Many young football players dream of one day playing in the National Football League.
But more often than not, their dreams eventually start to fade after they realize just how difficult it is to break through even for elite Division I players in the NCAA.
That is especially the case for those playing in Japan. While there have been Japanese players who have participated in NFL summer training camps or practice squads and several who have played at Division I schools in recent years not a single Japanese-born player has made the cut for an NFL team’s 53-man roster.
Dec 16, 2020
The Obic Seagulls made their long-awaited return to the X League summit Tuesday night, knocking off the league’s current dynasty.
The Seagulls, based in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, dethroned the four-time reigning champion Fujitsu Frontiers in a dramatic 13-7 victory in the Japan X Bowl at Tokyo Dome.
Obic’s victory gave the club its record ninth X League title and first since 2013. The Seagulls also prevented the Frontiers from breaking a tie between the two franchises for the most consecutive X Bowl victories the Seagulls went 4-0 in the game from 2010-2013, while the Frontiers had been looking to extend their own streak to five.
Kwansei Gakuin earns emphatic Koshien Bowl triumph Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Kwansei Gakuin players pose for photos after winning the Koshien Bowl against Nihon University on Sunday in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. | KYODO
Kyodo, staff report Dec 13, 2020
Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – In a rematch of Japan’s most infamous American football game, Kwansei Gakuin University defeated Nihon University 42-24 in Sunday’s Koshien Bowl.
The win extended Kwansei’s Koshien Bowl record championship haul to 31. Kwansei quarterback Kosei Okuno, hospitalized after an unsportsmanlike tackle in a May 2018 exhibition against Nihon University that sparked a national scandal, led his school to victory for the third straight year.