | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 75-7 |
| 9/17 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | 24-6 |
| Week 3 |
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| 9/24 | IBM BigBlue | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 26-14 |
| 9/25 | Obic Seagulls | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | 24-3 |
| 9/25 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 21-24 |
| Week 4 |
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| 10/8 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 55-0 |
| 10/9 | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 13-55 |
| 10/9 | Obic Seagulls | IBM BigBlue | 46-10 |
| Week 5 |
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| 10/22 | Obic Seagulls | Asahi Beer Silver Star | 28-10 |
| 10/23 | IBM BigBlue | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | 38-7 |
| 10/23 | Nihon Unisys Bulls | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 13-89 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Obic Seagulls | 5 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 49 | 10 |
| Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 4 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 95 | 8 |
| Asahi Beer Silver Star | 3 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 71 | 6 |
| IBM BigBlue | 2 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 125 | 4 |
| All Tōkyō Gas Creators | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 148 | 2 |
| Nihon Unisys Bulls | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 265 | 0 |
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| West |
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| Week 1 |
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| 9/4 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Nagoya Cyclones | 46-0 |
| 9/11 | Panasonic Impulse | As One Black Eagles | 32-0 |
| 9/11 | Elecom Kōbe Finies | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 14-0 |
| Week 2 |
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| 9/19 | Panasonic Impulse | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 89-0 |
| 9/19 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | As One Black Eagles | 16-0 |
| 9/19 | Elecom Kōbe Finies | Nagoya Cyclones | 44-7 |
| Week 3 |
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| 10/1 | As One Black Eagles | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 21-17 |
| 10/1 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Elecom Kōbe Finies | 21-14 |
| 10/1 | Panasonic Impulse | Nagoya Cyclones | 70-0 |
| Week 4 |
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| 10/9 | Panasonic Impulse | Elecom Kōbe Finies | 41-7 |
| 10/10 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 20-10 |
| 10/10 | As One Black Eagles | Nagoya Cyclones | 27-3 |
| Week 5 |
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| 10/22 | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | Nagoya Cyclones | 6-30 |
| 10/22 | Elecom Kōbe Finies | As One Black Eagles | 14-31 |
| 10/23 | Panasonic Impulse | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 13-6 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Panasonic Impulse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 13 | 10 |
| Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 37 | 8 |
| As One Black Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 82 | 6 |
| Elecom Kōbe Finies | 2 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 100 | 4 |
| Nagoya Cyclones | 1 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 193 | 2 |
| Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 174 | 0 |
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| 2nd Stage |
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| Block A |
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| 11/6 | Asahi Beer Silver Star | Panasonic Impulse | 10-28 |
| 11/13 | Fujitsu Frontiers | Asahi Beer Silver Star | 58-14 |
| 11/20 | Panasonic Impulse | Fujitsu Frontiers | 10-24 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Fujitsu Frontiers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 24 | 4 |
| Panasonic Impulse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 34 | 2 |
| Asahi Beer Silver Star | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 86 | 0 |
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| 2nd Stage |
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| Block B |
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| 11/6 | Obic Seagulls | All Mitsubishi Lions | 49-0 |
| 11/13 | All Mitsubishi Lions | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 3-24 |
| 11/20 | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | Obic Seagulls | 13-20 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Obic Seagulls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13 | 4 |
| Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 2 |
| All Mitsubishi Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 |
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| 2nd Stage |
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| Block C |
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| 11/5 | As One Black Eagles | Kajima Deers | 7-55 |
| 11/12 | As One Black Eagles | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 7-35 |
| 11/20 | Kajima Deers | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | ot 20-27 |
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Nojima Sagamihara Rise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 27 | 4 |
| Kajima Deers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 34 | 2 |
| As One Black Eagles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 90 | 0 |
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| Final Stage | | |
| Semifinals | | |
| 12/4 | Obic Seagulls | Kajima Deers | 45-20 |
| 12/4 | Nojima Sagamihara Rise | Fujitsu Frontiers | 3-38 |
| Japan X Bowl | | |
| 12/19 | Obic Seagulls | Fujitsu Frontiers | 24-17 |
| Rice Bowl | | |
| 1/3 | Obic Seagulls | Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters | 38-28 |
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| 2nd Stage | Relegation East | | |
| 11/5 | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 6-33 |
| 11/5 | IBM BigBlue | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 70-14 |
| 11/12 | Bullseyes Tōkyō | Nihon Unisys Bulls | 17-14 |
| 11/12 | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | 41-28 |
| 11/19 | Meiji Yasuda Pirates | IBM BigBlue | 8-38 |
| 11/19 | Bullseyes Tōkyō | All Tōkyō Gas Creators | 14-28 |
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| 2nd Stage | Relegation West | | |
| 11/5 | Elecom Kōbe Finies | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 3-6 |
| 11/12 | Nagoya Cyclones | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | 23-16 |
| 11/23 | Elecom Kōbe Finies | Nagoya Cyclones | 17-0 |
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| Relegation | | |
| 12/11 | Fuji Xerox J-Stars | Hankyu Bruins | 5-25 |
| 12/25 | Nihon Unisys Bulls | Tōkyō MPD Eagles | 27-10 |
| 12/25 | Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC | Hurricanes AFC | 25-19 |
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Seagulls claim record fifth Rice Bowl win
(January 4, 2012) - X League champion Obic Seagulls celebrated a record-setting fifth Rice Bowl win defeating college champion Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters 38-28 in front of more than 25.000 fans at the Tokyo Dome. The defending japanese champion, playing in the Rice Bowl for the sixth time, also won the national championship in 1996, 1998 and 2005.
The Seagulls needed a strong second half to come back for the win. For large parts of the game the Fighters looked like the better team, taking a 17-11 lead into the fourth quarter. The matchwinner for the Seagulls once again was QB Shun Sugawara. After a disappointing first half Sugawara stepped up after the halftime break. On the first play of the fourth quarter the Seagulls took the lead (18-17) for the first time with a 4-yard touchdown run by Sugawara, a play that was set up by a 45-yard pass from Sugawara to WR Ken Shimizu.
For one last time the Fighters were able to answer regaining the lead (20-18) with a 29-yard field goal. About six and a half minutes later Sugawara scored on a 14-yard run for a 24-20 Seagulls lead. The next two offensive series of the Fighters ended with interceptions, leading to two more touchdowns and a 38-20 lead for the Seagulls within a two and half minute span - the first one on a 25-yard pass from Sugawara to WR Takahito Anan and the second one, with just under two minutes left to play, on a 19-yard pass from Sugawara to WR Noriaki Kinoshita.
(Text: Dieter Hoch)
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Marvies will disband
(June 25, 2011) - One of the better X League teams in Western Japan, the Suita Marvies, announced that it will disband effective July 31. Earlier this year the Marvies voluntarily moved to the second division due to financial problems that did not allow them to operate as a member of the first division. Based on news reports following that announcement the Marvies lost a huge number of players so that they were no longer able to field a competitive team.
The Marvies, through 2008 sponsored by the Naigai Denki company, were founded in 1994 and entered X League competition in 1995. Following the 2002 season with a first place finish in the west division of the X League 2 they moved up to the west division in the X League 1. Since 2005 they were usually the third best team behind Panasonic Denko Impulse and the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers. Only once they were able to finish ahead of one those teams. In 2006 they finished second in the west division behind Impulse with a 21-17 win against the Challengers and reached the playoffs. After the 2008 season Naigai stopped sponsoring the team and the Marvies continued operations as a club-level team. The past two seasons the Marvies finished third in the west division and qualified for the second round of the regular season but finished second round play with two losses both times.
(Text: Dieter Hoch)
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